Had better luck germinating in moist pro-mix bx with mycorrhizae with a vermiculite covering about 3/16â€-1/4†deep. Tried the first time with pre soaking and wet paper towel method and only got one out of 5 to pop. Using the other method I got 4 of 5 to pop in 7-10 days. Be patient, they start off kinda slow but eventually catch up. The males are a little hard to differentiate from the females early on. Look for the pistils to ID the females. If you see something that could be a female flower but no pistil, then it’s a male.