3 out of 10 germ

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.

ziplock

Cable box/wifi router, IMO.

The 3 that germinated, plant them.

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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.