Depth of seed

About 1 inch from the crown of seed to the top of soil. So a short finger nail deep. In coco it needs to be wet always. Coco is a form of Hydro growing in a potter. 5.8 ph. Lots of run off required for optimal growth. I have grown in coco for some time. Coco is a high maintaining grow especially if you are inexperienced with using it. The results though are great if you keep your coco right. You can not overwater in coco unless you leave it sitting in run off. Anyway so I dome it. I leave it alone till day two. I then add water around coco to keep it nice and wet. I dome again, and in 3 to 5 days from seed I have a sprout. I remove dome once the seed husk is clear. Happy to answer questions in my dm for you. 👍🏻

Stick your finger in up to the first knuckle. Place seed. Then cover it without pushing soil or coco compacting it. Leave it loose. Then spray water until moist. Spray 3 times a day or how much ever is needed to keep it moist. Don't drown it just good and wet.

One last thing, don't plant your seed in a large pot. A plastic party cup is best to start because it's a more manageable size for watering.

What everyone said but I'll add that using a spray/mister to moisten the new sprout. It's a lot kinder on the roots and less chance of waterlogging. If the stream is too much you can displace the seed or break new roots

1/2 to 3/4 inch deep hole in the center of your pot. Gently place your seed inside with the tap root facing down. Lightly back fill the hole with the surrounding soil, and then give a light dribble of water on and around the area. And i mean a light dribble. Light a shot glass worth of water will do. After that put the pot under a T-5 Fluorescent light or some other mild full spectrum light that doesn't produce a lot of heat. Space the light about 6" from the soil surface. Then just wait for the seedling to emerge. Within a day it should appear, 2 days tops but likely within 24 hours. Keep your light on 24 hrs till it emerges. Then you can stay 24 hrs or go to 18/6 if you wanna save a little electricity. Just be careful with your watering because they can easily die during this stage. Give them light, but not intense light. Once seedling is out of the soil you can move your light 12" away. When your seedling is out and in need of watering, DO NOT allow your water to touch the tender stem where it meets the soil. Carefully and gently give a little water around the stem but not on the stem. Damping off is a real concern at this stage and your seedling will die if that develops. Don't cover your planted seedling with a humidity dome either. When it emerges from the soil, let it exist in the ambient room air because if you keep it under a dome, it's not going to get conditioned to the outside air and when you take the dome off you can literally watch your seedlings hate life and die. Humidity domes are for plants without roots (clones) So don't use one for seedlings. Keep your light around 12" from the top of the seedling. Any further than that you'll end up with a long leggy stretched seedling that will fall over. After about a week, you think something isn't right because your young seedling doesn't appear to be growing. It's not getting taller and not sprouting new leaves, that's normal. Your seedling is growing under the soil. It's developing roots so that it has the infrastructure to take up water and nutrients. So don't worry everything is ok. Don't feed your seedling any nutrients for the first 14 days. The seedling has it's own supply of nutrients to get it started and established. 2 weeks after it's emerged from the soil you can begin a weak feeding solution. Approx 250ppm Don't pull off the seed shell. There's no need to. It will come off on it's own. Your seedling is tender and vulnerable, no need to stress it with needless activity.

With a 1-inch white tail on your seeds, you're in the germination sweet spot. Planting depth is crucial, and for seeds with a tail, you want to ensure a gentle placement. Here's a straightforward guide: Planting Depth: Dig a hole in your growing medium (coco in your case) that's about 1/2 to 1 inch deep. Place the seed with the white tail facing downward. Covering with Coco: Gently cover the seed with coco. It doesn't need to be packed down; just ensure it's loosely covered. Watering: Water the area around the seed enough to moisten the coco. It's crucial not to overwater, especially in the early stages. A couple of ounces should be sufficient. Maintain Moisture: Keep the growing medium consistently moist but not waterlogged. Your seedling will absorb moisture through the seed casing until it emerges. Remember, the goal is to create a comfortable environment for your seed to transition into a seedling. Too much water can lead to issues, so keep it light and let nature do its work. Happy growing! 🌱💧

the growth tip should be about 1/2" down and then as it bursts through it should pull off the seed shell most time.. remove any shell you see as early as you can after sprouting. can dig a bit deeper, put taproot in, brush in from side to fill a bit, gently tamp so the growth tip doesn't fall further into substrate. imo, keep it simple. do a straight to substrate germination. it is just as high of success rate, probably higher given the fact you never touch the roots and such. the more you do, the more risk is involved, inherently, in the process. learn a good process for direct to substrate and all you have to do is keep the substrate moist. no handling of delicat tap roots. no needless exposure to light of the tap root, etc etc. other methods are for people with compulsions... they need to feel they are doing "something" even if it doesn't actually add value. press in with finger about 1 knuckle - this is good depth but also compresses where the seed will lie - so it cannot fall deeper and has some leverage when the tap root and growth tip start going in opposite directions. gently cover from sides and gently tamp down. walk the fuck away and don't bother it, lol.. that's the part most have trouble with. gardening is a whole bunch of wating around doin nothing, if you care about the plant and not any neuroses