I can't get my seeds to sprout

by Leanne
(Apple Valley, MN)

I bought organic wheat sprouting seeds online. I have done everything you said but I can't get the seeds to sprout.

I have 1 cup of seeds at a time in a large mason jar on the kitchen counter. They don't need to be dark do they? And use cool water, right? I soak them for 8 -12 hours, rinse and change water, repeat 2 more times, but after 24-32 hours no sprouts on seeds. Once I continued to do this for 4 days and the seeds just went bad. Do some seeds just not sprout or am I doing something wrong?

I am growing wheat grass for my guinea pigs and try to start a new batch every couple days.

I have been using vermiculite, but battle white mold and wondering if that is not helping. I am now using seed starter for this batch (I can't get the Eco-compost you recommend from Home Depot right now, it's out of season) and have a small fan set up to gently blow on seeds to try to keep mold down. I also can't find the Azomite you recommend either.

Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Leanne

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Sara says:

Hi Leanne,

To be honest, it sounds like you did everything right! I've never come across any time that the seeds don't sprout after soaking it like you did. I'm at a loss! ;) You're using a mason jar - I hope you didn't put on the cover? (Just checking!). Try using a basin instead. If this fails, maybe try the seeds from a local health store?

I'll put up your question here anyway, and see if anyone else has encountered this problem and has a solution/answer to it.