Are you accounting for the days or time for pre-germination? Or, did you pre-germinate some seed then plant pre-germinated and non pre-germinated seed at the same time?

Shouldn't you have planted the non pre-germinated seed at the time you begin the pre-germination process?

How long can you hold pre-germinated seed before you lose germination or the benefit of pre-germination?

 

I dried the pre-germinated seed by spreading it out on paper in the sun--and then later put it into my car (still spread thin) for warmth and dry conditions overnight.
It is my understanding that pre-germinated and dried seed can then be stored for a few months.
I did not test this months idea this week.
Perhaps--just maybe--a batch of seed could be pre-germinated at your location, for 24 hours, then dried--while the customer site and soil were being leveled, tilled and prepared.

 

Pre-germinated seed can be refrigerated to delay sprouting

 

University level articles on pre-germinating and seed priming grass seed are almost impossible to find. I did find one good article here:

https://archive.lib.msu.edu/tic/holen/article/2011sep7.pdf

 

University level articles on pre-germinating and seed priming grass seed are almost impossible to find. I did find one good article here:

https://archive.lib.msu.edu/tic/holen/article/2011sep7.pdf

 

In theory, there should be a way to attract more customers. Suppose you primed the seed in your location...for 24 hours--while at the same time your crew is doing soil preparation at the seeding site.
Next morning you could sow the seed (if dried). And if moisture were plentiful and the temperature were about 80 in the day and 60 at night--the first sprouts should be an inch tall in 72 hours.
No other company could match your speed and dense germination.
Charge more, or just accept the praise and reputation boost.
What would you do?
How best to take advantage of your knowledge and skill? And some 5 gallon buckets.

 

In theory, there should be a way to attract more customers. Suppose you primed the seed in your location...for 24 hours--while at the same time your crew is doing soil preparation at the seeding site.
Next morning you could sow the seed (if dried). And if moisture were plentiful and the temperature were about 80 in the day and 60 at night--the first sprouts should be an inch tall in 72 hours.
No other company could match your speed and dense germination.
Charge more, or just accept the praise and reputation boost.
What would you do?
How best to take advantage of your knowledge and skill? And some 5 gallon buckets.

That's about as close as I could get to imagining a professional doing this for a residential customer. That would be two days of extra time, soaking and drying, not all labor of course, but an investment of some measure at the least. I could maybe see an application for hydro seeders or athletic fields maybe.

 

Pull the bag of wet seed out and renew the water every 8 hours. Good job for your long-suffering wife.
Or maybe your office staff.
Or your 12 year old kids if you work from home.
Or...put the 5 gallon buckets in the bed of your truck at 4 pm for the following day's sowing. And change the water every 8 hours.
Meanwhile you busy yourself with the power rake and aeration at the job site.
Big problem is--how do you dry the seed so it can be spread?
Or is there a way to spread it without fully drying it?
Wet spread?
If you start to dry it the night before--it should be possible to spread it out in your truck and let it dry until 4 pm on the day of the job--while you are prepping the soil and power raking.