They sent me 60 little dried peas. 20 - I had to soak overnight, 20 - I had to plant just as normal and the last 20 - I had to rub with sandpaper, each and every one individually, until the outer layer was removed. That was hard!! I tried many different methods - from folding over a piece of sandpaper into an envelope and placing all 20 in, and agitating. Didn't work. They just rolled about. I then tried to hold each one in my fingers and only succeeded in sandpapering my finger nails and the tops of my finger tips! I only managed to do about half before the pain set in and I had to keep wiping the blood off. I then tried to hold each one in the very tip of a tweezer - but they kept shooting off and rolling about on the kitchen floor. Much kerfuffling under the fridge ensued. (I had to make sure I kept to the 20 number). Husband then had a go at sandpapering each one but wasn't any more successful that I was really.
Then, I had to plant them all at the same time, (in 3 different trays) and watch to see which germinated first. (My fingers have just about healed now.)
All very fascinating.
Upshot is: there's no difference. I've just looked and all three trays are showing shoots - same height - same sprouting day.
Experiment successful - just bung them in the ground. They'll grow whatever you do.
