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Suze · March 7, 2006

I was going to come on and ask how long to soak them. 24 hours is good?

Anywhere from overnight to 24 to even 48 hours is a good window of time to soak. However, once you get past a few days or so with either the 'baggie' method or soaking, bacteria can build up. Not good (see also: major stankfest). At the least, one would need to change out the water or paper towel/ziplock at some point. Plus, I haven't found that it's of any additional benefit to soak longer.

I generally only consider soaking seeds if I think they might be four + years old.

March 7, 2006	#4
Suze Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Texas Posts: 3,027	I was going to come on and ask how long to soak them. 24 hours is good? Anywhere from overnight to 24 to even 48 hours is a good window of time to soak. However, once you get past a few days or so with either the 'baggie' method or soaking, bacteria can build up. Not good (see also: major stankfest). At the least, one would need to change out the water or paper towel/ziplock at some point. Plus, I haven't found that it's of any additional benefit to soak longer. I generally only consider soaking seeds if I think they might be four + years old.