Probably 50/50 it got clobbered. Soaked for 24 hours in water then near 60 hours in the PT ballooned in plastic bag. Usually 24hrs in each and it’s popped and I plant. Life gets in the way sometimes.
Next time skip the paper towel and just plant the soaked seed(s).
my seed supplier says do not put in a plastic bag as it needs oxygen.
I’ve popped maybe a dozen with the method used by Mr GreenJeans using the damp PT in a ziplock bag blown up like a humidity dome. I’ll usually cycle the air the next day checking if it’s popped in the PT.
It has O2 as described above. I use a Quart or Gallon ziplock. Supplier probably doesn’t want complaints the seeds didnt thrive cuz I see many complaining they had duds which most are likely due to new pilot error.
You are over complicating it man, im sorry but you really are.
Wrong, I soak 12-24 hr in 5ml 3% HP to cup water, then to paper towel soaked in same solution, in zip lock on heating pad set to 80F, in 1-2 days tap roots form & I put in Jiffy pods hydrated in same solution. I USED to go directly into Jiffy pods after soaking UNTIL I got burned having seedlings growing upside downward & petering out before turning around & reaching surface, better to sprout first & get the tap root pointing right ways down from the get go in pod IMO.
Exactly, I have also made the mistake of planting too close to surface, helmet didn't rub off in soil & also got too leggy above before forming a root base below, killed whole batches of seedings, embarrassingly not long ago this way. I don't think a full half inch in a pod is necessary if sprouted beforehand but a little below the top of soil.I have found that if I don’t bury the seeds but a half inch into the dirt and provide enough roughage to help aid in the removal of the seed cap, I will have to do it manually. Hope this helps
Yeah , but in nature a lot of seeds die & some survive, to save the cost of losing pricy seedlings I little human intervention helps.
I will agree to disagree!
Looks fine.