It's a little ironic to state that. Putting a seed in the dirt with some water works every time for me, and well, it's rather how nature works. It's certainly not a broken system. Yet you feel the need to have fixed it by using paper towels instead.
Why? He screws up enough gardens already with his half truths and bias information.
Germinating in a towel can do a couple of things...one, you can put the tap root downwards every time increasing your seed to soil success rate. Two, allows you a visual of your germination rates. When you have planted as many seeds as I have you find out real quick that a seed that doesn't just sit right in the soil can do a number of things from rotting right down to upwards growing tap roots. Paper towel germination is just another way of assuring control.
Good for you.
Not necessarily. When a grower has an idea of what to do there is little chance of failure and also allows a visual of how many plants to expect to pop.....JAS
So the funny social experiment is going to a "hydroponic" store and asking for a non hydroponic nute and being shocked that they dont have it? Would you like to talk of the success you have had using Jacks classic in a inert hydro setup as a stand alone fert? Dont mean to get off topic but I had to ask
In response to your point #1, the roots of plants grow downward due to Gravitropism, (the response of stratoliths in the growing root tips to gravity). They know up from down and don't need our help in figuring it out.
how old are they and how healthy/mature do they look
Sadly people don't know right from wrong. My back ground and experience allows me to see what harm is being done to gardeners and their gardens from some of his half truths and out right lies. Just because your happy with your grow does not mean its running at its potential. The gardeners I know EXPECT top numbers out of their gardens and that doesn't happen with his advise.
Actually AimAim I have seen many strains from many companies do exactly that, tap root coming to the surface and exposing itself. Hands on experience out ways books all day long. All these techniques work and there is no real wrong way to sprout. If one way works better then use it by all means...JAS
I always use a cheap plastic germinator, tried and true, constant 70F, 50% humidity...works like a charm.
