First you'll germinate your seed in a paper towel then move to a jiffy pot (when you buy them they are flat disks about 1 1/2" across and 1/4 " thick. add water and they swell up into a 2" tall ball of dirt to plant your seed in. They are at any wal-mart nursery section. also try "germinate marijuana" on you tube. lots of paper towel demos...