Broken courgette seeds

[pjh75]

I have just opened a packet of courgette seeds and a number of them are broken... is this a good thing or a bad thing? i.e. will they germinate quicker because they have a head start (sort of?!) or will they be damaged and not germinate at all?

[Alison]

Dunno if they're germinate or not, depends on how badly they are broken, I suppose. However, I'd complain to the seed supplier as they shouldn't be selling you mechandise which has obviously been stored in an unsatisfactory manner.

[pjh75]

Thanks Alison. Some have the ends snapped off, others are snapped in half and I don't want to waste time trying to grow them if they are a lost cause. I didn't actually buy them, they were the freebie ones with the last issue of Lets Grow Veg... I wasn't going to grow courgettes this year, but then thought as I had them I may as well give it a go.

[pickledtink]

Snapped in half won't grow. Ends off might. Why not bung them in and see? Sow two to a pot with 'end off' seeds paired with a complete seed. Usually you discard the one that doesn't do well anyway so that should work quite well.
Please let us know how they do!