3 days is way too often until they have more leaves and 1/4 c. is not even close to enough, I don't measure but it must take at least a pint if you are letting it drain out the bottom. You should be judging the weight of your containers, water enough to make them heavy and not again until they are lite. The wilted ones are probably toast, when the leaves dry up without dropping it means the stem is dead, a live growth will drop the leaf if it needs to. Do an investigation, my guess is you have wet and dry spots in the mix.