seeds not germinating and crack easily

hello friends, i bought some seeds from a guy, autoflower strain and i put 9 seeds on paper towel , its been 72 hours and non of them germinated even no sign of life.. i press seed with my finger and its easily cracked.. it isnt normal right? i think these seeds are useless.. sorry for my english..

give them a little while longer ive had seeds take 5 days to germinate. little odd they would crack

did you soak your seeds first ? put them in a wet paper towel then in a plastic bag? put them in a warm dark spot ? ..... could be one of the reasons they haven't sprouted ..

tellno1 said:

did you soak your seeds first ? put them in a wet paper towel then in a plastic bag? put them in a warm dark spot ? ..... could be one of the reasons they haven't sprouted ..

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yeah i put them in a wet paper towel in plastig bag , and put them them in a warm dark spot.. i put 9 seeds only one of them germinated..

Ive used so many ways that i find the best way for me,,is soak seeds for 48hrs in a glass of mineral or just good pure water,keep in warm dark place,good seeds will split in this time,, take all seeds and put them in your medium..soil/coir etc,after the 48 hrs....whether they have cracked or not,and water all seeds and seedlings, they will sprout within a week,water uncracked seeds more,,if not, bad seeds me thinks..
This really is tried and tested and a very good way to germ your beans cos you get to see practically all split before planting.
Never be alarmed like the poster above says it can take a seed maybe 10 days..unusual but true!!!!
Dont soak your beans for than 48 hrs,but 48 is cool!
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I will never soak seeds again.I think its a waste of time.By the time you sit there and wait for the seeds to pop,they could already be out of the soil.If seeds are good they will come fast.12/26/11 i pushed my aurora indica and bubblelicious seeds into jiffy pots.12/29/11 they were all up.1/2/12 they were on my mini flood table.The root system is unbelievable.Works for me!

Probably not a good idea to crush the seeds between your finger and the table. Too expensive bro.