shelf life of beans?

Hilo

Well-Known Member

• Jul 31, 2012

• #1

Found some older ones from a strain I liked alot but its going on 48 hours and only one shows signs of germinating out of five.

They are well over a year old. Were stored in a pill bottle with tin foil wrapped around it to light proof the bottle.

 

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gioua

Well-Known Member

• Jul 31, 2012

• #2

they shall grow.. if they were taken care of and viable in the 1st place..

you know there is a Plant Seed bank which houses the seeds of the worlds plants (not sure how long they keep them )

had many seeds pop up from 3-4 + years old..

 

Hilo

Well-Known Member

• Jul 31, 2012

• #3

I know what ur talking about. That's a temperature controlled vault built in case of a doomsday scenario tho brother.

Thanks for the reply tho. They did look a bit immature. If I get one to crack its all good.

 

Burshaw420

Member

• Jul 31, 2012

• #4

Ya I heard they can be good for like 6 years or something

 

welshsmoker

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• Jul 31, 2012

• #5

stick them in the fridge for a week or two. dont know if it works but i have done this with 6 year old seeds and they have come up. no science behind this mind mate.

 

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theexchanger

Member

• Jul 31, 2012

• #6

you can vacumm seal them up to keep them fresh and put in refrigerator not to cold though

 

kinetic

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• Jul 31, 2012

• #7

Hilo said:

Found some older ones from a strain I liked alot but its going on 48 hours and only one shows signs of germinating out of five.

They are well over a year old. Were stored in a pill bottle with tin foil wrapped around it to light proof the bottle.

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I have germinated seeds that were 2 years old kept in a small vile inside a box. It took them right around a week to pop. I don't use the paper towel method, maybe this would speed it up. I use peat pellets in a small pot surrounded by perlite.

 

Grojak

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• Jul 31, 2012

• #8

I store my beans in a mason jar with a handful of cotton balls on top and keep it in my fridge door. So far the oldest I've germinated out of there was 10mo old perfect 5/5 germ rate. I always take them out a day before I want to germ them, in my head it seems better to germ them at room temp, no proof of this though.

 

stickyicky0420

Well-Known Member

• Aug 16, 2012

• #9

im not shure the shelf life but i have a seed collection i have in my frezer some have been in there for a few years i just put them in a paper towel so it will absorb any moister and put them in containers they almost always germ but i never do leave them out room temp before i germinate them works fine for me.

 

Dwezelitsame

Well-Known Member

• Aug 16, 2012

• #10

if seeds are matured 4 to 6 weeks
dried correctly before being stored
and stored properly with rice or more powerful (i cant think of name of little packs comes in electronics an pills to dehumidafy)
placenin frig shold be good 20 30 years

me personally think not sure woud last about one hunnerd i think you would get a couple to pop if stored say about a hunnerd

of course will have decreasing germ rate wit added years

 

calicat

Well-Known Member

• Aug 16, 2012

• #11

Hilo said:

Found some older ones from a strain I liked alot but its going on 48 hours and only one shows signs of germinating out of five.

They are well over a year old. Were stored in a pill bottle with tin foil wrapped around it to light proof the bottle.

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Depending on the strain, the quality of the seed, and how you store it they can be viable for up to 5 years.

 

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stealthweed

Active Member

• Aug 16, 2012

• #12

Aren't there some seeds on attiude which are very old?so assuming I would purchase them none would germ?

 

MajoR_TokE

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• Aug 16, 2012

• #13

I recently germinated some seeds that i had stored for about 5 years they all cracked after about 24hrs and are now growing strong. 100% success rate.