Germinating under flourescent light

Hi,

I usually germinate seeds inside damp tissue paper and as you can imagine though it works the success rate is low.

I have bought some cubes made of organic materials for germinating in, popped the seeds in and watered them. It says to keep them in a warm place but mentions nothing about light or dark.

I have them in the kitchen cupboard at the moment so reasonably warm and dark but I wondered if it would be beneficial to put them under a flourescent light now to encourage them to the surface and also it would add extra warmth.

Would this work?

you germinate in dark, then give it light light for the first week then start increasing it

Ok, thanks. They can stay in the cupboard then