Have not had any luck in getting old seeds to pop!
Don't believe in bleach i think of it as a killing thing even though many use it power.
A 24-36 hour soak in distilled water with but a drop/cup of liquid kelp I prefer {Thrive alive green} 1-0-1
Most important is not letting them dry out in the rapid rooters.
A eye dropper of the same water that i soaked them in every 6-8 hours.
I know that there are many ways to get things done this is the STYLE that has stuck to me.
A few years back a friend I met on the internet said he had hundreds of old Afghani seeds back when Russia was in Afghan .Thinking 70 s
I know there are hormones one can buy to enhance germination but much of that stuff is only sold to labs and such.
The match box and sandpaper has never work for me as well.
Once they,the seeds DRY out I opine that not much can be done with them.
On all the afghan seeds that i tried to pop only a handful got big enough to do anything with and being their was both a male and female I made a bunch of seed and spread them far and wide .
Never heard much about them .
A personal grow of those seeds netted plants that seem to lack luster,strength and vigor.
Funny what one peep will swear is the best top shelved stuff another may think it sucks.
AS I said I look at a plant and think either SKUNK [sativa] or a Afghani [indigo] everything else is a hybrid I prefer 60-70% sativa's hybrids.
IMO if a peep goes from strain to strain he never truly learns his plant.But if he grows that same plant over and over he will see what crossing them over and over creates.
You become the judge.
RatZilla
