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  • From: Pat Meadows <pat AT meadows.pair.com>
  • To: Market Farming <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [Market-farming] Tin foil seed packets
  • Date: Fri, 01 Apr 2005 07:45:18 -0500

On Thu, 31 Mar 2005 18:51:36 -0500, you wrote:

>I would like to locate a source for empty tin foil lined seed packets like
>the ones found inside the seed packets of seeds distributed by the Italian
>seed supplier "Franchi". They are durable and once opened can be securely
>closed by folding over the end to make an airtight closure. This would
>solve the problem of old seed packets coming apart and spilling seeds. I
>would like to use them for storing all of my self saved seed or any carried
>over packet seed from other companies that are currently not using them like
>Fedco and Johnney's. I would transfer the seed from the paper packet into
>the foil packet and then place it back into the original paper packet. This
>seems like a better way to keep my stored seed airtight than trying to find
>a suitable larger airtight container for storing my packet seed in and would
>ease my accessability to my seeds. I would only need to break the airtight
>seal of the seed I am using when I open a packet.
>
>The other solution would be to order all of my seeds from Bill at "Seeds of
>Italy" but I'm not quite ready for that yet.
>

Those packets are very nice. I'd like to have them too.
Maybe you could write to Bill and ask him? Maybe he could
find out the supplier from Franchi.

Pat
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