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Oct 13, 2016 3:07 PM CST
Name: Rick Corey
Everett WA 98204 (Zone 8a)
Sunset Zone 5. Koppen Csb. Eco 2f
Frugal Gardener Garden Procrastinator I helped beta test the first seed swap Plant and/or Seed Trader Seed Starter Region: Pacific Northwest
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>> After cleaning, the seeds are usually placed on a paper tray about 3"x3" made from newspaper, with sides 1/4-1/2" deep, and those are placed on cookie trays in kitchen cabinets that used to hold dishes.

That sounds like a great way to dry seeds or seed heads that are too wet to go into paper envelopes (if you have enough cupboard space).

When I try to dry them in a paper envelope, I either use multiple envelopes so no one of them has a DEEP layer of drying seeds, or shake them several times per day.

Soggy seed heads I press between coffee filters and cotton towels. Then I keep them separate from other seeds until they are very dry and I'm pretty sure they won't go moldy.

But I can't figure out any way to keep from losing things and then finding them years later. When totally dry and in "The Stash", I can find them.

But every place I think of to put things "where they won't get lost" ... they get lost there.

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