Third grow, seedlings struggling-

[CarnivoreGreen]

So this is my third grow. First two I did autos, and the first of those went great. I got very lucky. The second auto grow I had some seedling issues but they made it ok, though the plants were all much smaller overall. Pretty sure I stunted them.

This time I wanted to try feminized photo periods. I went with various genetics. I have 10 different genetics and picked 6 that sounded great to start with.

I germinated in paper towel with zip lock bags. Everything germinated. A little faster than I thought ( had some really long tap roots on a few ) planted those into solo cups with 70/30 perlite. Light is at a PPFD of say 200 using photone app on phone about 24" above the seedlings. I keep temps around 83 and humidity in tent close to 60 and had all in humidity domes for first two weeks after breaking soil.

1 never broke soil. 1 stopped growing completely after it broke soil. The other four I’m showing here. These are 20 days after breaking soil. And they seemed to have been stunted from the start. Even the big one is quite small. They don’t look healthy in person ( my phone will jazz up the saturation and make everything look much better than reality ) These look like they are really struggling. Two had seeds still stuck on them after quite some time even with me trying to gently help the seeds off with tweezers and water.

I have no idea what I’m doing wrong. could use some help. I use a spray bottle and keep the top moist in the 70/30 - I’m guessing about 15 sprays every couple days at the beginning. Now a little more. Temps and lights seem Ok? I’m using 70/30 that doesn’t have any nutrients and my plan was to transplant these into 3 gallon pots after the third week and then use dry amendments. I don’t think these are anywhere near ready to transplant.

I have no problem starting over but would love to have an idea on where to look as far as not repeating this. When I did my first run of autos man those seeds were flying after a couple weeks. These seems like they don’t want to live. I know the pictures might be very misleading.

[Bonjoyle]

I would stop misting them. I make the solo cup with soil at the same time I drop the bean in water for the first step. I pre moisten the soil and leave it. Once the tap pops I plant them in the soil and I use a super sprouter and usually I do not have to give them any water while in the dome for the first 1-2 weeks. Until the tap drills down into the soil and starts really growing, they get what they need as far as moisture/humidity from the air and the coty’s have all they need as far as nutes at this stage. Overwatering babies is prolly the #1 reason I see people struggling and killing their plants at this age.
Image of my babies in the sprouter

Good luck!!

[DEEPDIVERDAVE]

Your seedling soil looks too wet.
Seedlings use little water and will not grow well in really wet dirt/soil.
Good growing to you.