I get hit and miss with them, usally most of my seeds germinate, and all i do is put th jiff pellet in the sink, fill it with water come back 10-15 or when i finally remember i put in there and drain it the water from the sing. I than squees the pellet lightly to make sure all the excess water is out as they do get water logged. THan i just get a toothpick, fluff the top drop some seeds cover about 1/8" and and put in my humdmity dome.
Every day i open the dome and let the old stagnate air out and replace with fresh air (or i crack the 2 tops quarter way, or one top half way also) and add water to keep the humdity up.
My last case i di this was for 20 brainstrain (bad luck with those, but think it may be bad seeds) 20 butch t's, 18 of 20 germinated, and 18 tomatoes, 17 of the 18. and some had 2-3 seeds and they all sprouted.
I have notice the key not to let them dry out, or over wetting them i think.
also i have put a towel over my dome also, to keep it dar for the frist 3-4 days ntil i see the first one to sprouted. Reading out people use papper towel method, that method, but i tend to do it the way nature is, seed in ground, and let it do its things.
On a related note, when I plant the seedlings that are started in the jiffy's, do I plant the whole thing or do I need to remove the netting fromt he pellet?
You can do either or, the netting will eventually rot, and the roots will tear it also. So its your choice.
the last round, i took the sproutes, removed the netting and some of the peat and moved over to a solo cup, works pretty good, but some were to small and they shrived up, but so far so good.
So in a nut shell, what ever makes you feel best, but you can grow it with the netting still on, as it will not hurt nothing. I will say this though. What eve ryou do, i tend to barey the new sprouted up the first set of leaves, any of the stake you stick unde the dirt level, will root and help with even more roots.
