Pre-germinating/pre-sprouting pumpkins and squash -- anyone?

[sheeshshe]

This year I took my melon seeds and I put them in paper cups with soil. Then I wet the soil and placed them in a rubbermaid/sterlite type clear bin, with the lid on. Put it out in the sun. Most of them have come up quickly. I'm trying to get ahead of the cutworms this year! In hindsight, I should have started them a few weeks earlier than I did. Oh well!