Is Your Seed Too OLD? Test It First With Paper Towels And Germinate It BEFORE You Plant!

Just found this channel, the narrorators voice is soothing. I think I'll stick around.

Straight to the point, no annoying music ,and a nice soothing relaxed voice! Thank you for a great video

Try using coffee filters. The roots tend to have a more difficult time getting stuck in the fibers and they stay fairly moist without drying…even in direct sunlight. I have done this with marigold seeds and you can easily removing them without damaging the roots. I use the cone shaped filters and place them inside like I’m making a pita. I’ll also inflate the bag so the sprouts have plenty of space to grow without being squished by the bag and paper being compressed together. Sort of like a mini greenhouse.

I use this same method with one major exception. I prefer to fold toilet paper. It is easier to remove seed or I plant the paper with the seed. Usually I also space the seed so it is easy to separate them or to clip between them for planting.

Good video! My mom used the same method of checking seeds 30 years ago, only back then there was no paper towel, she used cheesecloth.

Perfect timing! I did exactly this with sunflower seeds and now I will try to save as many seeds as I can..I can't wait for your next video!

I recently saw a video very similar to this technique, but they advocated toilet paper as opposed to paper towel, as it didn't grab the roots so hard and was more likely to just disintegrate, as it should ~ being t-paper! I'm going to do some old seeds with this technique today. Also, my daughter does this with avocado pits. I never had luck with the toothpicks and the bottom in water technique. She had me put them in wet paper towels into a baggie into a sunny spot and forget about them, and now they're the only ones I've ever had survive into plants. I really love planting and gardening, and love these kinda vids. :)

Excellently done and without the annoying "background" music some people seem compelled to include. As for me, being someone hard of hearing, and wanting the information instead of the "music", I tend to mostly ignore the youtubers who include the so-called background. You earned a sub from me. Thanks for the great information. Oh, and I like that you don't seem to feel the need to have your picture going constantly in the corner of the video obscuring the facts. :)

I love the germinating process! 💜Seedlings are so precious... each one you care for will give back so much, whether beauty, food, or medicine. 😌I'm in awe each time I work with seeds every year! 🙏🏽

Whenever I do this paper towel method, I only see fungus growing there instead of the seeds. Maybe it's because I live in a tropical place ?

What about crops that do not like to be transplanted, like carrots for instance? Will this method work if you plant them the earliest?

Great idea . I have had numerous times where seeds have failed to germinate and this look perfect for avoiding the problem.

I need to try this. I tried to get a bunch of old seeds going in a germination tray. I got mostly nothing going into week 2. Thanks

Love this! ❤ Thanks for sharing...

Thanks for sharing

Too busy and got a messy bunch of seedlings .... me too 😂

Great video, thanks.

Very good germination process.

Can you plant them directly into the ground. For some reason my Korean cucumber seeds did not grow this year. I bought them fresh this year from Amazon. I bought them last year and they grew well

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