Materials:
--seeds
--paper towels
--sealable sandwich bags
--marker
Steps:
1. Wet a paper towel with room temp water (I don't know if the temp matters, as with houseplants, I try not to use very cold water thinking it might be a shock).
2. Wring out paper towel until it's simply damp.
3. Place seeds as evenly spaced as possible on half of paper towel, but don't get crazy about it because some seeds inevitably shift.
4. Place folded paper towel in labeled sandwich bag.
Check on the dampness of the paper towels every other day, when the towel gets too dry add a splash of water into the bag, seal it and let the towel soak it up. I try not to harass the seedlings too much so I don't take the paper towel out that often (ok, more than I should because I'm impatient and want to check their progress, especially when I have other work to do).
Your seedlings may have rooted into the paper towel and become difficult to separate from it: DON'T pull them from the paper towel! Why damage roots when you can just cut out that section of paper towel and plant it with the seedling.
Happy Springing!
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