dynamos method for seedlings

Sooo one of my friends is having a hard time starting seeds. This is just a journal/ step by step so he can watch the progress of the plants im starting for him and he can refer back and reproduce my work and i dont want this mixed in with my journal.

Day 1 droped 20 seeds into lightly moistened rapid rooter tray

Day 3 all but 2 popped. Again lightly moistened plugs. Do not let the plugs sit in water in the bottom of the tray.

Today day 4 all but one has popped kept 17 planted into red solo cups ( tip use a soddering iron to pop the holes in cups instead of a knife) mixed ocean forrest with 20% coco perl ( roots organic coco perlite mix) watered with 3 oz distilled water per cup

315 cmh hung at 3.5 to 4 ft on a 12/12 cycle

Day 7 girls are looken good.

Probably hard to tell from the pic but there is some sunburn. Some strains are more sensitive to light, nutrients, humidity, ect. This is a new cross lemon star with a strawberry cake. Remember to keep a detailed journal before the next time you put in these seeds start your 315 at 4 feet instead of 3.5

Lastly today...
The top of the soil is dried out on my seedlings and i havent watered in 4 days better give em some water..

NO STUPIDS lol remember this is a seedling not a rooted cutting. There is still a minimal amount of roots the soil in the top can be desicated and the bottom half of the cup still saterated with water.
Lets stick our finger in there see if its still damp in there i herd or saw someone else do this.... No stupids! Haha but seriously when you stick your finger in the pot or cup you are displacing soil possably damaging the seedlings roots. Also your damaging any microrizial web thats starting to form. Lift the cup and feel the weight thats how you know. Ill post the weights as an example when it is time to water

First water since they were planted. Now im not saying allways wait that long everyones tent enviroment is different. If your going to error, error on the side of to dry! Gave them eatch 3 oz of distilled water an oz at a time slowly. Make sure you water to runoff.

First topping was tonight added an hour to the light cycle

3 oz of water. Starting to see the new tops form

3 oz water and added another hour to timer

What a difference 36 hours can make before and after of the second topping group photo and a pic of a "fim" fyi taking the extra 2 tops from the fim. I like uniform plants.

watered last night. in need of there first super crop but im not being paid enough to train plants im not keeping.
ready for transplant i think wendsday

Watered. Plants were starting to wilt. Need to transplant asap

You may notice some yellowing on a couple leaves. This is due to the wilting earlier. Many might mistake it for a dificiency and feed. This is not the case.

first feeding. 1 gram mega crop were starting to wilt again.