Tyson,

I don't have any suggestions on saving seeds, as I always try to used them fresh. However I would be interested in any of your collection you would like to thin out. I would be happy to pay for the postage. I don't have anything at the moment I could trade, but would be happy to compensate you for your bulbs or send you seeds later after some of my plants have seeded. If you would like to email me directly I think you can access my email from my page? Thanks..charlene

I too would be interested in some of the adult collection. I could pay for postage and/or a price for the bulbs. As for seeds, I've read this in the seed forum but store them dry and cool (not freezing). Put them in a zip lock with some moisture aborbant such as that stuff they put in medicine bottles. You can also staple a bag of new kitty litter in napkin bags which is what I do which also aborbs moisture. Some suggest dry rice but I've never done that before. From what I read you get a better count the sooner you germinate the seeds but there was one guy here that stored his in bowl on a shelve in his kitchen for a year and got 95% germination.

Hi Tyson,
If I need to store seeds short term I keep them in the larger size coin envelopes in a little wooden cabinet. I've never stored them for months as you need to do. I have heard of people storing them for up to a year and still having good germination but I don't know the particulars.
As for your adult bulbs,it sounds like you need a foster care type situation. Please email me directly and we will see if we can come up with an arrangement. Lora

Thanks to everyone that replied. I am most grateful and will get in contact with those interested as the time for the move grows nearer. In addition, is there any good manner to plant my new seeds where I can have them in container or containers that is more conducive to moving? If they will not store well I would rather start them and move seedlings. Thanks again,

Tyson

I can take some adult bulbs too. Email me for details and cost.

Hi LoneWolf,
To store your seeds, harvest them, dry them for a couple of days (I put them on a coffee filter on top of about a cup of silica gel from the craft store. Put the silica and coffee filter in a closed container.) After 3 or 4 days, put the seeds in a paper envelope, put envelope in an airtight container that contains silica gel, put the container in your fridge. The seeds should maintain fertility for about a year. I am interested in your Papillo Improved, Pink Floyd, Trentino, Veneto.

After you get settled into your new home, you can contact me and arrange an exchange/trade for your bulbs that you sent me. I almost always have amaryllis bulbs available. Check my member page for my grow list and my trade page to see what I currently have available.

Email me and we can work out the details.

Pam

Anyone here tried sowing a year old batch of seeds?
I have some seeds from last year and I also have a lot of new seeds, and I will most likely plant them in two mini green houses outside once the weather agrees, so I could see how fertile they will be.

I would think that if stored properly, most seeds would be fine after a year... germination rate will probably not be 100%, but you should get a decent amount of seedlings.

I haven't been growing and breeding hippeastrums long enough to have a batch of year old seeds to test, but I did leave a box of perennial seeds out in the garage over winter the year before last... I planted them, thinking that they most likely wouldn't grow at all... I got about 50% germination on most types. I was pretty amazed!

The bottom line is, you have nothing to lose by trying except a little bit of time and some seed starter soil. I would be very interested to find out how well the older seed germinates.