How are you trying to germinate them? Easiest way for someone learning is paper towels like been stated. Was just curious of how you been trying
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Very helpful. I encountered this issue last year on outdoor grow. I didn’t realize this till harvest. That, with a mold issue, seriously reduced yield.
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There is mold that you can see and cut out, but there is also mold you can’t see. I’ve had a couple of harvests tested for mold and both failed. But the flower looks, smells and smokes just fine. The mycotoxin levels are safe, but the colony forming units exceed the legal standard for commercial sale. Your level of freak out may vary.
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Safety tip, when we were doing it that way, sometimes the tap root will get stuck in the paper towel.
Just leave it, that paper towel will disappear in time.
Broke many tap roots trying to pull them out.
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It can spread to neighboring plants as well
My biggest challenge was germination…we started with paper towels, tried them in baggies bought a germination kit. We found best way was to poke holes in large tuna cans " washed of course" 
poke holes in bottom with drill add a cotton face pad lay your seed in spray cover with lid but make sure its vented sit them on heating pad covered with a towel and wait should be ready in about 24 to 30 hours. Heat set to 90° We have had 
% success doing it this way.
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My biggest challenge so far has been figuring out all the right equipment for my setup to get started.
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Yeah, it get confusing and can be mind boggling.
Lots of great people here with every type of grow system you can imagine. And probably a few you couldn’t…
Hey seedsman 
Put together some nice little “starter” kits.. plug it in and add water. Include a nice little instruction book and a week by week diary, and what to expect each week from your baby 
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Ya i use scissors and cut around the tap root. Hell it can give ya something to hold sometimes. I wouldnt keave a whole sheet of paper towel but ya.
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Would be great if you added this to this thread: The MacGuyver Thread (Tips and Tricks)
Thanks!
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Great idea. that is all it really is.
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How u trying to grow? If u need help reach out n ill guide you
My biggest challenge was trying to figure out the difference between what was wrong with the plant if we had a problem. I’d have to research and look at pictures go to forums and finally got some figured out. I know how to germinate read the meters, add the nutrients but when everything is right and plant still had issue I was like what the heck…turns out nutrient lock so we flushed the plant changed the bucket several times and it’s doing great. Building whole new system next time to prevent this from happening. We have well water so salt build up was an issue. Our Green Crack it’s doing better now but the leaves started curling under 1st indication so thats when we flushed the roots didn’t add nutrients for few days just fresh water.
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Why is that one so little? Lol
Think I’d just dump that and start over, lol
Haha 
we got it figured out it’s growing.
Giving too much Nitrogen in that feed. Encourages those big dark green thick leaves and fluffy foxtailing buds, and the clawing leaves at the top.
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A big scare recently was leaf canoeing and big help from members got me through it. Three possible causes: Lights too very close to my growing seedlings in vegetative, over watering and my slow release 10-10-10 before knowing better. Again help from members. Remedy: moved lights much higher (and secured better), light drying out and buying FF bloom & tiger bloom after long thinking process for economics and value. More help from members. Where would I be without y’all?
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Yeah, we keep getting build up,
Solution?
We plan on adding a recirculation system to it.
We seem to be having a problem with them getting too big. Lol, I know,wwhhhaatt?
Yep, the get so big and top heavy, picking them up to swap buckets is hard for us. We old, 
Tried draining it off through the site level, but it still leaves the bottom inch or so, and that’s where all the gunk is ..
What do you think we believe it’s most likely tied to our well water
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Most of your others don’t look like they’ve had excess N, just the Green Crack. Some plants just aren’t has hungry as others. Did you do anything different with that?