Re: germinating chinese banana-golden lotus
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Originally Posted by Bob
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.
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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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