Stressed autoflower

I have 2 lowryder auto flowering plants and I am at day 17 one of them looks reall nice and has about 3-4 nodes and is 6 cm tall. The other one I was impatient when it was sprouting and moved the dirt to see if it was coming up and ended up nudging it so I think I stressed it out it has 2-3 nodes and is only like 3 cm tall, anyone have anything that can help unstress him or her? Anything would be appreciated

Sometimes we're our plants worst enemy. If you stressed an auto seedling, there's not much you can do. Day 17 3 cm? You could carry on with it and maybe yield 6 grams (in the event of a miracle) or you could realize that it's a goner and start again from seed. Don't feel bad about it. It might have been a bad seed to begin with. I doubt your looking at it would cause that kind of stunting.

Just to be sure... you're starting those autos off in like 3 or 5 gallon pots right? Transplanting doesn't work. Once their root hits a hard surface they settle in to whatever size they were when that tap root hit an edge. Always start and finish in big containers.

Ok thanks I might just start over and throw the one out and I actually have them in 1 gallon containers because of my space, should I throw one out and transplant the other one into snigger container or is that gonna Stun it too much?

21 days from sprout View attachment 2753124 and taken 5min ago at 54days from sprout. . anything can happen.. but i also have two that didn't make it above 3 1/2".. i would say if you have the room see what happens.. if not pull them

What size containers did you have those in?

I've fumbled with seedlings that I thought were otherwise duds or for whatever reason and it didn't really affect my yield. Having said that, 6 cm tall at 17 days sounds like you more then just nudged a seedling.