Germination Problems?

Ok well i have 5 what looked to be good seeds germinating. I got a paper towel i folded it into about a 4x4 inch square soaked it in 3 day aged tap water and strung it so that its damp and no longer dripping water then placed the 5 seeds in the folded paper towel and placed it inside of a Ziplock baggy. i open the bag daily and give it new air. Its now day 6 and there is still no sign on a tail. Am i doing something wrong? Or is there a better way that someone can advice me to germinate my seeds? Here are a couple pix of my setup (i soaked 3 seeds for 24 hours and put them in Miracle Grow (with Perlite) 3 days ago They have yet to give me anything either. Advice Please.

just stick them in a damp paper towel in a ziplock bag in a warm DARK spot for 2-3 days, you don't have to open the bag..

if you forget about them those seeds will FULLY spout with little leaves on them and LONG ass roots. i've done it..

Maybe your seeds are bad. Anyway, I never put germinating seeds in a plastic bag. I just fold them up in wet paper towels (on a plate) and I never have any problems.

I have them in a damp paper towel in a ziplock bag in the back of the closet Very dark with a Small (Snake Heating pad) under a towel keeping the bag at a steady 76 degrees. Its now been almost 6 days and still nothing.....

Is there any specific way i should prepare the water or anything before i use it to dampen the paper towel?

Try it without the ziplock.

I got these seeds from Nirvana Shop.... There Kaya

So just dampen a paper towel and sit it in a dark place? would i need to add some water to it periodically to keep it damp

Cr33p4 said:

So just dampen a paper towel and sit it in a dark place? would i need to add some water to it periodically to keep it damp

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Not just a DAMP paper towel. A WET paper towel... and yes, if the paper towel starts to dry out, pour more water on it. Don't let it dry out!

Sorry im a noob =)), my 1st time growing indoors, ive been an outdoor grower of many different types of plants for years

Sometimes you just get dead seeds.

I've been trying to germinate 6 skunk seeds for like 5 days now and 2 sprouted fully and another is showing signs...but the others aren't doing anything. It's incredibly aggrivating. I ordered these seeds from peakseedsbc.com, spent $40 on them...and my grow is almost dead before I even got started here.

That sucks.. And yea its been now almost 7 full days and nothing from any of those seeds. I have 2 others goin right now but there 28 days old. Didnt have any problems with them but these kaya seeds just will not give me a tail!

And i got 3 in a paper towel (WET) on a plate in the cabinet above the stove right now, NO Ziploc bag trying to get this done the way Specialist advised me to do. Checked on the this morning were drying out got em nice and wet again without disturbing them in any way. Going to unfold tomorrow and see whats goin on in there.

Cr33p4 said:

And i got 3 in a paper towel (WET) on a plate in the cabinet above the stove right now, NO Ziploc bag trying to get this done the way Specialist advised me to do. Checked on the this morning were drying out got em nice and wet again without disturbing them in any way. Going to unfold tomorrow and see whats goin on in there.

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Let us know how it goes.

just put the seeds between a damp paper towel, put the towel on a plate, then put a bowl over the towel and of course put them in a DARK room temp area. wait 24 hours, check them and re moisten towel with spray bottle if needed, this process should only take 48-72 hrs!!

dcvtc87 said:

just put the seeds between a damp paper towel, put the towel on a plate, then put a bowl over the towel and of course put them in a DARK room temp area. wait 24 hours, check them and re moisten towel with spray bottle if needed, this process should only take 48-72 hrs!!

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Thats how i got my other 2 goin, i tried that with these seeds to didnt happen. Its frustrating as hell!

Those are all interesting techniques but when i start a plant from seed I treat it like a clone! I've had 100% success rate with this technique and the plants grow fast and vigorous!

I start by soaking some rapid rooters (you can use whatever you want) in some water with some superthrive and clonex solution (very little of each.....it goes a long way!)
Because the rapid rooters are so damn aerated you only have to soak them for like 30 min to an hour or so! Then kinda squeeze some water out of them but leave them wet still (For clones you want them a little more damp then wet.) place the seeds in there and get a heating mat and place it under the tray and leave the temp around 75. (Roots grow very well with warmth!)
I know this sounds like a lot but I've tried many germination methods and this one I've never lost a single plant.....EVER!

I like to soak my seeds in a glass of water with a splash of hydrogen peroxide and a dash of rooting powder. Sometimes the tails pop out in a day, other times they stay in the water for up to 3 days. Then I place them on top of prepared soil and put a dome over them and put them near the lights.

I get pretty good results with this method, the paper towel thing never did work for me personally.

Well i just got some new seeds today and i put 3 in an old (CLEAN) pill bottle, 2 of them sank within 8 hours. For the rest of the seeds what do you think the outcome would be if i got another little clean pill bottle or shotglass or something and put a pinch of RooTone (Rooting Hormone) in the water then dropped in the seeds?