The earth you use looks airy and has most likely some gaps because of the wooden pieces, next time you can use finer earth for the little seedlings bt as the plant develops the roots will gain more grip and the wind will make the sticks stronger. Airy substrate isnt bad at all, i guess roots like it, more oxygen and so on. The 'problem' will probably fix itself as the grow proceeds.
Is the sugar haze from seedsman? got some of those in the stash too
Agreed on the mud mate, I was thinking it might be great later on in the grow. [emoji41]