Had one of my pennywise seedlings commit suicide. I've never seen anything like it.
The tap root grew straight up like a pole with the head in the soil. It should have put a little white flag on it's tip. RIP. Usually the tap roots will turn and dive back into the dirt. They always seem to know which way is down. Survival of the fittest in my garden.
Oh well, since I'm down to 4 even before culling, I drowned a pack of hurkle to go with the pennywise. I figure I'll get 4-6 healthy females out of the lot worse case, so I'll just plant what I get.