New Grower Soaking seed

[bklyndiaz]

Hi guys, I planted a seed in my pot on monday, six days ago, it never showed it's head, so I went digging and found what i thought was a dead seedling, anyway, I pulled a second seed out any started soaking to plant the next morning, WELL! As I dig my finger to drop seed, there was the fist seed I planted GROWING! Now, I'm not ready to plant the second soaking seed, but it's been soaking since 3pm Saturday,
Could I put it back in its package? Or do I have to use the seed?
Thanks and sorry for the long winded explanation....

 

[Padawan1972]

It would be unwise to repackage...you have already set things in motion for the life of that seed

 

[bklyndiaz]

It would be unwise to repackage...you have already set things in motion for the life of that seed

GOT IT! Thanks @Padawan1972,


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[bklyndiaz]

I do not know what to do with the soaked seed! No pot, no soil.
Can they both co-exist in a 5 gallon bucket peacefully? Or will one choke the other out?

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[bad dragon bzzz]

id rather have 2 in a pot than waste a seed.5g is big enough to give them both a good chance.
good luck.

 

[fryge]

if it's not opened yet, it should be possible to re-dry it.

never done it with weedseeds, but I've had some practicals were we basically did that to arabidopsis seeds. just germinated seeds still have dessication tolerance, they can completely dry and come back to live when water returns.
at a certain stage they lose the dessication tolerance(don't remember the exact stage, but at that point the white tail is already sticking out, so before that should be fine)

it's even used by commercial seed companies(for agriculture crops, not weed) under the name 'priming'. they do it in a more controlled complex way as soaking, with exact humidity and temperature etc. but the principle behind it is similar. they give the seed proper conditions to germinate, then before the seed opens dry it back.
the effect of this is that some processes within the seed are already done, so the lag-period between getting the right conditions and opening shortens. that also results in more even/uniform germinisation, which is a good thing if you're planting a whole field.
but it does shorten shelf life of the seed.

so if you decide to dry it back, I wouldn't wait too long to use it.