Hi Mary Sue >Some of the Cyclamen seeds I sowed from my latest NARGS seeds have formed >the little bulbs and are trying to send up a shoot, but cannot break >through the hard seed coat even though I soaked them a day before planting You might try spraying/misting the seed coats with a hand sprayer such as an old windex sprayer, never letting them dry out completely. It might be every couple hours, depending on conditions. Works on some things. Ken