Storing seeds and long term care.
Heirloom seeds long term storage.
Recovering seeds from the freezer or refrigerator.
Once the seeds are carefully hand packed they are then placed in a special waterproof practically indestructible container we call a seed bank.
Whether or not you currently have a food garden practical wisdom says you should stash away some heirloom seeds for the long term.
The vault system is based on the seed preparation techniques pioneered at the national seed storage lab of the us department of agriculture in fort collins colorado.
Specially dried sealed for maximum storage life store in a cool dry place 5 year shelf life with germination rates over 80 up to 15 years with germination rates over 50 store in freezer to further extend storage life open pollinated seeds recover and save seeds heirloom seeds non gmo sealed.
Some say up to 20 years.
The heirloom organics exclusive vault method of seed preparation produces up to twice the shelf life of normal seeds.
Read more about the vault method of seed preparation here.
We use the methods developed and approved by the u s.
Then each seed package is sealed in a special foil packet to maximize storage time.
7 years storage we use a specific 4 hour process for reducing moisture prior to sealing.
The exception is legumes which store best in breathable bags.
If the time ever came when food was in short supply or overly expensive your stored seeds could become a lifeline.
Storing seeds in the freezer for long term storage for long term storage or if you don t have a basement or cupboard with consistent temperatures consider freezing completely dry seeds in a glass jar.
Store most seed packets in airtight jars.
Survival seeds long lasting non gmo heirloom seeds legacy food storage.
The refrigerator is second best since temperatures aren t as consistent there.
Survival essentials 144 variety ultimate heirloom seed vault for survival and preparedness 23 335 non gmo heirloom seeds packed in superior ammo can for long term storage and maximum shelf life 4 6 out of 5 stars 118 135 99.
Long term storage processing usda method heirloom organics non hybrid seed packs are processed for long term storage increasing the shelf life of our seeds by many years.
Legacy survival seeds are scientifically and properly dried for long term storage and maintain 80 germination rates for up to 10 years.
Long term seed storage.
To keep the seeds dry fill a small cloth bag with about one half cup dried powdered milk.
Place the packet in the jar beneath the seed packets.
However if you freeze your seed bank you could increase the shelf life considerably.
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