Over or Under Watered? Yeah, Im a Rookie

[96tears]

or just right lookin?
on this 8 day old autoflower

 

[96tears]

let me try and get a better picture

 

[96tears]

better

 

[Nickcg123]

Looks a bit over watered, let the soil dry out completely before next watering. Here is a pic of my auto gigabud at 7 days

 

[Nickcg123]

 

[CptTripps]

I think sometimes it just comes down to genetics. (Advise from a complete newb on his first grow.)

I planted both of these the same day, 14d ago and one looks to be 3-4 days younger than the other. Same soil. Same watering. Same light. All identical and the plants couldn’t look more different.

 

[inDC4now]

or just right lookin?
on this 8 day old autoflower

Really only one way to learn so way to go @96tears -- over the eight days how many times have you watered? Did you water until you had runoff?

 

[96tears]

over the eight days how many times have you watered? Did you water until you had runoff?

 

[96tears]

haven't watered very much at all the last 8 days
when I prepared the air-pots I wet much of the soil and packed in 20 quarts of potting soil (approximately 3 quarts of water into the pots...

Medium is happyfrog and 'living soil/supersoil' in bottom 1/3 of pot, remaining is 1/3 straight happyfrog then 1/3 warrior lite starter mix on top and down the center in a funnel shape

...
then about 5 quarts of dry starter mix (light)


...then I just kept the center wet for germanation...

When I stick in a cheap moisture meter in the pot I get a - wet reading around the edges of the pot and near the bottom of pot..
But up around the top / center of the pot ( about 5-inches in diameter and 3-inches deep, I get a medium to light moisture reading...
So I have been watering every-so-slightly around the plant stem every-day (about a ounce or less)