Trying to answer Larry, chilling doesn't increase germination rates, seeds are good or they aren't, I chill to prevent sprouting before I ship.
If I bag seeds and store without drying the bags turn into a wet mess with many seeds rotting or sprouting, I've found that one or two days of air drying works best for most seeds, ripeness of pods determines the drying time for me, some seeds get 3 days, while fall apart ripe pods one day is plenty.
after a few weeks in the fridge I check seeds, if the white paper I use to check for mold will show signs of being soppy wet, those seeds need more drying time.
I don't like to dry to the point of shriveling seeds because it takes longer to germinate and I feel some seeds will never recover, so a little dampness doesn't bother me as long as they don't sprout before I ship.
It's a fine line and not all seeds fit one answer, evergreen seeds seem to be eager to start at first chance I've seen seeds sprout when I leave them by the desk for a day when getting them ready to list, I just started 20 some seeds from the cross of So Beautiful To Me x Viserion, left them out overnight before listing, next day all the seeds were actively growing only solution was planting, dormant take longer and store easier at least for me.
