That sounds good! I ate venison burgers the last two night.
So, I’ve been making my own bean sprouts for years. The last time I placed an order I ordered quite a bit, but the last batch didn’t seem to produce too well.
I’m going to order more but was wondering if there’s a way to store the seeds so they last better, like maybe a couple years?
I just use ming and alfalfa although I’ve tried others.
Thanks.
“So, I’ve been making my own bean sprouts for years”
I remember that! I wanted to try it and then I forgot. But you know what, that would make an excellent subject, how to grow some kind of vegetable in the dead of winter. Or you can’t grow anything outside, there could be a variety of reasons for that. Can I pencil you in?
Anyway I know Ellendra knows a whole lot about harvesting seeds. So she probably knows about how best to save them? I would appreciate being pinged, cuz I would like to know as well.
I save seeds from all my non-hybrid plants, but I just make sure they’re dry and then I put them each in baggies with what they are and the date. And then stick them in a coffee can with the year on it. Probably at least part of that is wrong LOL.
Most seeds store best if kept dry and cold. An airtight container in the freezer works well. For sprouting, I’d suggest first dividing them into whatever proportions you plan to use them in.
Some species last longer in storage than others. I think onions are the ones with the shortest storage life, but I’m going by memory here. Beans can last for ages as long as they’re kept dry. There have been bean seeds found in archeological digs and in the ruins of old villages, that were carbon-dated at over a thousand years old, and they still sprouted!
When I took a tour of the Baker Creek seed bank, the manager said that the storage life of a seed is best if the percent humidity and the temperature in Fahrenheit added together total less than 100.