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Hey XT1An,

Well done growing this little aplpe tree from seed. A lot has been said, but little info I find on what is happening there. Let me delve in a little.

-> The apple looked fresh yet the seed had germinated
Yeah.. Apples that you eat now, were harvested in fall, and stored in a cold storage area, near 0 degrees at high humidity. (Which is why in summer often apples have such horrible structure and go mealy: They are 6+ months old in some cases!). In any case: The seeds have therefor gone through hibernation, stratification etcetc and now say: I do not care it is cold, it is time to start growing!

You planted the seedling in a large container. This means the tree is not taking up a lot of water and your soil stay wet for a long time. You can tell by the algea and the horrible liverworth growing on top of the substrate.

Do you have the plant now in a cold place? In some 4 weeks I think also in Canada you are headed into spring right? Once spring is about to pop, I would gently transfer it into a smaller container and//or reduce the width of the substrate section in your penjing landscape setup. If you go for substrate volume similare (As you are growing out, a little more) than the "volume" of the tree above-ground, you have an indication of the amount of rootspace is needed initially.

As an example, I think this is also an apple. If it is, similar story as yours, but then from a crabapple fruit I pickerd from a tree in spring