Original OG Kush / Alaskan Purple *AUTO*

1) The monster of the group so far, this was the biggest taproot from germination. Loving the soil, light, and distilled water, absolutely healthy! If I were to be picky about something, the first set of leaves had abit of a twist/pinch from the soil's nutes but that’s all as far as problems. 2) Just slightly stunted during seedling phase from shell being stuck abit longer, appears to be moderately hot in the soil due to this fact but growth cleared this issue up fast. 3) Nutes in the soil seem to be a bit strong but is taking it well, indicated by the darker leaves. Growth remains similar to 1. Had slight stunt from shell being stuck. 4) No significant changes besides growth, seems to maybe be a potential for the control of the pair because of the consistency in growth and proportions. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Overall thoughts: Since I planted in a 3 Gal pot to start, the watering was the most important step, not to drown them when they start to spread their roots, but to also not dry them up by only watering small areas. My soil mixture was really friendly and was able to help me fit into this watering issue by retaining water but also allowing plenty of airflow throughout the substrate. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ At Day 11, I noticed that 2 and 3 were taking the soil to be too warm, causing them to darken up. 1 and 4 did not receive these same aliments due to their initial growth seedlings not being hindered by the shells being on longer. This slight growth advantage the 1 and 4 had proved enough to make that much of a difference. This issue is really nothing to be afraid of but It is noteworthy for sure to know for future soil amendments and improving my ratios. To fix this problem I just increased the amount of water that I gave them in their next watering. Up until this point I have only been lightly spraying the surface of the soil for about .1 Gal per plant every 12-24 hours. The watering on the 12th day consisted of .5 Gal per plant. This amount of water was enough to start producing runoff from the bottom of the fabric pots within 3-5 minutes. Within 10 minutes of the watering the plants all lightened up in color and all wilted nice and heavy. They eventually sprung back up and by Day 14 the soil was still moist but starting to dry. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Alaskan Purple Notes: Extra sensitive to nutes at early stages of seedling. OG Kush Notes: Ok with light nutes in seedling phase. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ If I had to take something from this week, it would be that If you are going straight into your final container from germination, your soil is EXTREMELY important in terms of drainage and water retention! Without these things your seedling will have a lot of unnecessary and easily avoidable problems. Only take this step to final plant in your largest pot if you can handle the extra time and attention that the watering will require. This method is beneficial and important because of the auto-flowers not having as much time to recover from a transplant shock as well as a photo-period would, since my flower stage is predetermined by the genetics. Doing this allows me to skip any transplant phases without suffering traditional issues from planting into large pots :). ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ *Side note* In the pictures I reference to Top Left, Bottom Left, Top Right, and Bottom Right. This is from the perspective of the front door of the grow tent. This picture can be found in the Week 1 Diary Entry and it will be used consistently throughout this grow.