Soil not drying out?

[Jahred808]

*This is my first post on AFN so I apologize if I formatted incorrectly.

I have four seedlings that are on day 13 that I put into solo cups to get started and I think they are running into issues.

Let me take you from the very top so you get the full picture: I soaked the beans for 24hours and transferred into solo cups filled with Fox farms ocean forest soil. Before I transferred them into the solo cups, I watered until runoff with ph water. I dropped the seeds in and covered with humidity domes. Then they were moved into my tent, 18-20” below my SF2000 at around 75% typically, with a general humidity range of 70%-80%rh and temps being 80f on average. I have a fan blowing over the top of the seedlings but not making direct contact.

(Photo above from day 2 I believe)
So, the biggest issue I am facing right now is that the soil does not seem to be drying out. I haven’t even really watered the seedlings yet because the top layer has been damp the whole time so far and now my seedlings are starting to get ugly, see below.

Clockwise: Orange Cookies by TasteBudz, Forum Stomper by Mephisto, LSD by Error Seeds, and Northern Cheese Haze by Mephisto.
Any tips, advice, help is much appreciated. I am still very green and just want to learn where I went wrong.
Thank you!

 

[nizmoKush]

Hmmm from the pictures I don’t really see the top soil wet. Usually it’s a dark color and that looks pretty light

 

[Badfinger]

With humidity that high evaporation would be very slow IMO. I'd starting getting the RH down. Their all but two weeks old, so it probably time.

 

[Capt.Quirk]

What with a 24hr. soak and being under a dome, the roots have been struggling to breathe. That will slow them down a bit. A 4hr. soak is all that's needed to kick start imbibition, the first stage of germination. Lose the domes. Domes are for clones. Good job with the elevation and air circulation.
For reference this is an Auto Bluberry Domina, 14 days from sprout.

 

[Jahred808]

Hmmm from the pictures I don’t really see the top soil wet. Usually it’s a dark color and that looks pretty light

Yeah I see, but if I dig down a fingernails deep on any of them it’s damp.

 

[Jahred808]

With humidity that high evaporation would be very slow IMO. I'd starting getting the RH down. Their all but two weeks old, so it probably time.

Thank you, yeah I think your right. Just drowning them in humidity.

 

[Jahred808]

What with a 24hr. soak and being under a dome, the roots have been struggling to breathe. That will slow them down a bit. A 4hr. soak is all that's needed to kick start imbibition, the first stage of germination. Lose the domes. Domes are for clones. Good job with the elevation and air circulation.
For reference this is an Auto Bluberry Domina, 14 days from sprout.

Thank you. I’m going to cut back humidity and lose the domes, hopefully let these girls breath.

 

[nizmoKush]

Ohh you still had the domes on?? I usually take off my make shift domes like right after they sprout or a day after.
good luck man

 

[Jahred808]

Ohh you still had the domes on?? I usually take off my make shift domes like right after they sprout or a day after.
good luck man

Yeah I was using a vpd chart and thought I needed hella humidity due to temps for ideal conditions. Now I know lol