im looking for a bit of advice,

this is my 1st grow and my first lot of seeds were wrecked,
i tryed to crack them and a couple did right away,
i had put paper towels on a saucer, and dampened the towel, placed seeds on that and covered with another wet towel and put a saucer on top,
then inside a plastic bag to stop drying out, and sat the saucers in the bag ontop of the water heater, its not roasting just warm,
where the other 7 took another week to show roots, put them in a propegator tray with soil from garden center,
left my 600watt light on 4 feet above the ones i had planted and 2weeks later theres been no show,
some of the other seeds on the plate showed a really small root in the 1st week but never changed,

i made sure the closet was'nt too warm where i had planted the 1st couple and had a fan on to keep it cool, cos the light incresed temperature a fair bit,

i've binned the lot,

and got other seeds coming, dont want to f**k these ones up, any advice on the best way to get them cracked and started?