ok dudes, got some good progress to report. There were 65 seeds sarted total. 5 were powerskunk by g13 labs, 4 were bagseeds and the rest were lowryder2 x ak47. Out of the all of those only about 4 or 5 of the aK did not pop. So the plants were fed only tap water until the 3rd set of actual leaves formed. they were then moved from the domed tray under a 8-light t5 to the grow tent and under the warm glow of the 600hps. The peet plugs were placed in 4" rockwool cubes that had just had a quick soaking of nute-water.As for the nutes, Advanced Nurients Micro,Grow,Bloom were added using the light feeding schedule.(AUTOFLOWERING PLANTS DO NOT LIKE HEAVY NUTES!!!)In fact the recomended light feeding is 1.40 tsp per gal(about 7 ml) for each of the 3 parts, but that should be cut by 1/3 for the first week to ease them into things a bit. Also advanced nutes B52 was added at 5ml per gal, this has had good results in exploding root growth and overall increased heartiness. So after the peet plugs had been put in the pre soaked cubes, the plants were left alone with the light on for 20hrs each day.After about 3 days the plants had the first actual taste of nutes. To avoid possible shock, they were fed from the top by simply dipping and pouring one quart of nute solution over the top. They were then left alone for two days. Now they were ready to start feeding by flood and drain. The ph was checked as it had climed slightly to 6.1, and adjusted back to 5.5 with a ppm of around 800.I know to some that 800 ppm may seem weak, but believe me it is plenty for the autos.Actually at the peak of feeding the ppm won"t be over 1200 or so. o the pump was kicked on and timed to see how lond to set the digital timer for future reference.It took 5 mins to fllod the tray about1.5 inches up the cubes. Once unplugged the nutes flow back down into the res and this process will eventually be repeated 4 times each 20 hrs, but for the present it is repeated only once per 20 hrs. So here are some pics of where things stand as of tonight.It has been 5 days since they were put in the cubes and first fed any nutes and have made significant growth. So far things are very promising and every time the tent is unzipped there is a deep sigh because you never know what you are gonna get, changes happen very fast with plants at this stage, both good and bad.
