All i can say is i am using FFOF and so far it's been great. My plants are 5 weeks from seed and i've just let the soil do it's thing up until about a week ago. The only reason I even introduced nutes is because I want to be able to feed heavily during flowering so i figured that if i started now then it would help. lol idk. But seriously, I would soak your seed for 24 hours then transplant to soil. 10/11 of my seeds popped and i haven't had a problem yet. i am growing indic a dominate though. good luck. OH! almost forgot, whenever i transplanted from solo to 3 gallon (mistake, use 1 or 2 gallon) i used 2 parts FFOF 1 part FFHF. idk?