ive had luck just putting seeds into a small container and covering with plastic wrap then setting it in a sunny window. Until they sprout you really only need a little bit of warmth. Some people will put them in a moist paper towel and then into a sandwich baggie until they sprout.

mike

I've had best luck putting my sprouting container on the top of the fridge, so heat from the compressor rises to them.

Since I get almost all seed at this time of the year, the window is the coldest part of the house. I may move them when they come up in late Feb. Usually springtime in S. Tex.

I had citrus seeds in a damp paper towel in a ziper baggie. After a few days, the seeds began to show black spots. I took the seeds out, washed them with hand dishwashing soap and removed as much of the mold? as possible. Then I planted the seeds in small cups of seed starting soil. Will watering with cinnamon-infused water help keep the mold/fungus down? aBeing mostly inexperienced in sprouting citrus seeds.

This means the paper towel in the baggy was too damp? Should the baggies have been left open? Maybe the seeds should have been treated with a chlorox solution or cinnamon powder before planting?

Sigh, and thank you for any suggestions.

I think Mike has the best idea. Citrus seeds are really pretty easy to sprout; here in the tropics I just stick 'em in the dirt and water them and get better than 100% germination (that's because a lot of citrus seeds are polyembryonic and produce more than one plant).

Thank you. Container, plastic wrap, and sunny window it is.