You missed my point entirely A.D! No worries...
I still don't know why any of you would want to mess with handling...to each his own...Much easier to just start seed in a starter cube of anykind.

just for the Hell of it...There are 2 things that any commercial or expert hydro farmer will tell you: Never grow 24/0...never longer than 18/6, and
always use a starter cube. Most soil farmers use peat pellet or a peat mix of sorts...hydro farmers prefer oasis starter cubes. This is a fact. Not my Opinion, but a fact. peace
p.s. If anyone thinks I left out rockwool...I didn't; I omitted it because the same pro farmers informed me that oasis is more cost effective.