[Vickilm]

I keep mine in envelopes.

[DB1]

Most of my seeds are kept in a tote box in a spare room in the house. I also have a few jars of seeds in the freezer for long term storage.

[Devie5]

I have some in clear shoe boxes & recently bought plastics photos box keepers to store by categories they are thin enough to store a bunch of the boxes in their own box. They have them on Amazon

[Fossilman]

I store my seeds in plastic bags and glass jars. Then store the jars under the house in the crawl space. I have grown corn, beans, tomato, etc. from seeds as much as 12 years old. And I routinely use seeds over 5 years old. I do this on purpose so I am selecting for seeds with a long shelf life. My germination rates do suffer but I still get plenty of viable seeds. My goal is to create seeds with a long shelf life.

[AwakenTheWildSoul]

Brilliant!

[Squashmania]

You have some serious landrace crops!

[JerseyGiantChick]

Each seed gives a chance, we are blessed with some seeds again this year. Also Goji, 5 different kinds.

[Squashmania]

There are 5 different varieties of goji?? I learn so much on this site.

[JerseyGiantChick]

Even more than 5, just be careful they are nit the sam under different names.

[DownAndDirtyGrandma]

I keep mine in plastic bags that are stored in a sealed plastic bin in my basement.

[dorthal]

I had some Alabama Red Okra that had still been in the pod and stuck down in a vase for decor. They had been in there 12 years and I planted them and they came up after being so uncared for.

[AwakenTheWildSoul]

That is awesome!😄

[dorthal]

My favorite way of storing is in glass jars and also in small manilla envelopes.

[Summerhat-n-Chicks]

I store my seeds in these individual cooky paper bags that I get at Michael and then collect them in a cardboard shoe box.

[JerseyGiantChick]

We do that with garlic , unions and potatoes or in a carton box.

[Little-Flock]

My favorite way is to harvest the seed, dry them on paper plates, and then package them in standard envelopes. I tape the envelopes shut and store them on the top shelf of a spare refrigerator in the pantry.

[AQuietAndOrderlyLife]

If I’m really on top of things: in envelops in glass mason jars … vacuum sealed in my refrigerator. That’s the final stage, anyway!!
Here’s how I’ve been doing it for several years; my youngest is actually the one that got us started in heirloom gardening when he was 8 years old … that was about 17 years ago, so we have been saving seeds for 17 years. We try to save fresh seeds each year, and are to the point where we mostly grow our own seeds … except when we decide to try something new.
The first stage: collecting seeds throughout the gardening season. These seeds go on my “seed saving table” in my living room, waiting patiently for me to have time to clean and package. (they wait on coffee filters on paper plates, or in paper bags or boxes, depending on what type of seed and how much of it I have)
The second stage: cleaning and packaging. Usually I just clean and package in bulk – whatever envelop size needed for the amount of seeds collected of any particular variety.
The third stage: this happens some time in the fall or early winter when I have time to relax. I grab my second-stage envelops and re-package the seeds into smaller packs for selling or giving away. I always portion out what I need FIRST, and then re-package the rest.
The fourth stage: this is the ideal final stage 😉 all of the seeds are stored in vacuum sealed mason jars until I either use them, sell them, or give them away.
Currently I am in the middle of stage 2.
(the photo is some of my starts for the last season)

• This reply was modified 2 years, 1 month ago by  AQuietAndOrderlyLife.

[Grampa-J]

Just getting started and learning myself. My grandfather always had them in Mason jars.

[Bluesky63]

My favorite book for seed saving is “Seed to Seed”. It is very informative and easy to read for the average gardener.

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[Bluesky63]

I also store my seeds in their paper packs, put into a plastic tote and into the refer.