Blue Mystic auto LED vs. Northern Lights auto CFL

Ok, serious question- how much water should I give these little ladies at one time?

And how often?

Should I start giving nutes this early? They’re in fox farm ocean forest soil.

They are 12 days in soil.

From every thing I’ve heard you won’t need to feed for at least 4weeks using ff soil
As far as watering water till soil is moist and not again till it’s almost dry
You should pick up a soil moisture meter
They are cheap under 20$

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I tend to overthink things but—
Do I water the whole 3 gallon pot (as I would a mature plant), or just directly around the plant?

Thanks in advance for your patience :stuck_out_tongue_winking_eye:

With how small they are I’d water a ring around the outside of the pot and mist the plant twice a day. Keeping the water to the outside of the pot helps premote the roots to search for water. In turn it get them to grow and create a good base for the plants. As it gets older and wants more water then you can start watering the whole pot. Just my opinion.

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I personally would start to water about 3 to 4 inches away from stem slowly water till soil near stem was moist not wet I do this so roots will grow out looking for water ? And theory is soil farther away from stem is wetter then center which is moist

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This is what I was trying to explain.

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Cool, thanks you guys. It’s been awhile since I last watered something this little and I was just winging it then.

I know bro I was typing I think at the same time lol I hit reply and your post was there already @Zero420

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Ya you just worded it better.

Na we both said the exact same thing brother lol all good :blush:

Had like it all typed out then deleted it and had to check the size of his plants. Then had to type it all again. So my mind went to the quick and short route.

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If I had a like I’d slap :wave: one down on that @Zero420
Short and to the point works for me :+1:

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@Zero420 @Countryboyjvd1971 Ive got plenty to spare. Here’s a couple :+1: :+1: :+1: to go with them

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Update:
2 weeks, 2 days in soil.
Even though I’m still having problems getting my humidity % high enough (only 25% - 30%) these ladies seem happy.

Blue mystic

Northern lights

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3 weeks in soil now and Blue Mystic (in green pot) is showing pistils, and much bigger than Northern Lights (black pot)

Should I still keep the light distance at 2 feet?

Blue mystic

Northern lights

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Well so much for LED vs CFL challenge. The Northern Lights I was putting under cfl’s turned out to be hermaphodite.
On a good note, the blue mystic is coming along nicely:
3 weeks 2 days in soil from germ
10" tall from soil to top
Pistils showing in all the right places
Under 600w led

Bummer brother sorry :neutral_face: for your loss :+1::v::sunglasses:

But look at her go! Blue mystic
3 weeks 5 days in soil
12-1/2" tall

Should I / can I cut a couple of these fan leaves?
Don’t want unnecessary damage.

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I remove anything that touches the soil but that’s it

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Thank you sir…four leaves touching soil removed.