The Indian Stripe seeds I sent out as part of that seed offer were all the same age, which I wrote on each seed pack. And if you got them from me via my SSE listing they are still the same exact seeds .
I don't pay much attention to what germinates the quickest b'c seeds come from different sources, are of different ages, folks use different mixes to sow seeds and no two folks germinate their seeds the same way.
I'm just happy if the darn things germinate.
And I'm getting updates from bcday and gardenmama on how the germination went with the new varieties I sent them and they were the exact same seeds and germination times were different for a few of those varieties. bcday is again doing some seed production for me for my SSE listings and gardenmama is raising my plants to send up to me the last week of June so I can see all the new ones up close and personal and taste them, and then bcday doesn't need to send the fruits to me as she did last year.
And if you ever need to know how to pack fruits, just ask her how she does it. I think she has stock in both bubble wrap and duct tape companies.