I have not any germination from the bad pelletting material seeds---
I just wonder:-- if there were seeds there, at all?
This past week I sowed a pkg of old Mimulus seeds---naked seeds.
These have germinated under lights.
I also sowed a pkg of new Mimulus pellets on the same day.
There is no germination on them yet.
The pelletting material slows down the germination I think.