Cracked the group on top…let’s see how long till the uncracked sprout. Seeds are Bag Seed at least five years old, did not soak seeds.
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Tried and true method with older seeds bud. Be interesting to see how long it takes for the others to pop. Cool experiment.
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I had heard of cracking seeds but I learned the vice grip tech on here in last few weeks! Learning non stop on here, enjoying it so much. 
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I should have mentioned 48 hours at time of photo 
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lol you did what to who now? Cracking open seeds with vice grips to get better germ rates? What is this wizardry? Can you elaborate?
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Glad the idea is working out for you man, worked great first time I tried so I gave it a share, crazy how these things spread.
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Put seed in closed vice grip. Spin little wheel on back till you hear it crack. Bam the shell is cracked and can now take water in easier. Great for older seeds and landraces
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That’s pretty ingenious. Definitely worth experimenting with.
I wanted to practice on these before I do it on any I care about. I’ll show what I did when I’m home again.
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Please do. It’s great results! Very informative example
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This is the first time I have heard of using vice grips. Definitely interested in the idea. Once again Ive tried thinking of a cheap, easy way to crack seed with no luck. This is the ticket for me, I’ve got a small fairly new pair on hand …that’s even better. Thanks for sharing
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Ok so I just held the seed between the jaws at a distance so it is just held in place.
Then turn the little wheel thing till you hear the smallest little crack.
The straight vice grips would be better. I had the seeds every which way in the vice grips and they all worked other than the first one that I just smushed. 
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I use this on old beans
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Looked at these, even had in my cart but I read about the vice grips and thought I’d give it a shot.
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Been using needle-nose pliers and multi-tool pliers for as long as I can remember…
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I’m gonna give this “a crack” with some old bagseed, the tips and tricks you pick up on OG, what an awesome bunch of people you all are☺
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Glad someone put pictures up! In my mind I was thinking to myself vice grips that’s crazy how do you put a seed in a bench vice? Takes me 3/4 hours to wake up🙃
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You weren’t alone with envisioning a bench vice 
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