I've got a lot of seeds (especially cause I can't seem to stop buying them ) and I won't use them all in the near future, especially not until we hit spring again over here, so I've been googling how to store them. I found a couple of sites saying freezing is a great idea and then after I got excited about it I found other sites saying not to do it.... As usual, colour me confused.... So Stewies, in your experience....?
Hiya Een-nul-twee.... I save seeds every year. I save them in paper envelopes mostly, because I believe that this is the best way to preserve them. saving them in plastic is a questionable practice because the most minuscule amount of moisture can cause your seeds to allow fungus to begin. You can freeze them as do most of the seed-banks in the world, but I do not have the room for all that gedoe. Some seeds I just save in the seed-packs in which they came. I just seal these off with tape and a "pull tab". Inevitably, after a number of years, I wind up with uncountable numbers of opened seed packs...which even I see will never be used. What do I do then?...I do something very naughty: I throw all the seeds together in a plastic box...hustle them up thoroughly, and then mix them with some watered soil that is the consistency of clay. form small balls and then I throw these balls of mud and seeds on unused council ground and let them germinate after rain falls. I am waiting now to see how my latest attempt will work out. I have "balled" the weed strips along a stretch of train line. We shall see how that goes. Good luck with your search and saving project, meid.
Sjoerd I love that idea!!! I know for a fact the butternut seeds won't even need encouragement Ek gaan jou defnitief na-aap... You just have to post those pics when you get results!