Germinating seeds turning red/brown

Germinating seeds turning red/brown#316772

By Darsh85 -  Tue Jun 19, 2018 7:10 am
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- Tue Jun 19, 2018 7:10 am #316772

Hi, great website, loads of great info! So much so that this is the first time I've needed to ask a question.
I sowed some seeds 10 days ago and today I've noticed that all the seeds have turned from shiny black to a red/brown colour. I'm hoping this means that they've softened up and are ready to "pop" but when I look at photos of other seeds sprouting they're all still black. Are they okay?

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Re: Germinating seeds turning red/brown#316773

By Darsh85 -  Tue Jun 19, 2018 7:13 am
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- Tue Jun 19, 2018 7:13 am #316773

Constant temperature between 22C at night to about 28C during the day.

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Re: Germinating seeds turning red/brown#316777

By boarderlib -  Tue Jun 19, 2018 11:55 am
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- Tue Jun 19, 2018 11:55 am #316777

Where did you source the seeds from? Also what type of lighting and how far away from the seeds is it?

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Re: Germinating seeds turning red/brown#316787

By Darsh85 -  Tue Jun 19, 2018 1:46 pm
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- Tue Jun 19, 2018 1:46 pm #316787

I got the seeds from China and the light is a few million miles away

Re: Germinating seeds turning red/brown#316791

By t9gear -  Tue Jun 19, 2018 2:59 pm
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- Tue Jun 19, 2018 2:59 pm #316791

Darsh85 wrote:I got the seeds from China and the light is a few million miles away

There are many posts on these forums on where not to buy seeds from.

China is one of them

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Re: Germinating seeds turning red/brown#316793

By Darsh85 -  Tue Jun 19, 2018 3:20 pm
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- Tue Jun 19, 2018 3:20 pm #316793

Soooo anyone want to give me a direct answer? Do they look like they've gone bad?

Re: Germinating seeds turning red/brown#316794

By t9gear -  Tue Jun 19, 2018 3:22 pm
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- Tue Jun 19, 2018 3:22 pm #316794

What type of seeds. Don’t really look like Venus flytrap seeds

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Re: Germinating seeds turning red/brown#316796

By Darsh85 -  Tue Jun 19, 2018 3:31 pm
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- Tue Jun 19, 2018 3:31 pm #316796

Yes true, they've turned a weird colour, but when I got them I was 100% sure they were fly trap seeds they looked exactly like pictures I googled. They were 1mm in size and completely black and almost shiny.

Re: Germinating seeds turning red/brown#316797

By t9gear -  Tue Jun 19, 2018 3:34 pm
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- Tue Jun 19, 2018 3:34 pm #316797

Unless my eyes playing tricks on me and I can’t really tell in the picture your seeds are round.
VFT seeds have more of a pear shape appearance

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Re: Germinating seeds turning red/brown#316798

By Darsh85 -  Tue Jun 19, 2018 3:47 pm
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- Tue Jun 19, 2018 3:47 pm #316798

Yea they were like tiny teardrops. Really, they looked exactly like pictures online. I just don't know how fresh they were.
How long should I give them before I dump them?

Re: Germinating seeds turning red/brown#316799

By t9gear -  Tue Jun 19, 2018 3:48 pm
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- Tue Jun 19, 2018 3:48 pm #316799

A month

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Re: Germinating seeds turning red/brown#316800

By Darsh85 -  Tue Jun 19, 2018 3:53 pm
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- Tue Jun 19, 2018 3:53 pm #316800

Great thanks. I'll post a pic if anything grows.

Re: Germinating seeds turning red/brown#316819

By FlyTrap Hunter -  Tue Jun 19, 2018 10:14 pm
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- Tue Jun 19, 2018 10:14 pm #316819

Darsh85 wrote:Great thanks. I'll post a pic if anything grows.

I don't think those are Venus fly Trap seeds. I am not sure what they are. VFT seeds are black and not round.

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Re: Germinating seeds turning red/brown#316820

By t9gear -  Tue Jun 19, 2018 10:18 pm
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- Tue Jun 19, 2018 10:18 pm #316820

Could it be by some crazy chain of events China took seeds that looked like vft seeds and spray painted them black and the color is slowly fading?!?

We will never know

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Re: Germinating seeds turning red/brown#316833

By Darsh85 -  Wed Jun 20, 2018 5:05 am
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- Wed Jun 20, 2018 5:05 am #316833

t9gear wrote:Could it be by some crazy chain of events China took seeds that looked like vft seeds and spray painted them black and the color is slowly fading?!?

We will never know

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Maybe. If that's the case then they went through a lot of trouble to make a dollar haha

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