Are Floating Seeds Dead?

By admin | April 3, 2024 |

I’ve always been told that if a seed floats it won’t germinate but seeing as a whole lot of my seeds floated this year I decided to test it out. Surely the seeds that I harvested last season and stored properly can’t almost all be dead can they?

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25 Comments

@nowirehangers2815 on April 3, 2024 at 9:04 am

20 minutes isn’t long enough
@EvendimataE on April 3, 2024 at 9:11 am

thats what i thought too…i just ate an orange and float tested the seeds…4 seeds floated…but i was wondering how can they be bad, they are from a fresh orange
@Gardenfundamentals1 on April 3, 2024 at 9:12 am

I am writing a blog post on this myth on my gardenmyths.com blog. I’d like to include a your video. Can you tell me what kinds of seeds you tested?
@trishafisha5900 on April 3, 2024 at 9:15 am

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@caeleeschoeman2340 on April 3, 2024 at 9:16 am

oh thank god,, all my seeds floated I thought I had to trow all of them out 😭
@vivekn7797 on April 3, 2024 at 9:16 am

Dod the floating seeds imbibe water and swell
@slicktmi on April 3, 2024 at 9:17 am

Thank you for all these educational videos!
@yep5689 on April 3, 2024 at 9:19 am

Fiction cause I have always had every seed float hell then let them germinate in the water that way until the tail was atleast a inch long floating on the water
@rareasfunk on April 3, 2024 at 9:21 am

Many Thanks!!
@DrewVerdin on April 3, 2024 at 9:22 am

I absolutely love yours style of videos 😍
@Holypikemanz on April 3, 2024 at 9:24 am

annoying music too loud
@careta091 on April 3, 2024 at 9:27 am

Thank you!
@mollypitcher9380 on April 3, 2024 at 9:27 am

OHHHH!!!!! Really?!?! That’s great news! You’re such a scientist!!!!🌸🌻🍁
@user-uj8kf1cp2b on April 3, 2024 at 9:27 am

Please turn down music
@cooltoonist on April 3, 2024 at 9:28 am

a straightforward textbook example on this myth. thanks for empirically testing this.
@EvangelineCiel on April 3, 2024 at 9:29 am

None of these seeds are for grains.
@tbluemel on April 3, 2024 at 9:29 am

Origami seed sandwich!!! Too funny! Thank you for dispelling this myth!
@JM.TheComposer on April 3, 2024 at 9:31 am

The video editing and synchronization with the Sugar Plum Fairies music is really underrated. Great video!
@tolgagurcimen2957 on April 3, 2024 at 9:35 am

20min is not enough… 24 hours is sufficient.
@ohmythatsweird on April 3, 2024 at 9:38 am

It really depends on how much fibre you eat
@generalawareness101 on April 3, 2024 at 9:40 am

I have a bunch of unopened seed packs for the 2009 growing season my mum gave me. I planted about 24 of the Eggplants and none came up. I just threw the rest of the packet into the water and only a few floated. A bit strange, so I swirled them around knowing surface tension has something to do with it when dealing with very light seeds, and all but one sank then I swirled them around again where all sank. I will check on them in 12h.
@jacqueschannel4538 on April 3, 2024 at 9:40 am

Wow, these videos are helpful for everyone！ You saved everyone’s time, thank you for doing these videos and keep on making these
@davidhead6549 on April 3, 2024 at 9:43 am

If you’re not a professional documentarian, you should be.🙂
@gforcekaras on April 3, 2024 at 9:45 am

You’re awesome. Love these mythbusters!
@TheHighPriestess9752 on April 3, 2024 at 9:50 am

I just have to subscribe to hear your voice as well as getting tidbits for gardening 101.