Apple Blossom/Nap Time in 2x4

First time grower in any kind of medium. After waiting forever for Girl Scout Cookies seeds from Amsterdam that never came, I ordered some Humboldt Apple Blossoms from DC Seed Exchange and had them within a week. I can't say exactly why I chose this strain other than my head hurt from trying to figure out what I wanted and I just wanted to grow something. I wanted fresh seeds from a known to be reliable house, so here we are. I ordered 12 of the blossoms and also received 4 freebies of Nap Time by Copa Seeds. I couldn't find any info on the strain, but I decided to try to germ 2 of those as well 4 of the apple blossoms. As a first timer, I wasn't sure what the success rate would be for germinating 6 seeds, but I hope to have several candidates to choose from when I whittle it down to 2 plants in a 2x4 tent for the vegetative phase. I will be following the coco growing process and nutrient feeding schedule of Dr MJ Coco of CoCoforCannabis.com To begin the germ, I lightly scuffed the seeds in a 240 grit sandpaper tube. Then I gave them the bath in individual solo cups with distilled water. The cups were placed on a seedling heat mat set to 84F in the dark tent for 4 hours. At the end of that time, only 1 had sunk. I put each of the seeds in their own once-folded, wet paper towel and put all six inside a sealed Pyrex container, again on the heat mat (set to 78F) in the dark tent. I also optimistically placed 6 Jiffy Pellets in another sealed Pyrex on the heat mat with an inch of water filling the container. 24 hours later I checked the container and 2 of the 6 towels were almost completely dry. I think I took too much water out of them before placing the seeds. I remoistened with a spray bottle and sealed it up again. Day 3, 36 hours in, I check again and one of the Nap Time had a tiny sprout. Several towels were dried out this time, I resprayed them all and closed it up. Day 4, 48 hours in and after several remoistenings (I don't think that Pyrex is exactly sealed), I have 1 Nap Time with a damn near 2 inch tail and 3 Apple Blossoms with nice beginning sprouts. I remoisten again and seal up, hoping for 2 more sprouts in the AM so I can transfer all 6 to jiffy pots. If the last 2 don't germ overnight, I'll move on without them. Its no surprise that one of them, the 2nd Nap Time hasn't germed. It's towel has been dry every time I check the container. Really poor choice in a germination container. Day 5 and all 4 Apple Blossoms have sprouted. The dry Nap Time seems unlikely to do anything and the other one that germed first has a 2 inch sprout and should have been transferred a day ago. I carefully transfer all 6 touching them only with the paper towel. I try to make the holes long enough for the sprout so that the seed head is flush with the top of the pellet. I was a little shaky during all of this, with the strong feeling I was going to fuck something up. The transplant stages make me the most nervous looking ahead. At any rate, it wasn't too bad except for one sprout that wove itself into the towel fibers. Hopefully I didn't damage it pulling it out. The Nap Time with the huge sprout was a pain, I feel like I definitely hurt it getting the root in. All 6 jiffy pots go on a seed tray with a humidity dome, on the seedling warming mat set to 73F. I finally get to kick on the light, hung at 24" above pot level and dialed down a little under 50% intensity keeping them at 1000-1200 lux. I have several thermo/hygrometers and I'm trying to keep the humidity high at 80-85 and temps at 76-78. Day 6 and I've just been keeping an eye on the RH and adjusting the dome vents, and applying some light spray watering. I've never grown anything before and I'm a little uncertain about how wet I should be keeping the jiffy pot. By the end of the day, 2 Apple Blossom seedlings have their cotyledons open and 1st tiny serrated leaves are showing. 3 other seeds have their helmets completely lifted up and are just struggling to shed their seed casings. The last seed, which was the Nap Time that never showed a sprout but I planted in the Jiffy anyway, is still showing no signs of life. Worse, I might have drowned it after letting it dry out repeatedly back in the Pyrex. I moved to drip watering with a 60 ml syringe and when I went to water that one, the syringe gave me resistance. In overcoming it half the syringe water shot out, turning the center of its jiffy pot into a pond. Poor guy can't catch a break. Even if it starts growing I can't trust it, I've already put it through too much. I'm keeping it around for now though just for shits and gigs, and in case I fuck up all the rest. I'm really struggling with environment control. Probably not a surprise given the ambient around the tent in my basement is 66F with 8% (fuck!) relative humidity. I'm trying to keep the dome around 78F and 75RH. Humidifier for the tent is inbound. For now, spraying water around the jiffy pots on the seed tray and also along the inside of the clear dome then keeping the vents closed to a sliver is getting the job done. I'm relying on heat from the LED driver inside the tent to keep the temps up, along with the seedling mat. By the end of day 7, 4 of the 6 have their cotys open and their first sets of serrated leaves developing. 1 seed is struggling with helmet head so I spray moisten the shell to help it along. The 6th seed, that I've abused with drying out and overwatering, has its sprout finally coming out. Unfortunately the sprout is growing upward and visible above the surface of the jiffy in direct light, which I've heard is bad. I help it out with tweezers and get the head above ground. Week 1 is done and I'm well into seedling. Just keeping an eye on things and waiting for roots to show through the bottom the jiffy pot. Time to start thinking about preparing the coco. Let's grow!