Just leave it be, it should be fine. Any attempt to remove the seed case will most likely damage the leaves and kill the seedling.

congrats. leave it ALONE...

yeah... just leave it alone... I just had one that came off by itself. All i did was put a little bit of saliva to help lubricate so it could squeeze out easier.

Yah, best off to leave it alone. I usually wind up trying to pull them off. I just can't help my self but I have destroyed a seedling or two before also. Of course, I have have one or two die from not being able to shed the casing also but the prudent course of action is to let nature deal with it. She usually doesn't need a lot of help.
Bruce

Ok guys thanks. I hope the Leaves can break free. I planted a backup just in case. Up to 3 Christmas bells, 2 Butch t, 1 Bhut, 1 red savina habanero sprout in 8 days :)

sorry double post. Is there a delete in the edit function?

This post was edited by bberkmor on Thu, Feb 7, 13 at 1:33

I had the same problem before. It was caused by the seed starting soil. Most of the seedlings were died.

I would observe the way seed case holding the cotyledon and accordingly I will take necessary steps such as cut the seed case a bit. Some of the seedcase holding the cotyledon so tightly and killing the seedling slowly.

The seed case like this one better to cut a little bit, the seedlings may have chance to survive. I was able to see the
cotyledon inside the seed case when I used lights I used a small scissor and cut the seed case. Some thick skin seeds may not see the cotyledon.

This seedling is survived because of cutting the seed case.

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I observe the seed case carefully and I decide which one I have to leave and which one I have to cut.

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Now I use pine bark mulch on the seed starting soil it helps to the seedlings and avoiding seed case problem.

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New container gardener,

Caelian

This post was edited by chilliwin on Thu, Feb 7, 13 at 9:09

As Bruce said, mother nature usually takes care of things like that herself. Not always, but, usually. I've had a few with stuck seed caps over the years, but, haven't lost one due to that yet.