The one that didn't grow is on me, I had two seeds in one tray because I'm sometimes unobservant!
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Oh, we have lots of computer paper! I can make them then. Also that room has two windows on two different walls and the overhead light. I could put the overhead light on all day if that would help them! Normally they'd be in a room with even more light, but that room has little in the way of warmth right now (almost outside temps) so it felt unsafe!
It's not so much the light, it's that it's far away, and the plants are trying to reach it. Put a light directly above them, and they won't have to stretch. Putting them in a very sunny window is good, too, as long as they don't get burned. The sun puts out enough of the right kind of light that they don't have to stretch for it.
I always grow my vegetables on the windowsill. If you have two windows to choose from, pay attention to which direction they face. South-facing windows are best, west and east are also okay, but you should avoid north-facing windows, as they don't get much sunlight.
No north windows in that room! South and West there. I can shove them closer to the south window!