I've never personally had to pinch any seeds. When I started I didn't even know about germinating seeds. I just put em in the dirt and about 3-6 days later I had myself some babys. I'd recommend what everyone else has said, soak em for a few hours.

To bigworm, many seeds are much more than $160 for 10. Malkuth seeds are almost $450 for 10 feminized.