Prescription Bottles / Seed Storage

 Somewhere in my garden reading was a suggestion to use these for
storing seeds. There were also instructions on how to easily remove
the labels and the sticky stuff left behind. Was it here by chance? I
have tried the plastic version of Goo Be Gone and it doesn't work
well. It seems like it was something easy like ammonia or witch
hazel ??
Anyone have an idea?
MJ

 On 4/16/2011 12:50 PM, mjciccarel@gmail.com wrote:

I save all kinds of containers for reuse.  Easiest thing to do is
physically tear off what label you can and just put masking tape over
remains and use marker to label contents.

 In article


Ammonia, sounds right. Ammonia solutions are also used at wineries to
remove labels that went on poorly (usually timing in the labeling
machine with front and back labels), so that they can be re-labeled.
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Too much work... I use paper envelopes (cheap if you buy 500 from an office
supply mail order place) in an airtight food storage bin with a hinged lid.
A couple of bottles of silica gel with screen tops at the end to keep
things dry.  Works really well; I've got beet seed 10 years old that still
germinates well.  Of course, the ultimate is something vapor-tight in the
freezer.
I'm packing up a bunch of envelopes of stuff I have a lot of for a seed
swap in a couple of days.  Good way to cross-pollinate with other obsessed
gardeners!
For those in the Type II club, has anybody tried the small test strip
vials?  They have some sort of desiccant liner, so ought to work pretty
well for small seeds.

Gary Woods AKA K2AHC- PGP key on request, or at home.earthlink.net/~garygarlic
Zone 5/4 in upstate New York, 1420' elevation. NY WO G

 

I'm a home brewer so I save those yeast vials. They will hold about 2 ounces
of okra seed and the screw cap seals well.

Great idea on the test strip containers btw!