shelf life of beans?
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Burshaw420
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Ya I heard they can be good for like 6 years or something
welshsmoker
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stick them in the fridge for a week or two. dont know if it works but i have done this with 6 year old seeds and they have come up. no science behind this mind mate.
theexchanger
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you can vacumm seal them up to keep them fresh and put in refrigerator not to cold though
kinetic
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I have germinated seeds that were 2 years old kept in a small vile inside a box. It took them right around a week to pop. I don't use the paper towel method, maybe this would speed it up. I use peat pellets in a small pot surrounded by perlite.
Grojak
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I store my beans in a mason jar with a handful of cotton balls on top and keep it in my fridge door. So far the oldest I've germinated out of there was 10mo old perfect 5/5 germ rate. I always take them out a day before I want to germ them, in my head it seems better to germ them at room temp, no proof of this though.
stickyicky0420
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im not shure the shelf life but i have a seed collection i have in my frezer some have been in there for a few years i just put them in a paper towel so it will absorb any moister and put them in containers they almost always germ but i never do leave them out room temp before i germinate them works fine for me.
Dwezelitsame
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if seeds are matured 4 to 6 weeks
dried correctly before being stored
and stored properly with rice or more powerful (i cant think of name of little packs comes in electronics an pills to dehumidafy)
placenin frig shold be good 20 30 years
me personally think not sure woud last about one hunnerd i think you would get a couple to pop if stored say about a hunnerd
of course will have decreasing germ rate wit added years
dried correctly before being stored
and stored properly with rice or more powerful (i cant think of name of little packs comes in electronics an pills to dehumidafy)
placenin frig shold be good 20 30 years
me personally think not sure woud last about one hunnerd i think you would get a couple to pop if stored say about a hunnerd
of course will have decreasing germ rate wit added years
calicat
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Depending on the strain, the quality of the seed, and how you store it they can be viable for up to 5 years.
stealthweed
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Aren't there some seeds on attiude which are very old?so assuming I would purchase them none would germ?
MajoR_TokE
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I recently germinated some seeds that i had stored for about 5 years they all cracked after about 24hrs and are now growing strong. 100% success rate.