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By WESLEY P. JUDKINS Virginia Tech Extension Horticulturist
ARE the seeds worth saving which you had left over after planting your garden this year? Most packets now cost at least 25 cents, and many cost twice that much or more. So, it will reduce your expense next spring if you plant the seeds which you did not use this year. Although vegetable and flower seeds gradually lose their viability, most typed may be kept for several years, and still germinate and produce satisfactory crops. This practice may result in considerable savings for the home gardener.
After your last planting has been made this summer, place your seeds in a tin, glass, or plastic container which is air tight, and store over winter in your refrigerator or deep freeze. This method of storage will allow very slow loss of viability. If you have no space available in a refrigerated storage, place your seeds in a tight can or jar, in the dark', in a cool basement. Seeds may lose viability quite rapidly in the warm temperatures of the average home.
In general, garden seeds may be divided into three groups, in terms of their longevity, when stored under cool basement conditions. Short life span seeds should give satisfactory germina
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