8. Germination 1  

The best result you will get if you grow your seeds the natural way by planting them in the earth and not use cotton, tissues, rock wool or other materials. By doing so, you will have the highest percentage of germination and you will also not risk damaging the freshly germinated seeds. 

Plant your seeds like this:

1) Wet the soil.

2) Make little holes of about 1 cm deep.

3) Put one seed in each hole.

4) Close the hole. 

High quality seeds (when they are big, dark and fresh) can afford to wait until the right moment is there to germinate. So, it is important to create the perfect circumstances, warm and wet. To make this happen, the seeds need to be planted on a spot where the sun can really warm the soil. If circumstances are not right, the seeds will probably germinate at a later point in time. Furthermore, it is also important not to bury the seeds too deep otherwise they will never make it to the surface.

Normally the seeds germinate within 2 - 5 days. If there is no result within 10 days the seeds can be still dormant or old. In case seeds are very fresh it can be that they are still dormant (sleeping). When this is true, you can leave them and they will germinate within about four month. If the seeds are just old, nothing will happen and you can consider the seeds as lost.