Hello folks- can I use plastic vitamin containers to store seeds, or will they sweat do you think? thank you
I've done this!! I wrap the seeds in a paper towel and stick them in a clean empty vitamin bottle. Sometimes they go in the freezer, if they won't be used until the next year. Sometimes they go on a shelf in my utility room if I'm saving them for a fall planting.Hello folks- can I use plastic vitamin containers to store seeds, or will they sweat do you think? thank you
I never thought of the freezer- thank you for that. I keep in envelopes in an old sandwich-type box under the stairs normally, it's just I have a few of those vitamin bottles saved.I've done this!! I wrap the seeds in a paper towel and stick them in a clean empty vitamin bottle. Sometimes they go in the freezer, if they won't be used until the next year. Sometimes they go on a shelf in my utility room if I'm saving them for a fall planting.
Thanks! that sounds like a good book and I am adding it (and a couple of others to my library).I put a great book in the library, covers over 322 species of seeds.
And yes concerning stratification, some seeds need to be frozen (winter conditions) before germinating properly.
The freezing point of many seeds is lower than that of water, around 22*F.
Anyway, this book covers all the basics and even some technical techniques.
https://www.homesteadingforum.org/threads/the-complete-guide-to-saving-seeds.1357/
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