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Most garden seeds on the market are what we call "crop year seeds". They are designed by mother nature to hold over winter and be planted in the spring. So if you buy seeds sometime between November and April you are buying fall harvested seeds ready for planting in spring. If those seeds are held for another year, germination rates can begin to decline, but the decline varies widely by variety of seed. Most seed varieties will have very steep germination rate declines if held for a 2nd year and beyond. Seeds that are properly dried and sealed (see our line of storage seed collections) can preserve healthy germination rates for 5 to 10 years, (longer if stored in the freezer).

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If they come sealed in mylar, leave them sealed, if in a paper packet put the packets in a zip lock. You can dramatically extend the germination rates of seeds by storing in your freezer. Hope that helps.

You can get any quantity from pallets of seed down to packets.