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.

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.

Excellent advice from South Texas

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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?.

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.

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

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?

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

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

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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.

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