kareddie the first two times that my plants died I was using mirical grow moisture control but after I found out that the nutes in the mg can kill your seedlings I picked out all of the nut balls in the soil so i am still using the same soil but will no nutes if that makes any sense. I am using two 6 inch clay pots and a mini hydroponic greenhouse. you should start to see the second set of jagged leafs come out on the third day at least that is when I see mine start to come out and they will come right out of center on the first jagged leafs, it matters on the strain that you have on how fast it grows and what kind of lights you have on it , I just have some bag seeds. Marijuana Guru420 if you have them on 24/7 light you do not go back down to 18/6, you want to put your plants on the 12/12 cycle when they are about 6 inches tall.