I germed a couple WW with no issues. They were both planted and both popped right up. One opened up no problem, the other just sat there with its seed cap on. I finally got up the nerve to carefully remove the seed cover. Then it sat in a little ball for another couple days. So I carefully pried it open. It looked like the leaves were stuck together. As soon as I pried it apart, it began to open up, the new leaves are now showing. Weird, huh?