Zamnesia/Plagron Eternity Grow Cup 2025

I apologize to everyone, I kind of disappeared for a minute. I fell pretty ill and was also battling some germination issues. I'm still not at 100% health but I'm hanging in there. My Auto tent holds 3 plants so I tried germinating 3 seeds. I used my normal method which has always gave me fantastic results. 12-18 hours in a shot glass of spring water, then wet paper towel under a black dome until tap root grows. Surface temp the shot glass and paper towel are set on is 88 degrees. None of the seeds germinated. I was able to try another 3 seeds (2 from original pack and 1 from new pack), I was advised to germinate directly in my medium but none of them popped. I had 2 seeds left (from new pack), I went back to the germination method I've always used (same as first 3 seeds) and both of them have cracked and grown tap roots! I planted in final 5 gallon pots, I have full confidence in these sprouting! I'm not sure why I had issues with germination, I've never experienced this before. The temp of the days leading up to delivery were in the single digits, I'm wondering if the extreme cold in the mail truck and mail box played a part in my struggles. I'll have 2 plants for the contest, instead of 3, but it will just give these plants more space to show their stuff 😉 Will update with pictures of contest pack and more information later, just wanted to get my entry up. *NOTE* - I'm not using nutrients yet, I could not enter the contest unless I added Plagron nutrients and would not save with 0 as a value.