@ammoun (Ben) posted a new topic, subject "New date plants from 2,000-year-old seeds". It read:

   timesofisrael.com
    
    ### Israeli researchers grow new date plants from 2,000-year-old seeds
    
    Six saplings sprout from ancient kernels gathered at Judean archaeological sites; scientists hope to pollinate female plants and produce fruit
    
    I hope I can live to see how the dates will look like, 2000 years! What's also astonishing is that despite all the care that we take, seeds nowadays lose viability fairly quickly, but when nature does it, it is ~ infinite.

Then @danzeb (Dennis) said

    Last year I had some two year seeds that didn't germinate.

Then @ammoun (Ben) said

    You should have waited 1998 years more


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