Help autoflower 1st time

I’ve just bought some also flowering gelato
Could anyone give me some ideas? I’ve never grown before what would be the best thing to use Rockwall or soil for the first time? I’ve also got a good light.

Ya try Rockwall

This is my Gelato Auto from Herbies Seeds that is just finishing up.
Its in a SIP pot 20ft up a tree it has a resevoir that holds about 7 litres of water
The medium is a good potting mix with some perlite and some good soil a little bio char and it was fed MegaCrop .

Soil/compost always soil cos hydro is better once you got half a clue what your doing dirt it holds moisture well and buffers the best therefore it's more beginner friendly you can get away with more mistakes simply put

Soil. Slower but steady. Hydro gives you less time to deal with issues. You can start with a charged soil and after the soil runs out of nutes( 3-4 weeks you can recharge it with top dressing, go to natural pour nutes, or go the chemical nutes that are more involved with a lot more ph testing

First time growers struggle with proper watering no matter what the soil composition. Learn from study. www.growweedeasy.com will help lots.

If you are struggling to decide on a plan go to grow journals and read. Find a journal that was successful and one you can duplicate environment and just follow the plan the grower did.
Then send him or her a thank you.

I'm doing a gelato for the first time. She's about 4 weeks in.

While I've been doing this for a years, I'm still a newbie.

I prefer dirt. It's more forgiving. It won't grow as big or as fast but it's safer.

Not actually dirt, I really like Sungro #4. It is incredibly fast draining while it also maintains moisture. The plants love it.

I start with rapid Rooter plugs. It is very important to transplant as soon as you can simply so the plant never thinks it's root bound.

I always use fabric bags. I never take anything apart to transplant. I simply dig a hole and drop the bag into the next level up.

The fabric bag must be supported with some type of sturdy object. I put them in a bin. That's because it's very easy for the media to deform when you move the fabric bag by the handles, which in turn damages the root structure.

You have to put at least an inch of some type of material to drain on the bottom. You could use lava balls or plastic filtration balls or pretty much anything that gives an area where the water can drain through, but the roots can also hook on to.

When you water saturate everything and extra will all flow out to the bin. Then the bin will act as a reservoir and you can watch the plant suck that water in and then you pay attention to water a little later.

I have a filter attached to my hose which I put through a hole in the window in my house. That way a can fill 5 gallon buckets right inside my grow space and I boil a gallon of water per every four to warm it up. I never hit my plants with cold water.

I water with straight water or a touch of nutrients without pH adjusting, but anything past that I ph adjust. I have destroyed several ph Meters.

Follow the calibration instructions very carefully and make sure you have a bottle of distilled water around to clean it and the solution to keep the sensor moist when you store it.

When you create the pH calibration solutions, keep all the extra in small sealed jars or bottles or whatever. That way you won't blow through the calibration solution envelopes and you'll be comfortable recalibrating your pH meter on the fly.