Thank you so much for the offer, Nancy. I have seeds from good sources so I'll try them this year so please keep yours. Now, if these don't work I may send you a different message next year if you don't mind, lol. I've researched and others suggest a similar thing about the woody cores being connected to lack of
water. But as everyone knows the internet can be contradictory and wrong so hearing it from your personal
experience will make me water more if they germinate. And that is especially true if you use your seeds so if I can get them to grow I'll post about the experience. I mostly grow drought tolerant, apocalyptic-ish surviving plants so I don't have to do much because of time constraints. Thanks again for the offer and reply!