Or he can read up on posts and threads in here. I use paper towel method and a cup o-water method. both effective but the cup-o-water works easier for me. Fill a cup about half way with tap water, let sit 1 day throw seeds in. Put cup in a cool,dark place and check on the seeds in afew days or so and you should see the drop to the bottom, but I wait till I see a little root action. I then use tweazers/spoon to gently remove seeds and make sure you dont touch the root and plant the root downwards about 1/4 into soil. Do NOT have ANY(NONE) lights on pots while it is in soil till you see it sprout. Once sprouted, you can add your CFL's(flourescent lights) above sprouts about an inch or 2 away from the top of your sprout. keep an eye on the sprout because youll need to raise lights.