With an eye dropper.

Put a bead of water on the seed casing.
That will soften it.
Be patient, it could take hours.

"Gee Mr Science guy, is that what you do?"

Oh heck no!
I usually squeeze it with forceps right at the hinge.
Pops 'em right off with out damaging the sprout.

It's a skill, and takes time and error to do it right
If you only have a few seedlings, I'd go with water and patience.

You can avoid the issue in the future by planting at the proper depth, and pointy end up.

Aloha,
Weeze
Weezard Reviewed by Weezard on . HELP!!! My Seedlings keep dying Hi Can anyone help me? I am a first time grower. I germinated my seeds and [planted them in a reccommended soil. I am grwing in a wardrobe using a mh400wt light then to switch to hps for flowering. Though I cant get any furthert than germinating potting under light for 18/6, the light is positioned so that its comfortable to leave my hand under. However after about 7 days my plants all died. I was watering maybe every 2/3 days when the soil had crusted slightly as reccomended. Am getting Rating: 5