yeah I keep stuff damp but not wet. One camp says keep it fairly dry the other camp says soak that bitch and keep it super wet. Well if you do that it will dampen off. I can get a tap root longer than this in a paper towel in 48 hours. I hear yah on the 5 days bit Derek but my last DD looked like this after two weeks and I finally said fuck it and put it in dirt where it took off like a bat out of hell.