What seeds to buy?

[goose the rio]

I was wondering which seeds to buy in order to keep on hand in the event of a national meltdown. What's the longest shelf life I can expect if I just store them and hopefully never have to use them?

[Darkwolf377]

goose the rio
Since Feb 15, 2009

[Gaffer]

I have a recommendation, but they ain’t legal.

[mgstarr]

No but you can borrow my Y2K shelter.

[martin_fierro]

[eastsider]

You might enjoy spending some time at sproutpeople.com.

[Travis T. OJustice]

Looking like a “1 and done” from here!

[Quix]

heirloom seeds . . . such as from

tomatofest.com

insure dry . . . cool . . . if dry . . . and dry weather, low humidity, store in glass Mason/Ball type canning jars, imho.

Check StanDeyo.com for lots of survival info.

[DCBryan1]

LOL...good catch!

Seriesly, there are some hugh problems coming down the pipeline and there are some worried lurkers ;)

[DogBarkTree]

These have a pretty long shelf life.

[mgc1122]

Meet and get to know your local county agricultural specialist. They can be a wealth of information on types of plants for the climate, ease of growth, and long term storage.

[Darkwolf377]

I stepped on him with my gigantic carbon footprint.

[Darkwolf377]

Drink up and give those bootleggers an economic stimulussss! (hick!)

[ozarkgirl]

http://www.heirloomseeds.com/

Non-hybrid seeds so you can keep the seeds year after year. In addition to the regular seed pkts they sell special sealed pkgs guaranteed for 3 years.

I’ve heard of many people who freeze seeds for up to 7 or 9 years.

Check out FR survival thread for tons more info.

[silverleaf]

http://www.survivalseedbank.com/

check out youtube videos by Cody Lundin and his book “When All Hell Breaks Loose”

[ozarkgirl]

Cool! I’ve not seen that site before.

Have you linked that on the survival thread?

[Swiss]

My suggestion is why wait to plant and grow until a meltdown. It is better to get experience with what ever you want to grow while there is plenty of resources around rather than figure out that while you have other problems to deal with.

Besides you may find out growing some things isn’t worth the effort. Also cheap homegrown food isn’t going to hurt your budget or health.

[davisfh]

Any dry seeds will survive indefinitely in a deep freeze or refrigerator freezer compartment. I store my seeds that way and have used seeds from the same supply for years.

[USS Alaska]

You call that a seed?

This is a seed!

[Between the Lines]

Survival Garden Seeds