Over the course of the week, I removed the cotyledons and the first nodes and one fan leaf. I plan on mainlining this run and instead of chopping off all the growth when I do the first topping, I figured I would slowly prep each plant to reduce stress and spend less energy on parts of plants that are being removed.
I lifted the soil block from the cup to pull the roots back into the cup that grew thru the drainage holes. New roots are already coming thru holes after 2 days.