When my seeds sprouted, I put them in starter cubes, and did not provide much decent light for the first few days. Now, I have sprouts with a 4-5" height before the leaves…only up to the first true leaves sticking out.
What will this mean going forward? Is there an action I should take to ensure a better outcome (healthy, strong plants) for these guys??
you can put them them in forever pots and bury stems as much as possible. They are hunting for your light. Have any pics?
indeed. here are my six seeds, 5 sprouted, and my thumb. I plan to put them in 1 gallon bags of ocean forest potting soil, and then to 5 gallon pots. can I put these deeper in the one-gallon ones to leave just about three inches or so?
I’ve started toting these around my yard to get direct sun…
Be careful taking these out. the roots are going to be confused all in one container.
You can put them in the 5 gal . less stress. That’s just me. I put seed right in forever pot.
Lol. laughing and picturing a guy walking around holding up a plastic tub looking for the sun god. 
it was very much like that. I live in a clearing in 120’ high trees; this will be a trial year. I’m gonna have 3 5-gallon pots, each one in a wheeled cart, so I can follow the sun.
The roots will be fine, because each sprout is in an entirely separate thingy. I think I should wait until they appear at the sides and bottom before sticking it in a bigger home. I hope I don’t need to splint these leggy girls whilst waiting
Exactly this. Separate them carefully now and plant them where you want them. Or let em grow together - the weakest ones will be culled automatically. Either way, when you transplant, Bury them with about 1/2” of space between the soil and the cotyledons (lowest set of leaves, the round ones). They’ll make roots out of the stem you bury.
Idk what thingy means but I’m hoping it means plastic divider or similar. Just saw this reply now. 
they are each in a separate starter plug, and I’m waiting for them to develop some roots before I set these in one-gallon pots. I’ll do what you said, and thank you for that. You say do not wait for the roots, but do that transfer and burying now?
If they have a tap root poking out, I’d go ahead and move them to something else. The reason I suggest sooner rather than later is roots will start growing wherever they want - if you wait too long to see them develop, you may find yourself with roots growing into and through the neighboring root starter plugs. I’ve done a lot of stupid things while growing, and letting roots encroach on things they shouldn’t is almost a speciality area of mine.
gotcha, and thanks. the reason I’m doing a two-step transplant is to encourage root development throughout the eventual pot. As soon as I see any roots anywhere, I’ll stick them in a bigger thingy.
@snoid Yes, as others have said, I would pot them up now and bury those stems. They’ll be fine.
I’d put them in 1gal pots, not bags, if you plan on transplanting them again…bags will wrinkle and crumble during the transplant and could damage the root ball. In a pot, it can slide right out and into your 5gal pots with no damage.
thanks! But these are biodegradable bags, and don’t need to be removed from the root ball.
Look closer and you can see their is round soil plugs or whatever they are called. I see why you would have thought it was only soil but this is not the case.
@snoid Still be careful pulling each one out in case roots managed to grow into another circle plugs. 
It was the lack of a plastic divider between them that had my concern, for the very same reason you articulated. No problem with root plugs or cubes generally hanging out, I’ve just watched some roots go gangbusters overnight before. Makes me wary of keeping things close together anymore. 
Understand all to well. I had 2 plants in the same 15 gallon fabric pot and the sad thing is I had to pull both of them. It was bad. Never again that is for sure.
ok! despite there being no divider, no roots were harmed! Each of the five had one single long root sticking out of the bottom. I have now put them in what I had - not 1 gallon bags, sadly, but 5" tall bags. I think it will have the desired effect of ultimately helping to develop roots throughout the 5-gallon pots.
I think you’re exactly right. The smaller containers will still serve the purpose of allowing root development and the air-pruning will slow the roots to extend out to the fabric of the little nursery bags essentially 360° - so when you get em in the 5 gallons they’ll spread out from all directions too. 
Happy cake day!
I’ve seen lots of people stear you right, but just remember that no matter how cloudy and gloomy it is outside it’s WAY brighter than the light inside your house. The only work around is bright grow lights close to your plants.
