First time growing anything! Dark Angel fem with Amare SE 250 LED

My first attempt at growing pretty much anything. I researched everything I could prior to getting a setup that works for our small place. Here is what I'm starting with:

• CropKingSeeds Dark Angel feminized
• Growlabs 60 2x2x5 tent
• Amare Solar Eclipse SE250 ~300watt LED
• Soler and Palau TD-100 4" inline fan
• KIS Organics water only soil
• 5 gal Smart Pots

Expectations are around 100-150 grams. I'm thinking of trying to mainline as well for topping/LST. Not sure if I should just wait on that though and just grow a plant successfully first before I mess with it.

CropKingSeeds recommends starting their seeds in RO water for 14 hours and then into a paper towel until the tap root is ~ 1/2". So, I did just that. Of the 3 seeds, 1 popped with 24 hours, 1 within 48 hours, and the last hasn't opened for 6 days now. Thinking that last one is a goner.

I setup small pots with 2 different soils to try out a couple options. I went with Espoma Seed Starting soil for one and the other has a local nursery's seed starting mix.

I watered the soil until a small amount of water leaked from the bottom and then let them sit for a day before planting. For planting, went about 1/2" down, dropped seed horizontal-ish, and then covered hole. Read somewhere I was supposed to "water them in" so I watered them with about 3 tablespoons of water on top of where I put the seeds...possibly a mistake?

Using a ~50watt CFL grow bulb for light. I watered the day after planting and misted daily until came through the soil.

Now about 5 days after planting and the seed the sprouted first and planted in the local nursery's soil has been above ground for around 48 hours. She looks a bit sick. The other seed planted in Espoma has yet to surface.



Hopefully she'll survive if I let the soil dry (assuming I've overwatered). Worried about the other seed not surfacing though.

One thing i wasn't aware of was the very low TDS PPM in Seattle city tap water. My TDS meter arrived today and its reading 32 from the tap, 10 from our Mavea filter, and 1 from the ultrapure water machine at the local market. Guess I'll just use tap water from now on.

Looking better after 24 hours.



Now the other seed I planted i think is dead. It got trapped beneath soil because I planted too deep and the soil was very moist and packed . I moved a bit of dirt away and found the cotyledons buried and yellow with the stem white.



Guess I'll just focus on the good one for now and chalk this up to noob mistake.

Turns out that little sick looking yellow stub started to green up and sprout some new leaves to my surprise. Pretty happy I didn't kill her. I am thinking I should clip part of that nasty looking cotyledon



#1 with the funky curled cotyledon is also looking good now