posted 4 years ago
I vacuum seal, and store in the freezer.
For seeds I want to save just for next year, I put the seed envelopes in mason jars, in a dark cupboard. They'll probably last two or three seasons with diminishing germination rates, but that's just me guessing.
I have also been buying bulk seeds from Johnny Seed:
$3 for a seed packet (meh), or $5 for basically 7-10 year's (!!!) worth of seed. Their bulk pricing is only a buck or two more than the cost of a single packet.
(some custom varieties are much more expensive though - I wait for overstock sales)
So, to store these ten year supplies (mostly to save money), first I separate the bulk packet into many small paper envelopes. Next, I vacuum seal a year's collection (one pack of each variety) in a vacuum seal bag. Then I store them all in the freezer.
(just make sure to let the vacuum sealed bag come to room temperature once removed from the freezer, before you open the vacuum seal bag, or condensation will get the seeds wet).
So far it seems to be working great, but it's only been a single year, and I don't know what the full lifetime will be.