Leeks and Carrots

Hello Lottie and welcome ,My seeds are 2 years old that why I'm sprouting them on damp paper towel so I can see if their viable.

 

Lottie welcome to the site
To expand on kernowdreamers post
You select a few seeds if OLD and place them on wet blotting paper, to see how viable they are to go on and plant the lot later

ie:- if you put ten seeds on wet blotting paper and after a couple of weeks only two have sprouted then it is not worth you planting up the rest of them
If however six or more germinate then you know you will have 60% viable seed that you are planting

Jack McH

 

Thanks for the explanation guys - I feel soooo much better now!