sprouting seeds, Ragnors method

I just wanted to share this. I have sprouted many seeds over the years and attempted to
sprout many more. I tried this new method (cause the voices in my head told me to) with the last few batches of seeds Ive sprouted and I have had excellent results.
I take an old white cotton motel towel and cut it as wide as a gallon sized ziplock freezer bag and twice as long. I then boil the towel in water (well water)for about ten minutes.
I then remove the towel from the water with tongs and hold it up allowing it to drain and cool until it can be handled without burning me. I then fold the towel in half lengthwise
and place it in a gallon ziplock bag. I allow the towel to cool further until it's just warm to the touch and place the seeds on top of the towel and gently press them down a bit so they make good contact with the towel fibers. I then close the ziplock bag, making sure there is enough air in the bag to prevent the top from contacting the seeds. I then set the bag on top of the fridge and wait.
This method gave me 100% germination with seeds purchased from greenhouse.
It gave me about 80% on seeds that had been sitting in my desk for a couple years.
Some of the latter took 2 weeks to crack. I had zero mold, mildew or rot from this method. The same desk seeds yielded about 2% using tissue paper and mold and mildew where rampant.
I havn't seen anyone else describe this method so I figured I'd share it, for what it's worth.
Nothing I hate more than having seeds Ive stored for years rot when I try and germ them.

If you try putting it in some soil, putting a heating mat under neath it in a humidity dome to start seeds, you'll never go back to fucking around with towels.

Paper towel, water (ph'd), into ziplok bag, into fridge overnight (simulates winter) Place bag in growroom with a plant put upside down covering bag. Leave overnight Tada, taproots galore. Works 95%+ no matter what seeds or age. Its the same method in principle without fucking around with hot towels. W

ive never used a heating mat for seedlings simply because a close friend told me that his seeds die every time he attempts to use his heating mat.

i just germ my seeds in a glass of water and set it on a window sill. if they are going to germ they WILL germ using this method. usually over night i have tap-root tails showing.

steven7685 said:

ive never used a heating mat for seedlings simply because a close friend told me that his seeds die every time he attempts to use his heating mat.

i just germ my seeds in a glass of water and set it on a window sill. if they are going to germ they WILL germ using this method. usually over night i have tap-root tails showing.

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Only if it's under a light as well as under a heating pad. Don't do that, I learned from experience.