The document lists various vegetable seeds along with their typical shelf life when stored at room temperature, frozen, or refrigerated. It also provides the common planting season and ideal pH level for each seed. There are over 70 different vegetable seeds included, ranging from common varieties like carrots, lettuce, beans and tomatoes, to more exotic varieties like borage, cumin and purslane. The shelf life of seeds can vary significantly depending on storage conditions, with many lasting over 10 years when frozen, but only 1-5 years at room temperature. The ideal pH levels indicated generally fall between 5.5-7.5 for most vegetable seeds.
The document lists various vegetable seeds along with their typical shelf life when stored at room temperature, frozen, or refrigerated. It also provides the common planting season and ideal pH level for each seed. There are over 70 different vegetable seeds included, ranging from common varieties like carrots, lettuce, beans and tomatoes, to more exotic varieties like borage, cumin and purslane. The shelf life of seeds can vary significantly depending on storage conditions, with many lasting over 10 years when frozen, but only 1-5 years at room temperature. The ideal pH levels indicated generally fall between 5.5-7.5 for most vegetable seeds.
The document lists various vegetable seeds along with their typical shelf life when stored at room temperature, frozen, or refrigerated. It also provides the common planting season and ideal pH level for each seed. There are over 70 different vegetable seeds included, ranging from common varieties like carrots, lettuce, beans and tomatoes, to more exotic varieties like borage, cumin and purslane. The shelf life of seeds can vary significantly depending on storage conditions, with many lasting over 10 years when frozen, but only 1-5 years at room temperature. The ideal pH levels indicated generally fall between 5.5-7.5 for most vegetable seeds.
The document lists various vegetable seeds along with their typical shelf life when stored at room temperature, frozen, or refrigerated. It also provides the common planting season and ideal pH level for each seed. There are over 70 different vegetable seeds included, ranging from common varieties like carrots, lettuce, beans and tomatoes, to more exotic varieties like borage, cumin and purslane. The shelf life of seeds can vary significantly depending on storage conditions, with many lasting over 10 years when frozen, but only 1-5 years at room temperature. The ideal pH levels indicated generally fall between 5.5-7.5 for most vegetable seeds.
Seed Name Shelf Life (Room Temp) Shelf Life (Frozen) Shelf Life (Ref) Season pH level
Alfalfa VNS 4 yrs 12 years 8 years Spring, Fall 6.0
Amaranth Red Garnet Spring 6.0-6.5 Arugula 5yrs 15 years 10 years Spring, Fall 5.5-7.0 Asparagus Mary Washington 3yrs 9 years 6 years Spring 6.5-7.5 Basil Italian Large Leag 3yrs 9 years 6 years Spring, Summer 6.0-7.5 Bean Blue Lake Bush 3yrs 9 years 6 years Spring 6.0-6.8 Bean Fava Broad Windsor 3yrs 9 years 6 years Spring 4.5-8.3 Bean Golden Wax 3yrs 9 years 6 years Spring 6.0-6.8 Bean Lima Burpee Improved Bush 3yrs 9 years 6 years Spring 6.0-7.5 Bean Lima Henderson's Bush 3yrs 9 years 6 years Spring 6.0-7.5 Bean Lima King Of The Garden 3yrs 9 years 6 years Spring 6.0-7.5 Beet Chioggia 4yrs 12 years 8 years Spring, Summer 6.0-8.0 Beet Cylindra 4yrs 12 years 8 years Spring, Summer 6.0-7.0 Beet Detroit DK Red 4yrs 12 years 8 years Spring, Summer 6.5-7.0 Beet Early Wonder 4yrs 12 years 8 years Spring, Summer 6.0-7.0 Beet Ruby Queen 4yrs 12 years 8 years Spring, Summer 6.5-7.0 Borage 2yrs 6 years 4 years Spring, Summer 6.0-6.5 Broccoli Green Sprouting 5yrs 15 years 10 years Summer, Fall 6.0-6.5 Broccoli Waltham 29 3yrs 9 years 6 years Summer, Fall 6.0-7.5 Brussel Sprouts Long Island Improved 4yrs 12 years 12 years Spring, Summer, Fall 6.0-6.5 Cabbage Copenhage Market 5yrs 15 years 10 years Spring, Fall 7.0 Cabbage Golden Acre 5yrs 15 years 10 years Spring, Fall 7.0 Cabbage Late Flat Dutch 5yrs 15 years 10 years Spring, Fall 6.0-7.5 Cabbage Pak Choi 5yrs 15 years 10 years Spring, Fall 7.0 Cabbage Red Acre 5yrs 15 years 10 years Spring, Fall 7.0 Caraway 2-3yrs 6 to 9 years 4 to 6 years Spring, Fall 6.0-7.0 Carrot Atomic Red 3yrs 9 years 6 years Spring, Summer, Fall 6.0-6.6 Carrot Danvers 3yrs 9 years 6 years Spring, Summer, Fall 6.0-6.6 Carrot Kuroda 3yrs 9 years 6 years Spring, Summer, Fall 5.5-6.5 Carrot Red Cored Chantenay 3yrs 9 years 6 years Spring, Summer, Fall 6.0 Carrot Royal Chantenay 3yrs 9 years 6 years Spring, Summer, Fall 6.0-6.8 Carrot Scarlet Nantes 3yrs 9 years 6 years Spring, Summer, Fall 6.0 Cauliflower Snowball Y 4yrs 12 years 8 years Summer, Fall 6.5 Celery Tall Utah 3yrs 9 years 6 years Spring, Fall 5.5-6.5 Chervil Curled Spring, Fall 6.5 Collards Morris Heading 4-5yrs 12 to 15 years 8 to 10 years Spring, Fall 5.5-6.5 Collards Georgia Southern 4-5yrs 12 to 15 years 8 to 10 years Spring, Fall 6.5-6.8 Collards Vates 4-5yrs 12 to 15 years 8 to 10 years Spring, Fall 6.5-6.8 Seed Name Shelf Life (Room Temp) Shelf Life (Frozen) Shelf Life (Ref) Season pH level Coriander Cilantro Spring 6.5-7.5 Corn Golden Bantam 2yrs 6 years 4 years Spring 6.5-8.0 Cress Curled 5yrs 15 years 10 years Spring 6.0-6.8 Cucumber Marketmore 5yrs 15 years 10 years Summer 5.8-6.7 Cucumber Ashley 5yrs 15 years 10 years Summer 6.0-7.0 Cucumber Boston Pickling 5yrs 15 years 10 years Summer 6.0-7.0 Cucumber Poinsett 5yrs 15 years 10 years Summer 7.2-7.5 Cucumber Straight Eight 5yrs 15 years 10 years Summer 6.0-7.0 Cumin 2yrs 6 years 4 years Spring 4.5-8.3 Dill Mammoth 2-3yrs 6 to 9 years 4 to 6 years Summer 6.0-7.5 Eggplant Black Beauty 3-4yrs 9 to 12 years 6 to 8 years Summer 6.0-6.8 Eggplant Long Purple 3-4yrs 9 to 12 years 6 yo 8 years Summer 6.0-6.8 Fennel Florence 1-3yrs 3 to 9 years 2 to 6 years Spring 5.5-7.0 Kale Dwarf Siberian 4yrs 12 years 8 years Spring 5.5-6.8 Kale Red Russian 4yrs 12 years 8 years Spring 6.5-7.0 Kale Vates Dwarf Curled Blue Scotch 4yrs 12 years 8 years Spring 5.8-6.5 Kohlrabi Purple Vienna 3yrs 9 years 6 years Spring, Fall 6.0-6.8 Kohlrabi White Vienna 3yrs 9 years 6 years Spring, Fall 5.8-6.5 Lettuce Black Seeded Simpson 2-5yrs 6 to 15 years 4 to 10 years Spring, Summer 6.2-6.8 Lettuce Bronze Mignonette 2-5yrs 6 to 15 years 4 to 10 years Spring, Fall 6.2-6.8 Lettuce Butter Crunch 2-5yrs 6 to 15 years 4 to 10 years Spring 6.0-6.7 Lettuce Iceberg 2-5yrs 6 to 15 years 4 to 10 years Summer, Fall 5.8-6.5 Lettuce Oak leaf 2-5yrs 6 to 15 years 4 to 10 years Spring, Fall 6.2-6.8 Lettuce Prizehead 2-5yrs 6 to 15 years 4 to 10 years Spring, Fall 5.6-6.0 Lettuce Red Romaine 2-5yrs 6 to 15 years 4 to 10 years Spring, Fall 6.2-6.8 Melon Banana 4-5yrs 12 to 15 years 8 to 10 years Spring, Summer 6.1-7.5 Melon Hale's Best Jumbo 4-5yrs 12 to 15 years 8 to 10 years Spring, Summer 6.0-7.0 Melon Hearts of Gold 4-5yrs 12 to 15 years 8 to 10 years Spring, Summer 6.0-6.8 Melon Honey Dew Green Flesh 4-5yrs 12 to 15 years 8 to 10 years Spring, Summer 6.0-6.8 Melon Honey Rock 4-5yrs 12 to 15 years 8 to 10 years Spring, Summer 6.0-6.8 Melon Rocky Ford Green Flesh 4-5yrs 12 to 15 years 8 to 10 years Spring, Summer 6.0-7.0 Mustard Florida Broadleaf 5yrs 15 years 10 years Spring 5.5-6.8 Mustard Old Fashioned 5yrs 15 years 10 years Spring 5.5-6.5 Mustard Southern Giant Curled 5yrs 15 years 10 years Spring 6.0-7.5 Okra Clemson Spineless 2yrs 6 years 4 years Spring, Summer 5.5-6.8 Okra Emerald 2yrs 6 years 4 years Summer 6.5-7.5 Okra Perkin's Long Pod 2yrs 6 years 4 years Spring 6.0-7.5 Okra Red Burgundy 2yrs 6 years 4 years Spring, Summer 6.0-6.5 Seed Name Shelf Life (Room Temp) Shelf Life (Frozen) Shelf Life (Ref) Season pH level Onion Burgundy Red 1yr 3 years 2 years Spring, Summer, Fall 6.0-7.0 Onion Evergreen Bunching Nebuka 1yr 3 years 2 years Spring, Summer 6.0-7.0 Onion Texas Early Grano 1015Y 1yr 3 years 2 years Spring, Summer 6.0-7.5 Onion White Sweet Spanish 1yr 3 years 2 years Fall 6.0-7.5 Onion Yellow Sweet Spanish 1yr 3 years 2 years Fall 6.0-7.5 Parsley Moss Curled 2yrs 6 years 4 years Spring, Fall 6.0-6.5 Parsnip Harris Model 1yr 3 years 2 years Spring 6.0-6.5 Parsnip Hollow Crown 1yr 3 years 2 years Spring 6.0-6.5 Pea Green Arrow 3yrs 9 years 6 years Fall 6.0-7.0 Pea Little Marvel 3yrs 9 years 6 years Spring, Fall 6.0-7.0 Pea Sugar Snap 3yrs 9 years 6 years Spring 6.0-7.0 Pepper Banana Sweet 2yrs 6 years 4 years Spring 6.2-7.0 Pepper California Wonder 2yrs 6 years 4 years Spring 6.0-6.8 Pepper Cayenne Long Red Thin 2yrs 6 years 4 years Spring 5.5-6.5 Pepper Cubanelle 2yrs 6 years 4 years Spring 6.0-8.5 Pepper Early Jalapeno 2yrs 6 years 4 years Spring 4.5-7.0 Pepper Hungarian Hot Wax 2yrs 6 years 4 years Spring 6.0-6.5 Pepper Serrano 2yrs 6 years 4 years Spring 7.0-8.5 Pumpkin Mammoth Gold 1yr 3 years 2 years Spring, Summer 6.0-6.5 Pumpkin Small Sugar 1yr 3 years 2 years Spring, Summer 6.5-7.0 Radish Champion 5yrs 15 years 10 years Spring, Summer 5.8-6.8 Radish Cherry Belle 5yrs 15 years 10 years Spring, Summer 5.5-6.8 Radish China Rose 5yrs 15 years 10 years Fall 5.5-6.8 Radish Comet 5yrs 15 years 10 years Spring, Summer 5.5-6.8 Radish French Breakfast 5yrs 15 years 10 years Spring, Summer, Fall 5.5-6.8 Radish Hailstone 5yrs 15 years 10 years Spring, Fall 5.5-6.8 Radish White Icicle 5yrs 15 years 10 years Spring, Fall 5.5-6.8 Rutabaga American Purple Top 4yrs 12 years 8 years Spring, Fall 5.5-6.5 Salsify Mammoth Sandwich Island 1yr 3 years 2 years Spring, Fall 6.0-6.8 Savory Summer 2-3yrs 6 to 9 years 4 to 6 years Spring, Summer, Fall 6.7-7.3 Spinach Nobel Giant 3yrs 9 years 6 years Spring, Fall 6.0-6.5 Spinach Bloomsdale Long Sanding 3yrs 9 years 6 years Spring, Summer, Fall 6.5-7.5 Squash Blue Hubbard 4yrs 12 years 8 years Spring, Fall 5.5-6.8 Squash Cocozelle 4yrs 12 years 8 years Summer 5.6-7.5 Squash Early White Bush 4yrs 12 years 8 years Spring, Summer 5.6-7.5 Squash Table King Bush 4yrs 12 years 8 years Spring, Summer 5.5-6.8 Squash Table Queen 4yrs 12 years 8 years Summer, Fall 6.0-7.5 Squash Vegetable Spaghetti 4yrs 12 years 8 years Spring, Summer 5.5-7.0 Seed Name Shelf Life (Room Temp) Shelf Life (Frozen) Shelf Life (Ref) Season pH level Squash Waltham Butternut 4yrs 12 years 8 years Spring, Summer 5.5-7.5 Squash Zucchini Dark Green 4yrs 12 years 8 years Spring 6.0-7.5 Squash Zucchini Golden 4yrs 12 years 8 years Spring 5.5-6.8 Squash Early Prolific Straight Neck 4yrs 12 years 8 years Summer 6.0-6.5 Swiss Chard Ford Hook 4yrs 12 years 8 years Spring, Summer, Fall 6.5-6.8 Swiss Chard Large White Ribbed 4yrs 12 years 8 years Spring, Fall 6.0-6.4 Swiss Chard Ruby Red 4yrs 12 years 8 years Spring, Summer, Fall 6.0-7.0 Thyme Winter 2yrs 6 years 4 years Spring 6.5-8.5 Tomato Ace 55 4yrs 12 years 8 years Spring, Summer 5.0-6.0 Tomato Azoychka 4yrs 12 years 8 years Spring 5.0-6.0 Tomato Beefsteak Red 4yrs 12 years 8 years Spring, Summer 5.0-6.0 Tomato Big Rainbow 4yrs 12 years 8 years Spring, Summer 5.0-6.0 Tomato Black Truffle 4yrs 12 years 8 years Spring, Summer 5.0-6.0 Tomato Brandywine Red 4yrs 12 years 8 years Spring 5.0-6.0 Tomato Cal Ace VF 4yrs 12 years 8 years Spring, Summer 5.0-6.0 Tomato Cherokee Purple 4yrs 12 years 8 years Spring 5.0-6.0 Tomato Chocolate Stripes 4yrs 12 years 8 years Spring, Summer 5.0-6.0 Tomato Costoluto Genovese 4yrs 12 years 8 years Spring 5.0-6.0 Tomato Floradade 4yrs 12 years 8 years Spring 5.0-6.0 Tomato Golden Jubilee 4yrs 12 years 8 years Spring, Summer 5.0-6.0 Tomato Homestead 24 4yrs 12 years 8 years Spring, Summer 5.0-6.0 Tomato Manalucie 4yrs 12 years 8 years Spring 5.0-6.0 Tomato Marglobe Improved 4yrs 12 years 8 years Spring 5.0-6.0 Tomato Red Cherry Large 4yrs 12 years 8 years Spring, Summer 5.0-6.0 Tomato Roma 4yrs 12 years 8 years Spring 5.0-6.0 Tomato Rutgers 4yrs 12 years 8 years Spring 4.0-5.0 Tomato Tigerella 4yrs 12 years 8 years Spring 4.0-5.0 Tomato Tiny Tim 4yrs 12 years 8 years Spring 4.0-5.0 Tomato Yellow Pear 4yrs 12 years 8 years Spring, Summer 4.0-5.0 Turnip Golden Ball 4yrs 12 years 8 years Spring, Fall 6.0-6.5 Turnip Purple Top White Globe 4yrs 12 years 8 years Spring, Summer 6.0-7.0 Turnip Seven Top 4yrs 12 years 8 years Spring, Fall 6.0-6.5 Turnip Shogoin 4yrs 12 years 8 years Spring, Fall 6.5-6.8 Turnip White Egg 4yrs 12 years 8 years Spring, Fall 6.5-7.0 Watermelon Black Diamond 4yrs 12 years 8 years Spring, Summer 6.0-7.0 Watermelon Charleston Grey 4yrs 12 years 8 years Spring 6.0-7.0 Watermelon Congo 4yrs 12 years 8 years Spring, Summer 6.0-7.0 Watermelon Florida Giant 4yrs 12 years 8 years Summer 6.0-7.0 Seed Name Shelf Life (Room Temp) Shelf Life (Frozen) Shelf Life (Ref) Season pH level Watermelon Sugar Baby 4yrs 12 years 8 years Spring, Summer 6.0-7.0 Watermelon Tendersweet Orange 4yrs 12 years 8 years Spring, Summer 6.0-7.0 Yarrow White Spring, Summer 6.0-6.5