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Autoflower: First Watering germinating Autoflowers directly in a pot of 11 liters

nonick123
nonick123started grow question 2 years ago
Hi! Im going to germinate some Autoflowers directly in a pot of 11 liters with light mix. What quantity of water do you recommend me for first watering? 300 ml? 500 ml? 1 liter?I want to avoid water saturation of substrate but enough hydration to make a great root system! Thanks!
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Setup. Strain - Autoflowering
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GrowingGrannie
GrowingGrannieanswered grow question 2 years ago
Creepy_Steve has nailed it - you want to water DEEPLY... doesn't have to be the whole substrate but get that water down to the bottom of the pot and at least an inch away from the leaf edges... roots will go looking for water and if they bump up against dry soil, they'll stop... Cannabis also grows VERY deep roots ... So take Creepy_Steve's advice here....
Sciolistic_Steve
Sciolistic_Steveanswered grow question 2 years ago
you want the entire substrate to get wet.. you don't pick the volume. the composition and volume of substrate dictates this. if you have enugh perlite or simila, then the roots will be fine. it is a poor habit not to irrigate until entire substrate is wet. if the pot is too big, you do a smaller column of watering around the seedling but you still want that moisture to go all the way down. it has to do with avoiding superficial roots. you want the top to dry faster than the inner/bottom volumes, not the other way around, which is what happens if you water with insufficient volume. use close to 50% perlite in soil. 30% in coco. you'll never "overwater" it.. in any common sense context. if it's too wet in root zone, it is you soil composition's fault not the watering.
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Plugged_Inn
Plugged_Innanswered grow question 2 years ago
0.25liters of water for the first 3 - 4 weeks. If you want to make a good start , put the seed in a jiffy pot . its a small cube with like a netting around it. it will keep the seed in one place. Stop you from loosing the seed in soil from watering and burying it too deep
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Newbie87
Newbie87answered grow question 2 years ago
Just a little, you don't need waste amounts for a seed .
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