NeptunesTerps

@sanibelisl, youre fine lol, I've just been listening to the plant for the most part. She's sitting at 300 PPFD according to photone app. My main worry is stunted growth since I have no real idea what I'm supposed to be seeing in each timeframe :joy:

18/6 is fine for an auto as long as she is getting enough DLI. Sorry it’s taken me so long to respond. Turn the lights on in the grow room once the seed is tucked gently into the solo cup. She will be happy to see the light when she emerges from the soil. Good luck.

Love the details on your diary! Good job bro :sunglasses:

@sanibelisl, everything I need to do the transplant will be here in 2 days so I guess I shall see how shes looking then. Would you turn lights on now or after it sprouts from the soil? I know light doesn't really matter for autos, but I want to put it on a 18:6 cycle (12pm-6pm lights off).

only a matter of days in the solo cup ...she can't be left homeless for very long and temporary housing is just that, temporary!... she will need permanent housing sooner rather than later.

strait to soil after after the seed cracks! she will need very very little nutrients at a very early age and there are none in the cotton but she will find in the Happy Frog, that is why you are using it ...are you an experienced grower... solo cup?... is she an autoflower, straight to final pots is usually recommended... but if you go with the solo cups don't forget drainage holes in the bottom and remember not to let her get too root bound, autoflower tap roots like to shoot downwards quickly and can possibly be stunted if it runs out of space too fast.good luck.

Hey, @sanibelisl. I'm not experienced at all lol. I don't plan to keep her in the solo cup for entire grow but the cup is well ventilated (9 holes). I just ordered some 3 gal fabric pots. She'll get some "Smart Growers Supercharge" sprinkled on the roots when I transplant her and that's also what I'll be using as a compost tea. I was thinking she may be fine in the solo cup for about 2 weeks (maybe less)

@NeptunesTerps, I think I lack the experience to judge that properly. Maybe the light did play a part in this. But I think in particular I could have fed the plants longer before switching to tab water, and I could have Lollipopen the plant more radical to eliminate the very small popcorn buds. With the plant in the right-back corner the pH was just going crazy and different than all the others while having the same conditions.