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Sep 19, 2016 4:00 PM CST
Name: Rick Corey
Everett WA 98204 (Zone 8a)
Sunset Zone 5. Koppen Csb. Eco 2f
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They look like big, mostly healthy plants with a little leaf damage.

You might reconsider throwing seeds away, if they produce plants that produce blooms, and only look "spotty" later in life.

You might just have plants that take a few insect bites, and then fungus attacks the leaves where they have been punctured.

But it is kind to hold back from trading them around, until you are sure.

Unless all your saved seeds are showing those spots, and no purchased seeds do, the source of the discoloration may be the insects, wind and the soil, or the seeds, or both.

A peroxide soak before sowing or sprouting can't hurt and could help.
Dilute drugstore peroxide by 1:32, like:
1.5 tsp peroxide diluted to 1 cup or
1 ounce peroxide per quart of water.

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