The invention discloses a hydro-priming method for Chinese pine seeds. In the method, the Chinese pine seeds are put in a plastic plate for priming seeds, and under dark conditions, the temperature of a working room is controlled to 10 DEG C; during the
seed priming period, after 0h, 8h, 16h, 40h, 64h and 88h, based on the total water absorption amount, 53.6 percent, 14.5 percent, 14.5 percent, 8.3 percent, 5.7 percent and 3.4 percent of water are added into the plastic plate respectively, wherein the total addition amount of water is 30 percent based on the original
mass of the seeds, and the priming period is 10 days; during the priming period, the plastic plate is periodically and fully stirred to guarantee the uniform water absorption of the seeds; and the treated seeds can be directly used for
sowing, or re-dried for storage. The method has the advantages of obviously improving activity and resistance of the Chinese pine seeds and the seedlings burgeoned by the Chinese pine seeds, solving the problem that the seed quality is low, the problem that the burgeoned seedlings are weak in activity and resistance, the problem that the seeds cannot be stored again, and the problem that the
seedling survival rate of the seeds is low when the seeds are used for direct seeding forestation or air seeding forestation in the Chinese pine seeds treated by the conventional seed-soaking
sprouting, along with simple method, easy mastering of the technique, low
seedling-growing cost and easy popularization.