Lack of germination progress

Hey.

I started germinating 3 seeds about a week ago. They all popped their shells within 24 hours. But since about 4 days ago they've made no progress. The root has still been poking out about 5mm. I planted them a few days ago and dug them up today after no sprouting and they're all still in the same state.

I killed them, didnt I?

Did you lightly water the germinated seedlings everyday? I usually keep them lightly moist and under a humidity dome until they break the surface.

Doesn't sound good. Did you let them dry out? Once they pop you still should keep them pretty damp until they get upside. I would suggest using cubes, these hold good moisture. Rockwool cubes or rapid rooters work good.

Boneman said:

Did you lightly water the germinated seedlings everyday? I usually keep them lightly moist and under a humidity dome until they break the surface.

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Yup, daily. Didn't use a humidity dome, but it was pretty humid with my light on anyway. I didn't let the soil dry out once.

You didn't feed them anything did you?

Nope. Just tap water.

The stop in gerimation was very sudden. Almost as if there was somthing wrong with my water. But I had let all water sit for at least 18 hours.

hmm well i would have given them a few more days to further germinate, ive planted germinated ones that came out about 3 centimeters, sounds dumb but those plants thrive much better than the others. give it time they could still come