# About seeds

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/about-seeds/998545>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [March 6, 2024, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/about-seeds/998545 "2024-03-06T16:38:30Z")\
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**Post date:** [March 6, 2024, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/about-seeds/998545/3 "2024-03-06T16:51:27Z")

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The reason I ask is because most everything living I can think of dies before 140 degrees F. Yet I can boil corn and what I don’t eat still has the ability to grow.

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