To germinate I used the jar of water then wet paper towel method. All the seeds germinated and I planted them into the soil from there. The soil that I have the seedlings in is FF Happy Frog and once they get get a bit larger I will transfer them into 3 gallon fabric pots with FF Ocean Forest. I'm not sure on some of the more detailed conditions as I have no real way of testing them. A humidistat/thermometer will be come in the mail soon so I will be able to keep a better eye on those conditions. I also have some PH balancing tools coming soon to help that. I currently have my light timer set to 18/6.