What ive found to be the best method [for someone whos had success both ways, in water and paper towel] i've noticed i get the absoulte best results by puttin the seeds between to damp paper towel and into some type of air tight tupperware container and letting it go [maybe open once or twice to change the stale air with some fresh] It uses the paper towel method but the air tight container keeps the towels from drying out. This way i get germ almost 100% of the time without needing to re-wet the paper towels.:thumbsup: