Seed storage ideas

Joseph - Each pocket in the plastic trading card page is about 2 1/2 " (wide) x 3 1/2" (tall). The pockets open at the top. Again, there are 9 pockets per page. I store 2 seed packs per pocket for a total of 18 different seed packets per each page. I place each seed packet back to back with the other one so I can see the labels on both the front and the back of each page.

Any seeds that I have a LOT of (mainly my own seeds that I collected from my garden), go in my plastic bins with an index. I haven't put the binder seeds in alphabetically order yet. I probably need to do that for sure. Otherwise I am flipping through pages to try to locate particular seeds. But ... I do tend to plant all the seeds out each Winter and Spring, because most don't stay viable for more than one year. I start doing trades in late Spring and Early Summer and continue to do seed trading from there on out. Winter is a good time for lots of trades here on DG as most of you know! :-)

I like the idea of these pages and could just insert them in the accordion files I already have. Very cool and useful ideas here in this thread!

I was thinking about categorizing my seeds since I have so many kinds.. a to z... hmmm what an idea.. I also like vines, vegetables, herbs, spring flowers, summer flowers, fall flowers, annuals and prenneiels.. that is how I have them sorted right now..I Promise to use the stuff I bought especially for being organized in 2009..I never use all my seeds.. some I had for four years came up just fine this past spring.. I found a small jar of mg seeds from the crowley house.. we moved here to derby 21 years ago... I am going to try them out this spring.. they were in a storage can with some other stuff I decided to tuck away for memories later when we moved.. it is even a baby jar.. must be from Rose when she was a baby... she is 28, now... I bet this Acorn seed is dried up tho.. it rattles LOL

okay here is my seed storage right now..

Oh gee, Debra ... I don't feel so bad now. My seed collecting area looks similiar to yours! LOL!

yep thats close to what I was talking about...looks good; as of organizing well it would be tough but a couple wire clothes hangers snipped in half witha central holder would provide access but still alphabetizing could be work depend on if you are as OCD as I am. :)

...and Debra, mine looks like that right? in two rooms though, stuff I have recieved and stuff I am pulling in from the yard and garden...
:Darren

I used to keep mg seeds in the envelope that it came with and then stapled them so I can't get to them/plant them during winter. But I got lights and talked myself out of it (I lost alot of seeds/plants this way =/ =p).

I use a trolley with plastic drawers (5 drawers). One for mg seeds I have harvested myself...

...one for I. nil and another drawer for I. purpureas....

...one for species, currently sharing the space with my lathyrus collection.

Within each drawer I have dollar store spoon plastic containers for the harvested ones and for pollen storage...and for purpureas and nils are further grouped into other categories - akatsuki series etc and placed into plastic ziplock bags

I think I would like to try the folder idea, it saves space!

eliz

okay y'all... I finally did it.. got the piles and boxes and tubs of seeds all a little more organized..... here ya go
they are right next to me so I can grab them ofcourse, the big glass jar is the "mix" .. and in the garage I have all the vine circles of chinese bean and mgs all hanging, and four huge bags of dried marigolds by the clumps with dead heads still attached.. and then there are the 6 huge mounds of mgs outside yet ( seed pods in the Bags and on fences)
just gonna leave them until someone says "hey I want a thousand noid blue or pink mgs "LOL

Hubby surprised me with this for my birthday a few years ago. It works great, has lots of dividers and I made little index cards to store alphabetically. I keep it on the bottom shelf of my plant stand for easy access all winter long. Every year I say Im gonna wintersow but havent yet. LOL.
I do have a portable greenhouse and a big garden window that I start seeds in. Almost time to do that. hmmmm...think I'll go thru my seed box today!

I keep mine in show boxes one for perennials in alphabeticla order then one for annuals and one for vegies and one for noids collected god knows where or when so I have decided that I am planting five seeds of every noid in my collection to see what they are like I know some are poppies but what kind or color ????? and many others maybe about 80 of them or more time to cut down on the noids lol hahahahah

Hi

I live in Spain and I cant find those baseball card A4 plastic sleeves anywhere here, so if anybody is willing to make a trade , I propose the following:

I need at least 50 pages of 9 pockets each, which I will exchange for :

- 50 seeds of caesalpinia pulcherrima
- 150 seeds of Podranea Ricassoliana
- 100 seeds of Alternanthera purpurea
- 15 seeds of Tabebuia Chrysotricha
- 60 seeds of Psidium Catleyanum
- 15 seeds of Malvaviscus Drumondii
- 15 seeds of Cobaea Scandens
- 20 seeds of Albizzia julibrissin
- 30 seeds of dodonaea viscosa
- 50 seeds of Cedrela Odorata
- 30 seeds of Pinus Canariensis
- 150 seeds of Tecoma Stans
- 50 seeds of Parkinsonia Aculeata
- 150 seeds of Pittosporum viridifolium
- 150 seeds of Jacaranda mimosifolia
- 25 seeds of Cotoneaster horizontalis
- 10 seeds of Tabebuia Pentaphylla
- 100 seeds of Markahami lutea
- 12 seeds of datura Stramonium
- 50 seeds of Chilopsis Linearis
- 200 seeds of Sequoia
- 500 seeds of Casuarina equisetifolia

If anyone is interested please D-mail me

Great thread!

I always liked this idea, used by a seed bank, but now I think I like the binder or the embroidery box, better.

I love the binder with the card case. I hope I can find those, here.
great ideas!
-T

This is my system for collection/drying

cute bags are they silk I think I have seen those at babyshowers or something very nice

I use those too get them at walmart..

hi-
They are from the craft store... 99 cents.

I think the fabric is called organza.

It lets the seed heads dry without molding, but it has a tight enough weave, to hold even the tiniest seeds, like poppy seeds.

oops...we posted at the same time,...

Yes, I think I've also seen them at Hobby lobby and other places. They come in all different sizes. I love them.

real organza is a silk product used on wedding gown overlay for the skirt
they make amazing drying back since the air can pass but the weave is so tight that the smallest seeds can not escape
wonderfull idea

Well, I don't think these are real organza then, lol...they were pretty inexpensive.


Frank-
I've located the floss a way bags, but cannot seem to find any of the self-adhesive hanging thingys...
can you ask your wife where she got hers?
Thank you
-T

those bags are great for Herb sachets and in a pinch a tea bag.... Great new use~! Love the Shelf system....!

I am going to get some the next time I see them

I agree with the sachets...

One year, I had a lavender bush die. I took my clippers out and clipped all the foliage off, and then spread it all out on cookie sheets. I baked it at 150 for an hour. (to instigate the release of the oils)

The whole house smelled great(but made me VERY sleepy!). I let them cool, and then put them in little lavender-colored bags with pretty bead trim. I gave them out as stocking stuffers and everyone seemed to really like them.

mmmm lavender love the smell it is like a littel part of heaven

mona

I really like the baseball card pockets too.

How many packs fit in one pocket, I may try that.

Taylor good to see you..


Syurami, I found the seeds...FINALLY! That's one good reason to go to the baseball card pockets for me. I need to downsize!

A.

I wonder how much the coin envelopes cost I count use a few hundred of those

And here is the fridge of the Kyusu University !

hi all-
I wanted to add two links on here, thanks to Frank pointing me in the right direction

Both of these sites carry the flossaway bags, & tabs, or you can purchase the whole kit

http://yarntree.com/cross-stitch/
(start looking under the tab: totes & organizers)

http://thestitchnframeshop.com/catalog/index.php
(start looking under gadgets & goodies: This site is less expensive, with the whole kit only $24).

dolarama or any dollars store will have storage cases for beads that is what I am using a then I put them in a shoe box so they are in the dark

I've been to CCA ( Community Christian Action) in their used goods stoer & found some decent storage containers..only I need them for my crafts first, but I go to CCA about once a month anyway...real cheap!

that is why I love the dollars store why pay more if you can get it cheaper

that's right scicciarella... by the way..is that Metcalfe Ontario Canada you live in??

yes it is, that big town with only one stop sign not even a light but worse I live outside of town so Im lucky the road is paved hahahhahaha

ah yes.. I lived in Mississauga up to 2004, then I married my American hubby & moved here to Texas.. I love it! ( so yes, I am Canadian!).

I use to live in toronto for 23 years then had to get away from the big city it was making me nuts I hate traffic lol born and raised in a small town on the east coast by the ocean oh well no ocean here but lots of space and quiet yes I can hear the birds and a chipmunk in the woods is loud hahahahahah

This message was edited Apr 3, 2009 8:55 AM

oh I love it Mona.. here in Texas I live in an area that is quiet..yet is a city.. & I hear the Blue Jays these days but we have cardinals all year round here & I love them! We don't have chipmunks here & I don't have squirrels in my area though they are here. What I am amazed at is we have hawks & seasonal birds, ie; hummingbirds. Though I haven't seen a hummer in ages! :0)

Becky, I've put almost four containers into giant notebooks and in the plastic sleeves, just have three more notebooks to do. I can't believe how much nicer they look even though I took them all out of order. But, I can see each one without having to take them out and then put them back in.

Next come the veggies.

A.

Good Job, A.

Please show us when you are done.