I am a "seed in the soil and a little water daily until she opens up in about 5 - 6 days" kind of grower. That's how Mommy Nature does it.... Whats everyone's take on starting their plants by seed when growing in a tent? Put them in the grow pot with soil and let it go? Or start it elsewhere and place it in the grow pot/soil at a certain point? ...
18/6. For sprouting and cloning you can use a 23W Cool White CFL. Not an intense light source - good for popping seeds and rooting cuts.... You leave the lights on 24/7 while sprouting? ...
So I'll be starting from Seed. If I use my BlackBird light and raise is up and turn it down they should germinate in the moist soil.18/6. For sprouting and cloning you can use a 23W Cool White CFL. Not an intense light source - good for popping seeds and rooting cuts.
Yup ... turn it all the way down and raise it up at least 3' above. As they show they have adjusted to the light you can gradually lower the rig and increase the light intensity.... If I use my BlackBird light and raise is up and turn it down they should germinate in the moist soil. Then bring the light down close to the plants once the pop? ...
It's up to you, you can do 24 or 18/6. For autos I usually do 24 for the first week or two and then switch to 20/4 or 18/6 depending on if I'm just growing autos or if I'm vegging photos and have an auto in the tent just for fun. The switch won't bother them at all. Just transplant them around the two week mark or once they have a decent enough root mass to get transplanted. I also top my autos which some say not to do but I've had great success doing if it's done early, like as soon as the 4th node is available. Here's a small auto I have with the babies right now. It's a Nurple auto that really helps with my wife's medical needs. I just tossed it in while I'm growing these seeds. It was stunted pretty bad as it was left in a 2" nursery cube for 21 days at a buddies house while I finished my last flower run but really took off once it was transplanted. It went from 4.5" untopped to this in week 2 of flower. Not transplanting it early enough hurt it as far as the ultimate yield for sure, but it's still nice and healthy looking and going to be good meds.You leave the lights on 24/7 while sprouting?
These will be for autoflower plants
Autos will flower under 24 hours of light but most will grow under 20/4 or 18/6I know photoperiod plants need light-off cycles to fruit.
What about these autoflower?