if i were u id go about a different way of germinating, i use paper towels and a bowl, get a bowl, put like 6 layers of paper towels in the bottom, either fully saturate them with water form the sink or spray them so that they are moist all the way throgh, then put the seeds right on it, put another 6 layers of wet paper towels on the top put em in a cabinet or something where theres no light, look at em like once a day, once the seed has popped and theres about almost an inch out of the seed plant em, thats what i do and it works perfect to start em