If the seeds get "Gooey" then there is TOO MUCH moisture/water.
I use paper towel and keep it just moist NOT dripping wet.

Seysonn

Doesn't sound good to me.

Rodney

Thanks guys for the input. Do you think they can be saved after being too moist? For now I opened up some of the bags to let them dry out a bit.

They've been in the bag since 2/14 at 85F. So only a week. It doesn't hurt for me to leave them there but I did start another round of some of the left over seeds. Hope 3rd time is a charm!!

OK, Beverly.
You should be getting sprouts anytime. Under ideal condition tomato seeds should germinate in 5 to 7 days.
Good Luck !

Seysonn

Update! So my seeds were definitely too wet AND too hot. I after posting, I moved the seeds to peat pellets, put them in a plastic to-go container (my cheap greenhouse), and placed it back on top my my rope lights. They finally came up (except for my carolina reapers)! It's been about a week and just anxiously waiting for the true leaves to appear so I can transplant.

Guess I'm not very good with the baggy method.