Bean seeds sprout best in paper towels (compared to sprouting jar) -- keep paper towel moist!

The results are in:

- Kentucky Wonder Wax (brown beans):  100% sprouted as of today, in both the paper towel and the sprouting jar.  The difference is the paper towel ones were more advanced, so must have germinated a bit sooner than the jar ones (or just preferred the conditions of the paper towel).

- Great Northern (white beans):  80% of paper towel ones sprouted as of today; 0% of the jar ones have sprouted yet.  Interesting difference compared to the yellow beans.

- Tendergreen Improved (mottled brown beans):  100% (3 of 3) of paper towel ones sprouted as of today.  (There were none in jars)

One thing to remember is to check the moisture of the paper towel daily, especially the second day because it dried out very quickly.

Beans started: Some in paper towel, some in sprouting jars

40 x Great Northern (white bean) -- 20 in paper towel + 20 in sprouting jar (new seeds bought this year)

40 x Kentucky Wonder Wax (brown bean) -- 20 in paper towel + 20 in sprouting jar (from last year's collected seed)

3 x Tendergreen Improved (mottled brown) -- 3 in paper towel (that was all that was left from the foil collection)

For the ones in jars, they'll soak overnight, then tomorrow will drain and will keep moist as if growing edible sprouts.

Celery, parsley (two kinds), onions (2019 and 2018), and yellow-red perennial started in paper towel baggies

Today, I started these, using the paper towel baggie method (which for some reason I don't think I've really ever done before):

- celery (same variety as always, from the foil packet)
- parsley (two varieties:  forest green and single Italian)
- onions (2019 collected and 2018 collected)
- yellow-red perennial from in front of the fence (2019 collected)

Paper towel germination test

For the first time, decided to try the paper towel test.
-  Moisten a paper towel.
-  Place 10 seeds on it. 
-  Fold it up.
-  Put it in a ziploc sandwich bag.
- [edited to add:  Place it in a warm spot, like the kitchen table (not in the fridge).]
-  A week or two or three later, count how many have germinated.

Did this with celery and parsley.