Who stores seeds with Desiccant

420n00b

420n00b

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I guess it depends on how many seeds you plan to store in said jar. I'd like to know as well as I have some I'd like to store long term.
 
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uFarm

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:raise hand:


you could just go to wally world and take some out of say the shoe boxes [got mine from a backpack, purse, socks, etc. lol]. probably safe with a 5gram [doesn't the packet size just determine how much moisture it can absorb]
 
cowboylogic

cowboylogic

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Beans in a little baggie or container/breeders pack. Put them into a mason jar, add some dry rice, put on lid and put in fridge.....beans safely stored. Kept beans for years this way. Germ rate tends to drop over time. Just put 4 family skunks in pellets that are 10 years old.:weed:
 
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uFarm

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+rep got one jar that i call the 'doomsday plan' and i use dry ice in it lol.


every so often i just throw a few in the jar and back into the freezer it goes.
 
420n00b

420n00b

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uFarm said:
:raise hand:


you could just go to wally world and take some out of say the shoe boxes [got mine from a backpack, purse, socks, etc. lol]. probably safe with a 5gram [doesn't the packet size just determine how much moisture it can absorb]
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Sounds easy enough. Does the number of seeds vs. size of silica pack matter? How much rice if using that method?
 
cowboylogic

cowboylogic

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420n00b said:
Sounds easy enough. Does the number of seeds vs. size of silica pack matter? How much rice if using that method?
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For a quart jar 1/4 cup of rice is plenty. Remember 1 cup of dry rice requires 2 cups of water to cook. So basically dry rice can hold twice its volume of water. Its very efficient and cheap. And you dont have to go to Walmart to STEAL it.
 
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wannaquickee

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cowboylogic said:
For a quart jar 1/4 cup of rice is plenty. Remember 1 cup of dry rice requires 2 cups of water to cook. So basically dry rice can hold twice its volume of water. Its very efficient and cheap. And you dont have to go to Walmart to STEAL it.
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you sayin its better to have in a plastic baggie or the breeder container? i would assume that moisture wouldnt be able to escape as easy this way..?

oh lemme know how the ten years seeds germ..
 
420n00b

420n00b

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cowboylogic said:
For a quart jar 1/4 cup of rice is plenty. Remember 1 cup of dry rice requires 2 cups of water to cook. So basically dry rice can hold twice its volume of water. Its very efficient and cheap. And you dont have to go to Walmart to STEAL it.
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Thanks for this. Also to the op, check amazon for silica packs. They have them for FAR cheaper than that site you linked in the first post. That's probably what I'll do, order some from amazon for my stores.
 
THCBD

THCBD

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like said before, i use a refrigerated container with rice. some are in breeders packs, the ones i was worried about moisture from (and all of the randoms) are in paper envelopes sitting in the rice in an airtight container.
 
THCBD

THCBD

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if you make a list with a numbered or lettered system, you can quickly access beans without digging through them all, warming and refrigerating time and again and possibly damaging seeds. don't know what i'd do without the list at this point, shit adds up quick.
 
phyzix

phyzix

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cowboylogic said:
Please share the 'non' lazy way with us......... Also please elaborate on why using rice is being lazy.
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Driving to a store to steal silica packets would be the 'non' lazy way.

Walking to my pantry for rice (world's most popular food item) is the lazy way.

Both work, the choice is yours.
 
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