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Put three or four seeds between layers of dampened paper towel and place in a plastic sandwich bag (to keep the towel damp), leaving the bag open at one end; then, every four or five days, check to see how many (if any) seeds have sprouted.
There are a number of websites with seed viability charts and, since most of them seem to disagree with each other---which is to be expected, considering that some of them are selling seeds and would have you purchasing more fresh seed than is necessary---I've always relied on the dampened paper towel test. I've had cucumber, tomato, squash & melon, as well as various flower seeds remain viable for 15 years or more . . . by keeping them in their original seed packets which I stored in a plastic shoebox in a dry basement.
Anyway . . .
When wheat seeds found in a pyramid proved viable after 4,500 years, you've nothing to lose by testing the seeds you have.
Good luck with the gardening!
I just noticed what "group" this is!
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