seed organisation / storage

[Moopmoop]

I currently have 5 seed tins on the go

My seeds are sorted in to 'sow by' years, one tin for out of date stuff/leftovers that needs sowed by this year/next year, another for stuff that hasn't been opened and will be for next year, then the stuff I've just gotten and will be for the year after etc.

I don't see it as a problem using old seeds, yeah germination might not be high but I still get a decent amount of plants. Most seed sow by dates are a guide to be ignored.

[bario1]

I have one box, then just bundle seed packets into groups (brassicas, roots, tenders, legumes etc) and bung an elastic band around them. Works for me!

[Potstubsdustbins]

^^^^^^^^^^^As above old tin and elastic bands.

[mothhawk]

Biscuit tins. One for veg, one for flowers. Going to need another this year to split up the veg seeds as I can't actually close the lid, it's got a heavy book on it holding it shut.

As I don't always write down what I've sown when, I also keep all the empty seed packets so I'll have some idea next year what I sowed this year. They are in the seed tins too. Maybe I should get a tin just for them.
or perhaps just a bigger tin....

[mothhawk]

Just read an interesting clipping - just after the war, you had to return empty biscuit tins to your grocer because there was no spare tin-plate to make new ones, and they were returned to the biscuit manufacturer. Without returned tins, they couldn't deliver more biscuits!

[Jarz]

I buy the 2.5 litre plastic bottles of deionised water for my iron, and have cut the top off one, to store my seeds.

Some months ago someone was about to give away a tall storage box. Our communal shed door can't be locked but we do have a padlock for the greenhouse, so I took the storage box, and walked it into the greenhouse where it fits nicely. The box with the seeds goes on the shelf at the top. I bought a padlock for the storage too.

[Alison]

I buy the 2.5 litre plastic bottles of deionised water for my iron, and have cut the top off one, to store my seeds.

Some months ago someone was about to give away a tall storage box. Our communal shed door can't be locked but we do have a padlock for the greenhouse, so I took the storage box, and walked it into the greenhouse where it fits nicely. The box with the seeds goes on the shelf at the top. I bought a padlock for the storage too.

Yours might be different so ignore me if that is the case but it would be too hot in my greenhouse to store seeds properly. They last best kept in cool and dark conditions.