I'm assuming the cups have holes in the bottoms- let them soak it up naturally from the bottom by setting the cups of media in a tray of water for an hour.
Was doing a bit of tree work that afternoon and had the saw with me,,, figured it'd make for nice pic :-)
Thanks for the complements earlier,,, they are banging more and more every day.
Might not have been your fault. We popped hundreds of beans this spring using the paper towel method. Most strains did very well pushing 100% while a couple others barely made 10% if that,,, I say it's seed/genetic quality.
They sat in paper towels for 2-4 days (in a room 80-85f) until the tap...