Good to know. I'm pretty sure I held on to my seeds from last year, although I know I didn't keep them in a freezer; they were kept in a dark drawer. in our laundry room. It's worth a shot to plant a few seeds, anyways. If you'd like, and there are enough extras, I'll shoot some of them to you as well.Originally Posted by Smoked!
Depending on the plant, seeds may remain viable for 1 - 10 years. I have used very old tomato and corn seeds (3-5 years.) Some people like to use foil pouches or mason jars to save seeds. Many keep them in the freezer. If you just prefer to use fresh seed, that's fine. You should get 95% germination rates from commercial seed.
It may be worth holding out a few dozen seeds to see if they stand up to storage. I can vacuum pack some and put them in the deep freeze, right next to the elk venison. As far as the value of comparing notes and sharing progress, I think you're on to something. I'll go in on a split... as long as you agree to post pictures. I like pictures...
I'm down for keeping up with this and posting pictures; we can start a new thread once we get going.
What varieties did you have in mind? The ones I posted above were either easy for beginners to grow, or just sounded interesting, but really, I'm just in it to experiment. It would be cool to have great big leaves, and something that is rather hardy. I probably won't be launching a mrtr33 line of cigars anytime soon.
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If I have enough to process, I'll call mine the "Devil's Victory" line. 
I've read elsewhere that Black Mammoth is supposed to be easy to grow. If you don't want it, that's okay. The Dark Virginia on the other site looked pretty good as well, but I don't want to get carried away. Shoot me your addy.
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