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Growing => Vegetables => Topic started by: Fluffywelshsheep on February 13, 2009, 06:53:15 pm

Title: Floating beans are bad?
Post by: Fluffywelshsheep on February 13, 2009, 06:53:15 pm

hiya all just a wondering, I after puting beans/seed in to water and they float does that mean they are bad or good.
i have a memory floating around in my brain that floating beans(that beingbean broad ,runner etc) that they are bad and will come to no good.

is this right or is it just one of them weird things that i have in my brain !!!!

linz

Title: Re: Floating beans are bad?
Post by: nick-in-ca on February 14, 2009, 02:47:35 am

put a bean in water over night then put in wet paper towel or napkin in a warm place if seed good will sprout in a few days 

Title: Re: Floating beans are bad?
Post by: northfifeduckling on February 15, 2009, 10:42:23 pm

I think that was for pumpkin seeds, Linz (I'll check) If they float they've not ripened enough. :&>