Well, that didn't take long! I got 8 out of ten germinated from the fresh tasty bagseed. So far none of the old shwaggy seed has come up. I removed those from the experiment, and I think I'll take all those ancient seeds I have collected in little tins and pill bottles and what not over the years and throw them on roadsides hoping some of them grow.

The reason I'm testing the effect of chlorine is not because I think it might be good for them. I know chlorine is bad. The thing is, I've always used plain tap water straight out of the faucet and I wanted to see exactly how much better it would be to use bottled water or dechlorinated water. I may even treat some water with my aquarium conditioner, although the warning not to use it on fish intended for food might change my mind on that one. I wouldn't want to smoke poison.

The pic of the one still down on soil level is one of the ones I put in a wet towel Monday, using spring water to wet the paper towel but I watered the soil with tap water. There were four of those seeds, and three sprouted. The other two of the three are just starting to peek out from under the soil.

The ones which are green already JUST turned green, in fact earlier this afternoon they were still kinda yellowish/purple cotyledons which I have never seen before. They were planted on Sunday. I planted three in each pot, which is my standard when planting. I intend to get rid of the two weaker seedlings once there's enough true leaves for me to make a good assesment.

The seeds which I germinated in paper towels I put one per pot, since I already knew whether they were germinated or not.