From

Location

Message

Date Posted

Lake Elmo, Minnesota

Anyone know where I can buy those little packets that absorb moisture for seed storage? I don't want to buy a lot of medicine bottles just to extract the packets.

2/19/2003 1:49:51 PM

Billerica,Massachusetts

http://www.packagingsupplies.com/subcategory.cfm?prodid=4427

2/19/2003 2:23:48 PM

Lake Elmo, Minnesota

Thanks, Borer.

2/19/2003 2:27:35 PM

Garden State Pumpkins

Hey Andy, Any place that unpacks a lot of electronics will have an abundance being thrown out...Just a thought.
Chuck

2/19/2003 4:47:01 PM

[email protected]

Craft & hobby shops sell the same stuff loose in cans. Ask the Mrs. if there's a place like that around. My wife dried flowers in a large flat tin of the stuff last summer. I have recently "liberated" some. Watch how long you use it too. The best type is that which changes colors as it looses effectiveness, letting you know when it stops working.
Steve

2/19/2003 6:30:06 PM

Appalachian Mtns.

Go to any decent Department store and ask, they have tons of 'em they put in jacket pockets and purses.

2/19/2003 7:28:52 PM

Mulino, Oregon

Andy, powdered milk will also work very well. Try it.

2/19/2003 9:32:49 PM

Menomonie, WI ([email protected])

If the are exposed to the air they loose effectiveness and need recharge by heating them in the oven at I believe 250 degrees for an hour. Shannon

2/19/2003 11:52:54 PM

Key West, FL

Jim, do you just throw the powdered milk packets in the seeds storage container or do you just dump the powder in? This sounds like it could be pretty messy. Does the milk help the pumpkins get big?;) joking!
Ben

2/20/2003 12:07:20 AM

Kuna, Id.

Good one Ben..........ROFLMAO
Ken

2/20/2003 12:28:25 AM

syracuse, ny

FINALLY, SOMETHING ELSE I DO KNOW ABOUT!!!
GO TO YOUR LOCAL COPIER DEALER...CANON, TOSHIBA,
XEROX, ETC....THEY WILL HAVE LARGE DESICCANT
PACKETS FOR FREE--from the boxed machines----ESPECIALLY ONCE YOU TELL THEM WHAT THEY'RE FOR! IF THEY'RE NICE YOU CAN HAVE THEM SAVE THEM UP AND CALL YOU WITH A BOX FULL! AND YES, I THINK THEY DO NEED TO BE DRIED OUT ON OCCASION, PER SHANNON ABOVE--RESEARCH THIS...okay, caps off...didn't wanna re-type it!
i have 4-1-gallon jars full of packets i'm gonna use...all FREE! if they want money, go somewhere else-'pal

2/20/2003 1:30:10 AM