Any recourse if seeds don't germ?

I have some seeds that don't look like they're going to crack. I get 9 out of 10 to crack normally and I have 6 seeds from Sagamartha and looks like they're not going to break open.

How long do you normally give a seed to germinate- I'm doing the paper towel thing and always worked well before.

ive seen seeds germ after 3 weeks of nothing. some have terribly hard shells

Check your paper towels and if they start to smell rank change them. But like abudsmoker said give it a few weeks. Some of those little buggers are hard to crack. Try to keep them warm but don't cook them.

abudsmoker said:

ive seen seeds germ after 3 weeks of nothing. some have terribly hard shells

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Yeah if you know which ones have the hard shells you could soak them in distilled water for a while...no more than 24 hrs. though. If a seed strain looks hardy to me i.e. BB I soak then paper towel method. You can also try to scar the seed by taking a matchbox, empty the matches of course, insert small piece of sand paper and shake for 30 seconds or so. I'm a bigger fan of the saok though. Best of luck!!!

That's all interesting, thanks. I know there's a method of dropping the seeds in a glass of water which is something I thought about switching them to but I guess I'll just make sure they stay pretty wet in the paper towel and pay attention to the smell.

VirginHarvester said:

That's all interesting, thanks. I know there's a method of dropping the seeds in a glass of water which is something I thought about switching them to but I guess I'll just make sure they stay pretty wet in the paper towel and pay attention to the smell.

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The soak just gets the water in the seed and softens it up. Paper towel should work though. You are heating them like mogie said right?

Gygax1974 said:

The soak just gets the water in the seed and softens it up. Paper towel should work though. You are heating them like mogie said right?

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Yeah, they are on top of a dvd player and it's keeping them warm, not hot. I realize now it could take a week or more and that some seeds take that long. What worries me is that they are Western Winds which I bought because it's basically Kali Mist, less expensive, and actually available. But I have this vision now of it being a slow selling strain and thinking these could be years old.. I know, patience.

The bag seeds I am working on right now took 2 weeks to crack. Have patience.

Well a few months ago i planted some bag seeds i had been saving for a practice grow befor going all out, some where as old as 2002 from my labels and most of them did fine, if stored properly they can last a very long time i do belive. just give them time, hell thats all u can do really