Any advice on how to getting these last two seeds to pop. Took 11 jelly pie seeds and soaked them in water overnight. Put in paper towel on plate and next morning 8 had long tails. Next day the 9th got a tap root and was planted. But 10 and 11 are not budging. Any advice ? Usually I get high 90s when it comes to germ rate. And I know 9 out of 11 is decent. I just want more plants to choose from. Maybe the pheno I am looking for is in one of these little buggers.
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Some seeds just take a little longer. If you scuff up the outer shells (sandpaper rolled into a tube seeds inside and shake for a minute or so) it will help make them more absorbent. You can even buy a tool that will crack the shell to help with stubborn seeds
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Even if they have already soaked and been in paper towels for over 48 hours ? I will try and file the outsides a little more
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It could be that it’s just a non-viable seed
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It can’t hurt. I’ve buried seeds in soil outdoors before and they took a few weeks to get above ground.
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Well they both are going into peat pellets tonight. Hope they pop
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Count yourself lucky & toss the un-popped stuff. 
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If they havent popped try adding some heat, I norm set the container I germ in on top of flourecemnt lamp ,its just enough heat it incourege the hormones to activate, if they havent rotted dont give up
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The last 2 have shell issues. Too hard I think. Maybe try surgery on number 11. I did label 11 solos JellyPie 1-11 hate to let 11 go to waste…
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If you can slightly part the shell carefully and then soak again in Damp tissue hopefully that will be enough to kick start it
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I had the tray overhanging to the side of our fireplace. Kept the peat nice and warm
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i’d try cracking the seed and soaking it a bit longer, may just not be viable… just squeeze it lightly between your fingers until the end cracks opens a bit
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One of the two has turned into my best looking seedling. The other I found out of the shell curled up like snail almost. Horizontal. Just under the surface. Turfed it.
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Number ten turned out to be a stunning plant. Fragrant huge thick stalk. But a male
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The same thing happened to me! At least the damn thing sprouted lol
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I second this method. It does work even after they’ve been in paper towels for some time. Sometimes the hulls on some strains is very thick and requires some abrasion.
As a last resort, I’ve also (carefully) cracked the hulls with tweezers and put them back into paper towels.
Nice job getting them to go @PoppaPuff. The extra elbow grease is totally worth it sometimes. 
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Some growers recommend putting a bit of hydrogen peroxide in with the moist paper towel. I thought this was nuts but it works the way peroxide softens the hair cuticle before coloring. It seems the seed shells are gaining strength but the same happens with some chicken eggs. I wonder if it has something to do with nutes or growth regulators that many growers are using.
Regulators keep the plant small for indoor growing so they’d no doubt use it on mother plants as well. Who knows what that does to the developing seed shell.
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