I have always been a person that says: if it works, use it,
but damn, you go through all that just to pop a bean?
Not knocking your method, it seems to work for you, but why all the complications behind something very simple.
And believe me you're not along, many I have seen do some of those rituals, wet towels, soaking of the beans, dancing around dressed like indians etc, never really got the point behind that voodoo stuff.
I throw a seed in anything moist, I get a seedling, no voodoo, just nature shit, you know, water/air/warmth, that kind shit, all together boom, fucking magic, I get a plant.
Its amazing how simple mother nature is.
