Hello, I recommend germination in Jiffy peat or coco, it doesn't matter to raise the seedling in the incubator for 1 week and then move to pot 05, but personally, I practiced raising it in 05 and it works too. The photoperiod can allow 0.5, 3l, 5, 11l with the steps as the seedling grows and expands from the pot; we changed to 3l, 5, 11l. The final one needs a substrate suitable for growth, flowering, etc. Even cotton works for germination. In the end, both are good; the more developed the root system is, the better the plants will do.