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noQgarderner Black Creek, WI Apr 23, 2008

If I have leftover seeds this year, what is the best way to save them for next year? would it be a good idea to seal them in a bag with my food saver? (with or without removing the air?) I have cucumber, pepper, tomato, broccili, watermelon, musk melon, corn, sunflower, pumpkin, eggplant, peas, beans, carrots, radish, pumkins.

Thanks in advance

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CapeCodGardener Mid-Cape, MA(Zone 7a) Apr 27, 2008

noQgardener, I will try to answer your question with the method that I use. I keep left-over seeds, re-sealed in the packages that they came in (or those little bags that people keep stamps in.) I then store these in tightly-closed plastic Tupperware-type containers in the refrigerator. I also put some of those little packets that come in the shoeboxes when you get new shoes, to absorb moisture. Don't know what they're called! If I don't have these, I've also just tossed in a teaspoon of dry moisture-retaining granules --the sort that you can add to planting mix--into the bottom of the plastic container They also help keep the seeds extra-dry. I've kept seeds for at least two years this way.

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mgpaquin Savannah, GA Apr 28, 2008

One small word of caution -- not all seeds store well from one season to the next. Lettuce is an example. I stored some black seeded Simpson that germinated about 100% the first year, and the second year almost nothing. Apparently lettuce seeds don't store well, at least not for me!

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