seed shelf life

[willonia]

Anyone know what the shelf life of seeds are? I have some that are about 5 years old from my old growing days.

[Dutch Pimp]

How was the seeds stored?

[willonia]

in a film container at room temperature

[Big len]

Ihave some that are 30yrs. old and they still pop always stored in a cookie tin, maybe they are antiques.

[DAP8026]

You guys are pros. I hope I can one day say I have some seeds from back in my growing days.

[socialistpete]

I just sprouted seeds I had in a clear tube sitting around for a year that were exposed to wide temp and light changes and all 6 sprouted and are doing good. I seen a show on discovery channel awhile back where they had seeds stored that were over a hundred years old, they were tomato seeds. It was pretty sweet.