Get those spongy plug deals, like 3 bucks at WalMart, a little tray with a dozen little spongy plugs with a little hole in the middle of the top of each one. Make sure the plug is damp and drop a seed down the hole. Tear off a little piece of spongy stuff and tuck it in over the hole that now contains the seed. Keep the spongy thing wet for 2-3 days and it should sprout up. The only seeds that HASN'T worked for, for me anyway, are those old unviable freebie seeds that seedboutique sends out when you buy real seeds.

Incidentally, sometimes it is okay to poke at them. I planted five Blue Mystics, and they had real probs throwing off their seed shells, so I got out a couple of needles and gave them some careful surgery, detaching the seed shells for them, and all five are doing fine now. But no, poking around with seeds isn't generally a good idea. Sometimes though, ya do what ya gotta do.
jamstigator Reviewed by jamstigator on . WhY CaNt I gErMiNaTe!!!!!!!! -NEED HELP_! ok this is my second atempt at a grow that i had to trassh. soil was mixed into a 5 gal. 50%Scotts Potting Soil + 50% Scotts perlite. hand full of lime. first attpemt- i germinated in a cup for 1 week until a tap root was revealed (didn't want to wait for it to grow a 1/4 inch cuz i was scared i would damage it) then tranferd the seeds into the soil. from there i underwaterd and the roots dried out and died. second attemp - germinated for 48 hours (24h until they fell, 24h after they Rating: 5