AG Genetics and Breeding
  
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            Subject:  When are seeds too old ?
			
  
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            | Brosco | 
            
               West [email protected] 
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               Now I know that if seeds are put in optimal conditions they can last for hundreds of years but how long would you vets say a seed can last in normal conditions and still have the same genetic potential ???..........can they loose genetic potential ?
  Any thoughts ?     
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               8/25/2012 11:20:26 AM 
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            | Ron Rahe ([email protected]) | 
            
               Cincinnati,OH 
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               Ive had good luck with 8 yr. old seeds without special treatment. Genetic potential will still be there, the germination rate wont.
  
		
				
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               8/25/2012 5:27:53 PM 
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            | fast fred and faster tim | 
            
               morristown, Tn email [email protected] 
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               the older a seed the harder to germ seeds can germante at 20 years old but very hard to get it to germanate at that age i,m 39 years old i had a 1990 seed it germanated but only got as 400 lbs pumpkin in 2010 did not post it to direy at all  
		
				
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               8/28/2012 3:10:06 PM 
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