Quote Originally Posted by Mr. Clandestine
I was using a matchbox with a 1" piece of emery board stuck inside of it. I'd just stick however many seeds inside and shake them up for a few seconds, and never had problems with it until recently. I haven't used it since I had that mutant that popped out of the shell cotyledons first while still in the paper towel. What do you think, should I keep using it? It never gave me problems before that one weird sprout, and I had been doing it pretty consistently for a few years.
I wouldn't let a stray mutant affect your technique. IMO, Was likely a stuck suture not allowing the lower portions of the embryo out. The pre-soaking technique works for a lot of us.

Quote Originally Posted by Mr. Clandestine
(Oh, and I'm still trying to get the city to move that nuclear power plant out of my backyard, btw. So far, they've been unresponsive to my requests... they're denying that it's even there! )
What nuke plant? It's a thermo-generative atom re-arranger/official Greenpeace venting location.