How to Store Seeds for Next Season?

[PioneerValleyOG]

Hey folks,
Just curious, I have some (fairly expensive, to normal expensive )
seeds I'd like to save for next season. I'm thinking glass jar... moisture control packet? A few grains of rice? Will that dry them out?
Thoughts and experiences? Advice, please?

 

[Humanrob]

Hey folks,
Just curious, I have some (fairly expensive, to normal expensive )
seeds I'd like to save for next season. I'm thinking glass jar... moisture control packet? A few grains of rice? Will that dry them out?
Thoughts and experiences? Advice, please?

I store mine in sealed bags, then moisture control packet, then another sealed bag, then in a light proof bag, then the whole thing in the fridge. Just popped some 4 year old seeds this spring, 100% germination.

 

[HydoDan]

I do it just like Humanrob... Growing OG Kush from 2008... 80% germination, not bad for older seeds..

 

[quirk]

I put them in my Tomato seed packet, fold packet and place in a small jar containing a silica gel packet then put in the
refrigerator vegetable compartment. Never gone past 18 months.

 

[rembrandt100]

The seeds that I had left over from last year due to plant limitations were kept in the original packaging in my desk drawer over the winter. .

 

[Hipster2U]

I just use whatever is available, at room temperature. Paper packet, glass jar, plastic jar. One year is nothing.

 

[Herb & Suds]

Tupperware container in the refrigerator has served me well for decades

 

[bk78]

Mason jars in my fridge

 

[McStrats]

Another vote for the fridge here. Mine go in a small Tupperware.

 

[PioneerValleyOG]

I store mine in sealed bags, then moisture control packet, then another sealed bag, then in a light proof bag, then the whole thing in the fridge. Just popped some 4 year old seeds this spring, 100% germination.

Ty TY TY

 

[PioneerValleyOG]

I put them in my Tomato seed packet, fold packet and place in a small jar containing a silica gel packet then put in the
refrigerator vegetable compartment. Never gone past 18 months.

Does the silica gel packet keep it proper? Doesn't dry it out? 18 months the cap?

 

[quirk]

Does the silica gel packet keep it proper? Doesn't dry it out? 18 months the cap?

Not a cap by any stretch. I've just needed my seeds before more than 18 months has elapsed. Keeping them in a dry environment
allows them to remain viable and mold free for many years.