A Raw Food Experiment: Can "non-living" seeds grow into living plants?

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Comment by Heather Bhagat on April 14, 2012 at 8:45am

I know there are a lot of trees that do that. But I remember hearing about it on a Yosemite documentary. They're called "california redwood trees" I believe :)

Comment by Mike Vlasaty/Fruit and Strength on April 14, 2012 at 7:03am

Heather B: wow, what kind of super seeds are those?

Comment by Mike Vlasaty/Fruit and Strength on April 14, 2012 at 7:00am

HappySun: I ate the sprouts and really they all tasted the same. They all about grew about same, too. However the nutrition data, I don't have anyway of telling what happened to them, which after seeing them grow, I don't think it was much.

Comment by Heather Bhagat on April 14, 2012 at 6:53am

Some seeds NEED to be subjected to forest fires of 500 degrees F in-order to be able to germinate. That alone proves the myth.

Comment by HappySun on April 13, 2012 at 2:56pm

dont destroy the seeds :(

what about quality and taste and nutritious data?

even bad weeds grow tall.

Comment by Mike Vlasaty/Fruit and Strength on April 13, 2012 at 5:55am

So, I'm doing a microwaved version of this one; one at 30 secs, one at 1 minute, and a ultra nuked one at a full 5 minutes. Some of them were even a little burnt. I don't know the exact degrees on how hot they got, but it'll be interesting nevertheless. I was thinking about doing more with my oven, but I would have to keep my oven at 175-200+ degrees for 8 hours like I did with the dehydrator.

Comment by djd on April 13, 2012 at 5:34am

There are probably specific temperature ranges for each type of seed.  In nature they survive many extremes, trials and tribulations.

Comment by Iron Clad Ben on April 13, 2012 at 1:50am

Nice.

Comment by Rudy on April 12, 2012 at 9:17am

Interesting!  Thank you for sharing this.   Just an idea for a future video, maybe you can explore the maximum level of heat a seed can tolerate before it becomes sterile.