I originally had my seedling in a clear cup I poked holes out the bottom for drainage. Come to find out (didn’t know and you live and learn) you don’t want seedlings in clear cups. Moved her to something more appropriate when she was still extremely fragile and tiny. The soil she’s currently sitting in is a mix of worm castings and FFOF. She seems to love it, considering the 50/50 mix works well since I know FFOF can be hot soil for seedlings. When do I know to transplant into a bigger pot? And should/ can I just put her straight into a 3-5 gal smart pot? She does have a humidity dome as I took it off for picture purposes.
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the worm poop wasn’t t needed in the FFOF it’s pre-loaded with nutrients.
Auto or photo period? I transplant autos at 14 days above ground but only if she’s healthy. I would recommend removing that peat cup at transplant it could get root bound after the transplant. You could always wet it good and cut down a few sides to remove the plant and medium. She looks good and keep her domed until the transplant or the leaves touch the side of the cup 
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Great thanks! You’re right, I just figured it would had diluted other specific nutrients that may be too hot for her so early! But she’s looking good thus far. This is also a photo plant too. And the peat cup, definitely will get rid of it when I put her into a whole new pot. Will she be okay growing in the peat cup for the mean time?
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Yes, she’ll be fine in the peat cup. I mentioned the worm poop because that’s a good source for nitrogen which is fairly hot in the FFOF. She’ll need very little water and mist the inside of the dome to keep it nice and humid. The leaves will absorb that humidity as a water source. I do occasionally water about a shot glass every 3 days or longer If the medium looks dry
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Ok great! And once more I learn something new too. I haven’t really been trying to soak the peat cup either. I’ll do a very small spritz on the soil only if it’s starting to look a little dry just to make it damp again. Mostly if I notice the humidity dome being dry, I’ll just spritz it usually. I have a humidifier in my grow tent also, so she’s soaking in 70-75% humidity. My gorilla glue I am growing (still waiting to pop out of soil) I put in a red solo cup this time to make the process easier for transplanting lol. Growing two plants in a 2x4 so I gotta train the hell out of these babies when time comes 
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How tall are those plants! And absolutely I appreciate the advice and feedback.
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I think they were around 24”, they could have been taller but I topped them above the 4th node
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I did the same thing with my Trainwreck I grew! Man that one plant was a monster plant for sure and it took up my entire grow space also didn’t LST her for very long either. I’ll probably stick with what I know and cut at the 4th-5th node again.
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perfect and what I do unless I go the manifold route
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Instead of me making a new post thought I’d just mention it in this thread and any responses are great help. I have some bone meal (down to earth) I’d like to make use of. Should I apply it to my forever pots soil when I do the transplant? Or is it best to mix it a specific time prior to transplanting? I know it’s bone meal and does take a little while to break down into the soil.
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Bone meal is a great source for phosphorus but not needed with a balanced NPK base nutrient. Less is more…
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Some of us growers, prefer, clear cups with holes for seedling growing.
The clear cup allows root viewing by grower. Seedling cup is placed (when not observing) inside non-clear cup. Just some of us. Some seedling germinate and straight to soil. Try multiple methods, some work better than other or for others. Good Growing to you.
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The general rule is to transplant when the leaves overgrow the sides of the pot (or close to it)
Something like this
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Her leaves were outgrowing the small peat pot I had started her in and moved her to a 1 gallon pot, which I’m assuming I will need to transplant once last time once she outgrows the current 1 gallon she’s now in? One of the leaves has a slight yellow spotting on it. Not sure if it has something to do with new growth or if soil is a little hot. Overall, she’s growing well since I put her in the 1 gallon pot.
The have been in 1 gallon pots for 16 days.
Once they get to 6 nodes they will be topped above 4th or 5th, pruned for a quadline, and moved to final homes after they recover.
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Is the above picture Single picture, two edits, 3 pictures, above, now) a 1-gallon pot?
You can transplant whenever. Transplanting is not natural and in my limited real world experience and research it makes little to no difference 
. Save a step / stress and plant in the final pot.
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Wow, very nice
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Much appreciated Growmie and welcome to the community
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