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["Lisa K. V. Perry" <lkvp AT floydva.net>]

Keith B wrote:

> But it did make me realize how unorganized I am in this department. 
> here's a list of my saved seeds:
>
> Flowers and Herbs:
>
> 1 Ziplock baggy of, I think (no label) Hollyhocks (need cleaning, mostly 
> hulls)
> 1 Ziplock (labeled with marker) red hollyhocks, no date
> 1 Ziplock (labeled with marker) foxglove, no date
>  
You are not alone.  Great minds think alike!  This is very method I've 
used.  I have a light blue envelope from a birthday card full of 
squash-looking seeds.  They are of the 
I've-narrowed-it-down-to-one-of-three-varieties variety.  Why the heck I 
didn't label them is beyond me.   And another smaller envlope inside a 
ziplock baggie full of tomato seeds.  I know they are tomato seeds--but 
which kind?  I grew four varieties last year.  I think (there I go 
again) that I saved the seeds from the paste tomato, but I'm not 100% 
sure.  Guess I'll plant some of the mystery seeds and find out.  I 
haven't trusted my brain in the last few years--so why in that brilliant 
moment last summer did I trust it then?  (If it was last summer, but I 
think it was.)

After deliberation, I tossed all seed older than five years and replaced 
some with new seed.  This is the year--I have promised to myself--that 
if I get nothing else done or done correctly--that I will organize and 
come up with a better, organized storage method. 

Lisa