Not Responding to the childish Ridicule posts, they are beneath me. But for those intrested in learning about different methods of germinations needed in the vast world of Angiosperms check out this site.

How to Germinate Seed

Those of you intrested in a partial list of plants that require smoke germination.

Smoke Genera

Some of these actually have to be in the fire to germinate because its the heat from the fire that cracks the shell.

for those of you who think that a seed that does not Germinate easily means the plant is weak might want to read the first link. It even explains why some seeds have thick shells. Also, a weak plant at Germination produces more product than one not grown. That is if the plant really is weak.