Germination techniques

What're the best germination techniques you guys use? I'm thinking of just putting water in a cup and dropping the seeds in the cup which I'll store in a dark place.

wet paper towels work great for me.



chips

I'm all for the wet paper towel method. If you can add some bottom heat I've found that helps out ALOT as well (anything will work - seedmat, router, monitor, etc.) Just remember to keep it dark and moist.

always wet paper tower is one of the best methods, for me.

I just sprouted 6 seeds using paper towel sitting on top of my router. 2 of the seeds cracked within 2 hours, 3 more cracked within 12 hours. The last one sat there for a week or so. Thought it was a dud, so just for shits and giggles I put some cloning root stimulant on it, and I woke up this morning, and not only did it crack, it's got a root that's 3/8" long.

use rockwool starter cubes.
Get a bucket of water (4ltrs)
add formulex using a pipette to get a CF level of 10-12
Now you want to re-adjust the ph back to 5.6-5.8. Because the seed is only young . I would reccomend only using a ph up or ph down, if this makes sense.
if the PH is too high ad water to lower the PH.
soak cubes overnight or for 30 mins in the bucket of water.
create a hole in the middle of cube apprxmtly 3-4mm deep.
Place seed in the hole and cover with the rockwool material.
Place in propagator and keep temp 20-25 0c
hen sprout appears out of cube , then place under light