How long would you wait?

[TedeBoy]

I need to choose which plants to keep on each container.

At what point would you snip them off at ground level to prevent root issues?

 

[GeneBanker]

I would have started them in cups and avoided the whole issue

 

[GeneBanker]

Also your pots aren’t full and they are wet from edge to edge and you have sprouts in there. Water in a smaller circle around them

 

[TedeBoy]

Also your pots aren’t full and they are wet from edge to edge and you have sprouts in there. Water in a smaller circle around them

It's very wet under there and I am watering in a tight circle. I don't like a wet surface bear the stems in order to avoid "damping off".

 

[TedeBoy]

I would have started them in cups and avoided the whole issue

These are autos.
I don't like transplanting autos.