Quote Originally Posted by Rusty Trichome
Spoken like a true freshman. Just because YOU don't do the technique, does not make it invalid. But since you have such a strong opinion against the paper towel method, go ahead and finish your statement, and give us your reasoning. Tell us why yout think that just putting a seed in the ground and crossing your fingers is a better technique than transplanting a (proven viable) sprout...?

But no...there is absolutely no reason to do a pre soak. Unless, of course...you like going through fewer seeds (and fewer seed-runs) and planting only viable sprouts creeps you out. Slamming the use of a solid technique that works better than an au-natural, shows me that you might just be unteachable. :stoned:

Let me guess...you throw 10 seeds in each cup to get the one sprout, or do you plan on claiming 100% success rate with one seed per cup? (in which case I'll call a pre-emptive "bullshit" right here and now) Keep in mind, you aren't talking to a rookie here. Using the paper towel technique, I transplant one pre-sprouted seed in each cup, and have a nearly 99.9% success rate regardless if I'm using SuperSoil, Miracle Grow, Sunshine mix or Happy Frog... Easier, more reliable, and a time-saver. (you don't waste your time coddling cups of soil in the hopes that some day it'll sprout and you can fill those empty spaces you have under your lights)
Professional horticulturists DO NOT use paper towels and why people do it with delicate cannabis seeds is beyond me. There is no need for towels or soaking seeds (its a bad culture to adopt).
(no paper towel faries live in my woods).
It really is bad advice to be advocating using towels and soaking seeds but everyone to their own i suppose. I am to lazy for messing around with seeds when i can just plant them straight from packet in to the soil and avoiding an unessesary damage or stress. Its much quicker/easier and cleaner and no fiddling aroung with planting pre germed seeds before planting them. I see no point to wasting time and (newbies) possibly losing seeds carrying out a process thats not nesessary. Absouloutly mad.