Looking for a seed bank

Hello and sorry if this topic has already been discussed , I did do a search before posting and was unable to find what I was looking for .

I am hoping that some one can help me locate a online source to purchase an organic seed bank of diverse selection , something like a bundle pack of sorts .

Secondly , how long can seeds be kept ?

Thanks

Seeds can be kept indefinately as long as they are stored in a dry place and away from moisture and condinsation.

I would just start going to your local greenhouse store and find just about any seed you may want.




Cheers!!!!

reply to post by RFBurns


I could be wrong but I think I have read that most greenhouses wont have seeds that make plants that then produce more seeds. Heirloom seeds I think they are called.

reply to post by whoshotJR


I have herd off this and want to stay away from any such seed , is there a way to tell if a seed is of this nature ?

reply to post by Max_TO


Just make sure to buy heriloom seeds. You can order online.

A good read

www.care2.com...

The loss of genetic seed diversity facing us today may lead to a catastrophe far beyond our imagining. The Irish potato famine, which led to the death or displacement of two and a half million people in the 1840s, is an example of what can happen when farmers rely on only a few plant species as crop cornerstones.

One blight wiped out the single potato type that came from deep in the Andes mountains; it did not have the necessary resistance. If the Irish had planted different varieties of potatoes, one type would have most likely resisted the blight.

We can help save heirloom seeds by learning how to buy and save these genetically diverse jewels ourselves.

ABOUT SEEDS
One kind of seed, called First generation hybrids (F1 hybrids), have been hand-pollinated, and are patented, often sterile, genetically identical within food types, and sold from multinational seed companies.

A second kind of seeds are genetically engineered. Bioengineered seeds are fast contaminating the global seed supply on a wholesale level, and threatening the purity of seeds everywhere. The DNA of the plant has been changed. A cold water fish gene could be spliced into a tomato to make the plant more resistant to frost, for example.

A third kind of seeds are called heirloom or open-pollinated, genetically diverse jewels that have been passed on from generation to generation.

With heirloom seeds there are 10,000 varieties of apples, compared to the very few F1 hyprid apple types.

The Mayan word “gene” means “spiral of life.” The genes in heirloom seeds give life to our future. Unless the 100 million backyard gardeners and organic farmers keep these seeds alive, they will disappear altogether. This is truly an instance where one person–a lone gardener in a backyard vegetable garden–can potentially make all the difference in the world.

www.survivalseedbank.com...

This place will buy back your seeds you grow from you:
www.survivalistseeds.com...

Originally posted by whoshotJR
reply to post by RFBurns

 

I could be wrong but I think I have read that most greenhouses wont have seeds that make plants that then produce more seeds. Heirloom seeds I think they are called.

This is mostly correct, some may have heirlooms, but a LOT will not.

This is one of many places you can get heirloom seeds:

www.heirloomseeds.com...

ADM, Monsanto, and others are all piling onboard for Codex Alimentarus
and plan to shove GM seed down our throat.

This becomes mandantory for all WTO members in 2009.

The keys are as another poster listed above, keep you seeds
cool and dry and free of parasites.

Air tight 50 cal ammo cans with some moisture removal material
will do the trick, if you put them in a cellar at 59 degrees they
will last a very long time.

Good Luck to you all !

reply to post by craig732


Very interesting website , the only thing missing is the asparagus , to bad .
The only thing I am missing is the required land size .

Has anyone tried to grow a sustained harvest by means of hydroponics growing ?

reply to post by Ex_MislTech



Once again great link !

I have been giving serious thought to buying and starting a seed bank and these two sites are a great help .

reply to post by whoshotJR


Yeah the ppl in Norway thought savings the seeds was so
important they built the doomsday seed vault:

Norway's Island Underground Global Seed Vault

Makes you wonder if they know something we don't, lol.

Originally posted by Max_TO
reply to post by craig732

 

Very interesting website , the only thing missing is the asparagus , to bad .
The only thing I am missing is the required land size .

Has anyone tried to grow a sustained harvest by means of hydroponics growing ?

I think the bio diesel algae ppl named Valcent Technologies does
vertical hydroponics and they might have done what you are
looking for, they are pretty cutting edge.

Valcent Technologies Vertical Hydroponics - PDF

It is a PDF so it will require Adobe Acrobat or an open source variant !

Originally posted by Ex_MislTech
reply to post by whoshotJR

 

Yeah the ppl in Norway thought savings the seeds was so
important they built the doomsday seed vault.

The Royal Botanic Gardens here in Britain has a massive underground seed bank on their Wakehurst Place site in rural Sussex.

They state that: The Millennium Seed Bank Project (MSBP) is the largest ex situ conservation project ever conceived. Its partners will have banked seed from 10% of the world's wild plant species by the end of the decade. These will not be just any plants, but will include the rarest, most threatened and most useful species known to man.i]

www.kew.org...