Re: frozen seeds

**"Mike McGrath" M*@PTD.net**

Most seeds can't survive freezing, and the moisture in a fridge is death on a
stick; the longest-lived seeds have been stored in cool and dry places
(Arizona for 50 + years; Palestine for millennia...)
    There may be a way that super-expert rocket scientists can try it
(probably some form of freeze drying), but regular old humans do best with
desiccating packets and tightly sealed jars in a cool dry place.
                                        ---Mike McG
  ----- Original Message -----
  From: Ken Hargesheimer
  To: Mike McGrath
  Cc: Fred Conrad ; community_garden@mallorn.com
  Sent: Wednesday, August 30, 2006 5:09 PM
  Subject: Re: [cg] frozen seeds

  Why is fridge and freezer bad?  One of the EU countries is building a seed
storage in the north to freeze them for the future.

  Ken Hargesheimer

  On 8/30/06, Mike McGrath <MikeMcG@ptd.net> wrote:
    yes--DON'T!!!!
       cool and dry is what you want; no fridge, no freezer/
                                           ----McG

    ----- Original Message -----
    From: "Fred Conrad" <fred.conrad@acfb.org>
    To: <community_garden@mallorn.com >
    Sent: Wednesday, August 30, 2006 4:10 PM
    Subject: [cg] frozen seeds

    > two posts in one day!  a new record for me.
    >
    > does anyone have a quick reference for freezing (vegetable) seeds?  need
i
    > go into detail?
    >
    > thanks,
    > fgc
    >
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