When did you get these seeds? It seems odd to do a germination test on something he's selling
Or did he have reports of germination issues with the stuff he was selling so he sent you some to test out? I'm thinking this is probably what happened, and if it is, then it's fully acceptable to make this public information. I'm just trying to figure out why a professional breeder would need someone else to pop seeds for them. It's like a mechanic taking his car in for an oil change at jiffy lube it makes no sense at all.
The seeds are being sold for $80 a pack, people should probably know if it's going to be a risk to run and be prepared.
There is no reason to keep shit like this private. None at all other then to save the breeder some face... and is that really important when folks gardens could be potentially at risk? If the seeds are being released to the public then the information should be made public. If I am running testers I am running them in a public journal so that way if the breeder decides to release a strain that a bunch of people had issues with testing the information is out there for people. It's what it's all about... at least to me. That's why I come here. To learn and spread what little information I can.
We got enough folks that horde strains and make ridiculous rules, we shouldn't wish for the same on information that could save someone months or thousands of dollars etc.etc.etc.