I germinate for around 24 hours in a glass of water, and throw the seed in pellets, the second I notice the shell have broken. Usually takes 24 - 36 hours for it to pop its head out after that.
- I do it, cuz I don't want to touch the taproot and potentially harm it with my retarded fingers. And so far, I've had a 100% success rate doing it that way, so I'm not gonna try something else.
I don't know why people would do it any other way. But I guess its preference.