Auto Ultimate newby giving it my best

Seedlings are in peat cups inside plastic cups for easy transplant, one taproot reached al the way down the peat pot after like 30 h. Optimistic but also kinda paranoid about neighbors and stuff, noise and smell. Also what about the power bill, hope they don't care as long as you pay. Hoping to learn a lot and share my grow so we can all collectively learn from the hivemind! 😊👍 I dropped my carbon filter in a bucket with a little water, immediately started soaking and sizzling : ( Should have removed the bucket first

So many mistakes were made! Let's sum it up. Dropped the carbon filter in water, forgot to turn the heater off 3 times, flushing the test plants some time ago caused the soil to be very wet which summoned some fungus gnats, took the cage of off the oscillating fan and its increased efficiency caused some clawing and windburn also cutting up my hand several times a day, constantly knocking the lights around the tent causing instant cringing and checking for dead LEDs because I was not taking my time and proceeding with diligence. I spent lotsa time listening and looking at content on PPFD and PAR and DLI relating to AFs (autoflowers). Lighting needs seem pretty different between auto and photo plants. I was so puzzled by what looked like light stress, as I thought the max 500 ppfd reading in the center wasn't too much DLI wise for early flower autos at 19 hours. But it turns out my timer wasn't on so they got the 24h special treatment for at least 5 days. Up until five minutes ago I suspected my par meter app was underestimating the intensity so I kept calibrating at different distances to no avail, turns out it could still be accurate because the 24h screwed up my dli calculations. Pretty relieved I found the problem :) I feel like I learned a lot in a short time and I love it. Really enjoying all the great content there is on growing this beautiful plant. I look forward to all the coming challenges and I'll keep you posted. Peace, ed