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[ultimate procrastinator]

Ok so I planted 10 germinated autoflowering seeds into 10 solo cups. It has been at least 3 days since planted.
I have 3 23 watt 6500k cfls on them 24/7. when the soil on the top looks dry i squeeze a moist paper towel to lets about 15 drops around the seed but not directly on it.

5 popped above the ground.
3 of them look healthy, 2 of them the cotyledons are dark green and look a little shriveled compared to the other 3.

and 5 haven't done anything. I removed some surface dirt so that there is only a tiny bit of dirt above these 5 seeds. They look like nothing has happened.

I guess my question is are they most likely not going to pop up? and for the 2 that are above ground and don't look so hot, is dark green a bad color? what are the signs that a new seedling is going to die?

sorry no pictures my camera broke

 

[Alpine farmer]

hmm you shuold just wait it out and see if they do anything.

just dont worry about it.

and take extra care of the seedlings you think dont "look" so good.

 

[s0high]

Germinate using the paper towel method. No more guessing if your seeds pop.

 

[ultimate procrastinator]

Germinate using the paper towel method. No more guessing if your seeds pop.

sorry i didnt clarify, i did use that method. I planted each seed when about 4 or 5 mm of tap root was showing

 

[Alpine farmer]

sorry i didnt clarify, i did use that method. I planted each seed when about 4 or 5 mm of tap root was showing

i did the same thing once but i freaked out and didnt want to wait and jsut dug them all up

just wait things dont happen at the speed of light!

 

[desertrat]

all u need right now is ...patience

 

[Alpine farmer]

all u need right now is ...patience

its the KEY!

 

[ultimate procrastinator]

Hey thanks everyone, you guys were right!

the ones that weren't looking so hot died but the rest that hadnt popped did pop above the soil and look good so far