I think the method i have used of inserting the germinated seed in the pod was totally wrong, first of all the i didn't make a hole to insert the seed inside, i made only a very tiny one and during the growth of the plant the root was exposed to the light, and then i read somewhere i should slice the pod like a Hotdog bun to make it easier for the root to get through it down to the reservoir but i think that was too late and it never get to the reservoir, I didn't start using any nutrients, i read that i shouldn't use nutrients before 2 weeks of planting the seed, I already have (flora series) floragrow, florabloom, floramicro but i didn't use it yet... I germinated another seed about 5 days ago and when it was ready i inserted the seed inside the pod, the shell of the seed is about half an inch deep and covered the hole with small piece from the sponge of the pod, so far the growth seems quite fast comparing to my first 2 trials and much healthier, I use bottled water that have a ph of 6.5 but the air stone I'm using is decreasing the Ph down to 5.9 - 6.0, I have ph down so whenever it will go up i'll add a drop and it will decrease it for about .5 , ppm is the only thing i haven't check, is it necessary to have a ppm meter? the bottled water i use have 2.0 sodium, i think that's not bad isn't it? Anyways i haven't find alot of information about ppm, the water i'm using has 0.2 calcium, 18 magnesium <0.1 potassium <0.01 iron <6.1 bicarbonates 68.3 sulphates, 1 chloride 0.1 nitrates <0.01 flourides 116 solids maybe you are good with these numbers and can give me a hint, and yes i got so frustrated because I've been struggling for about a month for just get through the seedling phase but apparently it wasn't an easy experiment for me... here's a pic of my third trial, it's 3.5 days old, should i start using the nutrients 2 weeks after the day i planted the seed? or whenever it get the first full set of leaves? any other recommendations is appreciated, thanks HSA