Quote Originally Posted by Rusty Trichome
Actually, advising someone not use a technique because "professional" horticulturists" don't use the technique, is moronic itself. Do you think a professional horticulturist would say "don't use that technique...it's moronic" or do you think they'd say...interesting concept, but if it works...more power to ya"? If interested in contacting a PhD in horticulture to ask, or if you would really like to see valid opinions of the scientific community on horticulture issues, check the Myths link in my signature. (Linda answers e-mails in like...a day)

It's a technique that works. Prove to me how it is more stressful to put an already germinated seed into soil. (unless it's only stressful to you, in which case...I really couldn't care less) Prove to me my results have been bullshit. Prove to me I'm lying. Prove something other than your prejudiced against that which you don't understand. :jointsmile:


If your seeds are too sensitive for this process, perhaps you should get some quality genetics, and play with the big boys.
Your woodland faries have a lower incidence of success, than those paper towel faries, I gurantee. And what do your lazy faries do with tough to crack seeds...? Do they give-up after two weeks of...nothing? Paper towel faries know if something's up by the third day.


So I gathered. If you don't like the technique, too bad. It's a fine technique for every level of experience. (including the inexperienced/lazy woodland faries)


No...getting all anal over a technique you personally don't like is folly, and is absolutely mad. The technique is one I've used for a couple of years, off-n-on, but I have landed on this as a permenant part of my routine. Why...? because it fucking works, and is worth the 2 extra minutes to prep the paper towel. But cleaner...? Tell me the mess you'd make putting seeds in a damp paper towel. Or, tell me the mess you'd make picking-up the seelding and placing it in the soil. I gotta hear this one. :jointsmile:

Prove to me the paper towel technique doesn't work, or is bad for the seeds and I'll gladly read your issues. But just to blindly say it sucks, shows you don't really know as much as you think you know. Sounds like optical rectitis is setting in.
Your little soap-box speech was spoken like someone that has no clue of the advantages to assuring viability before placing 'em in the ground. Granted...It only saves up to two weeks of daily checking the soil for the possibility that one has popped. It saves the empty spaces in your growroom waiting for seeds to pop that never show. It shows newbies part of the process they'd never get to witness, and again...most importantly...it works.
I did NOT say towels dont work. Its just NOT the correct way to germinate seeds. I have said all i am going to say on the subject and thats that. If people use paper towels thats their choice and they are entitled to their opinions and methods and i dont have a problem with that.

LUDACRIS.
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