well u could but the light needs to be close enough they don't stretch or burn them the best way is to have a seedling dome with starter moss peat plugs u can get it at walmart if anything atleast the dome the lil black tray and clear lid put them in that under a couple of cfl's not hard to make a light set up if u don't have one then mist them down where they stay damp and let the dome do all the work pull 1 out ever so often and when u see roots then put into the clay pellets and it sounds like ur still not sure what that means so i'll explain alil better when u go to put the plug with roots showing into the basket u first put a layer of clay balls in the bottom of the basket as far up as u want the plug to be u don't want the plug sittin in water then u put the plug in and u have to hold it in the center as u fill the clay balls in around it for support after the balls are filled in around it u top it off to the top with the clay balls having a root system there is better u can just stick them in but u don't want to much water on them thats why it's better to start out in a dome it's easier to control.what ever u do don't let the water build up on the top of the plugs.