Germinating and planting

Hello all - I've germinated some seeds in water and some of the seeds have split and the little root radical pops out, I transfer them to soil and all is well. However some seeds split open but no tiny root comes out. I can see the white inside the seed but since no little root comes out can I still plant these seeds? No matter how long I leave them in the water nothing comes out so are these seeds good to plant? Will they grow or will I just be wasting my time? Thanks for any help!

yup, plant them and see what happens, not much else you can do

I like to crack the seeds in a cup of water (1-3 days) and then I use the "paper towel method" to increase the root length before transplanting to soil. That might work for you; but yes, you could also throw the cracked bean into soil if it has no exposed taproot.

Unless your seeds are a few years old, imo you shouldn't be soaking them in water.
Fresh seeds will open quicker than old seeds, but despite a lot of people soaking till the tap root shows, if you water log the seed the chances of survival are lowered quite a bit.
Temperature and moisture is what will crack the seed, but just imagine what happens to that tiny tap root that comes out looking for air and moisture... it is swamped with water like over watering a plant *_*
If it doesn't open quick enough, it will rot inside the husk and die before it even splits open.
That's why you see seeds with tap roots from soaking, but they never open.. rotted.

Just rinse them in town water (Chlorinated) to remove contaminates and sow into warm, moist media
Better chance of survival, lower chance of destroying what could have been the best phenotype you could have ever had

Forgot to mention, towel method is fine and effective, but be VERY careful with the tap roots... they are more sensitive than meets the eye

Cheers Jimmy.

Your just supposed to soak the seed until it settles on the bottom of your water or rooting solution. 12-24 hr's
Water starts mitosis inside the seed, starting germination.