First Grow, drooping/wrinkled leaves

Hi, I'm new here and hope my post follows the rules. I have 4 plants (1 mystery autoflower, 1 nuken, 2 hawiian)

-All four plants are 10 days old after breaking soil

-Giving cautious waterings about every two days, but may have over watered recently

-pH 6.2-6.4

-Humidity: 45-55%

-This is an indoor grow inside a space tote (picture provided) with a 300W LED light, good ventilation, temperature is very consistent at 76F

-I am using an organic pre-composted potting soil containing: Coir, composted with worm castings, kelp meal, neem cake, alfalfa meal, rock phosphate, composted organic chicken manure, diatomaceous earth and perlite (picture provided)

-24 hour light cycle

So this is my first independent grow inside a space tote. I have grown before but while under supervision by professionals. I have noticed now for the past 2 days, that the leaves on my plants have been getting droopy. Also, some of the leaves, in the areas closer to the main stem are getting a wrinkle on them. I let them dry out properly for a couple days after each watering. A couple of days ago, I gave them their first dose of nutrients (I read that waiting a week after breaking soil to give nutrients is recommended). I just gave them a half dose. I don't know if nutrients would be whats causing this. I have been reading on here and notice a lot of people give the advice to not over obsess. I am a first time grower so I may be over thinking things. Any help would be greatly appreciated, thanks
 

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Overwatered wait longer between waterings
Thank you for the reply. I was pretty sure it was from over watering. I normally lift the pot as I'm watering to help judge better at how much is in there. And yeah, during the last watering, I didn't do that. When I was done, that's when I lifted it and thought "Oh no, that was too much, please forgive me"
 

Gemtree

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Thank you for the reply. I was pretty sure it was from over watering. I normally lift the pot as I'm watering to help judge better at how much is in there. And yeah, during the last watering, I didn't do that. When I was done, that's when I lifted it and thought "Oh no, that was too much, please forgive me"
Yeah some people say to water to runoff all the time but when that small I just water a decent amount but dont flood it.
 
I kept the ladies drying out and they looked alot worse today and the soil was drier than yesterday but still had moisture. They also seemed very floppy and the stem didn't seem too strong so I read the thread about replanting to get rid of stretching. I figured why not, at least I'll get a good look at the root system. Popped the first one out and it looked like this (picture provided). So I transplanted them into bigger pots this morning and I don't know if it's just in my head but they seem happier already. Also the autoflower was way happier today but she was already in a bigger pot.
 

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What is ph of water you use when watering?
What kind of water you using? Ppm ec?
pH has been between 6.2-6.4. I am using tap water with a ppm of 30. Our tap water is really good here, there's not much in it. I transplanted them earlier and they had quite the root system, so maybe they were being choked out.
 
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