Will my seedlings survive for another 5 days (pic)?

As you can see they are 5 days since being put in soil (didn't use paper towel germ, I just soaked them in water overnight then chucked them in seed raising soil). I can't get my soil for another 5 days to transplant into proper pots but some of the stems are already almost as long as the cups themselves. The stems also look a little purple, but that isn't a problem so early on, right? When I transplant I'll bury most of the stem into the new dirt anyway. Pretty much I want to leave them as they are, under 72watts of 6500 CFL watering as usual, until my soil arrives in 5 days. Do you think they'll be okay?

Thank you.

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The thing is, moving the lights closer is a big effort that I don't want to go through until I transplant them into bigger pots and add more lights. Do you think they're stretching at the moment? Is that a big deal so young? I plan to bury a lot of the stem during transplant like I say. 5 more days like this is what I'm hoping for, what are my chances?
 

ULMResearch

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If you can't bring the light to the plants then bring the plants to the light. Put them on those plates and put a book under it.

It's not a critical issue. Your plants look great. A lot of people (including me atm) grow seedlings in nothing but rockwool and they don't need nutes for the first week or two.
 
Awesome, thanks guys. I'll raise them to the light a bit. First indoor grow so I'm a little apprehensive, thank you for commenting.
 
Hi guys. Sorry about the terrible picture quality, my cam isn't great and really sucks at close ups.

My temps are at 83 F consistently, my fan is arriving in 4 days, along with soil and perlite to replant them. They should be okay with those temps and the small cups until then, right?

Some are smaller/weaker than others. I only want about 7 of the 12 seedlings to grow until they show sex. Should I start removing the weakest looking ones now, or is it too early to say which will be worth keeping?

I'm watering once a day at the moment because the soil seems to dry out overnight. I'm on 24 hour lights right now, but should I turn to 18/6 at this point?

Any comments welcome.

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