Sorry if it seemed too serious im on ya side bro.
I personally germinated using wet cotton wool.. It took about 4 days until they had a cm of shoot from the seed. but once they had sprouted that cm i got them straight into a sedling soil mix for say 3 days untill it gave them there own time to gain an inch using natural sunlight on my windowsill. once they had gained an inch or 2 i put them straight in at 18 hours light on and 6 off.
I did this for 30 days until the plants where at 10 - 12 inches in height and then switched over to a 12/12 lighting schedule
Im now at 5 days 12/12 and its been so simple so far.
P.s to post pics there a little symbol in the comment posting section which has a little tree in a square click it an upload
GL man.