I've just bought several seeds from a stall at a car boot sale as they were going for 4 for £1 (Suttons brand). The expiry shows June 2007 but the stall lady assured me that you could use them until 2015. I'm pretty sure they don't go that far (think she was exaggerating a bit) but surely I should get them to germinate next year with no problem.

Ideally I'd like them to stretch to 2009, is this asking too much or had I been too hasty in impulse buy just because they were cheap. In the past, I have used expired seeds successfully (can't remember how old though) but I've had failures too. What are the general rules and the extent you can get away with it.

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