Best is what works for you.
K,thx. Ive always done paper towel method by itself & just put them in soil but decided to go with the rooters but that makes sense. Seems getting the tap root showing before placing would give them that extra push. After waiting weeks on seeds due to flu slowing postal I want as many to germinate as possible.
I find the soak speeds up the germ but 16-18hrs pop or not they go into paper towel. Temps are important also.
For sure,I recently did away with cable cuz they were charging me crazy price so dont have the cable box for heat but im just gonna go with heating pad on low. Should do the trick.
If you're going to start them in the rapid Rooter squeeze the rapid rooters out some, because I find they hold too much water and can occasionally drowned a seed or seedling, good luck!
Yup,this is also where opinions vary. Some soak them for 24 hrs,some for a couple hrs,& other ppl.pop them right in as is. When rapid rooters arrived in mail I could tell they were already moist so this was also a concern so thx for the tip. I soaked seeds overnight & some are already showing tap root so I could place then right in soil but ive heard rapid rooters are packed with nutrients that promote root growth for seedlings so I figure I'll give em a try.
I would toss em tap root down in rooters.
For sure,I was actually suprised some were showing tap root within 24 hrs of soak. Figured I'd have to place in paper towels for a day or two. Not sure if this is sign of good genes but after 6 week wait on mail order seeds i'll take it.
Im sure im overthinking this but being that rooters are soaked & overwatering seeds can kill them im gonna ask anyways. Do you use the humidity dome? Ive read where some say to use & others say they only use dome with clones cuz it creates to much moisture for seedlings.
Domes not needed for seeds
Cool. As I said before I tend to overthink things & the problem with getting random info online is sometimes theres too much info that varies widely.
Yeah lots of bad info out there
Last of seeds finally showed tap root so all have been placed in rooters. Two in rooters have already broke surface overnight. As of right now I just have them outside in garage in tray with outside temps hitting in the 80s & lows upper 60s. Would you recommend putting heating pad under tray also or just leaving as is?
Nope should be good at those temps.
K,cool. Figure either way probably shouldnt baby too much anyways to toughen up. Im expecting good things from the ones that broke surface early!
I had what someone called a unicorn sprouted about 5 days behind every other plant. It's since caught up and in the front running for a mother plant. You just never know
For sure. Cant predict anything especially this early on. So far tho im pleased with seeds. All showed taprooot within two days & also the two that broke surface within 24 hrs. Ive had where only 75% sprout so all in all I feel pretty good about them.