Re: [CH] seed saving

Doug Irvine (dougandmarie@home.com)
Sun, 03 Oct 1999 19:37:10 -0700

Well, yes....seeds from the tombs of the Pharoahs have been found to
germinate, and Egyptian mummys notwithstanding, so far they are the only
things that have....no walking talking mummys(or daddys either ) Sorry Byron,
you wont qualify yet, nor I !!!!Cheers, Doug in BC still in AD

Byron wrote:

> FWIW
>
> I just read on a seed saving forum at www.gardenweb.com/forums
>
> A guy said he was on an archiological dig. They found some seeds
> from 1400 BC that germinated.
>
> Hey Doug or Jim C. I don't remember back that far. I don't think that they
> had fridge, freezers or silca gel back then did they ? I wonder if the key
> was just
> cool and dry.
>
> Byron