Put in room temp water 24 hours, plant 1/8 to 1/4 inch deep max in moistened seedling starter mix pointy end down (they usually have started to split after 24 hour soak) then moisten mix again with spray bottle so you dont disrupt dirt too much, cover with one sheet saran wrap with maybe 10 toothpick holes punched in it, put under light. Spray again each morning until they come up. Usually within 5 days they are up. Only had one fail out of a lot of seeds planted. If you do the hydro thing and rock wool plugs i cant offer any advice as I only grow in dirt, but i have not had any issues with any of their seeds growing, auto or regular feminized. Grown the WW, OG, Pineapple Haze, Super Lemon Haze, Blueberry, Agent Orange, Orange Bud, Strawberry Kush, Strawberry Cough, Chocolope, maybe some others, not sure, i get those mix packs.