Paper towel germination method?

TheDubiousBaker · Oct 7, 2010

wonderpunk24 said:

Of course mother nature doesn't use paper towels, but she's not paying for her seeds either. Mother nature's germination rate varies between 0.1% and 8.7% in the wild. That means that 1 out of every 12 seeds actually germinates. I don't think that we'd be happy with those results, so we modify what mother nature does. Some of us modify more than others, and that's where paper towels come in.

(Those germination percentage values came from research done by the German institute of Brewing. The article was peer-reviewed and published in a scientific journal - Determination of germination percentage and germination index Ã¢€â€¢ collaborative trial and ruggedness testing)
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Good info. +rep

Juan rincon · Oct 25, 2016

snax4daze said:

if you have a matchox put a piece of emeryboard (or fine sand paper) in it. shake the seeds around in the box for about 30-45 seconds (known as scarifying). using distilled water (tap water has to many solids in it and many localities often add other things to the water -- ie flouride, etc.) soak the seeds in a cup of water for 24 hours. you will probably find the radicle exposed (the taproot) by the end of the 24 hours, if so then plant them (about a .25 inches deep) taproot facing down. (if this germination method doesn't pop my seeds I then usually go with the papertowel method). typically this method gives me a 90 percent germination rate within 3 day max period.

by scratching the surface of the seed (with the emery board) you ensure a better chance of germination (the seed is able to soak the water quicker, which in turn is needed to trigger the chemical process of germination)....

i know you asked about the paper towel method, but since you have only a few seeds i didn't want you to end up spending two weeks (this how long it can take for a seed to pop) to have one or none of the seeds pop because they never absorbed enough water through the paper towel method.

hope it was helpful....happy grow.
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I'm new to growing my dude , I did the paper towel method & my root got stuck to the towel how should i remove it & plant it after ?

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