[Madbud]

Germinated these guys nearly an inch deep in HappyFrog, no helmets! How many times have i had to help get the shell off and here there isnt even one laying around. Apparently the soil pulls it off when the seed is a little deeper.

 

[Edinburgh]

1 half inc deep.

 

[Madbud]

1 half inc deep.

I’ve done 1/2 in the past, too many keep the shell on. But to each there own.

 

[One drop]

I go thumb first knuckle depth is about a 3/4 “ seems to never fail .

 

[mancorn]

If you get the pointed end (root) facing up the root does a 180 and the cotyledons move through the soil like a clock hand from 6 to 12, which pulls the seed casing off. (The plant doesn't grow straight up, but unfolds, kind of like the Alien when it was in Ripley's escape bod.)

 

[Madbud]

If you get the pointed end (root) facing up the root does a 180 and the cotyledons move through the soil like a clock hand from 6 to 12, which pulls the seed casing off. (The plant doesn't grow straight up, but unfolds, kind of like the Alien when it was in Ripley's escape bod.)View attachment 965657

The pointed end splits, the round end is the hinge, isn’t it? These four seeds just tumbled into the holes, travelling up a minimum inch in soil pulled them off clean.

 

[mancorn]

Technically my pic above is upside down. This one is easier to visualize and you can see how the cotyledons are going to "sweep" through the dirt as it straightens out and comes above ground. (The whole plant in this pic would be below ground.)

 

[quirk]

Technically my pic above is upside down. This one is easier to visualize and you can see how the cotyledons are going to "sweep" through the dirt as it straightens out and comes above ground. (The whole plant in this pic would be below ground.)
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Great shots @mancorn. Appreciate it.