If a soaking seed hasnt cracked yet, can it be dried out again?

[Aster]

Hi guys,
My apploigies if this is already posted somewhere but I couldnt find it with the search engine and Im runing short on time.

I accidently dropped too many seeds into a cup of water when germinating, there are 2 too many and they have been in there for about 6hrs.

So my question is, if they havent cracked yet and are still floating is it possible to dry them out and put them in the fridge again or have they more than likely broken domancy and if I dry them out they will die?

 

I really want to save them, they are my last ones and I dont have the room for them.

 

Thank you!

[Johnsy]

6 hrs is becoming very borderline.

 

It all depends on what is happening inside the seeds shell's that we cant see yet.

Once the water has been absorbed by the goodies inside the shell the germination process begins and cannot be paused.

If the shells are extremely thick/hard/old you might have the odd chance that no moisture/water has been absorbed inside there yet.

 

The choice is up to you, whether you leave them there or not.

There isnt a person in the world that can tell you if the inside of your seeds have absorbed their first feed.

So take my advice and 'WING - IT'.

[Aster]

Thank for your advice,

Hmm, seems like the best thing to do is to just germinate them, better that than risking them going bad.
Shame, I really would have liked to keep a couple for future. Ill have to seed up a branch on one of the girls.

[Johnsy]

Yeah just grow them.

 

You can always buy more seed from seed banks around the world and have them sent to your hot little hands in the post