I um, heh, heh apparently miscalculated!

[BR2K]

I thought I had two dud Mandarin Gelato seeds. When I started a third seed, I left the "dud" in the cup and used the same coco-perlite. Low and behold, I have TWO seedlings that sprouted!

They both haven't fully got their two leaves out yet. I just got another Solo cup ready and will attempt to transplant one seedling into new digs, probably tonight. In the meantime, I just watered the living daylights out of the other "dud" Solo cup. Who knows, maybe I'll get lucky!

[OldManGrower]

I have had a similar experience. I planted a number of seeds that failed to sprout (I now use a different method). I started to dig up the soil for a new attempt and low and behold, I found a sprouted seed amongst the duds. Replanted it into a new container and was able to raise it to maturity. Sometimes these things are just slow. Agriculture is not for the impatient.