Dutchland
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I've always had very good seed germination rates... but not Great. After wasting a half of valuable (irreplaceable) packs of Archive's Dosi #22 and Rainbow Belts 1.0 (Only half made it 
)
I came across an article by Ed Rosenthal and Purple Caper Seeds that helped me into the Greatness In-zone
www.edrosenthal.com
It is a 12 step method similar to tissue culture (sterile lab) procedures. As it maybe necessary to follow ALL the steps for 10+ year old viable seeds... following just a few crucial steps on newer/properly stored seeds helped me up my game. 
For years I was just placing a damp paper towel it in a fresh sandwich bag (with seeds) and placing it on some warm "bottom heat" usually a cable box or under a laptop. And most seeds germinate fine, however if I didn't get 1" roots within 48-72 hours they would turn to mush.
-What I Do Now:
#1. Take distilled watered and reduce it down to 6 pH and sterilize it by bringing it to a roaring boil (The natural pH 7ish is probably fine).
#2. Wear gloves that are sterilized with 91% Isopropyl Alcohol and dip the seeds into 3% Hydrogen Peroxide for 15 seconds and then immediately rinse them off with a small amount of the sterile water (Discard the Peroxide+Water).
#3.Take a couple of paper towels from a new pack and wet them with the sterile water and ring it out until the are very damp but no longer dripping wet.
#4. Place seeds in paper towels towards the center and fold over covering the seeds and put them in a fresh/new zip lock sandwich bag.
#5. Keep the bag somewhere preferably dark and keep the temperature as close and consistent to 78 degrees Fahrenheit (25.55 Celsius) an IR digital thermometer is helpful here.
#6. I try not to disturb them for 48 hrs and only then I check them with sterilized gloves. Within 24-96 hours, once the roots are 1" (2.5cm) place them in soil (or plug) with the tap-root facing down and bury it only leaving the seed shell barely exposed/visible on top and put them under light.
Fortunately I still a 1 Full pack of Dosi #22s (12 Reg) and Rainbow Belts 1.0 (6 Fems)
Keep Germinating Seeds...and Happy Hunting!!!
-Dutch
)I came across an article by Ed Rosenthal and Purple Caper Seeds that helped me into the Greatness In-zone
How to Professionally Germinate Cannabis Seeds: Award-Winning Seed Breeder’s Step by Step Instructions — Ed Rosenthal
Improve your germination rate by following Frank from Purple Caper Seeds’ step by step process for popping seeds in coir and transplanting seeds to soil after germination.
www.edrosenthal.com
For years I was just placing a damp paper towel it in a fresh sandwich bag (with seeds) and placing it on some warm "bottom heat" usually a cable box or under a laptop. And most seeds germinate fine, however if I didn't get 1" roots within 48-72 hours they would turn to mush.
-What I Do Now:
#1. Take distilled watered and reduce it down to 6 pH and sterilize it by bringing it to a roaring boil (The natural pH 7ish is probably fine).
#2. Wear gloves that are sterilized with 91% Isopropyl Alcohol and dip the seeds into 3% Hydrogen Peroxide for 15 seconds and then immediately rinse them off with a small amount of the sterile water (Discard the Peroxide+Water).
#3.Take a couple of paper towels from a new pack and wet them with the sterile water and ring it out until the are very damp but no longer dripping wet.
#4. Place seeds in paper towels towards the center and fold over covering the seeds and put them in a fresh/new zip lock sandwich bag.
#5. Keep the bag somewhere preferably dark and keep the temperature as close and consistent to 78 degrees Fahrenheit (25.55 Celsius) an IR digital thermometer is helpful here.
#6. I try not to disturb them for 48 hrs and only then I check them with sterilized gloves. Within 24-96 hours, once the roots are 1" (2.5cm) place them in soil (or plug) with the tap-root facing down and bury it only leaving the seed shell barely exposed/visible on top and put them under light.
Fortunately I still a 1 Full pack of Dosi #22s (12 Reg) and Rainbow Belts 1.0 (6 Fems)
Keep Germinating Seeds...and Happy Hunting!!!
-Dutch
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perhaps that is necessary for 10yr old barely viable seeds (I'd say 24hr Max). But with my 4+ year old Blissful Wizard seeds i got 100% germination rate without soaking within 48hrs I had roots a couple inches long. Supposedly soaking can help to determine whether or not the seeds are even viable... as they should sink. Although my last 3 Dosi's 22 floated in the brief Peroxide and in the rinse, (And all 3 Germinated) but it probably takes a bit for seeds to sink (like I said I don't use that method, I only read about it years ago)
Ill post it up next round.
Seems to me I've heard that before.
