This plant still has the seed over the leaves(5 days after start of germination, 3 days after planting in soil, 2 days after breaking throught). should i try to remove it/help the plant in some way or should i just let the plant handle it?
DO NOT TRY TO REMOVE IT !!!!! mist with spray bottle before lights on and after lights go off. leaves are forming, by forcing take off or opening you can rip them, give time. too early for any help.
Just leave the fuckin thing alone. The plant knows what to do, you don't need to intervene. Don't get water on the stem by misting it. You wanna keep the stem dry, especially where it meets the soil. You don't wanna Damp it off and kill it, or maybe you do heh.
Give it a squirt of water and give it another day. If it does not come off by itself then spray it again, wait an hour then come back and remove very carefully with tweezers.
When germinating directly into soil, you need to be around 1”- 1.5” down to give the soil a chance to drag the shell off as the plant makes its way to the surface.
I hope this helps.