Last year I bought my Dunstan seeds from Chestnut Ridge in IL - ordered 5 lbs. of extra large nuts (about 170 nuts). Very pleased with what I received. The process I used was: received nuts in October, washed nuts in water only, dry, then place in gallon freezer bags (nuts only), place in frig - maintain temp around 39 degrees, in February added moist sphagnum moss, kept nuts & moss in frig until they started to germinate, once they started to germinate, I removed the bag from the frig added moisture and waited for the rest to germinate 2-4 more weeks. As the nuts started to root, I placed them in 18 cell trays (I used the cheaper none RM trays), used Promix soil, placed tray under lights in basement. Had very limited mold issues. I planted a bunch directly from tray to final location using a 3x3 mat and 5 ft. tube - also kept a lot at my home during the summer - still have about 2 dozen to plant. Size wise - the ones that I maintained at my home over the summer are much larger than the direct planted one.