# Seed longevity for future use

**URL:** <https://ilgmforum.com/t/seed-longevity-for-future-use/104148>\
**Category:** Grow Support\
**Created:** [August 11, 2023, 1:30pm UTC](https://ilgmforum.com/t/seed-longevity-for-future-use/104148 "2023-08-11T13:30:23Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![Greenegreens](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bbce88/32.png) [@Greenegreens](https://ilgmforum.com/u/Greenegreens)\
**Post date:** [August 11, 2023, 1:30pm UTC](https://ilgmforum.com/t/seed-longevity-for-future-use/104148/1 "2023-08-11T13:30:23Z")

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I want to start a seed collection to have on hand . How long will seeds stay viable for and how do you all store them

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**Author:** ![anon34311147](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c89c15/32.png) [@anon34311147](https://ilgmforum.com/u/anon34311147)\
**Post date:** [August 11, 2023, 1:35pm UTC](https://ilgmforum.com/t/seed-longevity-for-future-use/104148/2 "2023-08-11T13:35:37Z")

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Alot of people will store their seeds in a refrigerator but you have to understand that if they would ever return back to room temperature before being germinated it will most likely destroy them.  
I just keep mine in a cool dark place with low humidity in an air tight container.

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**Author:** ![2GreenThumbs](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/growingmarijuana/user_avatar/ilgmforum.com/2greenthumbs/32/696724_2.png) [@2GreenThumbs](https://ilgmforum.com/u/2GreenThumbs)\
**Post date:** [August 11, 2023, 1:51pm UTC](https://ilgmforum.com/t/seed-longevity-for-future-use/104148/3 "2023-08-11T13:51:26Z")

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I freeze mine for years at a time. Wrap them well. In Jorge Cervantes book the Cannibis Encyclopedia he stated the skunk #1 seeds he used in a outdoor greenhouse experiment were frozen and 16 years old.

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**Author:** ![Growmoredank](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/growingmarijuana/user_avatar/ilgmforum.com/growmoredank/32/837910_2.png) [@Growmoredank](https://ilgmforum.com/u/Growmoredank)\
**Post date:** [August 11, 2023, 2:02pm UTC](https://ilgmforum.com/t/seed-longevity-for-future-use/104148/4 "2023-08-11T14:02:24Z")

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I’ve grown seeds I collected for decades from bags…I kept them in a baggy inside an old pill bottle like a large white aspirin bottle…kept in a drawer at cooler temps…Worked great.

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**Author:** ![Bobcaat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a183cd/32.png) [@Bobcaat](https://ilgmforum.com/u/Bobcaat)\
**Post date:** [August 11, 2023, 9:11pm UTC](https://ilgmforum.com/t/seed-longevity-for-future-use/104148/5 "2023-08-11T21:11:54Z")

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I store them in an old Rx bottle with a screw on lid. It’s in the door of the fridge. I expect them to last years.

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**Author:** ![anon34311147](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c89c15/32.png) [@anon34311147](https://ilgmforum.com/u/anon34311147)\
**Post date:** [August 11, 2023, 10:31pm UTC](https://ilgmforum.com/t/seed-longevity-for-future-use/104148/6 "2023-08-11T22:31:40Z")

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Just be careful because if the door is ever left open by accident or if there’s a power loss and the temperature rises they will be a gonner. I thought about doing this but if one of these were to happen, well…  
I would think stored like you have them in that bottle that you could just store them in your basement on or near the cold concrete floor.