When you buy flower seed's and they are in a tin foil packet,do they have a sell by date.?

Question

I am English living in Vietnam and bought the seed's in Thailand, god knows how old these seed's could be, but does it matter if they where in a tin foil sealed packet.I bought about 20 packet's and the instructions are in Thai and am having about a 30% success rate.

Answer 1

Some do and some don't. I have planted seeds that were over 5 years old and they did ok.

Answer 2

Just keep them in a dry, air tight, cool place until you are ready to plant them.

Answer 3

Keeping them air tight is best and foil does help with that. The ones I buy do have a sell by date.

Answer 4

I don't think so.. Just keep them in a very dry place and you should be fine:) GOOd luck

Answer 5

Usually, somewhere on the packet, it will say "Packed for 2008 season" or whatever year it is.