Post by @juliette@mastodon.green

2026-04-05 14:04 UTC

Welcome to the year of using up all the expired seeds: I have a small hoarder-collector problem with buying cute heirloom seeds every year and never using them all properly. Over time, this has led to a large collection of expired seeds. So this year, I am not buying any new ones, and instead will plant what I have, to see what comes up. So far I planted tomatoes (3 types including one expired in 2019), squash (exp 2021), basil (exp 2020) and green beans (exp 2019). Wish me (them) luck!

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@juliette@mastodon.green 2026-04-06 12:00

Continuing! Today I planted aubergine and sage (expired 2022), more tomatoes (exp 2023) and coriander (exp 2024). Total starter pots so far: 52. Plants growing so far: 0.

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@juliette@mastodon.green 2026-04-07 10:05

The limiting factor in this experiment is space on the windowsill of the utility room.

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@ottermiemuis@waag.social 2026-04-05 14:05

@juliette Goodluck indeed! And i might just follow in your footsteps! 😜😎🌱🌱🌱

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@CiaraNi@mastodon.green 2026-04-06 09:01

@juliette Great idea, and good luck!

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@cthon1c@kolektiva.social 2026-04-06 09:24

@juliette I have that problem plus seeds I’ve stripped from chance-encountered specimens in various travels that I’ve rolled up in scraps of paper and never labeled 🙃 love the idea of a jubilee year for forgotten future plants!

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@mrundkvist@archaeo.social 2026-04-06 17:31

@juliette In the 1990s they dug a cable trench through the former medicinal herb garden of Mariefred Monastery. They turned the earth, put the cable down and backfilled the trench. The following year, a neat line of henbane grew on top of the cable. The seeds had been waiting for 450 years to get back to the surface. #gardening #archaeology #medieval

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