Seed storage techniques

I tried that for a week or so with a handful… just moved them out and onto the heat mat last night. I’ve had at last a few in the water the whole time… they eventually just water log and die if they don’t sprout fairly soon.

I’m gonna pull the reigns back and just accept that I probably won’t have a full tent this grow… 2 out of 4 seedlings are starting their second nodes.

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I’m pretty sure it’s just the seeds and not the method in this case

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whish i knew this stuff 10 years ago
:’)

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Looks like my current seed storage

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Its a beautiful thing, isn’t it

Cheers to chaos!

Organized Chaos; these are the photo-periods. Not so complicated

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Well then mine maybe more chaotic. I gotta little of everything mixed up

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Inside these two soft coolers are 3 pint mason jars and the stainless thurmos is stuffed with baggies of seeds. Breeder packs are whole and homemade seed is all labeled F x m and the date. I don’t pull anything out on hot days because of condensation.

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Followed a lot of the tips in this thread and got my seeds all stored away in the fridge. I saved the silica packets from the tents I bought and put a couple silica beads in with the seeds. Topped them off with some cotton and put the whole thing in a lunchbox in the fridge.

They’re each labeled with a little sticker that’s taped on so it doesn’t fall off. Then each one’s location is marked in a spreadsheet as a backup.


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Best way to store seeds is actually high heat plenty of light and moisture is good… haha jk do the exact opposite

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How many beans per vial approximately?

Cheers
G

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Most of mine have 5-10 seeds per, but you could fit probably 50 seeds or more in each.

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Proper, looks great borosilicate glass and aluminum lids hard to do better and still have easy access. Id expect 10 year shelf life in the fridge at 37F :heart_eyes:

People storing in plastic obviously wont achieve the longest vitality
But if they plan to sprout in a year or two… :man_shrugging:
Should suffice

Torch sealed ampoules for the mad scientists :wink:

Best >>> :hugs:

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I’m glad to hear the shelf life should be good for a while, I can’t grow where I live right now but I have a solid collection going, some are already over 5 years old. Mostly bag seeds to practice with until I actually know what I’m doing and can pop the high end packs I’ve purchased from skunk tek and csi

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Fridge will buy you some time,
after 2-3 years id start to get nervous, if not in cold storage.

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Yeah I wasn’t too worried just because I’ve seen people on here say how they found some seed in a drawer that’s 10 years old and still popped so I figured the fridge would be a good place for long term storage

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