The Random seed pot!
Veggie Offline
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#1
What do you do with old seeds? OK, you may do a bit of viability testing but seriously, you're never going to sow 1000 lettuces - why do they put so many in a packet?
I'll tell you what I do - not that you'll be surprised. Wink
I empty the old seeds into a jar/pot and give them a stir. One pot for seeds of edible plants, the other for flowers. Then, I find a bare patch of soil and scatter it with seeds, sit back and wait to see whether any germinate.
Since all the edible seeds will be together, I know that whatever germinates will be edible - just as all the flower seeds probably are not. 
I've been topping up the Edible seed pot today and it contains:-
Onions and leeks
Carrots
Fennel
Brassicas of all sorts
Radish
Celery
Cress
Coriander
Lettuce
Rocket.

Whatever grows is a bonus. All we are saying, is give seeds a chance.  Cool
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Use it up, wear it out, make it do or do without.
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Mikey Offline
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Finding a bare patch is the toughie, might have to use a pot
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Small chilli Offline
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I have followed your lead on this in the past. I’m still reaping the rewards. I’m regularly harvesting radish seed pods from my raspberry bed   Big Grin . Which is where I scattered the edibles. 
It is getting close to seed juggling season so I might do an old flower seed pot for up at the plot    Smile .
Builder that would like to go play in the garden.
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PyreneesPlot Offline
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I do much the same but a bit more randomly, and when we had loads of bare ground from the house build I mixed and scattered everywhere. Most disappeared without a trace.
Has Anyone Seen the Plot?

Hautes-Pyrénées (65), France
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Veggie Offline
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I have better parsnips in my random bed than where I tried to grow them with fresh seed!
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Mikey Offline
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I put three rows of seed tape down and got one parsnip, this year. Generally the seed tapes are the most successful for me.
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Veggie Offline
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So I see!! Just think how bad it would have been if you'd sown seeds instead of tape.
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Mikey Offline
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I think it was the warm weather when I was sowing, I might be wrong but I think they like it a little cooler for germination. I might try staring them in Feb next year.
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Veggie Offline
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(10-08-2020, 07:01 PM)Mikey Wrote: I think it was the warm weather when I was sowing, I might be wrong but I think they like it a little cooler for germination. I might try staring them in Feb next year.

Just wondering whether Mikey has been staring at his parsnips yet???

But, I digress, my Pot of Random Seeds has grown bigger over winter, while I've been sorting seeds - it'll soon be time for a grand scattering. I have a few patches in mind, mainly old "paths" that have been swallowed up by adjacent beds.
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mcdood Offline
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I use some old packets for microgreens. Same with some veg varieties I've tried but wouldn't grow again
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