Soaking FOR SURE works ... with ALL seeds I have done many side by sides in my outside gardens and germination rates are much better and faster.. the seeds I most recently popped, we're opening after only 24 in my well water (no chlorine here) one day in the moist paper towels after that and they were 100% ready! I will always soak my seeds
Do what works for you! I have never and will never, use the soak! Now that breeders are telling you not to and they won't honor any guarantee if you do....It's an at your own risk thing! I swear it's like folks don't even read what you write!
Great seeds to soak are beet seeds...THOSE are tough to germinate! Cannabis is NOT!
The OP asked for methods to pop
OLD seeds....
It's NOT a good idea to do with ANY old seed! They have lost most of their vigor and NEED that o2 to grow beyond the cracking open! They
need to help the seedling get past the cotyledon leaves.
I have seeds ready for Root Riots in 24 or less hrs with the ppr towel method....It works for me - I'll do that...
I get tired of giving out information that you can all use.....only to have a bunch of naysayers come back and scream that "IT DOES TOO" or what ever!
Read my post again!
After the "wrong" - You know, the part you didn't see!
I SAID "IT CAN WORK!"
I told you what and why the problem! How to avoid the issue!
I don't give a shit that it's your choice for popping seeds....I just tried to give you some info you surely didn't KNOW!