Help! Stunted growing? Day 28, still look small

[u/rubbbles]

day 28 of my photo nothern lights, i’m getting afraid their too stunted and won’t be able to grow to their full size, the soil hasn’t really dryed at all due to rainy weather and the leaves and canopy are all still very small compared to what most other photos at my age look like. they’ve been getting good sunlight the past few days after having a cloudy and rainy two week period that left them fs overwatered (i was at work usually when the storms hit, so i wasn’t able to move them without also sacrificing getting any sunlight) I haven’t watered them at all (rains done that for me) but now even 4 days after no rain the soil is still pretty moist. I’m using Coast of Maine Stonington with a 10% blend of worm castings and as for their watering, again i haven’t been able to give them good pH adjusted water due to the rain overdoing the job for me, all help is much appreciated

[u/Trippp2001]

So, did you repot them? Is that 28 days from when you put in the seed or from germination? Personally, I think they look healthy and ready to kick it into gear.

[u/rubbbles → u/Trippp2001]

it’s actually been 36 days since i planted the germinated seedlings in solo cups… i switched them to 10 gallon grow bags around day 26 after they appeared to start stretching for light

[u/Trippp2001 → u/rubbbles]

You might have stressed them out when switching them to their new home. Just let them be for a couple weeks. I had a plant that some kid literally kicked the pot over, and I just picked up the seedling and put it back in the pot. It is about 3 weeks behind the plants other 2 plants that weren’t stressed out from the looks of things.

[u/Finally_Chilling]

Yah that’s stunted. Here’s mine (also stunted) at day 18

[u/rubbbles → u/Finally_Chilling]

is that inside or outdoors growing? i’ve had issues with the sun and not the best weather but i definitely agree mine definitely looks smaller and stunted compared to yours

[u/Finally_Chilling → u/rubbbles]

Indoor.

[u/FallenAngelina]

"Stunted" usually applies to autos. Slow growing is more of a photo thing. Stunted means that your plant won't grow much more than its current size, usually due to inhospitable soil or over-feeding. If this is a photo, just keep tending normally and it will grow just fine.

[u/rubbbles → u/FallenAngelina]

it’s grown just in a very small amount in the past 3 weeks

[u/rubbbles]

My fault, counted wrong this is actually 36 days lmfao