soaking bean and pea seeds?

I purchased some bean seeds this morning (couldn't pass the rack at the health food store!) and the package said:

"DO NOT PRE-SOAK"

Interesting. What type and who packaged them?

I presoak in water, drain, and then roll in the innoculate.

I agree with ydnic1:
>> I not only soak my pea and beans,but I spout them. This is good for short growing seasons or wet springs to keep them from rotting.

Peas (snow peas, at least) don't seem to need any help unloess the sopil is cold and wet. Then, anything I can do to help them out is priceless!

Johnnies Seeds says the germination rate keeps improving up to 80F soil temperature, and 85F is better than 60F! So they're a cool seson crop that would rather germinate in very warm soil.

Any seeds I soak, I soak in 0.1% hydrogen peroxide, so that I don't encvourage yeast mold and fungus overnight. Starting with 3% peroxide from a drugstiore,
- - One and a half teaspoons peroxide per cup of water, or
- - 1 ounce peroxide per Quart of water.

http://www.using-hydrogen-peroxide.com/gardening-with-hydrogen-peroxide.html

Susan -

i didnt soak my peas, just planted the seeds and let mother nature take care of the rest.

I had planted limas without soaking. We had a hard drenching rain and it washed some of the soil off the limas. I was amazed to see how large the limas had swelled as well as sprouted the tap root. Now I wonder if they would have germinated more quickly had I soaked them.

I put a handful of moist sowing compost into a sealable polythene bag, Then I mix in the seeds - unsoaked beans, peas or Sweet corn, I seal the bag and then place it in a warm airing cupboard. Sweet corn will germinate with an inch long root within a couple of days, Beans and peas take 3 or 4 days to germinate. I check them every day just in case ! Courgettes and other large seeds can be germinated in the same way.
I place bean and sweet corn seeds into individual pots, and the peas into a guttering filled with compost in a "dice 5" pattern and keep the gutter in the greenhouse.. When the peas have grown about 5-6 inches I take them to the garden/allotment and slide out the whole lot into a small trench in the soil.

Maxjonz ~ very clever and useful ideas. Thanks for sharing.
I really think the gutter planting will save the old knees and back.
Good idea! Kristi

Google vertical gardening. You will find a lot of ideas for saving the knees and back.

I like the Gutter Slide! It sounds like a dance step.

Maxjonz - I have wallpaper trays that would work like your gutter idea. Thanks for the tip, I'll give it a try this fall with some English peas.

Maxjonz,
You got a picture of your "dice 5" gutter filled with seedlings?

i bet a large plastic pipe sliced length-wise would work as a gutter as well. great idea, and you could "slice" it off when you run out of room, or go 'round a corner.