My #$*&@# Seed Won't Hatch...

[Weedhound]

you had it right Stinkster......now imagine a perfectly FLAT crushed seed.

I'll scuff some up before trying again...:thumbsup:

[HerbalConfusion]

Some seeds are just to thick sometimes.

[Technique2]

Or in my case, where the seeds were old, abused, and utterly USELESS.

This was my first attempt.

My second attempt is going along pretty well thus far. I am hoping to see the little saps poking through the substrate soon.

[oliwog]

hey weedhound ive been growing feminized seeds fro ages an never really had a problem if those seeds are from the same company i think they are then there customer service is very good but they dont help people in the states ive had replacement seeds sent out to me on a few occasions but if your in the usa then you should contact the person/ company you get em from see if they can replace em for you i jus soak mine in water over night for no more than 12 hours then pot em in soil i usually find that one or two have popped thru in the water overnight
u could try that technique its always been used by me for many years an always is given at least a 90% germ rate or i got the seeds replaced for free cos none sprouted. on 3 occassions that happened from 2 different companies

[Weedhound]

Thanks for the tips you guys......I dumped the crushed one and have started on number 3....nice and scuffed thanks to Stinky's advice.

If this one doesn't go I WILL get in touch with the company and see if I can get them replaced...

[GreenDestiny]

I once had some extremely tough seeds. Filing them a bit worked. I also had success by carefully filing and then prying a seed open and taking out the embryo-baby-fetus-plant... whatever you wanna call it.... kinda like performing a SEED-section. Then put it into the damp-paper-towel-tupperware-incubator and it started to grow fine without any damage. I did a few like that to make sure it would work; thousands of bagseeds are fun to play with!