Seed storage- Chiwapa

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A buddy had me pick him up a spare bag of chiwapa millet, but he never used it. Any knowledge about on how to best store it? It’s currently in a big brown paper bag that’s not very well sealed

I was planning on double trash bagging it and then keeping in a closet until time to plant next summer. Any other steps necessary to keep the seed usable for next summer?

[Chuck the Duck Slayer]

deep freezer

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Actually? Not sure if you’re an alt account to the merkin guy…

If I do freeze, do they need to be air sealed?

[fro]

Freezer.

[Whackumstackum]

Don’t freeze it, do exactly as you were planning and it’ll be fine.

[Palmetto Bug]

Listen to Whackumstackum. He's a SME.

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What does SME mean?

[Whackumstackum]

What does SME mean?

I’m awaiting the definition myself but I distribute a lot of seed every year and know a little. We’ve sent beans and cotton seed to cold storage in the past but it’s certainly not frozen storage. Small seeds like millet/sorghum/clover/turnips , well they seem to save forever with little effort if you can keep the bugs out of them. I planted some 4 year old brown top and had a hell of a stand. Keeping it in moderate temps is the ticket IMO, I need freezer space for fish and deer, not seed. Hope this helps.

[bigbuckdown]

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Appreciate it boys. I’ll hedge my bets a bit and post an update come next summer for any interested observers. Perks of playing with house money