>Several weeks ago I posted a query on the NARGS Forum concerning seed storage
> and received very few responses.
Oh, well, you know those forum people ....
>Probably the fridge itself would be sufficient and perhaps preferable?
Zillion-year-old townsendia seed germinates if you sow it directly into the
ground.
The idea of storing seed in the refrigerator makes no sense at all. (Most seed
germination stuff makes no sense to me.) If seed is viable for several years,
it isn't always in cool conditions in the wild (the surface soil temperature at
alpine elevations is quite high in summer), and if a packet of seed germinates
after being kept in your socks drawer for ten years, then the exception
disproves the rule. I found a packet of seed under a bottle of Tabasco sauce on
the table here just the other day. Almost time to sow it.
Bob Nold
Denver, Colorado, USA
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