Germinating

[kingfish]

Easy question. How long do you germinate seeds before you give up and throw them out? I'm having a hell of a time with my new Seeds Supreme seeds.

 

[Chipmunk]

I tried Seed Supreme beans once; the key word is once. I germinate in the soil and in the pot the plant is staying in. I use a toothpick as a marker where my seed is. If my seed isn't up in 5 days, I will gently move the soil around till I find it. If I don't see any action I just start over with another bean. Often times right next to the one that didn't sprout and still leaving the troublemaker a few more days just in case. Almost always my beans are up in 3 days. I have given many beans a chance to sprout longer than 5 days but it's usually a bust! Also, I have tried etching the beans to help them sprout. Soaking in hydrogen peroxide and water mix. I can't say any of those tricks helped anything

 

[dirtymike]

Find a breeder close (USA) by and get your beans fresh from them. Over seas beans usually are fairly old. (They are going to send out the oldest first.) I use a seed cracker then soak 24 hours then plant. Most beans i can get to germinate but older ones take some of effort. Ive used Seed Supreme also and the same held true, hard to pop.

 

[Beeman]

Longest 7-10 days but I usually do a hydrogen peroxide dip, soak 12-24 hours in distilled water, around room temperature,then place between 2 moist paper towels in a darkened area around 75 degrees . Then usually roots sprouted by 3 days. Then plant.

 

[golfnrl]

I think the longest I have waited is about a week.