I soak them in a dixie cup of distilled water for 24hrs and than I put them in a wet papertowel in a zip lock baggy to hold the wetness. After they germ you can just place them about a 1/4 inch under the soil and keep the top of the soil damp till you see something coming up and than ease up on the water. That first week do not let that top soil dry out after that be careful on the watering so the roots dig down looking for water. Goodluck

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