To pop the seed I place it in a glass of water with some clonex and some supernatural by Bio Diesel.
It stays in the water for about a day or two until the tap root is about 3mm out of the seed. Then I plant it into the soil on its side.
The first week not much happens. The main stem gets longer but there isn’t much leaf action to be seen.
@Blinkinbilly, You should look into sprouted seed teas if you're looking for faster growth of roots. Been experimenting with SST on my vegetable plants and have seen a noticed faster roots growth compared to the plants I didn't give them to.