I use a shot glass or right now, using the bottom cut off a 20 oz soda bottle with a little water. I put the seeds in it, cover it with a coffee cup, wait a couple days. I then find they've started to pop, I take them from the water with a spoon, grasp with a pair of tweezers with the root tip down, put in a hole, cover, water a little, and let 'er rip!!!. They break the surface in two to three days. Works every time on viable seeds.