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will dill seed and anise seed grow from organic spice bottles

 
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another big experiment
with the price of seeds being what they are I saw when I was at Walmart superstore I found organic spice bottles of anise and dill seeds on the clearance rack for $3.50 each. Organic packets of seeds at the local Nursery, garden and greenhouse supply store are currently $2.99-$4.99 depending on what kind of herb or vegetable. each of these bottles probably equals maybe 100 packets of seeds from the seed store.
I'm going to see if they will grow.
I will be planting some in Promix in 2" peat pots and will try some in 1 1/2 gallon pots with decades old composted sawdust soil from a garden area, there used to be a sawmill on my property.

has anyone had success growing herbs from spice bottle seeds?
 
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these are the bottles
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Dill from spice jars works surprisingly well in my experience, germination rate is lower than proper seed packets but when you've got that many seeds it doesn't really matter. Anise I haven't tried but I'd expect similar results. Worth scattering them thick and thinning later rather than trying to space them out.
 
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