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<blockquote data-quote="TSgt Twitch" data-source="post: 2330735" data-attributes="member: 24664"><p>You could vacu pack the entire container, but the corners pose a tear hazard over time.</p><p></p><p>My best recommendation if you are serious about long term seed viability and want to maximize organization</p><p></p><p>use 1.5x2 inch baggies like these</p><p><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Clear-Lock-Bags-Case-1000/dp/B0040002ZO/ref=sr_1_6?ie=UTF8&qid=1383510872&sr=8-6&keywords=mini+ziplock+bags" target="_blank">http://www.amazon.com/Clear-Lock-Bags-Case-1000/dp/B0040002ZO/ref=sr_1_6?ie=UTF8&qid=1383510872&sr=8-6&keywords=mini+ziplock+bags</a> (yes they are popular for other purposes, but they work for regular seeds just fine)</p><p></p><p>Place your seeds into this with 1 o2 absorber then press it and zip it</p><p>then place these into a food saver bag and make a "flat pack garden" or organize it by planting times etc.</p><p>cole crops/cool weather crops in one</p><p>late spring early summer crops in one</p><p>late summer early fall crops in one</p><p>winter crops in another</p><p></p><p>Then take these 4 "flat packs" and place them into a mylar bag again with O2 absorbers, seal it and stick it in your vegetable crisper drawer.</p><p>If the seed was viable the day you put it in, then with this method it should be viable in 5 or 10 years or more. </p><p></p><p>Additionally only use open pollinated or "heirloom" seed (hybrid heirlooms are ok as are some modern ones as long as the seed will be true) this will help ensure you have your garden for years to come, with the oppurtunity to expand the following year/season with your saved seed if one pack was not enough to feed your family, and you should start now, no matter where you are practicing, even if its just learnign how to do tomato transplants in a container on your patio, or turning a clear rubbermade 20 gallon tote into a mini green house to grow you lettuce/chard/greens mixes on your porch. These small steps will teach you that seed savign is not cut and dry, that transplant are ot gurasnteed, and it will teach you MOST IMPORTANTLY what your family will and will not eat out of the garden.</p><p></p><p>P.S. if you cannot store them in your vegetable crisper, then in a plastic seal container in the coolest darkest place you can find, with minimal temp flunctuation, like a storm shelter.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TSgt Twitch, post: 2330735, member: 24664"] You could vacu pack the entire container, but the corners pose a tear hazard over time. My best recommendation if you are serious about long term seed viability and want to maximize organization use 1.5x2 inch baggies like these [url]http://www.amazon.com/Clear-Lock-Bags-Case-1000/dp/B0040002ZO/ref=sr_1_6?ie=UTF8&qid=1383510872&sr=8-6&keywords=mini+ziplock+bags[/url] (yes they are popular for other purposes, but they work for regular seeds just fine) Place your seeds into this with 1 o2 absorber then press it and zip it then place these into a food saver bag and make a "flat pack garden" or organize it by planting times etc. cole crops/cool weather crops in one late spring early summer crops in one late summer early fall crops in one winter crops in another Then take these 4 "flat packs" and place them into a mylar bag again with O2 absorbers, seal it and stick it in your vegetable crisper drawer. If the seed was viable the day you put it in, then with this method it should be viable in 5 or 10 years or more. Additionally only use open pollinated or "heirloom" seed (hybrid heirlooms are ok as are some modern ones as long as the seed will be true) this will help ensure you have your garden for years to come, with the oppurtunity to expand the following year/season with your saved seed if one pack was not enough to feed your family, and you should start now, no matter where you are practicing, even if its just learnign how to do tomato transplants in a container on your patio, or turning a clear rubbermade 20 gallon tote into a mini green house to grow you lettuce/chard/greens mixes on your porch. These small steps will teach you that seed savign is not cut and dry, that transplant are ot gurasnteed, and it will teach you MOST IMPORTANTLY what your family will and will not eat out of the garden. P.S. if you cannot store them in your vegetable crisper, then in a plastic seal container in the coolest darkest place you can find, with minimal temp flunctuation, like a storm shelter. [/QUOTE]
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