Seed Storage Question

II69II

II69II

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My room is roughly 85-88 as Im dealing with seedlings and leaving my window open. Are my seeds in danger of losing potency or anything. RH is 55-60 but in the drawer I have them tucked away in probably not that humid.
 
Tracker

Tracker

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II69II said:
My room is roughly 85-88 as Im dealing with seedlings and leaving my window open. Are my seeds in danger of losing potency or anything. RH is 55-60 but in the drawer I have them tucked away in probably not that humid.
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They will last longer in cooler, drier conditions.
 
II69II

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Tracker said:
They will last longer in cooler, drier conditions.
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True, guess Ill just move em till my plants are out the seedling stage. I just hate not having shit in my room. Whats your opinion on a week or two then temps around 73-77? Still gonna move them, just gauging the potential damage from the few days my room has been like this.
 
II69II

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Autodoctor said:
Keep mine in ziplock in fridge if we are talking seeds and not seedlings
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Yea seeds. I kniw the best way to store them, my rooms usually fine for storage. Just gauging if I damaged my seeds from a few days of it being kinda hotish. Only 86 max in my tent under a light, so prolly not too bad in my drawer on the other side of the room
 
II69II

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Tracker said:
I keep my seeds in an opaque container with a large moisture absorbing silica gel pack in the refrigerator.
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I guess what Im asking is, do you think a few days of it being 83-85 degrees hurt the seeds. I mean Ill find out eventually. Just looking for that specific answer.
 
Tracker

Tracker

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II69II said:
I guess what Im asking is, do you think a few days of it being 83-85 degrees hurt the seeds. I mean Ill find out eventually. Just looking for that specific answer.
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It's a matter of probabilities. The more the seeds are exposed to unfavorable conditions, the less likely they will be to germinate in the long run. That's as specific as I can get. I bet there are scientific journal articles where experiments were done to determine the germination rates of seeds stored in various conditions, but I haven't read any of them.
 
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Tracker said:
It's a matter of probabilities. The more the seeds are exposed to unfavorable conditions, the less likely they will be to germinate in the long run. That's as specific as I can get. I bet there are scientific journal articles where experiments were done to determine the germination rates of seeds stored in various conditions, but I haven't read any of them.
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Forsure, I moved them to the basement so theyll be good till my room has a decent temp.
 
shattascam

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I have a bunch for next season just put them in pill bottle inside a bag and then put that in a mini fridge. From what i gather that's the way to go for anything over like 6 months
 
II69II

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shattascam said:
I have a bunch for next season just put them in pill bottle inside a bag and then put that in a mini fridge. From what i gather that's the way to go for anything over like 6 months
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Thats a good idea actually, I have them all in bags they came in besides my GDP seeds. They came in this little plastic tube
 
crimsonecho

crimsonecho

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i use glass test tubes with screw on caps, i label them and put them in a cardboard box then they go into the fridge and are only taken out when i need to germinate them. i had 100% germ rate with my 1-2 year old seeds.
 
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