How short is short term? Couple of weeks? a Month? Longer?
Short term is anything you plan on poppin in the near future just keep them in air-tight containers however you keep them and in the fridge when not in use..
I keep what i know im gunna do for the next year or so in the fridge, what i might do i throw in there too just in case..
But if you know that your not going to be poppin them beans for a fact for Awhile... put em in the freezer.. (dont packem so you have to De-frost all of them just to get at one pack..)
It isnt good to de-frost seeds multiple times just to get out a few... Chances are if you packed em right, and put them in the freezer.. Well all be dead and somebody will be poppin our seeds...
Got the confirmation that HighLife received my M.O. and BR is on its way.. They also reserved me a V3 which wont be in-stock for a lil while...
*multiple years in the fridge is fine in this quote from '07 Shanti says he popped seeds from the fridge for 5 years and the germ rates were "very good".
"Hi All
well since I just sent some seed recently to a chap from 2002 stock that had been kept in a fridge all its life...and had very good germination levels I believe the methods of long term storage are as follows....
1. We keep 2 stocks of seeds, i for the everyday use and 1 for long term use.
2. Long term use means vacuum sealing the seed in small quantities in an air tight , moisture resistant plastic bag and kept in the freezer.
3. Short term use is keeping seeds dry in air tight containers, always put back in fridge when not in use.
4. Point about long term stock you cannot defreeze seed only one time and then keep it is the fridge stock, till it is used.
We have seeds from 30 or 40 years ago still in fridges and even if germination is lower it still pops up a few ...so it all works for us.
Be well all the best sb"