Re: Silica Gel for Seed Storage

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• Subject: Re: Silica Gel for Seed Storage
• From: R* <m*@earthlink.net>
• Date: Sun, 22 Feb 1998 10:47:28 -0500
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KORY SCHAUER HAGLER wrote:

> Can someone tell me if it is Okay (safe) to use silica gel packets
> (the
> kind packaged with such items as leather goods) for storing seeds?
> I've
> got lots of those little packets from shoes I've purchased over the
> past
> couple years. Or is there a special "type" of silica gel specifically
> for
> seeds?
>
> Kory Hagler
> North Dakota, USA
>
> <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><>
> kory_schauer_hagler@ndonline.com

   Dear Kory,

I'd say it is safe -- Whenever I finish a bottle of Vitamins that has
the little package, I put them in my seed containers -- I don't know if
they help -- but they don't hurt-  Ask youi local pharmacy to save them
for you.

Rika        Willow Pond Nursery        http://www.willowpondnursery.com

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