Nirvana Autoflowers

Honestly, the fact that these seeds germinated is pretty amazing. I originally bought these Nirvana Autoflower seeds over 5 years ago. I had a failed attempt at the time - all the plants stopped maturing after the first week or two. They didn't die, but just completely stopped growing. They sat in a dormant stage for a couple weeks until I called it quits. Not sure if it was a seed issue, their environment, over-watering (this is my best guess), etc. Always meant to get them going again but life got busy at the time. Now here we are 5+ years later giving it another go! Apparently I stored them properly, because they actually germinated. I put the seeds in water overnight, then transferred to the wet paper towel method. After another overnight, 6 of 8 seeds have popped. Hoping the other 2 pop in the next day or so, but fine if they don't. I still have 3 seeds of all 4 strains, and the fact that it's been so long wouldn't be surprising if a few can't make it. I will be planting these straight into 3 gallon pots - half "smart" pots, half plastic pots. Just to experiment and see if I notice any differences. I read that it's not good to transplant autoflowers, just to put them in their final home. Seems like 3 gallons is the general consensus for size, although I understand I could really do anything between 2-5 gallons. I'll be using Fox Farm Ocean Forest soil, and will begin using their "trio" nutrients after a couple weeks when the seedlings are a little stronger. I will be putting them all in a 4ft x 8ft text under 2x 1000W LED lights. Here are some of the parts I will be using: 1000W LED Lights: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01N7GBF2S/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 4ft x 8ft Grow Tent: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01DXYMSMM/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o01_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 Humidifier (currently using in my 32 in x 32in grow tent and it's more than enough for that): https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07KHYN1XW/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o02_s02?ie=UTF8&psc=1 3 gallon Smart pots: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00TF9E4UO/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o02_s02?ie=UTF8&psc=1 I am pretty much brand new to all this, so would appreciate any feedback, thoughts, comments/questions you may have.

Since my last post just over a week ago, I have planted the germinated seeds in soil, and they have popped up showing they first couple sets of leaves. Nothing too crazy yet, but I would say so far so good. I have heard that sometimes Fox Farms Ocean Forest can be a little intense for seedlings nutrient wise, and I may be seeing why. You can notice in one of the photos it looks like there's a little burn or something going on. It's really only with 1 seedling in particular, and not even that bad, but you can tell there's some discoloration, I'll keep an eye on it. They won't receive any actual nutrients for another couple weeks. I planted 2x seeds of 4 different strains. Decided to plant 1 of each strain straight into their final 3gal home, and the other seeds into solo cups which I will transplant in the coming weeks. I would say when it comes to autos, most things I read say not to transplant, but I still see a few people saying not only is it ok, but it will actually help. So little bit of an experiment going on, we'll see what happens! I have these in a 4x8 tent, but since they're small and not taking up much space I just have them on one half and under just 1 of the 2 1000W LED lights. Will expand out and utilize the additional space and light once I transplant the solo cup seedlings and they begin to grow more. I'm not really watering them right now, just spraying them with PH'ed water in the mid 6's with a spray bottle. I should probably give an actual watering in the next couple days once they're a little bigger.