Found last year’s seeds, which have expired, decided not to throw away and try one way to germinate them.

With the arrival of spring, experienced gardeners and beginner summer residents think about sowing seedlings on window sills and in greenhouses. They check the available packages of seeds that have remained (or stale) since the past years. Sometimes during the revision, such bags are found on which it is impossible to determine the date of packaging. In other words, expired seeds.



Do not throw out stagnant stocks, because even old seeds can give good sprouts, and only pre-germinated seeds can show whether to buy fresh planting material or use old.

Overdue seeds can help to recover and gain strength for active germination. Although one hundred percent germination is not guaranteed, but most grains will come to life. Before the “resuscitation” procedure, the seeds should be soaked in clean water for a couple of hours. You can use melt or rain water. At the same time, sort: viable seeds are heavier, and they will sink to the bottom, and empty and dried shells will immediately pop up. What's not sinking, throw it away!



There are different ways to restore seeds.

1. It is used to awaken the seeds. growth stimulants. These drugs can be purchased in specialized stores. Each of them has instructions on how the substance is used and in what proportions.
   
   
   
   Dissolve the drug, following the instructions, in clean water. Then wet two rags in the liquid. Cover the bottom of the box (bowls) with a wet cloth and lay seeds on it. Cover them with a second piece of fabric. After a couple of days, the sprouted seeds are sown in the ground.
   
   
2. Hydrogen peroxide Helps the seeds wake up. The drug saturates the seeds with oxygen, and they begin to peck together. It is enough for half a glass of water to add 1 tablespoon of hydrogen peroxide and soak seeds in this liquid overnight. Then they should be spread out on a wet cloth.
3. Revitalize the seeds Aloe will help. The juice of this succulent is a truly miraculous remedy that can naturally stimulate the germination of seeds. To squeeze the juice, you need to take the lower leaves from a plant that is older than three years.
   
   
   
   You need to prepare a solution of aloe juice with pure water in a ratio of 1: 1 and place grains in it for 8 hours. The seeds are taken out, aired a little on a napkin so that they dried up, and then sowed into the soil.
   
   

Other ways Natural honey Help the seeds gain strength. In a glass, you need to pour 100 ml of warm water and dissolve 1 tablespoon of honey in it. Seeds are poured there and left to soak for a day. Then they are filtered and wrapped in a wet cloth for a couple of days. Swollen grains are sown in the ground.



Helping the seeds to recover extreme temperature changes. You need to prepare two bowls and fill one with hot water, heated to 60 degrees, and pour cold water into the other. Seeds for convenience should be tied in a tissue bag. The nodule should be immersed for 5 seconds in a bowl of hot water, and then with ice. And repeat it up to six times. After the “shock therapy”, the seeds are allowed to freshen up on a cloth, and then planted in the ground.





With a hangover, the seeds can also wake up. It is necessary to fill the glass up to half with warm water and add 2 tbsp. l there. A clear hot drink. Keep the seeds in tincture for 30 minutes, then filter and wrap in a wet cloth for several days for germination. The cursed grains are planted in the ground.

It is important to remember: seeds that have been stored for a very long time, but in the right conditions, can be restored, and spoiled planting material (even fresh) will not germinate!