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its my first time doing this also, i started from clone, but i think the principle is the same.
i dont know what you do and do not know, but this is what i was told to do that worked well for me:
-grow the seed in the jiffy pot until it has a couple roots sticking out
-transfer the jiffy pot to a basket with hydroton, putting the pot about halfway down the basket
-fill your res with clean water till it touches the bottom of your net pot
-hand water the plant until you see roots coming out the bottom of the basket (this only took a day for mine)
-slowly back off the water level to 1 inch below the basket as the roots develop
-no nutes till the 2nd or 3rd leaf-set, and start at a low concentration (like 300ppm to start)
-as the plant grows, slowly raise the ppm by like 50 every two or three days, carefully checking for signs of nute burn on your plant. as long as there is no nute burn, you can keep raising it. the limitation on what your plant can handle is directly related to the type of light you have.
-it it shows signs of nute burn, back the ppm off by 50 and give it a couple of days to recover.
-i'd say switch to the bloom when it starts showing pre-flowers
-the key to this is patience and watching your plants for signs of nute burn. if you see it, you need to act fast, and lower the ppm to minimize any damage to the plant.
hope this helps, and if anyone sees anything wrong with this, please correct me.
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