Germinating Seeds

Hey all,

I'm new to this forum and to growing. I'm just starting my first grow and my seeds are germinating at the mo using the wet paper towell method.

I was spilt 50/50 whether to use this method or just plant my seeds straight into a nice potting mix, but I went for the wet towell in the end cos of a good vid that I watched. Hopefully it will be successful.

But having just read this article Germination Testing | Tips & Techniques about germination testing, which is from a general gardening perspective, not just ganga (sorry, is that allowed!?), I am now wishing that I had just planted my seeds up straight away.

I found it quite interesting that gardeners only use this towell techique to test the viablility of old seeds before planting, to help decide how many seeds they should sow in the ground etc.

If you have good quality new seeds, just plant them up I reckon. I will do this next time for sure.

How does everyone else do it?

paper towel is pretty damn effective with marijuana.. i'm a newbie, but you get good sprouts this way because you can position the seed with the taproot facing downward. You really shouldn't touch the taproot or seed... i'm sure many people do... so when i put them in the dirt my first time i just used tweezers (carefully)

onehitshit said:

... so when i put them in the dirt my first time i just used tweezers (carefully)

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Yeah man, I've got my eye on my girlfriend's tweezers for that very purpose when needed. Like you say, carefully does it though!

i use the paper towel method for all of my seeds germing. new, old or whatever. the big reason for this is because even if the seeds are new they may not germinate. this way you see which seeds actually germinate and which fail to. this also prevents any down time you might have wondering if/when the seed will pop

well 3 out of my 10 seeds have germinated now after 60 hours in the paper towell and I've potted them up. I was just worrying as this is my first grow and I am expecting every step to go wrong!

I'll see how I get on with the rest of my seeds, hopefully they are cracking little shoots as I type! If all is good, maybe I will use this method next time as well. It's all down to personal preference and trial/error I guess.

i'm thinking about trying that method next time i just recently in the past 24hours put them straight into rockwool cubes and i'm thinking i should've done paper towel, anyways if planted right away should u keep light on them or darkness i've read both work but wanted to get some opinions, thanks

I used tweezers to transplant the germinated seeds. Worked very well and they rooted QUICK.

I can now recommend the wet paper towell method for germinating seeds from personal experience. I was worrying for nothing, just my lack of experience I guess. 10 out of 10 seeds germinated and cracked little roots using this method. They are all in soil now. 5 of them are starting to come up for light already

Wet paper towl in a ZIp lock baggy with a lil bit of water is all you need. put them in a warm DARK place NO LIGHT. and they will take 24hours to 48hours to fully germ.