seeds wont germinate

Spanishfly said:

Hi Brick Top - must say I have never found the need to put seeds in a refrigerator that long - either they have germinated or been binned.

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Tests on various types of seeds have shown that length of time to be the most beneficial and the shorter the time goes the less the chilling/stratifying does until it hits a point of not being worth the time.

The most important factor in beans germinating is if the beans are 100% viable or not at the time of germination. For all the methods used by growers and for all their claims of what is best it really comes down to what is simplest for growers and what they feel most comfortable with and not what is actually best when it comes to actual results, though the inaccurate claim is most always that of actual results. The times I have started out beans in soil I have had as good or better results than when I started them off in paper towels or wash clothes or sponges in Tupperware containers kept in the dark and in a proper temperature range and with adequate moisture. Percentages of beans that popped were as high or higher than using other methods and I normally saw more vigorous growth. Because of the growing medium I switched to some years back it is not very practical to do it that way now so for ease I normally use a modified paper towel method. But it is not actually better, it is only simpler.

Ease and level of comfort has taken on an inaccurate aura of being better rather than what it really is, that being it is just really simple and really comfortable to do. The way most people germinate their actual results, the germination percentages, are mostly controlled by bean viability and not process of germination. Sure they can make mistakes that effect results but in most cases the mistakes are not the true deciding factor in the end, unless of course they are catastrophic errors, and instead the results mainly depend on the degree of bean viability.

Many people probably said this, but I like the soaking in water overnight method. Do this and then plant them in your soil about a quarter inch deep. I don't like the paper towel method because you have to watch it for drying out and you also have to watch about damaging fragile roots. If the seeds are good, soaking them in water for a day before planting has really high success rate for me. Plus you can't beat it for being easy.

I bought 200 of brown dirts revenge and I have only had 25% success rate. I used the method of putting them in a container with water and a warm dark place. How long can the seeds stay in water before they are deemed to be no good. Ive done this method several times with P.K and BC GOD bud so I know it works.