[quote="purslanegarden"]
What about seeds inside medicine or pill bottles? I had heard about that method and began using it last year, but I can't say that I know how it will affect the seeds long term. I am probably just interested in the 3-5 year range since I would keep collecting new seeds every year, but just out of curiousity, would it also hold for a longer term?
Thanks!
I have saved my prescription bottles over the years and that is what I use to save seeds in. The pill bottle are brownish which I think is a protector of seeds. I then have them stacked in my the bottom veggie drawer. Luckily I have 2---1 for seeds the other for veggies. Anyway I don't collect any seeds like I used to. Mainly my iris and daylily crosses. They will remain viable for 3 years or more. I have tested the daylily seeds that were 3 years old and they sprouted fine with thee Deno method. Seeds have a pretty long shelf life or else our planet would be void of plants. The secret is to keep them dry.
I slip a paper inside the bottle of the name and the year harvested.
