[Sca-cooks] Planting Period Spices from Seed

[Christine Seelye-King]

> I'm now curious to know if this is possible, and at
> the crux of this question is finding out whether or
> not these spices (cubebs, long pepper, grains of
> paradise, galingale, etc) have been treated with any
> kind of germination-prohibiting chemicals, to prevent
> unauthorized propogation.
> Balthazar of Blackmoor

If they are not specified as Organic, it is possible that they have been
irradiated, which would slow or eliminate germination.
Christianna