Also I have had problems with dampening off (fungal rot) when germinating indica seeds originally from Asia lately. I do not know why, but the landrace sativa seeds that I have do not have this problem, but the heirloom indicas do. Likely genetic resistance and the types of local fungus. Anyway, as a result I have changed my germinating methods. I boil water and let it cool and I use that to soak paper towels with to germinate my seeds in. I have used the paper towel seed germinating method for many planting cycles to good effect. Fold a paper towel in 4, place it on a place, add enough water to soak the towel but not let water pool, and add the nicked or filed pot seeds between the paper towel layers. Boiling the water reduces the chance of early infection when germinating seeds. I also sterilize my 4 inch pots and seedling soil before planting the germinated seeds to lessen the likelihood of dampening off. I use a 50/50 mix of steam sterilized peat moss and boiled water sterilized play sand for starting germinated seeds and cuttings. 50/50 peat/sand is the UC Davis preferred soil medium for cuttings, and I find that it works great for seeds as well. For cuttings I use Rootone, mainly for the fungicide than for the rooting hormones. Then once the plants are 8 inches tall or I see the roots at the bottom of the pots, I transplant them into a soil mix that I make from 1/2 screened property soil (which is silty loam), 1/2 composted fir needles, with a scoop of perlite, and a scoop of wood ashes. I use native soil and compost as it has lots of fungus spores which grow and become a symbiotic pairing with the pot plant roots. I typically plant my pot in 10 gallon tubs, and they are usually more than big enough to support a fully grown 8 foot sativa plant, while being small enough to be able to haul them around with a hand truck. I also feed the soil fungus a little granulated sugar and feed the plants 20-20-20, both dissolved in water when feeding. Pot plants like a lot of fertilizer and the fungus seem to like the sugar. I do not need to inoculate the soil with fungus spores, as PNW soil is riddled with them. I have 20 types of mushrooms fruiting on my property now that the rains have returned for the year here.