Any certain amount of rice you'd suggest. I have about 50 seeds in there. Any idea if the rice or desiccant would be better than the other..Appreciate the infoI use uncooked dry rice. I've kept seeds as old as 15 years.
So you think I should fridge them as well even though they will be used in prob no more than a years time. They are just in a gunsafe nowThey'll be fine in there if you keep it in the fridge. I use a Rubbermaid container with that same desiccant and regularly go two years with no problem. Dry and cool is what they want.
About a spoon full.Any certain amount of rice you'd suggest. I have about 50 seeds in there. Any idea if the rice or desiccant would be better than the other..Appreciate the info
Yea thats actually the main reasoning for me asking is b/c I read that they can be over dried. Its pretty hot and humid here. I guess I'd have to put my temp/humidity gauge in the safe to know for sure. Just in the house its usually around 75 with 60% humidity. I'm sure will be different in safeAs long as the safe is cool (<70F) then they will be fine, I keep mine is the back of a bottom desk drawer where it's cool and dark, and recently popped some 6yr old seeds I made. As far as using the desiccant, it depends upon the humidity where you live. You can over dry seeds.
Gun safe is a good place. You don't need them in the fridge. A cool dark place is all that is needed.So you think I should fridge them as well even though they will be used in prob no more than a years time. They are just in a gunsafe now
75 degrees is not cool. Storing them in that safe vs. a fridge will likely reduce viability over time by a factor of five or more. Google it.Gun safe is a good place. You don't need them in the fridge. A cool dark place is all that is needed.
75 is a bit warm but I doubt it will hurt them. I prefer I. The 60 degree range.75 degrees is not cool. Storing them in that safe vs. a fridge will likely reduce viability over time by a factor of five or more. Google it.
yea its 73 in the safe with 53 humidity..guessing I need a cooler place thenGun safe is a good place. You don't need them in the fridge. A cool dark place is all that is needed.
I shall, much appreciated75 degrees is not cool. Storing them in that safe vs. a fridge will likely reduce viability over time by a factor of five or more. Google it.
I actually already read the same article..Much appreciated nonethelessNot sure if this is the perfect info but it brings up possible problems with each style of storing seeds
Seed Storage
Much appreciated for the infoWhile I doubt the gun safe will be an issue, I personally prefer to keep my seeds in the back of the fridge, in a container with desiccant. I currently have a couple of hundred of them in an old vitamin container with a couple of packs similar to yours. Individual strains are in labeled straws that I pierced with a straight pin to allow the desiccant to work inside the straw as well.
I say this, because in nature, seeds typically drop in the fall, go into dormancy through the cold months, and sprout as the weather begins to warm. Keeping them refrigerated will mimic nature more closely and thus, they seem to come out of dormancy a bit faster. Just my personal experience.
Granted, I have never had issues when I didn't follow these rules until the seeds were several years old.