My smaller tray did great the first week but now I'm second guessing the steps because it feels like i'm doing this wrong. What's sprouting doesn't look lush and abundant, and I'm not sure what I'm doing wrong. From Tylers videos and lives on social media, I gathered the steps to be something like day 1- spread the soil, spray with water, sprinkle seeds, spray with water again. Then 2 days of seed to soil contact/black out. Day 3 they get water in bottom tray and come out of blackout. And then days 4-7 they just do their thing? Any tips or corrections would be greatly appreciated. My sunflower micros look sad.

I was a little worried the greens weren't catching enough stray light from inside our condo, so I picked up a grow light from Aldi to help give it a boost. Literally don't know what I'm doing or if its helping any or how long to keep them on. There's a red light, blue light, or both at once setting. Any thoughts/input on this would be appreciated. Also got a few 10x20 trays because we ate through the smaller ones very quickly lol.

The start up of this was fun and so rewarding. The hobby kit from growingfruition.com was awesome and the microgreens were so delicious.