Starting old pelleted seeds

[Rajun Gardener]

I posted a while back about a friend having a can of old seeds given to him. He tried to grow a few plants and couldn't get them to germinate so I took some to try to get them going. After reading about it here I started them today hoping to get some going using a few different methods.

I read that coated seeds don't last as long due to the coating not allowing oxygen to get to the seed so I soaked them to remove the coating and cleaned them before the various soaking methods I'm using.

How long should I let them soak?

I've got 5 different methods going and they're on a seed starting mat.

1, Hydrogen Peroxide(H202), water and a little Miracle Grow(MG)

2, H202 and water

3, MG and water

4, Calcium Nitrate, H202 and water

5, Calcium Nitrate, H202, MG and water