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GermanGrowsstarted grow question 3 years ago

Hello. My grandpa used to travel with the led zeppelin and recently gave with a bunch of seeds he's collected over the years from the 60s-80s. However, I can't seem to get any of them to germinate. Are they dead? Any way to bring them back?

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TheUk420Showanswered grow question 3 years ago

if you google organic extracts good for germinating old seeds you will find a really good way its not impossible i forget what people use but im sure you could revive them seeds are best kept in the fridge in there they can last up 20-40 years :) low humidity you want for storing seeds anything below 30% is perfect :) 👊

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chronicsteranswered grow question 3 years ago

If you have any luck with this... I'd love to see some Zeppelin bud grown in 2021.. that is freaking amazing.

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Rasta_Ganjaanswered grow question 3 years ago

I also would like to know. Got alot of old seeds from the 80s and 90s. Tried everything to germinate but no luck. I've read the seeds don't die inside they just lose their energy to pop open from loss of carbohydrates. Hopefully someone here has had some success. Let me know if you get them to germinate

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BeautifulCraftRredditanswered grow question 3 years ago

It's a good chance, but the only way to tell is too keep germinating and see what happens. Good luck

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