Germinating seeds in paper towel used to be a popular way to test seeds for viability. But more and more people are using ...

Growing plants from seeds is an easy, inexpensive and fun thing to do. When you learn how to start plants from seeds, the variety of plants that you can grow increases dramatically, but not the ...

This image provided by Jessica Damiano shows a seed-germination test in progress on Long Island New York, as 10 Jackpot pepper hybrid seeds are placed on a moist paper towel Next, they will be folded ...

When I teach vegetable gardening, I love to share my favorite way to germinate seeds using a paper towel. Paper towels can be used for any seed that needs to be buried, even just a little bit.

The standard germination test is the one test that is being widely used by every seed testing laboratory to check the viability of seeds. However, significant variations in results exist between ...