Cotton balls to start seeds

While talking to a buddy of mine about the problems I was having with my Watermellon I he suggested that I start some on cotton balls. Of course I didn't think that it would work but check it out.....it did


The first one is Buttercrunch Lettuce and the other is Summer Savory...I also started a few Watermellon seeds as well to see if it would work.



















After a few days both the lettuce and the savory have sprouted. If I lift the cotten ball you can see that the roots go right thru.


Today I tried to see how easy it would be to separate the plant from the cotten....They didn't. Although I could peal away the cotten I may just try to plant them just like this