First grow, seedlings in soil, started in final pots

Hey all! Might be a simple question but I'm at a loss and want to double check.

Just started my first grow finally and decided to start them off in their final pots. Doing a Happy Frog run amended with Nature's Living Soil autoflower mix with a cup sized hole filled with just happy frog for the seedling.

So I followed directions of Mr. Canucks Grow and BeginnerBudz and placed my seeds directly in soil to start, misted the top and turned on the light. Light is an sf-2000 almost 40 inches away from seedlings at the moment.

The videos I watched showed all of them mist or very lightly water the seed, then immediately the next shot is seedlings bursting through. How often should I be misting the soil? I've been misting lightly every 4-6 hours just to keep the top layer slightly moist but I'm worried the water isn't going very deep. How moist should I be keeping it? 2 inches of soil deep moist? Or continue to simply mist the top until they pop?

You dont need to moistvit every 4-6 hozrs unlessbif you but very little amount of water Maybe one spray which makes no sense. When I planted the germenated seed I mist the top about 6-7 sprays only omce a day and it popped 3 days later

Right but I haven't germinated the seeds yet, I started them in soil. Once a day makes sense but I'm still not sure on the amount of water. Should I just water a little bit when the top looks dry?

If these are not autos why did you start them in the final container? You get far better growth using graduated containers. Dixie cup—> 1.5 litre—> to final container. At least. Try a side by side comparison to prove it to yourself.

hotrodharley said:

If these are not autos why did you start them in the final container? You get far better growth using graduated containers. Dixie cup—> 1.5 litre—> to final container. At least. Try a side by side comparison to prove it to yourself.

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They are autos

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DjBradenburg said:

They are autos

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ext time try the paper towel germination its but succesful. But know just give them about 5ml of water in the middle where you placed the seed if the top of it is dry just do the same thing.

Depending on how successful I am here I'll definitely try that next time. Cool then, I think I'm just overthinking it. I'm certainly no where near overwatering as I'm just misting the top every 6 hours so I'll watch it just for moisture. Thanks!

DjBradenburg said:

Depending on how successful I am here I'll definitely try that next time. Cool then, I think I'm just overthinking it. I'm certainly no where near overwatering as I'm just misting the top every 6 hours so I'll watch it just for moisture. Thanks!

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Good luck! Cheers