Organizing Seeds
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Comments (20)I have large manila envelopes for each type- vines, plants, zinnias, coleus, etc, then envelopes for things like my Naughty Garden, Fairy Garden, etc. Things that I want for a specific bed goes into it's envelope. Then I have an envelope of seeds that I want to plant, but haven't decided exactly where. Everything in the vines, plants and individually named envelopes are for trades. Everything I'm keeping are in the ones marked for a particular garden or are in the MINE envelope :) All these envelopes are in lidded plastic boxes and stand so I can "Let my fingers do the walking" to find what I'm looking for. As far as dividing... I tend to do that when I get or harvest the seed. That way it's packaged and ready to go. If it's something extra I received as a trade, I leave it in the sender's packaging to preserve where it came from and any info they shared on the packaging. Kathy...See MoreOrganizing Seeds
Comments (19)Dang, I just wrote a reply here and got an error that spit me back to the Veggie Forum page. If it shows up later and I repeat myself, sorry! Anywho, I admire all the great ideas here! My method is pretty low tech. I used to lable the mailing envelopes that the seeds came in "Spring" Summer" and "Fall" depending on when the plants would be set out in the garden, until I got too many seed packets. Now I use small mailing boxes (which I also once recieved mail in) and rubberband the seeds into groups based on common sowing times and conditions (indoors or direct sow). It works pretty well and while I do have to shift some packets of seed that do more than one rotation in the garden, that's fairly painless. But suddnely I feel the urge to gussie up my boxes......See MoreJust can't help wondering
Comments (45)According to the farmers almanac for my part of Florida, the winters over this coming week, last frost being iirc the 19th of this month. Jalapenos, habaneros (orange, chocolate, red savina, ad white), Long red thin cayenne, datil, tabasco, thai hot, scotch bonnets, bhut jolokia, naga morich, naga dorset, trindad scorpion, anaheim, and possibly a few others... I found a pepper site that sends you free seeds for advertising for them, and received much of my seeds this year from that source. They are also Florida based. I've got several acres of land to plant these on... however I'm thinking of planting them all relatively close together, and allowing them to cross polinate (then saving the seeds). Just for the fun of seeing what I end up with. Surprise, it looks like a jalapeno, but with the heat of a ButchT Trinidad Scorpion. lol Or will I grow to regret that in the long run?...See MoreOrganizing seeds for storage
Comments (0)List all seeds in a spreadsheet program. Record the name, special treatment (freeze, cool etc.) and the plant date. Then do a sort by date and run off a hard copy for quick reference. Start seeding in January and go through fall to keep organized. If the seeds are absolutely dry and you have a dry place to store them, plastic containers may be used for storage, e.g. Photo albums with slots for each photograph. Add a catalog picture & any pertinent information. Put the seeds in small baggies or Saran Wrap before putting in page. 35m film canisters in a plastic box, especially the transparent ones. Label with felt marker. Tackle boxes with lots of compartments. Jewellers have neat little (1" square or larger) zipper bags. Square tin flour cannister during the winter. In spring, stand the packets up in a bread pan, divided by planting date: inside cool for the basement, inside warm for my plant room, outside cold for peas, etc., outside cool, outside warm. Oblong Tupperware boxes stack handily in the refrigerator freezer, and keep moisture and air out. Stick those little silica gel packets among the seeds to absorb moisture, and dry the packets out once a year or so. It is better, however, to avoid air tight containers. Seed companies prefer paper. Save all the return envelopes from your junk mail. They can be stored in a spare box, drawer, or hanging plastic shopping bag. In the fall, collect the seeds into used glass or plastic jars along with a piece of newspaper or paper tissue to absorb moiture. Later, pick the right size envelope, label it with the plant name and the present year (very important) and any other information worth remembering. Fill out several envelopes, some to give away. Then fill them with seeds and seal them. Keep the envelopes in a cool basement or in the garage, either in big cookie jars or in the camping cooler which does not get used in the winter time anyway. In the garage, the container has to be tight to protect the content from mice, in the house it doesn't matter. But most people's basements are too warm to store seeds. Keep seeds in paper coin envelopes. These come in many sizes and can be ordered through office supply businesses or catalogs. The envelopes I keep in a box with cardboard dividers to help hold the packets upright. You can also put commercial seed packets in this box. File seed packets in several file boxes, one for flowers and one for veggies. File them by the month that they need to be planted....See Morecjsmith
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