Weird shapes seeds?

[Chief Doublehead]

Anyone have experience or stories with seeds that are oddly shaped? I found this bean last night. I gave it the squeeze test. It seems to be hard. I guess I need to pop it and see if anything happens. It’s probably an immature dud

 

[Gentlemancorpse]

I've never seen that! Really cool actually... keep us posted when you pop it, I wanna know if it's viable!

 

[Frimpong]

Anyone have experience or stories with seeds that are oddly shaped? I found this bean last night. I gave it the squeeze test. It seems to be hard. I guess I need to pop it and see if anything happens. View attachment 45561It’s probably an immature dud

Got one like that from a breeder and it ended up #1.

 

[Chief Doublehead]

Very cool, I’m planning on soaking it tonight. Hopefully we will be in for a show. I tried to look around on the interweb but I kept getting info on plant mutations, not seed deformities.

 

[GthaEnigma]

It looks like a little snail shell. I got some oddballs recently, i will drag them out and take some pics later.

 

[Chief Doublehead]

I think it was a dud. I soaked it 24 hours, then paper toweled it for the last 3 days and nothing. I gently squeezed it to “crack the shell” I’ll leave it be and see.

 

[Chief Doublehead]

Surprise! I forgot about it after I squeezed the shell to crack it. Just checked it out. It’s a little stretchy, it was in the dark on the cold floor, I had written it off. It looked like the shell was pretty tightly attatched, so I took a pair of fine tip(nose hair) scissors and inserted it into the open side of the shell, gently open the scissors and popped off the shell. I guess we will see

 

[Amarok]

Nice! Very cool that it popped.

BTW, another way to help remove stubborn seed husks if you'd rather not touch them, is to wet the husk. I generally use a fingertip and put a single drop of water right on top and it often softens it up enough to open on its own. Sometimes it takes a couple of applications. I've successfully used small pliers as well, but always worry my clumsy fingers will cause damage.

Good luck. Hope it takes right off for you.

 

[ChronicWonders.]

Couple sprays from the water bottle usually does the trick.

 

[Chief Doublehead]

Thanks for the input, I’ll try the water trick out next time!

 

[MtRainDog]