I was reading on one of the Hoya Facebook groups and saw someone talking about sprouting seeds in a paper towel before planting them and how they had better results. I wanted to try this for myself. Method: Take a damp paper towel put your seeds nicely in the middle and fold it to fit in a sandwich bag. The second day of sprouting, I did put the bag on a heat mat for a little bit. I honestly don't know if it really did anything to help them sprout or not. Also, if you leave them on the paper towel too long it will be harder to peel them off. Mine seemed to come off the paper towel easily. After I took them off the paper towel, I sowed them just like I did the previous seeds in my first post. I put the seeds in the bag on 9/25/21 and took them out to sow 9/27/21. Progress as of 9/29/21 (Day 2 of being planted) 10/3/21 (Day 6 since planted) I took some of the same seeds I used in the sprouting method and sowed them straight into soil on 9/25/21 as a control. The seeds used for both of these experiments were harvested 9/15/21. I've heard the fresher the seeds are the better they do. Here is what happened with the control group. It is worth mentioning that this set of seeds are under a grow light unlike the sprouted ones. Progress as of 9/29/21 (Day 4) Progress as of 10/3/21 (Day 8) Progress as of 10/8/21 (Day 13) Progress as of 10/17/21 (Day 22)
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