for the germination process, every thing was completly steril, as in fresh ziplock back, and water that was filtered and then left in the sun for a day. then I used an organic fish fertilizer solution and mixed it with the water for germination. Once this was done about 20 seeds were put in, and withen 4 days, all the sprouts were about 1 1/2" long, and about 18 of them hatched. After that one part potting soil and one part organic seaweed and shrimp compost were mixed together and that is the grow medium. All those plants shown there are exactly 8 days old so im pretty excited with there growth. I think moms starting to notice the funny looking pepermint plants so they are being transplanted into the wild tomorrow morning. Putting 8 of them in one spot, and 8 in another. So with me luck, hopefully this will produce a couple pounds of bud.