Seed direction wrong = unhappy plants?

Hey all. First time grower question.

I started my seeds in a paper towel in the dark in a cup with water. Once they'd started at least a little (some were up to a little under an inch long with their first... white... tentacle thing... I'm intelligent, I swear... just very new... and horrible... with plants), I put them about 1-3 in deep (just guessed) in the soil. I tried to make sure the tentacle things were upright. So I started planting all of them and realized I had a planter box that could drain, so I went to move them from their little containers to the big box. I put about 3-5 in of soil in, watered it, drained it, packed it. I flipped the little containers over the box so the contents (the soil and planted seeds) would just fall in (to minimize stress on the seeds). Then I put a little more dirt on top / around to even it all out.

Does the fact that they are flipped matter? Only like 4 plants have come up (out of like 30-40 started seeds), and when I pull the dirt away a bit, their stems are really wonky shaped underground.

Help? I'm doing the whole mother with first child thing with these... Their lack of... happiness? makes me a sad puppy...

Thanks.

that tentacle thing is a tap root....that points down. it will lift the seed shell out of the ground when growing. upside down will find its way but may take longer.

look at it like its the head.... heads up. is that what you are asking?

after re read i think you corrected it without realizing when you flipped them into the new pot.

Does this mean all the rest of the seeds just fail? Or are they just taking longer?

We actually had a fight about this awhile ago in a thread. I said pointing down so the taproot could dig into the soil, someone else said pointing up.Then fdd, using common sense, said, "So who puts the seeds the right way in nature?"
Bottom line...it really doesn't matter.

dont bury ur seeds that deep.. i would go maybe an inch at the most..

Stoney Mc................... holy moly 11,500 post...man thats a lot

Hemlock said:

Stoney Mc................... holy moly 11,500 post...man thats a lot

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OOOOH Rah!!!!! I like your avatar hemlock.

I had more, but a lot of my "just for fun" threads have been deleted.I jabber a lot.

Hemlock said:

Stoney Mc................... holy moly 11,500 post...man thats a lot

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Stoney McFried said:

I had more, but a lot of my "just for fun" threads have been deleted.I jabber a lot.

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Right on.........wooo hooo 400 for me

So what do I do if they're too deep? Will it hurt them to go find them in the soil? I'll have to rummage around for a bit, and I might clip one. I have the common sense to be careful around the grown ones, though.

dynadri said:

So what do I do if they're too deep? Will it hurt them to go find them in the soil? I'll have to rummage around for a bit, and I might clip one. I have the common sense to be careful around the grown ones, though.

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It's not recommended but if you do be careful.

Just gently scoop the soil away with your finger.If they're growing, just add enough soil to the hole you made to make it about an inch covering.Also, if you have them in a planter all together,you're going to have to replant them anyway.One plant per container unless you have some dividers in there.If the roots tangle, they'll choke each other.

dynadri said:

So what do I do if they're too deep? Will it hurt them to go find them in the soil? I'll have to rummage around for a bit, and I might clip one. I have the common sense to be careful around the grown ones, though.

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Stoney McFried said:

I had more, but a lot of my "just for fun" threads have been deleted.I jabber a lot.

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Thats what happens when i smoke some great bud...i gabber alot!!! lol