When using an AG the best way to go is to crack your beans with the paper towel method. Then, after they have cracked, you take the AG grow pod and slice it like a hot dog bun, just on one side. Take the cracked bean and gently put it with the root down inside the grow pod with the head of the seed on the top of the grow pod.

If you do it correctly, in a week you'll be freaking out at how much progress your little seedling has made. I wish you the best of luck in your AG grow.