The clueless first grow

In the run-up to my first grow I have been reading through countless grow diaries, forum posts & opinion pieces looking for that one definitive, never fails method of growing a nice plant. To say I felt a bit overwhelmed is an understatement, with that in mind I have decided to make this diary to record any successes or failures I have by giving my plant little more than it's three basic needs soil, water & light, while using the little common sense I have when it comes to growing to give it a helping hand along the way. For germination I decided to use the glass of water method as that was one thing most people tend to agree on. Rather than leaving it in the water until it sprouted it's tap root I originally wanted to move it to a damp paper towel before planting, I instead opted to move it directly to it's pot. The reason behind this was the temperature swings I tend to have at home this time of the year, it can swing from a comfortable 22 degrees while I'm at home to a colder than I would like 10 degrees shortly after I go to work. So 16-18 hours after dropping the seed in the glass of water it sunk to the bottom and I moved it to it's pot in my grow tent where it's between 20-22 degrees all the time, the soil seems to be really nice and airy with decent run off (I checked run off prior to planting the seed to make sure everything seemed ok). The soil is moist with a Ph of 6.0-6.5 (I get slightly different readings depending which part of the soil I check) So now I guess it's just a waiting game until the seedling breaks cover :) 03/01/22: Seedling just poked it's head out of the soil this evening! So that's 4 days from soaking the seed in water to seedling stage which I'm pretty happy with, not sure if it's considered fast or not?