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Survivalists and preppers are well-known for stockpiling ample supplies of food, water, energy, medicines. Many of them tend to forget about survival seeds. But these are so important that they should probably be among the top five on every prepping checklist. How come?
However large your emergency supplies, any large-scale disaster means that one day you will certainly run out of food. If the world doesn’t restore to its “normal” state by then, there’ll be no other option but to grow your own food. And that’s pretty much impossible without either of these things:
- Hybrid seeds (which you can only buy in stores)
- Heirloom seeds (which you can either get now and reproduce them, or buy from those lucky preppers who have some spare)
The solution is obvious. You can’t rely on retailers in a crisis. Even if they still work without interruption, who’s to say they’ll be there next season too? So, your only viable choice seems to be heirloom survival seeds.
Why Heirloom Survival Seeds?
They are one of those most precious items essential for survival in the post-TEOTWAWKI world.
The word “heirloom” is key here. Survival seeds can only be heirloom because they are the seeds that have fed our planet for aeons, long before widespread industrialization took place. They are not part of any industry whose sole aim is to produce high quantities and low quality with a limited life span, forcing you to come back for more. Heirloom seeds have this wonderful feature of self-replication. After harvest, leave a certain amount on the side each year, and you’ll have seeds for next season too.
In other words, heirloom seeds are fertile, just like they used to be for millennia before modern technologies. You can even hand them down to your kids so they’d stay in the family – hence the term.
Here’s another reason why you should opt for heirloom. The first phase of SHTF is interruption of traditional distribution routes. Naturally, what follows are massive shortages of everything. Since our industrialized agriculture is mostly dependent on hybrid seeds, it’s more than clear what’s next. And hunger is only one word for it.
The other word is chaos on a massive scale. How many people do you know that produce as much (and as diverse) food as their families need? Exactly. And even those who do mostly use hybrid seeds.
With heirloom, you’ll be able to reproduce them year after year, always having more than enough for your family. You can sell or barter the surplus – or better yet, give it away to help out your small survivalist community.
Best Survival Seed Vaults Reviewed
Pure Pollination Heirloom Vegetable Seeds 40 Variety Pack
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An average of 1 gram of seeds per strain, with 40 strains you’ll receive in this pack, really isn’t much. That’s why I recommend getting this assortment only if you plan on starting them the coming season. The quantity is just too small to store them and consider your problem solved.
In case you’re not very gardening savvy, the 64-page instruction booklet will be precious. It explains when and how to start the seeds, what kind of soil you need, conditions, spacing, etc. However, it’s by no means the ultimate guide to germinating seeds. You’ll probably still have to look for tutorials and little pieces of the puzzle online.
Open Seed Vault Survival Garden 15,000 Heirloom Vegetable Seeds
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Like most other commercially available seed vaults, this one also has the label: 100% non-GMO. Before we proceed, a word of disclosure. I personally think that the GMO controversy is basically a brouhaha without adequate scientific backup. Most of the food we know (whether it’s meat or veggies) has been genetically modified for centuries. Today, we’ve just come up with ways to do it more precisely.
Be that as it may, what really matters in this assortment is that it contains heirloom seeds, just like all other options on our list. You’ll get 32 seed packets including but not limited to seeds of tomato, eggplant, cabbage, lettuce, zucchini, peppers, onion, beet, cucumber, spinach, broccoli, etc. The germination rate is pretty high too. Users throwing numbers such as 95% may be exaggerating. But even if it’s 70% or 75%, it’s still satisfactory.
You’ll also get a small booklet on how to grow and save these seeds.
Survival Essentials 144 Variety Ultimate Heirloom Seed Vault
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Say hello to the largest, richest, and most versatile premade seed vault on the market! Two dozen tomato types, a dozen squash types, pepper, watermelon, turnip, lettuce, carrot, kale, beet, cucumber, beans, melons, onions, parsley… You’ll get 144 varieties of seeds in this package, with somewhat over 23,000 individual seeds. What’s more, they come storage-ready, in an ammo can that won’t let any air or moisture in.
Some customers have complained that the amount of seeds you get for the price is far from impressive. And it’s true that you can’t rely on this can to fulfill all your needs from here to eternity. The best thing you can do is grow them in your garden as soon as possible, so they could start reproducing.
What I especially like about this package is that it contains an assortment of seeds to cover all nine hardiness zones across the US. Wherever you decide to bug out or build a homestead, you’ll have something to grow.
Final Word – How to Store Your Survival Seeds?
Getting your heirloom seeds is just one part of the equation. But now that you acquired them, you need to make sure they remain every bit as fertile as they are today, for as long as possible.
If stored properly, they can last for up to ten years. And there are many factors that make this a difficult task: moisture, air, sunlight, temperature ups and downs, but also rodents and insects.
The best and easiest way to protect your seeds is to freeze them. If you bought a ready-made package of seeds that comes in a protective or ammo can, just put it in your freezer. But in case your seeds don’t come in such a package, you should air dry and then put them in a kraft envelope and then into a vacuum-sealed plastic bag.
Either way, don’t forget to write the date of freezing on the package, so you’d know when they are due to rotate. Also, don’t hope that your seeds are going to retain a super high germination rate over the years. The longer they sit in the freezer (or any other storage place), the less fertile they will be.
Of course, you can skip the freezing/preservation part and germinate your seeds right away, so you could put them in action in your survival garden.
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