I cut my jugs a few different ways this time, my first time, and figured I'd just wait and see if they differed.

(1) french door cut

(2) hinged cut with whole top cut off except for the label of the jug, not taped shut

(3) oven door with the hinge on the bottom so the door creates venting at the top

(4) oven door with hinge on top so there is no extra venting at the top.

The last one I decided to do myself because as I was cutting the bottom-hinged oven door it occurred to me that heat rises, so maybe it would help to keep the opening of the door lower to hold in more early heat. I am in a cold climate, so I assumed holding in that pre-spring sunshine heat might help my lot.

I'm on the 5/4 border and so far I have 6 jugs sprouting. Interestingly enough, every single one of my sprouts is from jugs that are cut by #4, so the only heat venting they get is from the pour spout of the jug. This is, also, by far the least popular cut among all my jugs as I thought of it later on. The jugs are from two different locations of the yard that both face south. Some jugs that face east and get only early direct sunlight have no sprouts so far. I've just moved them to face south, too.

I'll have to continue watching and keep track of which type of cut germinates when!

Deanna