the way i do it is i squeeze the seeds a little to see if they break if they do there no good. i put them in paper towels in a plastic bag. they pop in 24hrs at the most some a little after
cbudmant Reviewed by cbudmant on . Complete n00b needs advice on the germination process. So I'm completely new to the entire realm of growing and I'm already having trouble at step one. seems my luck. anyway, it was bagweed and i've placed about five seeds inside of about 6 moist paper towels in my closet. i have a florescent light bulb in there (not using it for growing, i'm just describing the environment) about 4 feet away from them that i generally leave on at most times. it's been about 3 1/2 days since i set this up and since then my seeds have only browned. no sprouts or Rating: 5