I think I need to ask for a refund!
On the left is Park's Tarten and on the right are my own seeds I collected last year. Both started together. I think my very abused seeds must be fresher- I didn't even clean them until the day I sowed them. Quality seems to have gone down alot when buying seeds. Obviously it's not my seed sowing technique. I started some impatiens from park at the same time and only about three came up. Amazing that I left my seeds uncleaned and uncovered in my dusty garage for many months and they actually germinated better.
What's up with these seeds?
Oops here's the pic
freshly collected seeds so seem to work better than anything I bought
We have had such grief with petunia seeds from Park's that we gave up and now buy a tray of them. The impatiens seem to do well for us and the Carefree Mix (coleus) seeds do great.
We have had more than our share of duds from Park's.
I do find coleus seed to be short lived compared to many other types.