Floaters

lexxluthor · October 11, 2015

Hello folks I am relatively new to tomatoes but not to peppers. I have always heard that floaters are not viable seeds. I have been fermenting my black krim maters in a mason jar with half goo and half water. So I figure I would try to see if they would germinate. after 4 days I took the 6 seeds on the top and tried to germinate them. I put them in salad dressing container with a snap top and a piece of paper towel and threw them on the heating mat. So 3 days later 5 of 6 have germinated and the 6th looks like tomorrow it will sprout its tail.
I took 4 brownish pepper seeds from pods and will try the same test. I will give them a few more days since they can take up to 20 days. I will let the tomatoes go to see if they will grow stronger or be a weakling. I figure either way this time of year it would be a great test.

October 11, 2015	#1
lexxluthor Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Mar 2015 Location: New York Posts: 156	Floaters Hello folks I am relatively new to tomatoes but not to peppers. I have always heard that floaters are not viable seeds. I have been fermenting my black krim maters in a mason jar with half goo and half water. So I figure I would try to see if they would germinate. after 4 days I took the 6 seeds on the top and tried to germinate them. I put them in salad dressing container with a snap top and a piece of paper towel and threw them on the heating mat. So 3 days later 5 of 6 have germinated and the 6th looks like tomorrow it will sprout its tail. I took 4 brownish pepper seeds from pods and will try the same test. I will give them a few more days since they can take up to 20 days. I will let the tomatoes go to see if they will grow stronger or be a weakling. I figure either way this time of year it would be a great test.