Guest guest Posted June 19, 2008 Report Share Posted June 19, 2008 Hi all, I want to share with you the information that I received from Gil on this subject. Hope this helps with everyone that has to order a lot of seeds all at once. ew As with most of what we know we learned it by experience - not by reading it. Our seeds froze every winter when were new sprouters. We lived in a log cabin which was too small to keep them in, so they lived on our porch. The seeds were in galvanized steel garbage cans and lived happily through the very cold Wisconsin winters. They thawed and re-froze at times I imagine, but they always sprouted well. We continue to freeze seeds - in freezers these days - which have short shelf lives (garlic, onion) or high oil content (almond, peanut) or are prone to insect infestation in hot weather (amaranth, quinoa, sesame, rice and some big grains, and corn). The only issue we concern ourselves with is thawing. The condensation that occurs can - we think - be a problem due to the possibility of seeds sitting in too much water. So, for home sprouters we advise they remove only what they need to sprout and then return their seeds to the freezer before they can " sweat " . There is no reason - in our experience - to delay soaking the seeds you are going to sprout - just move them right from the freezer to the sprouter. Sunshine makes the flowers dance. Anon. -- See Exclusive Videos: 10th Annual Young Hollywood Awards http://www.hollywoodlife.net/younghollywoodawards2008/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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