10+ year old seed, hmmm

countrygirl

countrygirl

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I found 2 seeds in my old jewelry box that has to be at least 10 years old. What do you think the chances are they will sprout? I'm trying just for the nostalgia.
 
racerboy71

racerboy71

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i say just try it out, what do you have to lose other than a lil time.. nothing ventured, nothing gained in my eyes.
 
Kaptain Kron

Kaptain Kron

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countrygirl said:
I found 2 seeds in my old jewelry box that has to be at least 10 years old. What do you think the chances are they will sprout? I'm trying just for the nostalgia.
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take an emery board like you would use for your nails and GENTLY GENTLY GENTLY rough up the husk of the seed. The main reason seeds become unviable is that the husk hardens to the point where water cant penetrate it to start the germ process the roughing of the husk basically (i call it a glaze imagine a donut and you want to get to the doughy part without penetrating the crust underneath the glaze) allows you to remove the glazing from it sitting for years and it softens it up enough to draw in water. Still it may not work but thats your best bet usually for really old seeds.
 
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wannaquickee

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Kaptain Kron said:
take an emery board like you would use for your nails and GENTLY GENTLY GENTLY rough up the husk of the seed. The main reason seeds become unviable is that the husk hardens to the point where water cant penetrate it to start the germ process the roughing of the husk basically (i call it a glaze imagine a donut and you want to get to the doughy part without penetrating the crust underneath the glaze) allows you to remove the glazing from it sitting for years and it softens it up enough to draw in water. Still it may not work but thats your best bet usually for really old seeds.
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i actually read this in a book years ago..hes correct.. never had to try it myself though

you might just grow the best week the world has ever seen with those seeds...lol (clone it just in case)
 
redlube

redlube

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i had 2 seeds given to me that were 30 years old, they both germ'd only one was female, i think it was a skunk variety from tibet. Buds were huge but not very potent.
 
countrygirl

countrygirl

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If I get a plant I will call it "Old Daze" LOL I can't remember if I kept them on purpose, back in the day seeds weren't so uncommon. Back, back in the day we used our favorite Led Zeppelin album to clean the seeds out of a bag. Oh the good ol' days hehehe
 
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Smyle

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You have an excellent chance of the seeds germinating. I once sprouted a few seeds that had been in a jewelry box for about 12 years. They grew just like they were supposed to and smoked good too.
 
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