I started off by germinating the seeds in a moist paper towel. After about 3 days I had a few sprouts. I was very excited a day later when I had 6 sprouts, 3 of them with about a 1/2 tail... (didn't know if I had waited 2 long or not???) Unfortunately I don't have a whole lot of space (ie stay at home mom) but we have a bar-counter in the non-functioning basement kitchen. I took two new opaque shower curtain liners and made two artificial walls on both sides of this counter. I got six 1/2