I planted a seed from a pomegranate, and it successfully started to grow. However, the seed's shell is still remaining on top of the sprout, stopping the leaves from opening.
I am worried that the sprout will not get enough sunlight (as its leaves cannot be fully exposed to sun).
So should or should I not manually remove the seed?
It has been looking like this for 3 or 4 days now:
Leave it alone. This plant is so tiny you might injure it. This is a totally natural process. Seriously. Leave it alone.
That happens sometimes. I wet my thumb and forefinger and use them to squeeze the seed coating along the edge of the seed to open it up, then carefully pull it off. Think of how you would squeeze a sunflower seed open. After you remove it the seedling should grow normally from my experience. Even if it's been like that for a few days. If you don't remove it, it may stay like that.
This year I had a pepper seedling come up where none of the cotyledons were exposed. It stayed like that for a week. Once I removed it the plant started to grow normally.
Some other seedlings had the same issue but not as bad. The cotyledons didn't open up completely because of it. Removing the seed husk doesn't damage the seedling if you're careful.
