trouble with germinating

i germinated in a paper towel on top of my cable box n in 3 days time seed cracked, tap root was about 2 inches, n i it grow mini leaves. transferring to the sponges was a challenge. i think i was to violent with the tap root in the attempt to stabilize the plant because now the those mini leaves r now turning yellowish. this is my first grow, n want to kno is this normal? or not how can i correct this before its to late, i just planted yesterday. my camera is a piece of shit, plan on getting a better 1 this weekend n will post pics.

also btw i have an airstone in the res, no nutrients yet, unused holes r cover with masking tape, no additional lighting yet.

yes you may have stressed it during transplant.with tender loving care tho,hopefully it'll make a quick full recovery.

now its orangey.. but they both straightened out now which is nice. half way up the dome

Matatan:
A yellowish color usually is an indication of lack of nutrition. Have you started feeding your seedlings? Resinousflowers is probably right about the stress you inadvertently caused by transplanting it. Another thing to remember is that if you move a plant give it a dose of Vitamin B-1 as a preventative measure. The Technaflora nutes I use in my Aerogarden use a lot of B-1 so I don't usually have to think about it. But then again I don't move my plants unless it's absolutely necessary.

All the more reason to plant where you intend to grow. I've had numerous disasters like yours and at the cost of seeds today that can hurt. A/G's new style planting pods made out of crushed organic material aren't as forgiving as the old ones we used to get that were made out of some kind of rubber. My advice is to buy some cheap skinny bamboo bar-b-cue skewers from the 99 cents store and make a hole in the pod after you've dampened it. Dampening by soaking softens it and makes it a lot easier to work with. Make your hole as big as the seed you're planting and twice as deep as it is tall. Some people say to make it all the way through but I haven't found that to be necessary. Plant the seed, pointy end down, as deep as it is tall and you shouldn't have that problem again.

Whether you cover the seed seems to be another point of argument. I don't for a couple of reasons. The sprout is phototropic so it's going to grow up to the light and it will be that much easier. A friend and fellow gardener said that we cover seeds outside just to keep the birds away from them. I also like to keep tabs on how my seeds are doing in the three or four days before they sprout. I watch the seed swell before it sprouts into greenery and leaving it uncovered allows me to monitor it's progress.

i just got some nuts today, general hydroponics flora micro/grow/bloom. i thought that changing the res mid week (i just planted on tuesday the 21st) would hurt ? especially being that they only have 2 days in the ag. i originally planned on adding the nuts next time i change the res which will be tuesday the 28th. should i just go ahead n do it now?

btw i read on this forum to go with a 1/4 strength of the recommended dosage, do u agree?

I use those same nutes, I usually put 5 drops of each into the res when they were seedlings. I mix a gallon of distilled water at 30% of the directions and changee out the res when the set of three fingered leaves start to get bigger and the first set of 5 finger leaves are just starting to stand straight up, my plants seem happy. The amount of nutes the plant can take is diff for every strain. If you see them looking droopy and tired then they prob need nutes, but if they looked like burnt joint paper then they need flushed because they were fed too much. You just have to get a feel for your strain. If you see the leaves curling up, or spotting you prob have a deficiency, there are guides out there as well as people who are smarter than me to help you with that, just post pics and someone will tell you exactly what you need. Also make sure your PH is 5.8 (5.5 - 6.0 is fine).