Mutated seedlings

I seem to have been having an issue with some Barney’s Purple Punch seedlings that I got from a dodgy shop in Ireland when I was there visiting. The seedlings took ages to sprout, then sprouted, a few died after that, one is all mutated like it’s topped itself with deformed first leaves, the other is stuck in the cotyledon stage and it’s been over two weeks. I’ve grown for years now and have a very good indoor setup but never had this. Lighting and environment is all manually inserted and then auto controlled with ideal VPD via a computer system, so I’m pretty sure it is bad seeds, probably either old seeds or poorly stored from that dodgy Irish store.
Just wondering if anyone else has had a similar experience and whether you’d recommend pulling these two in order to make room and starting again with fresh seeds? Cheers

Start another set …

Like to hear more about dodgy shop … were seeds blister packed or loose ?

Budzbuddha said:

Start another set …

Like to hear more about dodgy shop … were seeds blister packed or loose ?

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I actually have already, just tossing up whether I move these outdoors as it is spring where I live.
The shop was called Seedy Side of Town in Belfast. The seeds were all in their original breeders packets and looked well enough stored as you’d expect, but I possibly got an unlucky older pack who knows.