Germinating Old Beans

[c-ray]

okay boys and girls we got some stingy beans to bring to life

in the first test I carefully removed the shells from 5 beans and soaked them in hempseed oil...I soaked them for a day or so then transferred to a cup of water for an overnight soak, then in the morning transferred to a paper towel once folded and moistened with a capful of water...paper towel was placed in a big ziplock which was puffed up with air and placed in a box in a warm spot..seeds puffed up and looked nice and white but they did not go any further, experiment was halted on the 4th day when they started to smell rancid...conclusion was that vancity tap water by itself does not have the lifeforce required to jumpstart these babies

for the next tests I will pull out some various ingredients and various situations, looking for some clues...stay tuned :bongin:

[justcurios]

yo c. ive been trying just a cup of spring water. i just drop the "beans" in and put the cup in the cabinet. 1-2 days- we have sprouts. but im sure you already new that ,aye. by the way what does removing the shell, and soaking in hemp oil do?

[c-ray]

someone here on c-w suggested it since that is how a lady sprouted some 2000 year old date seeds, by soaking the date seeds in some fresh date oil, sort a rejuvenation bath

[justcurios]

i got ya. so ,for sort of old seeds so to speak.good luck on the next batch.

[humble1]

i assume you followed your lunar calendar....?