True,, all good whatever ends up working for ya.. But if what you'r doing ain't working,,, time to try a differnt route.... cannanewb route wood work fine.. What I do is take a 'plain' white paper towel,, fold it acouple times, place it on a china plate,,, wet it till it reaches complete sateruaration and water stops running out if tilled to it's side, place seeds in it and flod over the seeds... Cover with plastic wrap... Keep warm,,, 80 degrees is nice... Use a cable box, pc tower, top of fidge or hot water heater, where ever you feel a 'slight' heat source,, you should have lift off in 2 days or three with a 'tail' or tap root started showing and is about a 1/4 inch or so. Moisten your soil,, warm it close to the same temp so you don't schock the young tap root... I use a pensil and make a hole in the soil... Use the pensil and put the root straight down and cover witha 1/16 a inch of dirt... I like to only fill my starter pots 2/3 full... That way once she takes off,, and you need a extra inch or so of dirt to help support your plant,, you have it.. If you start right,, you might not need that extra soil,, but you might... Better to have than not???????????? Right.. One thing sorry to say,, is this si really a Best of Your Pic's thread... You have a feeler... I mean leads.. But this really isn't a talk thread.. A picture site peoples best of there best site.. But go to peoples threads talking to ya. And I'm not saying bad to ya....
GL and Keepem Green
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Four year cure might be a record too. I'm not sure. 
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