[apathy.]

I Have 3 sets of seed that I am trying to sprout. I've had them for 7 years and the last successful grow I've had with them was 2 years ago, but now whenever I try to pop a few seeds, they fail. A tap root will always emerge after 12-24 hours, but for some reason looks like it gets sucked back into its shell. I'm down to the last 10 of each and they aren't strains I want to lose.

What's your method of germination?

try to put them in a labeled shot cup with warm distilled water you can even scuff them up a bit by making a cylinder with sand paper and have them tumble inside. It helps them better absorb the water.

Immediately put it into moist(not damp) soil with the tap root facing downward. It sounds like they're healthy enough since the taproot breaks the shell but they're drying out or may be too old?

[Sunny FL Indica]

You may also want to add a splash (2% or 3%) of peroxide to your water when you're starting to help keep any fungus from being amongus.

[Emmay_Dee]

If you store multiple seeds in the same container over time the weakest seeds are going to shed their residual moisture to the stronger one and youre stuck with a needle in a haystack. Minimize the ammount of seeds in a sealed container and if you can individually would be best. I think a sativa seed wouldnt last as long as an indica seed because indica strains were subjected to quite cold temps and snow would fall and insulate a seed from brutal wind chill for maybe decades on a north face. Naturally by the time a sativa seed fell the next grow season would quickly germinate the seed allowing for no natural incubation. If your seeds are sativa heritage dont wait any longer. Hope any of this helps.

~Always~

[FireIn.TheSky]

Do a search there is probaby 30 threads about this very topic where the methods are discussed very indepth.

[Emmay_Dee]

Hes not asking about long term storage methods if you actually read his post.