Ok the paper towel is drying when germinating my seeds!??!????????!?!!?!!!.

[whulkamania]

Hey,

I was checking on my seeds that are germinating using the paper towel method. When I was checking on them, I noticed the paper towel was drying, Should I get a new paper towel and make it wet and wring it out or should I leave it?.

Also I put the seeds in the paper towel at 5:00AM EST.

 

[South Texas]

Spray water on the original paper towel, cover it where the paper towel don't show outside the cover. If the damp seeds dry, they die. Soaking them in constant warm water prior to placing them on the wet paper towel helps. Try to keep the temp at around 90 degrees, if possible- like the soil outdoors in the Spring. DO NOT let them dry out. Warm your water prior to spraying more water.

 

[SativaSam]

Excellent advice from South Texas

 

[whulkamania]

Ok what if I put water in a cup and put seeds in the paper towel and overlap the paper towel and put the paper towel in water?

Would they drown or die?.

 

[South Texas]

Throw them in a rinsed out cup with warm water, keep out of light in a very warm area for 12 or so hours. Then place a rinsed off paper towel on a plate, place seeds, cover with towel, then cover plate. Place back into warm area, no light, and peek every 6 or so hours. Some take hours, & some takes days. Read the germination articles in the F Q & A's on this site.

 

[makinthemagic]

i put my paper towel in a bowl and wet it to help keep moisture on the seeds. it worked very well.

 

[sir smokesalot]

just do this. put the seeds in the paper towel and fold it up a few times so they cant escape. wet the paper towel enough that its soaked through but not dripping and put it in a ziploc bag. then put the bag on top of a warm heat source like your monitor or something. the paper towel will stay wet for a good 36 hours give or take since its sealed up.

it sounded like you were leaving the paper towel out in the open?

 

[Dirtyboy]

FOR THE 100TH TIME. sOAKS SEEDS IN AN INCH OF WATER FOR 24 HRS AND THEN PLANT THEM. 2 DAYS THEY WILL BE UP.

 

[sir smokesalot]

i like to paper towel them myself. i dont plant them before the tap root pops

 

[speedhabit]

A cup? Ziplock bag dude, it wont dry.

I germ in peat jiffy pots. When handling seeds after cracking in the paper towel method it is easy to damage the taproot.

 

[sir smokesalot]

yeah you do have to be carefull with the seeds when you take them out if you use the paper towel method

 

[Dirtyboy]

Yea ya touch the root and it will die. Use a tweezer steriled

 

[whulkamania]

Ok what I am doing is I put the cup with hot water then added cold water so it is warm then I took a sheet of dry paper towel and put it in the cup and the paper towel is at the bottom. I checked it on day 2 and my seeds a germinating I have a so far 5/6 I hope they still germinate.

 

[Chiceh]

It is best to keep them moist and dark but not too wet. Once they are cracked, get them in your medium and under the light.

 

[South Texas]

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Excellent advice from South Texas

 

[South Texas]

Yea ya touch the root and it will die. Use a tweezer steriled

With my clumsy, blind, hand-shaking ass, I started transplanting paper-tower seeds when the 'shoot' is only 1/4 ' long. Trying to dig 2' long shoots out of paper towel is too much risk. There is chemicals used in paper products... run good water through them on a screen of some sort. Why not cut around the sprouting seed, and plant both partial towel & seed? Oh Yeah!!!

 

[evanpower]

i put mine in a plastic bag

 

[honkeytown]

okay here is the dirt when germin....wet your paper towel...place seeds on towel...fold towel over wet again till you see a little standing water on the plate next to the paper...then check in 24 hours. if the papertowel is drying out get it wet again...then let the paper dry out for a bit....dont let it get completely dry...but if you do let it dry a little then your tap roots will shoot out of the seed lookin for a water source. = long taps and better chance for survival once they hit soil. but dont let it get too dry K

 

[Treetops]

To save a lot of hassle...give this method a try...I have had 100% germ success using this advice...Germination

Peace
Treetops

Keep your screens clean and enjoy your efforts of your grow!!