Hey there Mizzo thanks for the tag. Your seed experience was a sour image of mine this run as well. It's funny you mentioned the cobs because I had 2 sitting idle and they are now being used for the 2 extras that decided to pop very late. I wonder if it's the age of the seeds because mine were about a year old. The good things with the Autocob is you may not always need them but they are very handy to have around. Let me know if You have any questions about the lights.