Germinated in tap water for 12-20 hours then transferred to a paper towel.
Within 12 hours the seeds had started to sprout and were put into 7 gallon pots and into the greenhouse.
The next day they popped up from the soil.
I have been having issues with grasshoppers lately so I sprinkled some flour around the plants and sprayed them with a diluted garlic spray in an attempt to deter the grasshoppers. So thats what the white powder is.