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An Italian Farmer Found Some Unknown Seeds in His Attic and, With Nothing to Lose, Planted Them. The Result Was Almost Biblical (www.smithsonianmag.com)
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[–] mseven@piefed.ca 13 points 12 hours ago

Not as impressive, but I managed to grow some Nasturtium seeds I gave my mom for Mother's Day in 1994ish. Grew them in 2024 when she pulled out the card.

3 seeds were taken by mold or something, 1 was cracked, and out of the remaining 2 seedlings sprouted and another 7 or 8 failed.

Was a fun experiment.