Is a pumpkin still good if the seeds inside are rotten?

When is a good time to plant chili pepper, cucumber, bell pepper,tomato, and pumpkin seeds in Cambodia?

• I recently brought the above listed seeds home to Cambodia from America. The seeds remained in my carry-on luggage and did not freeze under the plane. I am not a horticulturalist and cannot determine which time of year is best to plant these seeds. The planting instructions on the packets are for American seasons and weather conditions. Cambodia has these plants, but sadly, there is little common knowledge among the local people about such matters. In order to answer this question, I imagine one would have to understand the climatic and seasonal differences between America and Cambodia. Thank you sincerely, as you will help feed many people.

• Answer:

  A good question is what season is it out there, do you have a greenhouse, and how much room do you have to plant? I'm a landscaping student in america, and I would love to help out, feel free to email me, it will allow me to answer much quicker. But as a basic, you will want to start the seeds after the last frost of winter, or if you have a greenhouse, you can start them at any time of the year. You'll want to plant the pepers about 2 feet apart, the cumcumbers about 3 feet apart, the tomatos can be as close as 1 foot, and the pumpkins you'll want to plant about 4 feet apart. If you have a chance, you'll want to start a compost pile, using grazing animals mamure, plants, and organic matter. Do not use meat, bones, paper, and not human, or other meat eaters refuse, this can damage the plants. If you mix the compost it will turn into a rich fertilizer, good for starting new plants in.