Did I Damage These Already?

[Willum]

These 2 Apple Fritter autos have been above ground for 4 days and seem to be making very little progress in my opinion. Here’s the scoop:

3x3x6 tent in basement
FCE3000 Fixture
3g fabric pots
FF Happy Frog/Ocean Forest @ 25/75 layered w/ 30% Perlite. Handful of Worm Castings in top Happy Frog layer
AC Infinity 4" intake from outdoors into tent
AC Infinity 4" exhaust to adjacent basement room
2 6" oscillating fans
Cool mist humidifier
Forced air heater outside of tent ducted inside

I germinated these 2 in a 24 hr soak before placing in paper towel sandwich inside a plastic bag for approx 36 hrs when tap roots developed.
I then placed seeds in Jiffy Pellets saturated with PH adjusted tap water - 6.5.
The two pellets were set in a heated seed tray and placed under the LED fixture. The fixture was hung at approx 28" set at approx 25% - providing approx 200ppfd on a schedule of 24/0. This schedule was maintained for 2 days and then adjusted to 22/2 where it is currently. Plan has been to incrementally increase to 18/6.
The tent environment has been consistently around 77F & 70%RH with light on; 73F & 75% with light off.
I have one 6" fan oscillating just above pots for air movement, and the intake/exhaust fans running full time at a low setting.
Anyway, there hasn’t appeared to be much change in these two in the last cple of days.
1 sprout is above the ground by about 2-1/2"; the other is a squatter as its seed was dropped a bit lower in the pellet.
I transplanted the pellets on the 3rd day as I discovered a tap root beginning to protrude from the bottom of its pellet. Both pellets were planted in the 3g pots by making a large enough hole to accommodate the pellets and sprinkling mycorrhiza in bottom and sides. Both 3g pots had been previously saturated to runoff with PH adjusted, dechlorinated tap water.
The pics are current from this morning. Both sprouts appear pretty much the same as they did yesterday around the same time of day.
I guess the leaves look ok to my untrained eye, but I feel like there should be more signs of growth by now. Am I wrong? Or have I damaged these two already? Thanks in advance for any advice or suggestions.

[Borderryan22]

They look just fine, especially if you’ve done a transplant. Let them ride!

[Willum]

@Borderryan22 Thanks for your input. helicopter gardening I guess…
Thamnks again

[Darran]

I’ve found for myself that especially after a transplant, it takes a few days for the tap root to “take hold”. Growth is slow until it does but then you should start to see exponential growth. Color looks good, leaves look healthy. Give it a few days before you worry. Just be sure not to overwater, that’s one of the biggest stunters of these seedlings. You probably won’t have to water for the first 5-7 days if the soil was saturated at transplant.

[Willum]

@Darran Thanks for your info. I haven’t started seeds with this method before so I was thinking my process wasn’t a good choice. Just a few grows under my belt and each one brings new elements. I appreciate the support this forum offers to infrequent members like me. Thanks again for helping out.

[Deadhead]

Patience, grasshopper. Seedlings need to develop roots first; then things will kick off topside. You’re only 4 days into a seedling phase that’ll last 3-4 weeks.

[Willum]

@Deadhead yeah I sort of know that. These two have just acted differently than others and I was a bit uncertain with my approach. Still learning about patience - in growing, and in life. Thanks for your friendly reminder and info!

[Willum]

@Borderryan22 ;@ Darran ; @Deadhead - want to share an update on these two autos. I think they are beginning to pick up speed a bit. So thanks again for taking time to offer advice and encouragement, and talking me off the ledge so early in this grow.

[Darran]

Looking better! Nice, keep at it.