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Old 11-11-2008, 04:04 PM   #9 (permalink)
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Default Re: germinating chinese banana-golden lotus

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Originally Posted by Bob View Post
All of the seeds that I've planted sunk immediately or just after being placed in the water. I would guess if they didn't sink after a while that they had no or a rotten embryo and the resulting air inside is keeping them afloat.
If the inside is rotten or hollow (sometimes due to malformed seeds), then they will float, but good seeds will still float too sometimes, so it is not always a reliable testing method.
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