Run in 3 gallon fabric container. Use 70% coco and 30% perlite.
Water good then allow for 50% dryback in the coco during veg to make plants push to find water. This will make a huge rootball filing the container. Then once in bloom you can pack on the water and nutes and they will take it since their roots are huge.
I wouldn't transplant, start in final container.. I use 3 gallons.
I just harvested my first auto run. 5 plants and 4 diffraction strains.
I yielded 24oz. So I say I did pretty good.
I run floraflex nutes amd a GrowLightScience progrow1800 670w light but I ran it at 80%.
Run lights 20hr on then 4hr off. Yes they can grow with no lights off. But giving rest let's them recover quicker and better.
Some prefer 18hr on and 6hr off. I seen better growth with 20hr on and 4hr off.
Goodluck
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