direct germination in soil always work for me, takes a little patience, cause you have to wait a few days without actually checking the seed stage of germoliation, but you save on transplanting autoflowering plants.
i put her directly in the growing tend, temperature stable around 25ยฐC and humidity at 60%
@coma777, I agree with @love_2_grow I would run your light on a 20/4 schedule. I grow a few autos on 12 hr days and they do fine but I know they would do better on at least 18 hrs. I have them with photoperiod plants though so I have to do 12
@love_2_grow, yeah I've seen the same series I think, I let my light on 18 hours for now, maybe I'll experiment myself when I can afford it :)
but the other day another grower said to me "what are you crazy? the flower will never develop with 18 hours of light during flowering stage!!" and I was like "wtf, even if they are autos?"
and still I'm confused..