Germinating - tap water in p-towel okay?

I just received my seeds today and started 6 of them in between soaked papertowel. I just soaked them with luke-warm tap-water.... is that okay? I just read on the below site (in section 11) that tap-water can 'kill' your seeds....? Should I be worried???



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Dayzt said:

I just received my seeds today and started 6 of them in between soaked papertowel. I just soaked them with luke-warm tap-water.... is that okay? I just read on the below site (in section 11) that tap-water can 'kill' your seeds....? Should I be worried???



http://bcseeds.com/faq.php?cID=2#2

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tap water has never kill any of my seeds.....

Okay - ya I haven't heard anyone else say anything about what exact water to use for soaking the germination medium (papertowel).

One other thing - one germination document I read mentioned using paper-towel specifically 'without' a print on it of any kind... is that because of the ink(s) in the print? The towel I used had a print on one side but I made sure to put the seeds between the backs of the sheets where there was not print...

.... wow, and I being paranoid or what..?....lol.

Have you ever thought of just planting them directly in soil and skipping the towel method ?

Every seed ive tried has worked in the paper towel method!
I used 2 plates and a bit of kitchen roll
5 kitchen towels underneth wet but not dripping and another 5 on top.
Used tap water everytime and had 100% germ rate!
i also pre soak in tap water.

Thanks for all the replies - as usual, this site is full of awesome growers willing to help out newbies such as myself!

My seeds were in soaked paper-towel for less than 2 days and 5/6 have germinated! Gonna start them in promix tonight - it's my first grow, so i'm really excited!

Cheerz!

Starting my germination now using this method. Has anything changed since 2009 or is this still a good way to go about it?