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> I don't see any mention of it on the Tilia website: but I'd
> think that vacuum packaging seeds (garden seeds) then
> freezing them, would be a good way to store them....

Why bother to vacuum them. Just pop into a ziplock and be done. Way
cheaper.

Pastorio

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> I don't see any mention of it on the Tilia website: but I'd
> think that vacuum packaging seeds (garden seeds) then
> freezing them, would be a good way to store them....
>
> Anyone know?
>
> Pat (just full of questions today!)
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Pat I have seeds ten years old and still viable in the refrigerator. I
store them in paper coin envelopes (about a million for a couple of
bucks) and those are inside a one gallon plastic container that I can
expel the air from like you do with Tupperware. No need to use those
expensive Tilia bags for such as that.

George

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> On Sat, 22 Nov 2003 13:59:05 -0600, George Shirley
> > wrote:
>
>
> >
> >Pat I have seeds ten years old and still viable in the refrigerator. I
> >store them in paper coin envelopes (about a million for a couple of
> >bucks) and those are inside a one gallon plastic container that I can
> >expel the air from like you do with Tupperware. No need to use those
> >expensive Tilia bags for such as that.
> >
>
> OK. I'm convinced. I also have a bunch of the coin
> envelopes for this use.
>
> Thanks.
>
> Pat

I put some dry milk powder in a tissue 'package' in with the seeds in the
gallon jar in the fridge..

JonquilJan

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Aside from the bags being expensive, wouldn't you worry about the seeds
being crushed or broken in the process? It does help seeds to keep
longer to be in a very dry environment, maybe some day when I have
enough to save in two batches I'll try a light vacuum seal on one set
and the others in the trusty ol' jar-with-dessicant and see.

I think mine allows me to seal after only asking for a partial vacuum.
Haven't tried it, just read it in the manual (recommended for sealing
bread and delicate things. Who vacuum-packs bread?).


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