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Loitsche/Sachsen-Anhalt/Germany

Hello cultivator and growers,
for certain of seeds how stored am I over several years?
Tomatoes
Onions
Pumpkin
Best greetings, Christian

8/13/2005 3:57:54 PM

Cornwall UK.(50N 5W)300ft.

Onion seeds 2-3 years.

8/14/2005 4:54:07 AM

Loitsche/Sachsen-Anhalt/Germany

Sorry, I have the following question.

How do I have to keep the seeds well so that they are shoot capable many years?
Freezing, cooling or keeping warm?
Say hello, Christian

8/14/2005 5:56:36 AM

Itzetown City

One prefer freezing them, one prefer (like me) a dry, dark and low temp place. If you freezing them you have to keep the seed dryer then dry. I dont know what that means to the embryo in the seed?
I prefer to store all my pumpkin seeds under my pillow, dreaming all nights about a big one.

8/14/2005 7:41:24 AM

Hilpoltstein, Bavaria, Germany

lol

8/14/2005 11:53:59 AM

Cologne / Germany

Between 10 C (50 F) and 18 C (64 F) VERY very dry. That´s what they got from ancient caves in Egypt and Israel (pottery clay stuff as far as I remember). Viable seeds after 2000 years.
I don´t trust most of our "modern equipment" because fridge and freezer are never really dry. I keep my seeds inside a humidor for cigars with lots of silica gel (the small bags you find coming along with electronic stuff) inside the fridge.
It might help, but it´s never as good as described above.

8/14/2005 5:46:47 PM