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Originally Posted by travis
I have never seen a professional nursery grower use all these random methods. Usually it's straight by the book, seeds into soilless seed starter mix of some sort packed into plug trays, and down the rows they go. Is there any particular reason to pre-sprout sprouts and then transfer them into a sprouting mix?
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Can't speak for the others but I do like seeing which ones germinate and which do not. Some seed is old and some is new. This is a new method for me this year anyway.
Maybe it does induce trauma that the seed or seedling would not undergo otherwise.
You will admit it does keep the seed hydrated, somewhat of a surrogate for a long soak. Or a drowning if too much water.
But I think you said it yourself, a professional nursery grower. I'm obviously not one.
Don't have those resources anyway.