3 out of 10 germ

[zerocool5878]

3 of my 10 white willow seeds germinated today after 72 hrs. Its probably too early to worry about them. I have them in damp paper towels on a plate with a bowl covering them. The temp in the room is about 72-74.

Should I put them in ziplock bag or just wait it out a few more days?

I am too nervous to put the plate on the frig or on a cable box because I feel it could be too much heat for them. Input???

Well anyway the 3 that germinated are in rocok wool I will see how they do over the next week or so.

[M.B.A.]

ziplock

[turtle420]

Cable box/wifi router, IMO.

The 3 that germinated, plant them.

Did you pre-soak the seeds before going the paper towel method?

[zerocool5878]

No I didn't presoak I just did the paper towel method. Someone told me that I should use an emptie pill bottle and put just a little water where the seeds just float. if they dont germ in the next day or so. I planted the 3 that poped already. I think im going to check tommorrow if anymore germinated i will plant those as well. any left over I will ziplock them and put them on the cable modem and see if that helps.

Any other things to try this company says there seeds have 99.9% germination so I have high hopes but they all prob say that.

thanks

[dejayou30]

Put them in a plastic bag but don't seal it. You need to keep it warm and as moist as possible.

[Paht_Hed]

I put mine on a cable box until they pop open... The extra heat seams to help them absorb the water so they are pliable and able to open. Then I put them on my audio receiver which is slightly less heat. The cable box gets pretty hot though. I germed 4 seeds and 4 out of 4 germinated. I like to take 4 pieces of paper towel and place them on top of each other then look at them as 4 sections. I place the seeds in the middle of one section and then fold the paper towel so that they end up with the other 3 sections on top of them so the water runs down to the seeds so they get pretty soaked.

[zerocool5878]

well 5 more germinated today. I put the remaining 2 in the zip lock bag. we'll see what happens

Thanks
for all the help

[zerocool5878]

Thanks to all your help here. All of my seeds germinated. Can't ask for better then that! Wait yes i can! Tell me how to make them all female LOL j/k

Thanks again

[Paht_Hed]

Keeping growing conditions at the optimum level will increase you female count, I heard somewhere that higher temps and a slightly more acidic ph account for more females.