Well I am a newb. But the seeds looked like shit when I got them. I've germed bagseed and never had a problem getting a root, these were all crusty when I got them. 4 did crack after 4 days, and the one that didn't I stuck in a glass of distilled water and it sank so I planted it. It's been 3 days, i've been watering with a water bottle twice a day and I have a sprout. A single sprout. I'm still watering hoping for the best, and yeah I might have had my seeds too close to my HPS. I've been running it 24/7 to keep it warm in my area, and I touched the cups today and they were kinda hot. The sprouted cup was hot too though, but it was also the one furthest from the light.
I moved them all down about 20 inches from the light, I've kept the soil moist so I don't think the heat killed them. I'm going to keep after it and if it all fails I'll still have my baby to learn from and can order more seeds.
Edit: My sprouted one is about an inch above soil already, it's just a stem. Is it normal for some to grow much more rapidly than others? This COULD be the seed that had the greatest taproot out of my seeds, there was one that was bursting more than the others. Just kinda weird to see one cup with a giant stem coming out of it and the others with nothing. It's only been 3 days though.