Strange germination

[NorthernLytes]

After letting my seeds germinate, i planted them and covered with a millimeter or 2 of soil. Strange thing was it too about 2 weeks for anything to break through the soil, and yes i planted the seeds with the white root thing down. Any ideas what could have happened?

[tiedye420]

Older seedstock will have pooor germination rates and the plants generally take forever to come up. I have some old stock coming up now- two weeks and they are still coming up. Two today.
Im getting about a 5 or ten percent germ rate- I left the seeds in the napkins two days- almost all the seeds that had popped a root- did not sprout from the dirt.
A bunch of them didnt crack a root- and I planted them in dirt - those are coming up now. I think the ones that craked drowned in the napkin, and the others came up in dirt better.
these particular seeds I figure to be about five years old or so.Im planting all of the old ones this year- so all my seedstock will be fresh.
my best advice would be :
dont leave them in the napkin over 24 hours- i find 18 best.
WATER THEM TWICE DAILY FOR THREE DAYS, then once a day for four days, then let the soil dry {a little on top} between waterings .

[NorthernLytes]

thanks it helped alot