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New Hampshire, USA

seeds to fully dry?

11/1/2009 3:06:15 PM

Picton,ON ([email protected])

In my food dehydrator, 18-36hrs!

In general terms, when the skins come easily off the seeds, they are dry. If you have to coax them off, they need more time. When I used to air dry seeds, I would usually leave them two weeks. This all depends on the temperature, and humidity where you are drying them.

11/1/2009 3:21:31 PM

Boise City, Oklahoma, USA

2-4 weeks. Depends on how you are drying them.

11/1/2009 4:40:24 PM

Buffalo, New York

mine usually take 2 weeks in the basement on a screen.

11/1/2009 5:00:19 PM

Rapid City, SD

10 days on screens with fan on and turn every 3 days

11/1/2009 7:50:03 PM

[email protected]

Agree - 10-14 days with the dehumidifier & fan then into paper coin envelopes.

Seeds should be kept separate from each other during the drying. While most colored molds are not really injurious, growers freak out when they see red, black or purple mold stains on seeds.

The small plastic ziplocks would do well with longer drying time lest moisture gets trapped inside.

11/1/2009 9:47:35 PM

Ohio

Im with Vince,,,, about 2 days, walmart food dehydrator(set on lowest setting), best thing I have ever bought for drying seeds, have been using the same one for about 4 years now.

11/2/2009 4:56:24 AM

Billerica,Massachusetts

i wash them then hit the with a hair drier low heat high air and keep mixing them up so they do not get hot, then set them out in a box on windowsill.

Glenn

11/2/2009 8:06:47 AM

Pocatello ([email protected])

There is no rush... is there? I think I'd rather dry them slowly than quickly... but I have no evidence to say which is better.

In nature, those seeds might never dry out.

11/2/2009 1:30:43 PM

New Hampshire, USA

Thanks everyone, I decided to rinse the seeds and placed them on a screen in the basement, will wait the two weeks for them to dry, new dilemna what to store the seeds in?

11/2/2009 5:27:40 PM

Anamosa, IA [email protected]

If you have a sharp thumbnail and some time to burn you can speed up the drying time a lot. First, rinse off the seeds but keep them wet. Then scrape the clear membrane off with your thumb. Then dry them out as you usually do. Having the membrane off lets the water out of the seed a lot faster. If you dry off the seeds first the membrane will stick to the seed and be very difficult to remove. It is also a good excuse to spend a couple hours in front of the tv on a fall evening.

11/2/2009 11:01:08 PM

[email protected]

We use small coin envelopes. I forget the number. If I'm not ready to send seeds right out I store them in the freezer inside coffee cans or peanut butter jars.

11/3/2009 10:49:36 PM

New Hampshire, USA

thanks

11/4/2009 8:32:10 AM

DeWitt, Iowa

They can store in the freezer?

11/4/2009 6:06:34 PM