Haha alright broYou're all good man, some seeds float, some seeds sink. In the future though, I'd wait to bump the post longer than 12 mins
Haha yeah broTotally understandable man, you have to start from somewhere. The first seed I planted was a bag seed, but thought the taproot was the stalk, and ended up planting it upside down
Ah yeah that is a tricky situation to be honest. Planting anything in college to be honest is something I'd say well away from personally.
good to hear this is good then?
I've never noticed this personally but seeds can be funny. I generally only soak older seeds that have been frozen for a long time but I've had floaters for 12-18 hours that wouldn't go down. Lots of time they just had an aggressive wax coating on the seed and would have benefitted from being scuffed before soaking but others it just how they were. I just think any soaking and extra steps are unnecessary and present chances for things to go wrong. Get a good, well draining media and moisten it properly and just plant the seed about 1/4 to 1/2" down. Unless you're trying to germinate 10 plus year old seeds all the voodoo stuff just opens the root hairs up to damage and infection.
I like soaking and paper towel method because it is more hygienic IMO. I prefer to make things as sterile as possible when starting expensive/older seeds. Also, with paper towel method gives me an earlier indication if the seeds are actually viable vs. waiting for them to break soil. But everyone has their own germination tech and none of it is incorrect.
