Winter is a great time to pull out your seed stash and test the viability of your seed. Running germination tests not only ensures you do not waste time, energy and resources sowing seed that is no longer good, it also keeps your planting schedule on track.

Each seed contains an embryo - amazing! And protecting that embryo through careful seed storage ensures the vitality and vigor of the future plant. Properly stored seeds can last…centuries…unbelievable! While most seed will last a few seasons if given optimum storage conditions.

How Do Many Unripe Pumpkins Assure You of Ripe Ones?

In addition to breeding for flavour and exquisite beauty, productivity, uniformity, plant architecture, and fruit appearance, we are selecting for resilience. Regionalising seed and addressing climate stress and pest and disease pressures effecting our southeastern Australia region provides hardiness to our local food system.