Roguelands Heirloom Vegetable Seeds Company
500 varieties of non hybrid heirloom vegetable seeds for your vegetable garden!
Return to the homepage of Roguelands Vegetable Seeds Company to experience our range of over 500 varieties of heirloom vegetable seeds!500 varieties of fine quality heirloom vegetable seeds, herb seeds and heirloom flower seeds, including heirloom tomato seeds, chile seeds, bell pepper seeds, cucumber seeds, heirloom squash seeds, zucchini seeds, lettuce seeds, flower seeds, sage seeds, oregano seeds, luffa seeds, cantaloupe seeds, melon seeds, honeydew seeds, casaba seeds and much more!All about Roguelands Vegetable Seeds Company, our company history, our vegetable seeds introductions the Rostova Tomato (Sunset's Red Horizon Tomato), Orlov Yellow Tomatoes, Highland Lass Cherry Tomato seeds, Roguelands Bell Pepper seeds, how we grow and prepare our all natural vegetable seeds, how we package our vegetable seeds and more!Everything you wanted to know about growing heirloom vegetables from seed! How to grow tomatoes from seeds,how to save your own tomato seeds, how to grow chiles from seeds, how to grow pumpkins from seeds and more!Articles and Information to help you get the most out of your heirloom vegetable seeds. Livingston Tomato seeds, Seed Collector Nikolai Vavilov, Ugly Tomato seeds and more!What our customers think of our high quality heirloom vegetable seeds! We ship our vegetable seeds worldwide and have satisfied vegetable seed customers who grow a great vegetable garden every year from our seeds in countless countries!Buy vegetable seeds, herb seeds, tomato, flower seeds and other types of seeds on Ebay, Epier and other online auctions from Roguelands Vegetable Seeds Company!Links to all kinds of gardening sites, including sites selling flower seeds, herb seeds, tomato seeds, vegetable seeds, garden books, gardening supplies, flower bulbs and much more!Contact Roguelands Vegetable Seeds Company. Ask questions about our vegetable seeds, request a free seed catalog, ask about about bulk seeds, wholesale seeds or just to ask questions about growing vegetables from our vegetable seeds.
 
Storing Seeds for Long Term Storage

Contrary to what you might assume, if properly cared for, high quality vegetable seeds have an amazingly long storage life. What many people do not realize is that in nature, the seed is designed to remain viable until the conditions of the soil and weather are ideal for germination.

In desert conditions, one can find a good many species of wildflowers that only appear in that enviornment on the very rare ocassions that soil conditions are ideal for them to grow and reproduce. These gorgeous little flowers grow, bloom and then drop new seeds whenever the soil is moist enough to sustain life. Typically, these conditions exist only during flash floods which are a rarity in those climates. In deserts, millions of viable plant seeds can be found distributed in the soil where they await the precious water that prompts germination. Recent research has indicated that in deserts, seeds may remain in the soil for as long as 70 to 100 years until conditions are such that they may germinate and this often results in huge blankets of flowers. (There's also a bit of a lesson here for those of you who intend to garden in desert climates and that is to water your plot thoroughly before you begin digging it up to encourage those wildflower (aka. weed) seeds to germinate before you put your plants in and then till the whole thing up before the weeds put on seed heads. This will save you a lot of back-breaking weeding that might damage your established plants!)

So just how long do seeds remain viable anyway? To be honest, there is really no defineable limit, as was recently proven in Israel with the successful germination in 2005 of a 2000 year old seed of the extinct Judean Date Palm that came from an archeological dig at King Herod's palace near the Dead Sea. In 1978, a 1200 year old Lotus seed discovered in a dry lakebed in China was also successfully germinated, which prior to the Date Palm was the world's oldest successfully germinated seed. More recently, the Millenium Seed Bank successfully germinated three species of plants from 200+ year old seeds. 

In the realm of vegetable seeds, reports of 25 to 50 year old seeds germinating are quite common place and it was reported that during World War 2, cabbage and other Brassica seed that was hundreds of years old were successfully germinating after a seed repository was bombed by Germany's Luftwaffe. Needless to say, although the germination rate of seed does decline as time passes (and different crops decline at different rates), seed still has a remarkable vitality.

To store seeds properly, the essential goal is to place the seed into a set of conditions that are the polar opposite of what is required to germinate the seed. For proper germination, for the most part, seeds require moisture and warmth. (Some species also require light and other conditions. Humidity also plays a role). Needless to say, to store seed, a cool, dry place with little to no humidity is always best.

For good results, simply take your packets and wrap them in a brown paper bag, date the package and pop them in your freezer.

To insure even longer seed life, remove your seed from their packets and dry the seed at 100 degrees Fahrenheit for one hour to lower its moisture content below 8%. This can be done in your oven or a food dehydrator (do NOT use a miocrwave oven as this will irradiate the seed!). Allow the seed to cool and pack the seed into glass vials, label them and store in your freezer.

Good luck!


Take the initiative and insure your own self reliance with our special offer on vegetable seeds. For only  £25, you will receive 100 packets of our select heirloom vegetable seeds (that's a savings of over £125 off what you'll pay at your local garden centre), which is enough to supply the average family with a ready supply of healthy fresh vegetables even during the hardest times. Each set contains approximately 18,000 seeds. Vegetable seeds have a storage life of at least five seasons and this is a great opportunity to establish your own food security for a low price. Even if you have only a small garden area, it is possible to grow a good quantity of your own wholesome food. (Click here to get access to recent information regarding the rising costs of food, potential food shortages and other things you should know about. Also check out our short guide on storing seeds to insure that your seeds remain viable for the long term).

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Heirloom Vegetable Seeds Menu
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Our Biggest Tomatoes
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OP Pepper Seeds & Heirloom Pepper Seeds

Bell Pepper Seeds
Chile Pepper Seeds
Sweet Pepper Seeds

Misc. Vegetable Seeds & Heirloom Vegetable Seeds 
& Heirloom Flower Seeds

Arugula - Rocket Seeds Artichoke Seeds Asparagus Seeds
Bean Seeds Beet Seeds Broccoli Seeds
Brussel Sprouts Seeds Cabbage Seeds Carrot Seeds
Cauliflower Seeds Celeriac Seeds Celery Seeds
Corn Seeds Cucumber Seeds Cucuzzi Seeds
Eggplant Seeds Flower Seeds Herb Seeds
Kale Seeds Kohlrabi Seeds Lettuce Seeds
Luffa Seeds Melon Seeds Okra Seeds
Onion & Leek Seeds Oriental Vegetable Seeds Parsnip Seeds
Pea Seeds Pumpkin Seeds Radicchio & Endive Seeds
Radish Seeds Rhubarb Seeds Strawberry Seeds
Squash Seeds Sweet Pea Seeds Swiss Chard Seeds
Turnip Seeds Watermelon Seeds
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