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["John D'hondt" <dhondt@eircom.net>]

Yes, often thought about it. But it would only be used for drying seeds for 
which we already have a ( far from ideal, well it's ok really as long as the 
parrot does not fly about) system. We have fresh vegetables here every day.

john

 A food dehydrator with some window screen on the trays for small
seeds is a good way to dry seeds in humid climates.


Scott Vlaun Moose Pond Arts+Ecology Design Solutions for a Sustainable
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On Jan 9, 2013, at 7:54 PM, John D'hondt wrote:

> With "special care" they probably mean "vernalisation" which simply
> means
> putting old seeds in the freezer for a few days or longer before the
> germination process is started.
> Here in Ireland we very rarely drop below 75% relative air humidity.
> So it
> is not always possible to dry seeds as well as would be ideal.
> John
>
> > I recently read a tomato expert saying that, if stored well (dry
> > and not
> > too warm), tomato seeds stay viable for at least 10 years. And I've
> > heard
> > of people reviving much older seed, with special care.
> >
> > On Wed, Jan 9, 2013 at 3:31 PM, John D'hondt <dhondt@eircom.net>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > ...If need be we can save
> > > the ziplock bags for at least 2-3 years and we still find more
> > > than 80%
> > > germination.
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