Germinating my giant crimsons right now. Very excited to see them grow. That package you resurrected was from about the year my grandfather was born. This will be like eating fresh tomatoes from his birth year. Amazing! I greatly appreciate what you’re doing to teach everyday people like me how to learn to garden well. I just placed another order for 25 seed packs of other plants on your website. Happy to support a company like yours.
I found this video because I was searching for the “oldest seed in Minecraft”, but the suggestion bar suggested just “oldest seed” and I was extremely curious and I am so glad I clicked on this video instead because this is immensely interesting
Were you successful? I’m currently working to germinate 28 year old seeds I found in an old seed box tucked away and long since forgotten. Hopefully I get some to germinate! 🍀
Yes I couldn't believe it but they germinated so well! They seemed to rot more than fresh seeds but most germinated and we have been saving seeds ever since! Good luck! Hope you update us on how your 28 year old seeds do! What kind are they?@@aftermidnight4867
In Israel, a 2000 year old date palm seed was found and germinated. This was in 2005 if I'm not mistaken. It is still alive and growing today. Just incredible!!
it IS incredible, but theres a twist to this story: its a male plant, which means it had to be cross-bread. sad since the supply of the seed apparantly had hundreds. if thats the case, would you rather have a bunch of dead seeds or would you go for broke, and try to germinate more? i'd go for broke. :D peace. :)
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Wow, one of your best videos yet! It's a shame this kind of exciting video can be fodder for trolls. Just remember so many more of us are try to be positive with our comments. Thanks!
I just wanted to thank you for your work. You can massively increase germination rate by exposing the seeds to south pole magnetic field. You need to have a pretty strong magnet. 2"x2"x1" Ceramics will wonderfully. This is a must look into considering your project. Be careful to not use the North Pole as it will do the opposite.
I am actually planning on sprouting some seeds from the 70's and 80's that I bought on ebay, I will be making videos on my progress as well, mine are mostly flowers. I really hope you can get some of those tomato seeds to sprout. It would be AMAZING to bring them back from extinction.
I would only start with half of the tomatoes, if nothing comes up then you can try to tweek your method again later. Dr Carolyn Male says a touch of the blue stuff (miracle grow) helps to wake up old seed. I have also read that some people us a small amount of fish fertilizer instead. I can't remember the reasoning behind it but it can be found on the web.
What an awesome and amazing thing to do! I am waiting with anticipation for the seeds to go on sale! Put me down for the first wave! Hopefully you will be able to find some more! I have been watching you on and off for years and this is something sooooo big!
Amazing video! Thanks so much for sharing. I'm going to share it also. Good Luck!! Btw, I was CRYING NO when you threw all the seeds in. I would have done different gardening experiments on them or something. LOL
I am surprised you poured all of the seeds in at once, you will not have those unique, vintage seeds again. I hope that you sell seeds from these plants...what a privilege to have these, especially the tomato!
I keep my seeds in paper packets in mason jars with a thick layer of indicating silica gel beads and in a wooden drawer to keep the sun out. I would keep them in a cooler place but I open them frequently and temperature changes are worse for seeds than keeping them at 68 degrees.
I was interested in the fact of different nutritional levels of vitamin and goodness content in the 1930's and 40's to produce today which 1 fruit could be equal to 8 tomatoes today and I'm wondering how much in genetic weakness over the years of like you said mutation pollination problems etc. and it would be neat when you grow them to get an analysis to see the difference. Very neat.
As a custom picture framer for 23 years, and a new fan of your channel… I wholeheartedly approve of your dismantling the shadowbox frame! I love your channel, thank you for all I will learn! I hope you put the empty seed packets back in the frame and hung it up!
I just came across your older video on sprouting 87 year old seeds. My grandmother (who is deceased) was born in 1902. She saved her tomato seeds year to year. Wrapped them in wax paper and sad to say my parents probably threw out a life time of garden seeds that were most likely still in her home when she passed. Loved this video!
My aunt was a master gardener who gave me over a hundred types of seeds when she knew she was going to pass away. I was too upset to plant them the year after she passed, but this year I took a long, and realized some of them were ten years old (she dated her labels). I felt awful but couldn't throw them out. I used your method with twenty of them and all but one worked! I have liatrus, marigolds, poppies, zinnias, spider flower ?, and tons more. THANK-YOU SO MUCH.
I have recovered a cash of seeds from my grandfathers basement. He past away in 1971. So, the seeds are on the order of 50 years old. I was so happy to find your video. So many Gardeners have given me zero hope of germinating these family heirloom seeds. They were saved in Glass bottles with metal caps. There are holes punched in the caps. The bottles are in metal boxes and stored under the house in the bodega he and I dug when I was 12. The bottles have hand written notes in them. The notes are in Spanish. My grandfather was born in Spain and likely grew his own vegetables virtually every year of his entire life. Thank-you for the procedure as I was flying blind.
Thank you Luke. You are inspiring. Keep intune with the Earth, our provider of everything. Peace and blessings even if it is 3yrs since you brought us the exciting event of living food.
My husband does construction and recently found all kinds of seeds from the 1930s 40s and 50s that someone had put up in an attic I found your video by searching growing old rutabaga seeds because I am determined to grow these rutabaga seeds that he found from the 1940s keep up the good work I love your videos.. if you're interested we still have quite a few varieties including various beans and root vegetables some of which are still in their original packaging which amazingly has held up better than some of the brand new seed packages I bought this year!! He sound probably 5 lb a black eyed peas and lectins peas both in large glass jugs.. some of the radish and beet varieties I had never heard of before if I can get them to grow I plan to let some go to seed so I can save those seeds.. I love that there are those of us who work to preserve and save these incredible heirloom varieties before they are lost forever to time.
this is awesome Luke! I never thought of doing such things... how many veggies that gone extinct, 10, 100 maybe 1000s! but one thing I was thinking of was why only 1930s? why not farther back??? then I realized even though we are in modern times, we only started packing seeds like this probably the turn of the 20th century... good stuff, this could bring in a new market place for growers!
I'm so excited. Silicon Valley was once one of the finest fruit growing areas around. I never thought seeds were viable after a few years, but I saved seeds from some of the best fruits I ever had, for some reason. One if from a cherry tree that is probably some electronics company now. There were cherries, apricots, pears, peaches, and all kinds of beautiful orchards before that valley was paved over. So after all of these years I've finally decided to start gardening. I don't know if I can grow cherries a mile from the beach, but the other seeds...
90% of genetic diversity lost. That's absolutely tragic! Before I got into gardening I had no idea that so many varieties were available, and to think that's only about 10% of what could have been! I find the diversity of vegetables you can buy really fascinating and beautiful. As someone who appreciates a little artistry on a plate I find it absurd that that we would limit ourselves on the potential colours, shapes and sizes of vegetables and fruits at our disposal.
I cannot express just how awesome the timing of this new vlog is. I have recently come across a pack of Marigolds that belonged to my Mom. The date on the front says " packed for 1974 ". 43 year old Marigold seeds that I will be taking with me to Thailand (along with a lot of your seeds that I just ordered this past weekend). Hope this all works out for you Luke and Sindy!!!
Glad you saved half those tomato seeds! And I would put the shadow box back the way it was and hang it in your office, what a cool memory of this exciting experiment!
Yes I agree if you are able to sprout and grow these I as well would love to buy some of the seeds off the first harvest you would have lots of us who will buy the seeds from you!!! Good luck
I've got some seeds that are 55-60 years old. Needed some tips on how to get them started. This sounds like a really good way. Hoping I can get these plants grown and even possibly pollenated with each other. This would be an epic start to my possible dream.
at the state fair grounds here in alaska they have seed packs from the 1930s that were brought by the original alaska pioneers that still have seed in them. icicle radish was one of them but they arent rare..they are still being grown here today and you can buy them at many seedbanks.
That's awesome!! I love that seeds sprout after years and years. I never throw my seeds away, I still have ones germinating from 4 years ago, that I found on the bottom of my seed case. Lol. Thanks for sharing!
@@MIgardener Understood, but seed trading is illegal in most places0; the best way for people to help bring these been is to purchase them. Its not a selfish thing AT ALL.
@@kristieverstelle1189 Yes we are apart of keeping the real food alive. I'm so excited to find Luke. I'm 75 and garden... I want this tomato.... woman in the Ozarks
I would love to start some of those tomato seeds left. I share extra food and share it with nieghbours that save seeds and do the same. If we grow enough the sharing of Original Seeds are Truly A Blessing and Amazing.😃💟
bro, this is cool. can't wait to see the results. my vote is save the other half of the tomato seeds. if none sprout, try the other half. if they do sprout, you can try the other half next year or in a few months.
4 out of the 5 Giant Crimson seeds from the the pack I bought last fall have germinated and are doing very well growing under lights in Leslie Michigan. Posted on 3-25-23
I'm very interested to see whether they sprout, and what your comments will be as to how well they grow or about the flavor. I grow almost exclusively heirlooms. Love your channel, great job. Very inspiring.
why would they even bother to frame those seeds in 1930? they are only interesting because of their age... they were current production seeds in 1930, and would have been completely unremarkable at the time.
I find the fact that you found an extinct tomato variety and bringing it back fascinating. This is a great contribution to the gardening community. It would be great if the tomatoes actually grew and saved seeds. Wish for the best, fingers crossed and looking forward to seeing the next update
you need to prepare a bag for the seed vault. there are multiple in the world and it's simple to get in touch with them. you have a great responsibility to preserve history here and you should be proud ur name will be attached to this. one day those seeds may save the world. maybe send some to a reputable company you may be compensated for sales.
The shadow box is definately new, there is no question about that.. There are no mold spots, no rust, no pitting, no age to the wood, and phillips head screws, although invented, werent commonly used in the 30s. Also, Look at 8:26 on the seeds... You can see the strips of adhesive where they put it on the burlap but you can see a clear white area where the seed packet was previously ripped open... Then notice how easily the first 3 seed packets rip open vs the last one where he had to open it from the bottom... I am a 100% supporter of this channel and you have taught me some awesome stuff but i question the validity of these seeds. Even with the low germination rates i saw what you paid for these on etsy and I think those people were just trying to make a quick buck... I really really hope that im wrong tho...
I'd suggest only doing half of the tomato seeds, so if they don't germinate, the other half may. You should try to bring them back, don't do other tomato types close enough to cross pollinate. I for one would love to grow those down here next year. I hope you can get them to maturity and save a ton of those seeds.
Once they are removed from storage the clock is ticking. It may have been better to split the pack into a few different soaking containers and/or separate locations (in case one is contaminated) but once you opened them, they needed to be given the chance to sprout as soon as possible, so I agree that you should start them all at once.
I'm sure that your first few crops are all going to go to seed. The fact that you have these seeds is great. Share them when you can. Would be great to get those tomatoes back out into the world. If you need someone to help grow them to seed, send me some down here in Oklahoma! ;) I will be more than happy to get them to produce seeds! lol
My advice for seed of this nature is fresh(your own) worm castings 50/50 mix. You can microwave pasteurize if you are afraid of mold but I find that a living compost is OK in a ventilated container. Even prepared glybbarin cytokin amendments lack something fresh worm castings has.
I see that this was last year. Luke, did you ever get any of the seeds grown into plants?Fruit? I would love to grow these plants as well! Especially the tomato.
I totally share your enthusiasm on those moments, as I save all my seeds in the fridge and plant them 5-10 years later and they all sprout, amazing for me since when I was a kid and left them outside, it would be a year and they are bad, tropical conditions... But, I can't help but laugh a lot on your comments about sterility on the procedure, as I do plant tissue culture, there we do need 0% contamination or everything rots.
It's awesome that you are doing this, but I couldn't help thinking about that JP line: "Your scientists were so preoccupied with whether or not they could, they didn't stop to think if they should." If I ever get ahold of some ancient seeds... well, I'll probably do the same thing 😁👍
This is so amazing to me! Born and raised in Grand Rapids and my ancestors were celery farmers in the early 1900's as well! This is like a time capsule, so cool to think about.
Im really excited for this for sure put me on the list for some of the first seeds for those tomatoes... I love the idea of a seed bank and saving an d spreading the genetics.
it would be better to grow them all in a greenhouse with it's own bumblebee colonies to eliminate cross-pollination, then save seeds from that crop and distribute to as many plant breeders and universities as will take them, in that scenario, the seed vault would easily be able to get these varieties if the want to.
I would rather see Migardner sell them if he decides to do so. That way we know they are the real deal and maybe he could set it up where anyone that grows them can send mature seeds back in trade for different vegetable seeds.
Why dump them all out? Cringe!! Should have done 20 seeds of each variety and if viable do more, but save 50 to replace in the packs and resell the thing again! You would have had the best of both worlds and someone else could try them. NEVER put all your eggs in one basket
How exciting!! Though, myself, I would've been cautious and only did half of each variety in case of an accident or error, which ironically almost did happen..lol. I sure am hoping you'll have success, especially with the tomato! I'll keep my fingers crossed! Can't wait for the update!! Great find!! 👍👍
Luke, I am all for you in this effort. Hope you still have some seedlings from these packs coming along. I did have a few questions. For a number of reasons I will go into if you are interested, it is very unlikely the shadowbox was created in the 30's. Did that story come from the seller? Also, the seed packs certainly look legitimate and old, but where did the exact date of 1930 come from? Is it on the seed packets or did the seller also communicate that date? Thanks and I enjoy your channel.
Probably should not have held the old frame over the top of the sterile cups.. cant wait to see how it worked out. I can see in the feed there is update that has growing tomatoes awesome ... are the seeds for sale.. ?
I'm following your channel recently and I really like it. I started watching old videos and I found this one. Excellent initiative, I congratulate you. These are the things that inspire people to do better things every time. I would love for you to create a playlist on your channel to have all the videos in this series in one place. Thanks and encouragement to continue
This is awesome! Recently while cleaning out my basement I found seeds from 20 and 30 years ago! I was going to try and see if any of them will sprout. Most of them are beans of some sort.
@@diannamc367 I did manage to germinate a tomato seed that was 35 years old. Sadly, the seedling didn't survive long. I still have the beans and squash I found, I haven't tried to sprout them. I think the squash are no longer viable, but the beans may go into the garden next spring.
This exciting!!!! If have 🌱 plants that grow and produce seeds I would be interested obtaining seeds from them. Especially the tomatoes oh heck all of them. Hope they grow and produce. Love your videos.🐞 M
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Germinating my giant crimsons right now. Very excited to see them grow. That package you resurrected was from about the year my grandfather was born. This will be like eating fresh tomatoes from his birth year. Amazing! I greatly appreciate what you’re doing to teach everyday people like me how to learn to garden well. I just placed another order for 25 seed packs of other plants on your website. Happy to support a company like yours.
I'm from the area where this seed company was at. Love anything local. Like the Smokehouse apple tree.
So where did you buy the seeds. Please reply
I'm unreasonably excited about this.
Me too. I keep checking every hour lol.
I actually just had some broccoli seeds sprout in half a day. I didn't even know that was possible.
Me too! I was on the edge of my seat!
3 years after this video was posted. The first time watching and I'm excited about it too. Now I need to find the updated video.
I found this video because I was searching for the “oldest seed in Minecraft”, but the suggestion bar suggested just “oldest seed” and I was extremely curious and I am so glad I clicked on this video instead because this is immensely interesting
And here I was, proud that I germinated 20 year old bean seeds from my grandmother's home in Greece
Were you successful? I’m currently working to germinate 28 year old seeds I found in an old seed box tucked away and long since forgotten. Hopefully I get some to germinate! 🍀
Yes I couldn't believe it but they germinated so well! They seemed to rot more than fresh seeds but most germinated and we have been saving seeds ever since! Good luck! Hope you update us on how your 28 year old seeds do! What kind are they?@@aftermidnight4867
In Israel, a 2000 year old date palm seed was found and germinated. This was in 2005 if I'm not mistaken. It is still alive and growing today. Just incredible!!
Would love to compare taste, texture and size of a date from that tree and a modern one... see if theres much difference 🤔🤷♂️😎
@@evan5935 well it has pollinated modern date trees
@@gratedshtick whoa! Neat 😍🥰
Not including the the squirrels nest they found frozen in the tundra of Russia. They were able to grow an extinct flower it was really awesome.
it IS incredible, but theres a twist to this story: its a male plant, which means it had to be cross-bread. sad since the supply of the seed apparantly had hundreds. if thats the case, would you rather have a bunch of dead seeds or would you go for broke, and try to germinate more? i'd go for broke. :D
peace. :)
if the tomato seeds sprout and produce let's get this verity back in the world. I would love to grow this tomato that is no longer around
+SavageSurvival For sure. Same here
Me three!!
is four a crowd? lol
No Chris...Four of a KIND! LOL
I'm with you, I'm sure if Luke gets any tomatoes to fruit he will be spreading this seed to the masses. I would love to grow this tomato.
a. 1-Part of Hydrogen peroxide solution (10 milliliters or 3%) b. 19-Parts of Sterile water (190 milliliters) c. 1-Percent of Sugar or Molasses Blackstrap unsulphured. Hope this helps, and Remember You've Got This!
Happy Week, Derek
Wow, one of your best videos yet! It's a shame this kind of exciting video can be fodder for trolls. Just remember so many more of us are try to be positive with our comments. Thanks!
Him is Jeb.
@@RomanH1984 garden daddy
You're bringing in a whole new genra of seed sales. Vintage seed.Better than heirloom.
vintage seed for sure!
I just wanted to thank you for your work. You can massively increase germination rate by exposing the seeds to south pole magnetic field. You need to have a pretty strong magnet. 2"x2"x1" Ceramics will wonderfully. This is a must look into considering your project. Be careful to not use the North Pole as it will do the opposite.
Heirloom is vintage
MIgardener errereee
Resurrected seeds, vintage and heirloom are one and the same.
My 5 year old son keeps asking when we will get to see if the seeds grew! Haha, we are excited to see the outcome.
I am actually planning on sprouting some seeds from the 70's and 80's that I bought on ebay, I will be making videos on my progress as well, mine are mostly flowers. I really hope you can get some of those tomato seeds to sprout. It would be AMAZING to bring them back from extinction.
I would only start with half of the tomatoes, if nothing comes up then you can try to tweek your method again later. Dr Carolyn Male says a touch of the blue stuff (miracle grow) helps to wake up old seed. I have also read that some people us a small amount of fish fertilizer instead. I can't remember the reasoning behind it but it can be found on the web.
I remember you showing me this. It gave me the idea to check etsy actually.
@@ChristasGarden I recommend using Gibberellic acid
Would be interested
Where can I buy seed
Exciting!! I would have started half of all of the packets..
What an awesome and amazing thing to do! I am waiting with anticipation for the seeds to go on sale! Put me down for the first wave! Hopefully you will be able to find some more! I have been watching you on and off for years and this is something sooooo big!
If we can bring this tomato variety out of extinction, it will be one of the biggest things that I think I will ever do.
Amazing video! Thanks so much for sharing. I'm going to share it also. Good Luck!!
Btw, I was CRYING NO when you threw all the seeds in. I would have done different gardening experiments on them or something. LOL
I am surprised you poured all of the seeds in at once, you will not have those unique, vintage seeds again. I hope that you sell seeds from these plants...what a privilege to have these, especially the tomato!
I keep my seeds in paper packets in mason jars with a thick layer of indicating silica gel beads and in a wooden drawer to keep the sun out. I would keep them in a cooler place but I open them frequently and temperature changes are worse for seeds than keeping them at 68 degrees.
I was interested in the fact of different nutritional levels of vitamin and goodness content in the 1930's and 40's to produce today which 1 fruit could be equal to 8 tomatoes today and I'm wondering how much in genetic weakness over the years of like you said mutation pollination problems etc. and it would be neat when you grow them to get an analysis to see the difference. Very neat.
Michael Gurvitz yes, please!
The nutrients in the soil makes a big difference too.
The problem is the soil and the farming techniques themselves... the genetics of the crops are probably just fine.
As a custom picture framer for 23 years, and a new fan of your channel… I wholeheartedly approve of your dismantling the shadowbox frame! I love your channel, thank you for all I will learn! I hope you put the empty seed packets back in the frame and hung it up!
I just came across your older video on sprouting 87 year old seeds. My grandmother (who is deceased) was born in 1902. She saved her tomato seeds year to year. Wrapped them in wax paper and sad to say my parents probably threw out a life time of garden seeds that were most likely still in her home when she passed. Loved this video!
My aunt was a master gardener who gave me over a hundred types of seeds when she knew she was going to pass away. I was too upset to plant them the year after she passed, but this year I took a long, and realized some of them were ten years old (she dated her labels). I felt awful but couldn't throw them out. I used your method with twenty of them and all but one worked! I have liatrus, marigolds, poppies, zinnias, spider flower ?, and tons more. THANK-YOU SO MUCH.
"There are mold spores everywhere."
Thank you. You are the first person anywhere to address this, but it's always my first concern.
Put the seed packets right back in the frame where you got them! Will make a great conversation starter if anyone sees them in your house.
with 20 seeds in each pack! Crazy to use them all in one go. very foolish
I have recovered a cash of seeds from my grandfathers basement. He past away in 1971. So, the seeds are on the order of 50 years old. I was so happy to find your video. So many Gardeners have given me zero hope of germinating these family heirloom seeds. They were saved in Glass bottles with metal caps. There are holes punched in the caps. The bottles are in metal boxes and stored under the house in the bodega he and I dug when I was 12. The bottles have hand written notes in them. The notes are in Spanish. My grandfather was born in Spain and likely grew his own vegetables virtually every year of his entire life. Thank-you for the procedure as I was flying blind.
I would have only done half. I was almost shaking too! This is AMAZING!
Wow you have a real chance to make a mark on gardening history!!
This series needs a playlist.
Thank you Luke. You are inspiring. Keep intune with the Earth, our provider of everything.
Peace and blessings even if it is 3yrs since you brought us the exciting event of living food.
My husband does construction and recently found all kinds of seeds from the 1930s 40s and 50s that someone had put up in an attic I found your video by searching growing old rutabaga seeds because I am determined to grow these rutabaga seeds that he found from the 1940s keep up the good work I love your videos.. if you're interested we still have quite a few varieties including various beans and root vegetables some of which are still in their original packaging which amazingly has held up better than some of the brand new seed packages I bought this year!! He sound probably 5 lb a black eyed peas and lectins peas both in large glass jugs.. some of the radish and beet varieties I had never heard of before if I can get them to grow I plan to let some go to seed so I can save those seeds.. I love that there are those of us who work to preserve and save these incredible heirloom varieties before they are lost forever to time.
this is awesome Luke! I never thought of doing such things... how many veggies that gone extinct, 10, 100 maybe 1000s! but one thing I was thinking of was why only 1930s? why not farther back??? then I realized even though we are in modern times, we only started packing seeds like this probably the turn of the 20th century... good stuff, this could bring in a new market place for growers!
THATS SO AMAZING! I was shaking along with you lol! Glad you saved half. Looking forward to next update! This is so exciting!!!!!🤞🏽
I'm so glad I found your page. I understand your excitement.
I'm so excited. Silicon Valley was once one of the finest fruit growing areas around. I never thought seeds were viable after a few years, but I saved seeds from some of the best fruits I ever had, for some reason. One if from a cherry tree that is probably some electronics company now. There were cherries, apricots, pears, peaches, and all kinds of beautiful orchards before that valley was paved over. So after all of these years I've finally decided to start gardening. I don't know if I can grow cherries a mile from the beach, but the other seeds...
It's almost sacrilegious opening such an antique
90% of genetic diversity lost. That's absolutely tragic! Before I got into gardening I had no idea that so many varieties were available, and to think that's only about 10% of what could have been! I find the diversity of vegetables you can buy really fascinating and beautiful. As someone who appreciates a little artistry on a plate I find it absurd that that we would limit ourselves on the potential colours, shapes and sizes of vegetables and fruits at our disposal.
What fun this will be to follow! Can't wait to see what happens!
and what happened in 2021
@@androartkhaliq1529 what happened in 2021?
@@braxtonrichards3202 went on sale today so had to have been good.
I cannot express just how awesome the timing of this new vlog is. I have recently come across a pack of Marigolds that belonged to my Mom. The date on the front says " packed for 1974 ". 43 year old Marigold seeds that I will be taking with me to Thailand (along with a lot of your seeds that I just ordered this past weekend). Hope this all works out for you Luke and Sindy!!!
This is very exciting.
Glad you saved half those tomato seeds! And I would put the shadow box back the way it was and hang it in your office, what a cool memory of this exciting experiment!
I would have kept at lease half of each for another 80+ years for someone else to enjoy.
If they are not viable now, they won't be then.
gizmohawaii probably better to save seeds from the ones that produce and save them for 80+ years.
At least until their 100 years mark!
For science! See how long it can stay viable. Oh well
Will never know how ..he used them all !
put the packs back in the shadow box! they are just too cool
Rene Mace exactly!!
Yes I agree if you are able to sprout and grow these I as well would love to buy some of the seeds off the first harvest you would have lots of us who will buy the seeds from you!!! Good luck
I've got some seeds that are 55-60 years old. Needed some tips on how to get them started. This sounds like a really good way. Hoping I can get these plants grown and even possibly pollenated with each other. This would be an epic start to my possible dream.
Suggestion for repurposing the shadowbox : take a leaf from each plant and press and preserve it and put it back inside the shadowbox to display. (?)
😮 this is super awesome!
That’s exciting! I can’t wait to watch the whole series!
do not start all of the tomato seeds you should save them for later
We are saving half :)
jonathan hefty 87 years is a long time to wait.
at the state fair grounds here in alaska they have seed packs from the 1930s that were brought by the original alaska pioneers that still have seed in them. icicle radish was one of them but they arent rare..they are still being grown here today and you can buy them at many seedbanks.
Hopefully, you can bring the tomato back from extinction and sell seeds. (years later)
I will be happy just to bring them back from extinction, selling the seed is not my first priority let me make that known. :)
it is our priority for you to sell them because we want to try growing those babies and bringing them back too! Love your videos
That's awesome!! I love that seeds sprout after years and years. I never throw my seeds away, I still have ones germinating from 4 years ago, that I found on the bottom of my seed case. Lol. Thanks for sharing!
@@MIgardener Understood, but seed trading is illegal in most places0; the best way for people to help bring these been is to purchase them. Its not a selfish thing AT ALL.
@@kristieverstelle1189
Yes we are apart of keeping the real food alive. I'm so excited to find Luke.
I'm 75 and garden... I want this tomato.... woman in the Ozarks
I would love to start some of those tomato seeds left. I share extra food and share it with nieghbours that save seeds and do the same. If we grow enough the sharing of Original Seeds are Truly A Blessing and Amazing.😃💟
Can’t believe how many he has 4 years later! Amazing!
bro, this is cool. can't wait to see the results. my vote is save the other half of the tomato seeds. if none sprout, try the other half. if they do sprout, you can try the other half next year or in a few months.
What an amazing find!
Also the found and sprouted like 2000 year old date palm in Israel
They also found 20,000 year old seeds in a mouse hole. SO COOL.
atripa645 It has grown up . Israel was known even back then as having wonderful delicious dates. I wonder if they'll take President Trump to see it ?
4 out of the 5 Giant Crimson seeds from the the pack I bought last fall have germinated and are doing very well growing under lights in Leslie Michigan. Posted on 3-25-23
I'm very interested to see whether they sprout, and what your comments will be as to how well they grow or about the flavor. I grow almost exclusively heirlooms. Love your channel, great job. Very inspiring.
Were there Philips scruhead in the 30? The cardboard back was very vhite. No shadows behind the seed bags on the burlap . Looks to new. Hmm......
the screws can have been added later. If its a scam, a genetic comparison would tell if they are recent seeds.
***** looks legit to me.
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This was almost painful to watch. How on earth does he believe that the frame is from the thirties? He was scammed. Get the seeds tested.
why would they even bother to frame those seeds in 1930? they are only interesting because of their age... they were current production seeds in 1930, and would have been completely unremarkable at the time.
I find the fact that you found an extinct tomato variety and bringing it back fascinating. This is a great contribution to the gardening community. It would be great if the tomatoes actually grew and saved seeds. Wish for the best, fingers crossed and looking forward to seeing the next update
We are so excited to see it be brought back too! It is just crazy that nobody, not 1 person has bothered to keep the seeds around.
This is so awesome! I hope you get lots of sprouted seeds from these heirlooms!
you need to prepare a bag for the seed vault. there are multiple in the world and it's simple to get in touch with them. you have a great responsibility to preserve history here and you should be proud ur name will be attached to this. one day those seeds may save the world. maybe send some to a reputable company you may be compensated for sales.
look up Klee lab research they bring back old seeds
You just next leveled in my mind
The shadow box is definately new, there is no question about that.. There are no mold spots, no rust, no pitting, no age to the wood, and phillips head screws, although invented, werent commonly used in the 30s. Also, Look at 8:26 on the seeds... You can see the strips of adhesive where they put it on the burlap but you can see a clear white area where the seed packet was previously ripped open... Then notice how easily the first 3 seed packets rip open vs the last one where he had to open it from the bottom... I am a 100% supporter of this channel and you have taught me some awesome stuff but i question the validity of these seeds. Even with the low germination rates i saw what you paid for these on etsy and I think those people were just trying to make a quick buck... I really really hope that im wrong tho...
Good luck. Always learn a lot from you.
I'd suggest only doing half of the tomato seeds, so if they don't germinate, the other half may. You should try to bring them back, don't do other tomato types close enough to cross pollinate. I for one would love to grow those down here next year. I hope you can get them to maturity and save a ton of those seeds.
Once they are removed from storage the clock is ticking. It may have been better to split the pack into a few different soaking containers and/or separate locations (in case one is contaminated) but once you opened them, they needed to be given the chance to sprout as soon as possible, so I agree that you should start them all at once.
I'm sure that your first few crops are all going to go to seed. The fact that you have these seeds is great. Share them when you can. Would be great to get those tomatoes back out into the world. If you need someone to help grow them to seed, send me some down here in Oklahoma! ;) I will be more than happy to get them to produce seeds! lol
P.S. I am a beekeeper, I can get them pollinated easily.
My advice for seed of this nature is fresh(your own) worm castings 50/50 mix. You can microwave pasteurize if you are afraid of mold but I find that a living compost is OK in a ventilated container. Even prepared glybbarin cytokin amendments lack something fresh worm castings has.
Save them for later!!! I call dibs if they grow to harvest on a few seeds 😀😀😀
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What if someone had banana seeds! Since bananas were completely different tasting and even looking from years ago. That would be incredible.
This is like a scenario in an apocalypse where people are isolated in a building and desperately need to find seeds! :D
I see that this was last year. Luke, did you ever get any of the seeds grown into plants?Fruit? I would love to grow these plants as well! Especially the tomato.
Dang, he never answered you. :(
I totally share your enthusiasm on those moments, as I save all my seeds in the fridge and plant them 5-10 years later and they all sprout, amazing for me since when I was a kid and left them outside, it would be a year and they are bad, tropical conditions... But, I can't help but laugh a lot on your comments about sterility on the procedure, as I do plant tissue culture, there we do need 0% contamination or everything rots.
It's awesome that you are doing this, but I couldn't help thinking about that JP line: "Your scientists were so preoccupied with whether or not they could, they didn't stop to think if they should." If I ever get ahold of some ancient seeds... well, I'll probably do the same thing 😁👍
This is so amazing to me! Born and raised in Grand Rapids and my ancestors were celery farmers in the early 1900's as well! This is like a time capsule, so cool to think about.
I have the chance too germinate carrot seeds from 1948! Some variety called rubicore, I will try the sugar water soak thank you.
Do you still have some of those seeds ?
The seeds are in good hands!!
will you save/sell/give away seeds you harvest?
wayne soniat that is a ways away. Let's get it growing first ;)
Im really excited for this for sure put me on the list for some of the first seeds for those tomatoes... I love the idea of a seed bank and saving an d spreading the genetics.
This is definitely a "Grow Big, or Go Home" situation. Very exciting! Thank you so much Cindy and Luke. I love experiments.
The rest should go to a Global Seed Vault.
Specify, please?
I think that is a good idea!
46 Degrees North Off Grid lol so true!
Screw that. Breed those fuckers and get those varieties into as many hands as possible!
it would be better to grow them all in a greenhouse with it's own bumblebee colonies to eliminate cross-pollination, then save seeds from that crop and distribute to as many plant breeders and universities as will take them, in that scenario, the seed vault would easily be able to get these varieties if the want to.
I would rather see Migardner sell them if he decides to do so. That way we know they are the real deal and maybe he could set it up where anyone that grows them can send mature seeds back in trade for different vegetable seeds.
Very exciting! I can't wait to see how things progress with these seeds.
Why dump them all out? Cringe!! Should have done 20 seeds of each variety and if viable do more, but save 50 to replace in the packs and resell the thing again! You would have had the best of both worlds and someone else could try them. NEVER put all your eggs in one basket
How exciting!! Though, myself, I would've been cautious and only did half of each variety in case of an accident or error, which ironically almost did happen..lol. I sure am hoping you'll have success, especially with the tomato! I'll keep my fingers crossed! Can't wait for the update!! Great find!! 👍👍
OMG that company was from my state. Paradise is a big time Amish area.
Hey! I was wondering if you have a video on the proper way to save seeds.
yes, we have a seed saving guide for tomatoes
Luke, I am all for you in this effort. Hope you still have some seedlings from these packs coming along.
I did have a few questions. For a number of reasons I will go into if you are interested, it is very unlikely the shadowbox was created in the 30's. Did that story come from the seller? Also, the seed packs certainly look legitimate and old, but where did the exact date of 1930 come from? Is it on the seed packets or did the seller also communicate that date?
Thanks and I enjoy your channel.
When I finally realized I was old.... The day I started being interested in collecting and re-growing seeds. Try convincing my teenage self of that! 😂
this is awesome! Brining an extinct variety back would be amazing!
What does "sow in drills" mean? It's written on some of the seed packets.
Probably should not have held the old frame over the top of the sterile cups.. cant wait to see how it worked out. I can see in the feed there is update that has growing tomatoes awesome ... are the seeds for sale.. ?
Interesting! I was taught that sugar generally inhibits germination.
I'm following your channel recently and I really like it. I started watching old videos and I found this one. Excellent initiative, I congratulate you. These are the things that inspire people to do better things every time.
I would love for you to create a playlist on your channel to have all the videos in this series in one place.
Thanks and encouragement to continue
"everything here has been sanitized"
*touches everything*
would love to try some
What!? This is crazy!!! And cool!!!
If you plan on selling please let us know. It be great addition to many gardens.
This is awesome! Recently while cleaning out my basement I found seeds from 20 and 30 years ago! I was going to try and see if any of them will sprout. Most of them are beans of some sort.
I'm reading your comment 3 years later and would like to know how you did!
@@diannamc367 I did manage to germinate a tomato seed that was 35 years old. Sadly, the seedling didn't survive long. I still have the beans and squash I found, I haven't tried to sprout them. I think the squash are no longer viable, but the beans may go into the garden next spring.
Well, it was worth a try. ☺️
I hope the beans do better!
Old seeds must be like a reset button for plants
Do you have a saved seed collection and if so, can we see it? So excited about this new series!!
This exciting!!!! If have 🌱 plants that grow and produce seeds I would be interested obtaining seeds from them. Especially the tomatoes oh heck all of them. Hope they grow and produce. Love your videos.🐞
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Omg. Talk about amazing. Wow!