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If it's a variety for which the seed is rare, at least to me, them I make every effort to help. What I've had help the most, if just a drop of water on the head at frequent intervals doesn't do it, is to put a tiny little plastic wrap top on the moistened helmet -- just to make the moisture last longer. I don't fasten it at all, just sort of drape the *tiny* bit of plastic wrap over the helmet each time I moisten it.
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This is what I do too. But I use saliva under the plastic "hat". Our house is very dry, and any water or saliva uncovered dries up in a few minutes, which is not enough time to soften the really difficult helmets. For the small, tight hopeless cases, leave it on overnight.
This year I had several rare varieties that I only had a few seeds for, and in one case only a single seedling came up, so losing those seedlings to an easily solved problem was not an option.