Sweet peas

I was interested to hear Monty Don warn against using seeds harvested this year, to use the previous year's instead. I don't know why, fresh seeds have always germinated fine for me, whether I sow them or if they just fall to the ground off the dead plants.

I guess we shouldn't believe everything the experts tell us!

I've just listened to that clip again, Martin. Monty didn't warn against using this years seeds, he simply said he had some seeds he collected from last year that he wanted to sow (Black Knight), and said they had stored perfectly well.

I had to go back and re-listen. Took me a while to find it! 15th October episode, 41 minutes in. But you're right. He said,

"I've got some peas here, that I collected the seed from, not this year but actually the year before that, and they stored perfectly well."

I guess I took his emphasis on "Not THIS year" as being an instruction rather than just an observation.

Sorry Monty!