Im first time grower and I used Miracle Grows Seedling soil. I know some hate Miracle Grow but it was 2-1-2 without long term Nitrogen release. I bought Black Gold for the next grow.
I didnt feed it any nutes until I transplanted after week 2. When I transplanted I used 1/3
Fox Farm Ocean Forest and 2/3
Happy Frog soil. In between the layers I put 4 cups of worm castings I bought at Home Depot. I also top dressed with worm castings. After week 3 I top dressed Dr Earth Tomato, Veg and Herb 4-6-3. Then week 4 i used 2 cups Dr Earth Pot of Gold Liquid Organic digested food. I guess it comes from dead animals bellies when they butcher them. It was highly acidic. My tap water is 8 pH. I always pH down my water to 6.5. After mixing 1/4 to 1 gallon the pH was still 3.3. It took 32ml of pH Down to bring it to 6.6pH. I gave the 2 autos 1 cup each and they got really green. Close to Nitro tox but they are ok and preflowering like crazy now in week 4. They are White Widows.
I wont feed them for a bit now. The 2 photo Super Skunks loved the nutes. They sucked them right up and got nice and green but no toxicities showing. They gave me no shock during transplant or when I topped them. I topped the one a few days ago and FIMd the other this morning. The smell is amazing. I am trying a small hydro grow of Purple Kush I got coming from ILGM after this harvest. But man this Super Skunk genetics are amazing.
The runt in the 3rd pic had a deformed cotyledon. It was stunted. I decieded since it was a living thing I would give it a chance. It lived up to my expectations and is now is taller than the super skunks. Its showing Sativa dominance. Its a White Widow autoflower. It is the one that is preflowering like crazy. Never underestimate a runt.