Seed saving?

[orangeman]

Well, I've read about this before but I'm still not sure. I thought I was just flat out of luck but I found some seeds (lol imagine that) in the back of my drawer. Now I have about 20 seeds. Now, I'm keeping them in a zip lock bag, dark in the depths of a crown royal bag. I need to know will they last for atleast 1 to 2 years? It's June 3rd and I was gonna plant the seeds but some one said that it would be too late or w/e so I plan on planting them next year. Will they still be good by next year? Because I got some of them like..last yr like November of '05 and all that so I need advice because I cant store them in a freezer because if some one goes in there and questions me about some damn seeds in the freezer I wont have an answer and they're just gonna assume, and my mom smokes too so she knows what marijuana seeds look like lol.

orangeman Reviewed by orangeman on 06-03-2006. Seed saving? Well, I've read about this before but I'm still not sure. I thought I was just flat out of luck but I found some seeds (lol imagine that) in the back of my drawer. Now I have about 20 seeds. Now, I'm keeping them in a zip lock bag, dark in the depths of a crown royal bag. I need to know will they last for atleast 1 to 2 years? It's June 3rd and I was gonna plant the seeds but some one said that it would be too late or w/e so I plan on planting them next year. Will they still be good by next Rating: 5

[the image reaper]

for many years, I stored my bagseeds in the fridge (not the freezer) and they stayed viable for a long time ... I have read in these Forums it is a good idea to throw a spoonful of rice in with the seeds, to act as a moisture-absorbent, sounds like a good idea to me ... :smokin:

[busteruk7]

yeah that does sound like a good idea
as for storing seeds in the right conditions they can be kept for years
cheers all

[Stellar]

June is not too late to plant them. Even the middle to close to the end of July isn't too late. Yeild will suffer the longer you wait from now tho.

I live in PA. We were having some shitty May weather, where I live. It didn't even reliably stop frosting at night on my area until the last week of May. I've had all of mine that are going outside already started inside and waiting, in the meantime. They would be there now, but we're in a five day thunderstorm and shower lock, unfortunately.

Anyway, I've seen people get away with starting plants begining of August-middle-end of July era and still pull off an ounce per plants that got around three feet by the time they chopped it down in september. Not good yeild by any means, but still, about all you can get away with asking for for a month and a few week's growth. The buds were premature, but you can't stop Jack Frost from killing shit, unless you use decent sized buckets and move them inside every night... Then maybe you can add some more grams and, more importantly, maturity...

Anyway... moral of the story... Plant that shit.

[orangeman]

So storing my seeds like I am now, you all dont expect them to last too long?

[dopeboy703]

nope if i were u i woulda put it in the fridge ... lol i got about 34 seed right now in the fridge for like almost a month xD iuno i might juss give them away im not ganna grow im much work lol

[Shovelhandle]

early july planting should be able to mature, that's 110-120 days to the end of October. I planted bubblegum outside in early may and again in mid july. They matured at the same time.

Shov

[horror business]

Lol, wow this is an old thread.
I haven't had any new seeds in a LONG time, since my new dealer only carries high quality, but I have a few pill bottles filled with random seeds I've collected this year. I keep the bottles in a dark place as well. I don't know if I will plant them, since they are just bag seed, but they are all good looking seeds. The shitty seeds I automatically threw away. I might make "hempseed milk" out of them, if I have enough. Somewhere I saw a video or a recipe for it.

[hipEstoner]

for many years, I stored my bagseeds in the fridge (not the freezer) and they stayed viable for a long time ... I have read in these Forums it is a good idea to throw a spoonful of rice in with the seeds, to act as a moisture-absorbent, sounds like a good idea to me ... :smokin:

lol, i threw rice in my seeds before i ven read this, i knew it wouldbe good cuz rice is kept in salt

[MisterE]

A piece of regular dry pasta should work as well for moisture. Restaurants sometimes use that in their sugar shakers, because it stops the sugar from clumping up, and it's larger than the hole(s) where the sugar pours out.