RE: Seeds in the fridge ? ?
You put them in the fridge in an airtight container with a dessicant -
either silica gel or uncooked rice or something like that. Cool and dry is
the best combination of conditions. Throwing them in loose so they could
absorb ambient moisture would be bad. Putting them in an airtight container
with a dessicant is good. The fridge is GOOD, with that one qualification.
Beth
----Original Message Follows----
From: Kevin Holman <Kevin.Holman@bentley.com>
Reply-To: pumpkins@mallorn.com
To: pumpkins@mallorn.com
Subject: RE: Seeds in the fridge ? ?
Date: Mon, 13 Nov 2000 13:13:53 -0700
You definitely do not want to store them in the fridge. Here is an excerpt
from an email I received from Jim Bruce at the National Seed Storage Lab in
Colorado:
"...the bag of seeds should then be placed in as cool a spot as you can find
in your home. Do not put them in the refrigerator. The refrigerator contains
a high relative humidity and this could age the seed at an accelerated
pace."
Full text at:
http://homestead.com/henryholman/files/seed_harvesting_and_storage.html
-----Original Message-----
From: Michalec, Chris [c*@chmc.org]
Sent: Monday, November 13, 2000 12:01 PM
To: 'pumpkins@mallorn.com'
Subject: RE: Seeds in the fridge ? ?
Hi Wim,
I had kept my seeds in the refrigerator for several years and now keep them
in a freezer. If stored at a cool temperature they will remain viable for a
longer period of time. They should also be kept dry. I use silica gel
dessicant packages in the large plastic jar I store them in. Pumpkins seeds
do not need to be stored at a cooler temperature to get them to germinate.
It may help with tulip bulbs and some other seeds though. I have had many
seeds germinate right in the pumpkin when it is kept at warm temperatures.
My 506 uow this year only had 19 seeds that didn't germiante right in the
pumpkin as it had developed a blossom end split in September and I didn't
collect my seeds from it until the middle of October. The pumpkin started
to decay inside and as it warmed up from the bacterial activity most of the
seeds germinated.
Chris Michalec
Covington, WA
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Wim Van Loock [SMTP:EYES_T@bigfoot.com]
> Sent: Monday, November 13, 2000 1:21 AM
> To: Pumpkin Power ! ! !
> Subject: Seeds in the fridge ? ?
>
> Hi all,
>
> I have read that some people put their dried seeds in the fridge...
>
> What do you think of this ?? If you do so yourself, do they stay
> there all winter, or just the days or weeks before you plant them ??
> And just why do you put them there ?
>
> I have read this theory : just put them in the fridge a few weeks
> before they will be planted. In this way, the seeds will have a sort of
> winter. When planting them, the bigger change in temperature should
> work stimulating....
>
> Greetings from Belgium !
>
> Wim Van Loock
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