Germinating in a cup of water?

[qdavid]

First, a little background. I have always used the paper towel method. I germinated my first seeds in the early 70s, then went in the military and quit completely in the 80s and 90s. For the past couple years I've just grown medicinal weed. I've grown Blueberry (very sensitive plant but very yummy) and Skunk. That Skunk came out great, nice dense nugs, despite having found real soaked soil at the bottom of her pot after harvest. She overcame the dampening. Real one hit shit. Maybe that dampening was actually good for her.
So I have had germinating problems this go. Five white widow seeds and two Blueberry seeds later, I have not successfully germed any. Some have cracked, but growth just stops then. No tap root grows. I'm using paper towels (Bounty individual). That's some real bucks just wasted in seeds there. I'm thinking maybe Bounty puts bleach or something on those paper towels now. Anyway, I tried germing a ww seed in just a cup of RO water. It cracked. Should I go ahead now and plant it in a cup or wait for the tap root to grow out some more?

 

[soxx16]

what i usually do and what some friends do, is to crack them in the glass of water like you did. then just throw them right into the dirt. and after a day or so, they pop out. this method has never let me dow. i have personally never had anything good come from the paper towel method. but it works for alot of people, must not be doin something right.

 

[Guest]

i just germ out in paper towels.

hows the humidity? i have had seeds not germ because i didn't have enough humidity. now i keep em in a ziplock bag, takes care of all that

 

[sparky73]

I just put the seeds in a glass of water and put plastic over top and then put them somewhere warm, once sprouted I put them right into the soil works good for me anyway

 

[olivier28]

I have been putting them in a very wet paper towel in 2 plates with packing tape around them to keep from escaping humidity. I had a very high germination rate with this method.

 

[Guest]

yeah humidity is key. for example i was lazy after burning and just put some seeds in paper towel on a plate no bag around it, later on the next day i noticed no change, wasn't so high anymore and redid it put them again in damp towels on a plate then in a ziplock bag mostly sealed, started to see cracking within 1/2 a day.