Yeah, i've been thinking about the Y adapters, i took a look for them in home depot the other day but they were sold out of them.

the soil looks kinda rough because the mix uses compost as a natural fertilizer instead of chemical fertilizers which gives a soil somewhat similiar to what you'd dig up in a forest... has lots of small biodegrading sticks and its very crumbly when its dry... its quite damp in those pics which makes it a little sticky.... i suspect thats why the first plant had a little trouble popping the seed leafs up out of the top... now that i freed them a bit they are starting to stand up and open

the 2 are growing great in the seedling starter mix so far... i can see noticable growth as i keep checking them every couple hours to make sure they aren;t getting too hot from the lights being so close to the soil