seeds don't need light to germinate. water is abosorbed into the seed and it activates hormones (auxin, gibberilins, cytokinins) which tell the seed to start growing. this causes the shell to crack, the taproot to start down, and the cotyledon start up.

is the seed still hard or is it squishy? if is't squish scrap it. once you see a tap root, place in the dirt, at the depth of ~1 seed.

good growing!


-shake