I harvested oodles of seeds last fall, and then I forgot about them! I sorted and cleaned all of them, put them in bags, and stuck them in a 5 gallon bucket. My DH had moved the bucket in the garage, so it was "out of sight, out of mind". I just stumbled across the bucket, and wonder if the seeds are still good. They have been in the garage since last fall. It gets really cold in there in the winter, but doesn't freeze, and it gets really hot in there in the summer.
Is there a "best way" to tell if the seeds are still good? I'm sure I can try germinating some of them, but I'm not sure how to go about doing that. I want to send a bunch of them to my Dad, but don't want to send them if they are no longer good. They are all perennial seeds, and if it matters which plants they came from, I can type up a list.
Thanks for any suggestions!
