That really gums my bubbles

QCS rates this strain as a moderate grow difficulty. Up until now, I've only grown strains rated as easy. Soaked in glass of RO water for 16 hours then planted in Pete moss plugs in solo cups full of perlite. Took 2 days for 3 of them to germinate, the smallest one in the pics actually started growing upside down and with the shell stuck on! I had to carefully pull it out of the Pete moss, flip it around, and take the shell off. It recovered perfectly but of course is now the runt of the litter :) Today I transplanted 2 into the autopot buckets, filled the reservoir with 1.25ml per gallon of maxigro, and flipped on the valve! When I stick my finger in the perlite I get to about the middle knuckle before I start feeling dampness, so it’s definitely wicking up the perlite! We will see what happens. They recommend that you use clay pebbles on the bottom and use soil, but I’m gonna go with what I know! The perlite is recycled from other grows. It starts with roots and leaves and other shit in it. I use a wireless bbq thermometer that beeps when it gets to whatever temp I set. I heat it up in the oven for about 3 hours at 205F. Then scoop it into 5 gallon paint strainers, tie a knot in the tops, and run each paint strainer under water, shaking and moving it around vigorously. Because of the long cook in the oven all the roots and leaves get super soft and most break down completely and wash out when I rinse. Takes about 5 minutes per paint strainer to rinse it until it’s clear. Then I put it on a rack near a heater and dry it out for a week or two. There’s a bit of thin roots left over but it just decomposes during the grow and becomes plant food! I run H2O2 through every so often anyway which kills any bacteria or whatever else might be growing. To water the ones in the solo cups I scoop a solo cup full of mix out of the autopot reservoir and pour it into the cups with the plants. There’s a small slit I made about an inch from the bottom of each cup, under the letter I wrote. I tilt the cup slightly and push in on the bottom of the slit which causes it to drain and leave a small water shelf at the bottom. Not sure what I’m gonna do with the two in the cups. I might just solo cup challenge it, or I might give them away! Also considering waiting til they max out the solo cups and then doing a root trim / transplants into a slightly larger container with a water shelf. I dunno. Experiment :)