will dill seed and anise seed grow from organic spice bottles

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?

these are the bottles

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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Nothing sprouted. nada, zilch, zip
maybe those seeds are too old. but, waste not, want not, the pickling cuke plants look great. those dill seeds will aid in this years bottled pickles. anise can be used for some cooking and I might try grinding up some of those anise seeds for a natural bug repellent in the garden.
I had the same problem with heirloom green pepper seeds, one, two and three year old seeds, none sprouted. I had to buy a new packet of California Wonder bell pepper seeds from Knoxville seed.
they all have sprouted in the peat pots and will get planted in the ground as soon as the roots emerge from the pots.

Go cheaper.
Get them from a indian,latin,asian or african store where they sell in bulk.
I've done this with great success with cilantro, fenugreek, various beans and other dry seeds.
I just sowed dill and mustard bought from the same place I got the cilantro, I'm fully expecting them to come up everywhere.

My theory is the above board good stuff is carefully treated, properly dried and sterilized.
This stuff is cheap, bulk and skirting import laws.
Not organic, but  grow it out a few generations and it will be.

I suspect properly drying the seeds for long term culinary use would probably kill the seed, but I haven't tried growing any myself.

William Bronson wrote: Go cheaper.
Get them from a indian,latin,asian or african store where they sell in bulk.
I've done this with great success with cilantro, fenugreek, various beans and other dry seeds.
I just sowed dill and mustard bought from the same place I got the cilantro, I'm fully expecting them to come up everywhere.

My experience has been the same. Fancier means maybe irradiated? or other gick-ification?
I do find that dill seeds can be persnickety. Sometimes they come up well and other times no. Most of these spice seeds I soak first before sowing to give them the best chance.

Here's some grocery store mustard and fava