It was my first and only attempt so far but I personally had great luck with Fox Farm Light Warrior for starting in the final pot. Just fill in the pot around a solo cup with your regular soil mix, pull the cup out and fill that hole with light warrior (i mixed half and half LW and OF, filled the bottom 1/3 with that then just LW on top). Then I watered the whole pot with phd water to just a little runoff. After that i put in the pot the tent with my seedling mat set at 72° for 24hrs. I soaked my seeds for 4 hrs, but I don't know if its really necessary or beneficial. Then buried about 1/4-1/3 inch deep. I left them in the dark for 24 hours then turned my light on 18/6 on like 40% and sprayed lightly 2-3 times a day. Also, just planted a bunch of veggie seeds in Light Warrior and have gotten damn near perfect germination so far! Hope this helps, I'll be following along!