Resurrecting Very Old Seeds

I have a large amount of 5+ year old seeds stored improperly.After trying to germinate 40 to 50 in small batch runs in different ways.The end result of all runs were the same.If they opened at all I would get a small taproot that would not grow.As a last resort I tried 1m of Kelp in a half glass of water.After a 24 hour soak I'm happy to report out of 15 I have 10 healthy and growing taproots that are now up out of the peat pellets!Now that it's all said and done I did some reading on the net and Saltpeter,Bleach,Kelp have been used to revive old chili peppers!

interesting, the kelp sounds the most plausible, and you seem to have some evidence
bleach doesn't sound good, but might depend on how it is used

good thinking with the kelp. i never had to use it but a friend of mine was having problems and googled it. its actually one of the best raw foods for us too.
cool post but i would probably not use bleach even if it was given the all clear hehe i would probably get obsessive with the flushing

Bleach in low concentrations will kill off any bacteria that may try to attack the fragile tap or radicle. I use bleach in my cloner as well. 1 ppm is more than enough to do the job.

Hey thanks guys I was really excited about my discovery.After the fact when i was reading about hard to germinate chili pepper and tomato seeds.It was the Farmers of America or something like that.That said they swear by bleach 2 to 3 drops in a glass of water.With the warning that all bleach is not created equal because of certain chemicals.I also did 15 in just plain water along side of the kelp infused cup.No survivors in the plain water as before.Here is the kelp I used if anyone is interested.I was set to try vitamin B1 (thrive alive,super thrive) next.Before I threw the beans away. LOL