Why are ppl who never had seeds replaced by attitude, letalone ever ordered from attitude saying they will replace? And then saying, oh I heard there generous, it doesn't seem like a big deal to me so I THOUGHT they would...
Well you have no idea what your talking about. And that's no surprise coming from grow master tafbang.
To the op, there is a differance in using distilled vs. Tap water as tao water supplies the dissolved solids the seed uses as "food" to germinate. Granted the seed has a small amount of its own "food" for energy buy distilled water has virtually no nutritional value for the seed. So if you ask a question and someone gives you a good answer, don't be so quick to tell them they are wrong.
Also to the noob reffering to the radicle as a "tail".... LMAO OMFG. That was a hilarious read. Thank you. Lmao "out of the seeds that opened only 1 had a tail long enough to plant".. omg. Did it ever occur that's the root and it grows with time? That's just wrong on so many levels its hilarious.
If your having a hard time germinating, just plant the seeds. The fact that they got "mushy" is your fault for drowning them. Sorry to tell you but this time it wasn't the seeds fault. Also attitude is a distributor only, not a breeder..
If you feel you must germinate follow these steps exactly..
1 fill a cup half full (or half empty in your case) with water. Drop your seeds in and leave in a dark place, I use a cabinet and wrap a towel around it for insulation. check regularly to see if they have sunk to the bottom. the ones that sink have cracked open. Do not leave them in the cup of water for more than 24 hours.
Edit: I may have made it sound like I only keep the ones that sink, but I don't. Even if one is still floating I will move it thru the next steps but will leave it to the side and keep an eye on it.
2 wet a paper towl,squeeze out the water, lay it on the bottom of a tupperware, lay seeds down on paper towel, wet and squeeze out another paper towel and lay it on top of the seeds. You can put the top on and back into the cabinet. Check at least every 12 hours.
3 when the radicle is about 1/8 to 1/4 of an inch long place the seed with the tap root pointing down into your medium. Only put the seed about 2 or 3 seedlengths deep in the medium. Then put it under a flourescant light, 24 hrs a day till its ready to go into veg room.
EDIT:
Step 4 edit 1st post to tell what really happened.