You're doing the pre-soak method...agitate the surface of the water in the cup a little, and if the seeds sink, carefully pull them out and you can either drop them right into soil, or put it in a moist paper towel...is your closet warm? That would help give a higher germination rate...And ATM, I'm not growing, I recently moved to a new pad, as mentioned before, and I'm currently constructing an indoor grow cab, probably between 140-280 watts of HPS power, because 70 watt security systems are all that are available here at a reasonable price, but my setup will most likely be a perpetual deep water culture system, maybe 2-3 plants harvested every 1-2 weeks...but idk, I'm probably going to do bagseed until I can find a way to purchase quality genetics again...