have a bunch of old bagseeds/Will they work?

In have like 40+ old bagseeds my sisters friend gave me, I think they are at least a few years old.
They are all nice and brown and matured but i have tried germing several of them and the tap root mont emerge. They were in germ for about 3 days and nothing happened. I popped one open and the little white embryo is there and perfectly normal but the tail wont pop out.
Do they just need more time in germ?
Should i try freezing a couple and then germinating for better results?
all advice is apprieciated.

they may be bad, but just to be sure - are you using paper towels to keep the seeds moist? give them a week to be sure but if they haven't germed then they are bad.

only one way to find out... sometimes bagseed turns our great.

yeah or you could try scuffing them in a matchbox. Just throw them in and shake em around a bit before you stick em in the paper towels. This methods worked for me in the past.

well like one of them popped and cracked a little bit and then i was messing around and cracked one on purpose ad the tail emerged the next day but then died.
i dont think they are bad because they have the embryo in there and there is no reason for them to not germ as far as i understand. Ill just keep them in germ longer. idk

omg i say this all the time. why cant people just put them in wet dirt and leave them be for a fucking week

everyone is so picky like you all have OCD on seed planting, has to be this way or it will failz

if i had 40 id put all 40 into their own separate cup and keep them in moist/wet dirt and heat them to 80.0ºF and come come back in a week

because thats not how we want to do it, you do what you do and we'll do what the fuck we want to do.

awry said:

omg i say this all the time. why cant people just put them in wet dirt and leave them be for a fucking week

everyone is so picky like you all have OCD on seed planting, has to be this way or it will failz

if i had 40 id put all 40 into their own separate cup and keep them in moist/wet dirt and heat them to 80.0ºF and come come back in a week

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I have experimented with various seed starting methods and the paper towel method proved to be the least effective. No disrespect intended to anyone choosing this method.

I use starter trays. Just plant the seed in the medium, cover, and wait.

Works great.

You might try soaking them in water overnight before moving them to a paper towel. It wouldn't hurt to put a drop of superthrive in the water if you have any.