Preservation of seed

Curt Cooke · Jul 27, 2011

I have more rye than I'm going to use this year. Is it necessary to keep that seed from freezing during the winter for use as cover in future years?

randallnMo · Jul 27, 2011

Not necessary at all. All the big seed warehouses that I know of are not heated.

sd pete · Jul 27, 2011

Keep it dry and it should be ok.

Curt Cooke · Jul 27, 2011

Thank you fellas!

IaGary · Jul 27, 2011

Rye seed is fussy.

Seems it is tough to keep it more than one year before it loses it's viability.

I planted some that was combined dry, stored in a dry place, that same fall.It grew great.

Tryed to plant the rest one year later and not one out of a hundred seeds grew.

Don't know why but two year old seed seems to be a problem with rye.

Gary

Curt Cooke · Jul 27, 2011

I had that experience too. I thought maybe it was because it froze. Good advice I guess is to get it used up in a year.
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