New Grower Germination Confusion

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The Plan:
Strain: 'Auto #1' (low odor, fast, decent yield). Unless someone can point me to a psychoactive strain (low/not MJ odor, fast'ish). If stars were align and there was time I'd be growing 'Inca Spirit' :bow:
Medium & nutes: Canna Coco in 5L Hempy Buckets. Canna Coco A+B.
Lights: 4 x 50W 2700K CFLs
Odor control: For the last weeks of budding odor removal pillows and spray. Said to work on animal markings, urine, diesel oil... Apartment can have hints of grow, not the hallway.
Goal: To harvest at least 3/5 plants in 60-70 days.

The Question:
As title suggests I'm having doubts of the most fragile state, the seed. In my mind I have 2 options: rockwool cubes or plant straight to coco, final 5L bucket.

Rockwool:
- Get 4cmx4cm cubes and soak them in 5,5 pH water for 24 hrs
- Squeeze them (how?) dry/take out the excess water
- Plant the seed pointy tip down. (Some site said planting sideways was the way to go, for optimal development of roots...)
- Place the seeded cube in plastic container and
a) dip in water for 5 secs when getting dry or
b) place 1 cm rez of water on the bottom and the cube sucks itself
- Cover with plastic wrap with holes in it for air circulation in a dark, not cold, place until sprout.

Coco:
- Water the coco with 6 pH water until run out from the hole
- Plant the seed, keep the surface moist until sprout.

Now that I wrote it planting straight to coco seems simpler. But from what I read people have drown their seeds because coco's ability to hold water. On the other hand it is possible to drown them in rockwool in fear of dry out, too.

Any feedback from all of the above is appreciated :wiz:
 
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:smokebuds:First of all you should have 6500k bulbs for veging.Don't sgueeze the seed after you take it out of water.If you use coco and direct seed you can take a cupful of coco out of the middle of the pot and put some fine pete moss or seed starter in its place.Plant the seed about 1/4 to 3/8 inch deep,moisten soil and cover with plastic wrap and keep in a warm place.In two or three days they should sprout.
 
Oh, bit of bad typing from me. I'm not going to soak the seeds (I'd probably cause damage to cracked tap root), I meant squeezing the soaked rockwool cube to remove excess water. Yes, that would be safest way to sprout from soil. Thanks! I must ponder this still... I could practice rockwool germination with edible canna seeds :idea:

edit: as for the bulbs, I read (non english) forum where they debated on 6.5k/2.7K and the result was there was no significant effect in switching/mixing the wave lengths. And my reasoning for 2700K is being hempy there will be better growth than in soil and thus I focus the light to flower.
 
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