Germinating old Seeds

I popped some 25 year old beans using a whole pack of fresh tomato seeds awhile back you could even use spare beans from batches you didnt like a pinch if thier good and fresh ive also used those.A guy on RIU told me to soak the seeds for 24 hours till you see tails pop, strain out the fresh seeds keep the water put your beans in that kept water and soak them in for at least 24 hours i used a seed cracker that time too.Theres a enzyme i think in those fresh seeds the old beans lose over time and the fresh sprouts have it.I almost want to wager one could find it in fresh bean sprouts from the store if you ground them up and soaked them im clean water and strained the solids out and used the water.Same principle really.You cant go wrong with the EWC methods either.Mystic Funk uses his worm bins to sprout otherwise barren seeds its quite the feat actually

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