Don't use corn gluten meal in the garden when you're planting seeds - it prevents seeds from sprouting! Sprinkle around and away to reduce weeds, yes, but not on the mounds where crops are planted. Once plants are up it works as a fertilizer, but it suppresses germination.
I noticed after heavy rains last week that seeds I'd been waiting on finally started sprouting. It takes time and patience; if not too much corn gluten got on them then the others may soon follow.
The curling leaves you saw - the first two, aren't really leaves, they are the cotyledons that sprout first. After they open up and the plant gets a few roots going then true leaves start appearing and they soon drop off.
Since you have the seeds in the ground I'd suggest don't water every day, they may rot instead of root. Water substantially (an inch over the area) every three or four days. Take your clue from how they respond to rain.
Good luck!
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