thanks sicnarf..yeah those were the days living with the 'rents..yeah, i don't know how they new it was pot..then again, i did have like mad bob marley posters smoking spliffs covering my bedroom walls..lol..yeah, it's my first grow as well, and YES it sprang from the dirt!! pretty excited now..too excited, cuz then my seeds started to crack open a bit, cuz i figured i'd let some air into 'em so they could "breath" a bit..lol..but damn, i came from work and i saw that the napkin they were in, inside the ziplock container was bone dry!!..so i freaked out..checked the seeds and they weren't looking too good, they looked kinda dried out, so i threw some water on 'em hoping that maybe i could salvage 'em..all 46 of 'em..(i threw some more in for sprouting mutt...just in case the original 38 might be dead seeds)..but i think i put too much water on 'em so i said, screw it, i'll just check 'em one by one..so there i am in the kitchen sitting at the table, with a dripping wet napkin with seeds in 'em..i take 'em out and start examining..some looked alright..and some didn't..then i took one of 'em..a green one (i know now that it's the black ones or brown one's you want to sprout) and crushed it..it was a dead seed..so i thought, damn..maybe they're all dead..lol..so i start squishing a couple..then DAMN!! some of 'em weren't, cuz the little sprout formation squished out!! and then for some reason i thought i just got lucky on that one and probably and squished another one..DAMN..same little sprout formation squished out again..now at this point, i'm thinkin' i'm killin 'em and wasting my seeds..***!! so i start puttin 'em back in the container by now..and i squished another to make sure..but it was a dead one..(all dry in the middle and no sproutling)..whew..but i did it again and killed another..so i stopped..lol..i don't think i should have tried to sprout all those seeds..i still got like 40 of 'em in the paper towel..cuz like what if they all start sprouting? man, that's gonna suck..i only got room for like 4 or 5 at the most in the closet..and if i get rid of 'em i'll feel bad, cuz that could of been the "one"..y'know? lol..the almighty 1 pounder!! lol...oh well..maybe i'll just go squish 'em all til i feel that the remaining 4 are "worthy" enough to be put into the "closet of life." lol..good thing i got a lot more bag seed left..