Lion-O, I know you are just starting out so I am going to give you some advice that will really help you out if you listen to it, and even if you don't in the future you will realize what I am about to say. When I was starting out I felt the same way, more beans is better. But it is a waste of time growing out mediocre or worse plants when you can grow out some fire plants for the same effort. Those Shark Shock CBD are probably about the worst choice you could get in my opinions.. I had a few of those I got as freebies that I gave away. When you consider the time and effort, and money it costs for nutrients, electricity, soil, etc you will realize that $5-10 per seed is worth it to have something MUCH better then whatever is cheapest. Lets say you grow out a seed that costs $1, by the time it is done lets say you only get 2 oz out of it because your growing small plants, even that 2oz would you rather have paid an extra $5 or so in the beginning and had something that is twice as good as what you have.. or are you content with saving the $5 or so and having 2 oz that aren't even half as good as the other stuff you could have grown? It'd be different if good seeds were like $100 each but they aren't. And even then they'd still be worth it.
I don't know if I am doing a good job of explaining myself here.. but basically what I am trying to say is don't waste your time on crap plants just because you got the seed for cheap/free. Put in that initial $5-10 for a good seed to start with and enjoy the rewards at the end. It isn't any more effort, or work to grow a good plant over a mediocre one. You will still have the same costs in soil, electricity, nutes etc.. the only difference being the few bucks you spent on it in the beginning and it will for sure make up for it when it is done. If you are just wanting some seeds to try to learn how to germinate I guess I can understand this.. but you don't need a 100 of them and even if they germed I would toss them out.
I will give you a surefire way to get them to pop if they are any good - Get a paper towel and get it wet/ring it out so it isn't soaked. Fold it up and put the seed inside of it. Get some hydrogen peroxide in the spray bottle and spray just a tiny tiny bit on top of the paper towel so that it can get soaked into it and the seed. You don't need much at all, but this helps it pop. Then take that paper towel with the seed in it and put it in a plastic ziploc bag or plastic shopping bag with the top open.. and stick it on something warm but not hot like a router, or modem, or possibly even a cable box or any type of electrical device that gets slightly warmer then room temp but not hot. Also make sure this is in a dark spot. Luckily I had an old router that was junk so I have it plugged in and inside of a kitchen cabinet that I put the plastic bag/seed on top of. And every day or 2 check inside of it and squirt water if need be. Generally within 2 days mine have popped long tails and are ready to be planted..when you plant them make sure they aren't buried deep in the soil.. they almost don't even need any soil over them.. I just put a thin thin layer of dirt over the seed so it can't be seen but is so little it could almost be blown away. Heck if you need some seeds just to practice with don't you have a buddy or know someone that can get some bag seeds somewhere? Would almost be cheaper to go grab an 1/8th or 1/4 of mexican pressed pot and pick all the seeds out of it to practice with.
