I thought I already posted this somewhere but I used to do paper towel method back in the day but over the years and going from popping a few seeds to thousands of seeds I've found the most success by just planting directly in moist soil, pro-mix, whatever, is the best and easiest way to go. I don't like paper towels because if you don't remove the seed right away the roots tend to grow into the paper towel and are a b!tch to separate from the rest of the seeds sometimes, as well. But, diff'rent strokes for diff'rent folks I reckon.