What kind of soil is it in? How much are you watering? Domed or not?
Hey, Didnāt really find much info on the soil, bought it from a hydroshop and they dont say much about it but its coco + soil and perlite (its mostly soil but dont know the %)
I water about 50-100 ML and theyāre not domed. should I start feeding them the nutrients? I have Advanced nutrients
And now shes also turning yellow? 
what am I doing wrong guys?
The other one is still droopy and doesnt seem happy either
Overwateringā¦
Should have started out in a solo cup and transplanted laterā¦
You want the plant to grow with the rootsā¦
Stop overwatering and your plants will thriveā¦
You should also throw a 2 liter bottle cut in half over them for a domeā¦
It will keep the humidity high in the dome and then you wont tend to overwater the roots as muchā¦
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Hey thanks man, well this time I gave them a bit more water than usual cause i actually thought I was underwatering, so you see the soil a bit more wet now, but okay iāll start watering much less, also how long do I leave the dome on them? like 24/7? and until when?
Oh also the day the leaf turned yellow I actually didnāt water at all @peachfuzz
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Its always tuff when they are youngā¦
You arenāt the first and you wont be the lastā¦
Weāve all been thereā¦
Seedling stage is the hardest to manageā¦
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@NugFlush What do you think?
I pretty much agree with @peachfuzz. Looks like either now or at some point the roots are suffocating. And I know you donāt want to hear this, as seeds arenāt cheap, but with these being autosā¦Im not sure if they will turn out much yield. It may require a lot of work and dedication along with a lot of TLC only to get a very weak harvest. If you have access to more seeds, Iād almost scrap these and start fresh. I Usually start mine in a red solo cup and then put a clear solo cup over it for a dome. When they are young they get all there water from transpiration (leaves) as there roots are still developing. So if you go and drench the soilā¦itās going to stay there cuz the roots are not big enough to drink it all. Wet soil for long period of time is not good. (Root rot, fungus, bugs etc.). I spray just a few sprays around the base of the plant, then maybe couple times a day I will lift the clear cup and sprits the leaves (a little) and then few sprays inside the clear cup. This will keep your humidity near 100% inside the cup. Iād leave the cup on for 5 days approx. I water mine for almost 10 days to 2 weeks with nothing but a spray bottle. And then slowly start giving more water as the root zone develops. That may be a little excessive, but i feel it so much easier to fix things if your plants were under-watered versus over watering. So i error on the side of caution. Especially with autos, your veg time is limited and starts ticking the minute they germinate. So any stress or slowing growth in vegetation will ultimately hurt you in flower. Best of luck. Let me know how things turn out. 
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And once the leaves have reached the outside edges of the cupā¦you can transplant into their home pot.
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So right after you put the seed in the soil cup, you put the clear cup to dome it for 5 days? and also when do you transplant them to a bigger pot? Honestly im kinda sad to hear this I dont have the heart to kill them eitherā¦ Well I guess iām gonna keep them and water much less now and see if they thriveā¦ its just that, when I barely water, it feels like its too little and the soil actually dries up very quickly like a couple of hours and its completely dry, and I read many times that you shouldnāt keep the soil completely dry? so Iām a bit confused I guess. Thanks a lot for your help @NugFlush
Yes, give or take. Depends on your lights/environment
You can transplant once the leaves reach the edges of the solo cup. When you say the soil is dry, do you mean at the surface? Have you checked it few inches down? It will take ya a bit, but stick with it and youāll be able to read your plants well. If you see your plants everyday, then itās impossible to underwater your plants to death. Once they get thirsty and wilt a little, just give them a good little drink and 12 hours later they are rockin. But overwater and it may be ā12ā days to get them to recoverā¦if at all. My buddy went to Cali for 8 days and had his uncle come water his plants. He told his Uncle to not over water. Just keep them alive. He kept them aliveā¦but barely. Lol. Well he greatly under watered them for 8 days. They were hurting, droopy as hell, wilting and very sickly, Iām talking close to death. We gave them some good watering every other day for 5 days and no longer seen any issues at all and they are doing well. If he would of overwatered for 8 daysā¦we might as well as put them in the trash. Lol. My point isā¦after 8 days of severely underwatering them, they still didnāt die. Now was it good for them? Absolutely not!! But it gives you a perspective, for one ā¦just how tolerant these plants can be, and second ā¦just how hard it is to kill your plants by lack of water. Some very good advise I learned from here is some growers donāt water their plants until they start showing signs of underwater. Since they bounce back so fastā¦it doesnāt hurt them to wait until they ask for water. Plus i was able to learn and read my plants better. Keep at it and stick around here, a lot of great information and awesome growers that enjoy helping out others. Keep in touchā¦Iād love to hear how things go.
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Germinate the seed first in moist paper towerā¦then place in solo cup tap root down. Sprinkle little mykos/great white in the hole in soil, drop in seed, cover with soil, spray soil around seedling, spray inside of clear cup and cover. Check couple times a day. You want to see it ārainingā in the solo cup. Should be humid in cup, should see water droplets on inside of cup. Remove cup few times a day, few sprays on top of soil and inside of cup. Replace clear cup and repeat for about 5 days. Within a few days they should be flying out of the ground. Once leaves start forming give them a spritz too. After you remove the clear cup after 5 days. Still keep the leaves spritzed and spray the soil in a circle around the plant. Just imagine how big you think the root zone is. So when you waterā¦only water where you think the root zone is. If itās two weeks oldā¦then donāt water the whole pot. As it gets old and bigger root zoneā¦then you increase watering.
Sorry to come in late I got caught up doing honey dos and working in the garden. I agree with what everyone is telling you. Iāll expand a little. I use a clear solo cup inside a color one, color on protects the rots from light. When the get to the size of your plants I water around the due of the cup an only water 6ml of water every other or every third day. I water around the edge so the roots stretch looking for water. Another benefit of the clear cups is you can see how wet the soil is. I have also used a zip tie to check soil moisture when they are in the solo cup.
Good ideaš
Got a question about auto flower.
Would you follow the same routine and transplant to larger container
Seems like with the short veg duration it might save a bit of stress by skipping the transplant and just use the same container.
Also what size container do you recommend for auto flower, 1 gal?
Appreciate the feedback.
I grow mine in either a 3-gallon or a 5-gallon and transplant into those.
I agree. 3 or 5 gallon. Everyone has opinion about the transplanting of an auto. My personal experience is I fell itās better to start in cups and transplant. If there are in good healthā¦Iāve rarely had much transplant stress. But I am in the turf management field so Iāve worked with plants (not always cannabis) and propagation for 20+ years. You May get a little stress from transplantā¦but I think you gain more growth at first(and easy to water) by starting in cup versus their home pot. So do you want little transplant stress? Or slower growth by starting in forever pot? Six one wayā¦half a dozen the other. Lol
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Thank you very much guys for the info @Bubblehead @NugFlush , Someone told me that I actually didnāt overwater and the problem was that I didnt feed themā¦? I think at the beginning I really did overwater but if you look at GrowDiaries, I saw at least 20 people with the same strains and same pot sizes, that give them like 500ml of water or more and the plants were just fineā¦ How is it not the same for me? They also all started with big pots. Iāll still do as you say and start with a cup next time, but I still wanna know why did it not work for me and it worked for them?
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Because for one, just cause itās the same strain doesnāt mean it has same watering requirements. You and you brother or sister may be from the same family (strain). But do you and your siblings eat and drink the exact amount?
For twoā¦you are growing in different environment. Your light, temp, humidity, nutrients, and ET (evapotranspiration) all play a factor in watering requirements. Me and my buddy have almost same exact set up. Size of room. Lights, strain, we keep our environmental conditions similar, etc. his watering requirements can be vastly different than mine. Best of luck
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Well with my setup , How much should I water more or less? I started watering like 10ml now, Is it good or a bit more? I also have a 2 gallon fabric pot, is that gonna be okay for my next autos?