Help i didnt buried them deep enough

What to do? I planted this 2, three days ago and this is what got up from the soil. I ve buried them to up to the surface, what to do????
 

Mitchician

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I don't see any pictures..

Edit: okay now I do... and don't worry about it, see if they push the shell off by themselves, or get a spray bottle and try to gently squirt it off with jets of water. If they're still stuck after a day or so that's when I intervene.
 

R Burns

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Raise humidity for a day or so. It will at least help loosen them in the event that you have to pry them off. Happens alot. Not a big deal. Have to be real careful, but its done all the time. If you gotta pull em off use disinfected tweezers or on tough ones, I use the tips of 2 razor blades and just pull open quickly. GL!
 

Mitchician

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I like the idea of raising humidity for a while. Toothpicks are good too, but the reason I like the water spray method is if you set it to spray a single jet, you can aim it exactly at the place that looks best to lever the shell off without damaging the cotyledons, and you can spray gently at first, gradually increasing pressure until you get a feel for whether it's going to come off or not. The idea came from trying to simulate how nature would do it, with heavy rain... except when they're in nice little pots you can hold the plant on it's side and kind of spray them so the "rain" comes from underneath.
 

tiltswitch

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You need to be careful if you try to pry it open before the cotyledons have matured youll just rip them off , leave it a good few days first
 
How to raise humidity? I spray them with water once at 2 days go keep them wet. I puted some dirt around the one who is still in shelt
 

calvin.m16

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Gently water them and leave them alone for a couple weeks. Do not put dirt on them or mess with it at all.

That's a perfectly normal looking seedling to me in both pictures if they're different, good they are doing fine.. Be careful spraying the plants with water if they're in contact with bright lights because it can cause problems. Just gently water it with plain water for a couple weeks and I bet it will blow up. :)
 
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