Janice wrote:
> On Mon, 12 Apr 2004 12:18:14 -0500, George Shirley
> > wrote:
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>
>>As long as you keep the seeds dry they will last a long time. I keep
>>mine in a plastic one gallon container in the fridge and have viable
>>seeds that are up to ten years old. You can even freeze them if you seal
>>them in a container, used to keep heirloom field pea seeds that way. I
>>keep all the seeds in the containers in paper envelopes, the smaller
>>batches in el cheapo coin envelopes, the rest in el cheapo small size
>>mailing envelopes. YMMV
>>
>>George
>
>
> yup.... 'cept lettuce, parsnips, think orach seed doesn't keep either.
> Usually they only last the season they're purchased for, no longer.
> Maybe if there are way better storage facilities than most households,
> you might get another year out of them, so you'd have to grow them out
> each year and save new seed.
>
> Janice
>
>>old_codger wrote:
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>>
>>>North wrote:
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>>>
>>>>Lets try this again :-)
>>>>Note the groups that were added.
>>>>n.
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>Ok, thanks north. I think Alan Connor posted something on this a
>>>while ago but I can't seem to find it.
>>>We'll see what the other groups can add.
>>>
>>>Thanks.
>
>
We buy lettuce seed for less than a dime a package, leaf type, and I
have some that are two years old in the box. Planted some for spring and
got about 80% germination, which with lettuce seed is more than adequate.

George