They can go mouldy though!!! Those digi seeds look nice' n clean to me though, had some seeds go mouldy over winter. They must not have been cleaned properly. Still, all I did was soak them in a 10% solution of Hydrogen Peroxide and got some tro germinate atleast. One batch had 1% and another had about 20%, better than nothing I guess.

Will get them in soon, been having shocking weather lately, not good for sowing, cold wind, lots of rain and generally bad weather for cacti Bloody weather!! Was really good there for a while.

seed still loses viability with age too. (generally speaking) keeping them in plastic bags doesnt help either, they can't breath.
Jordi can get own roots digis to flower in 18 months from germination... mine is older than that and has not yet done so. then again he is a legend of cactus cultivation to which we are mere mortals..

Trig still plenty of time to get those babies in yet as long as the weather is kinder to you

Michael give em time and they might catch up ...........not

Yeah knowing me I will leave them too long to plant out and will start losing viability No, no, no!! I WILL get them in within 2 weeks definitely, that's my resolution Betty haha.

Haven't been storing them with a silica gel satchet (actually I put one in with some of them a little while ago, came from a shoe box) as a general rule, but I try not to keep them for too long and try and buy up seeds in winter when it's nice and cold.

If I don't get all my seeds in after 2 weeks I will buy a storage container and some silica gel, though I try not to keep them for more than a few months as a general rule. Makes room for next seasons seed stock

very nice