A Very Judgmental Color - My 1st Grow

4/22/21 - All three seeds are showing first signs of leafage. Seed #2 had some shell casing stuck on it from the seed holding the cotyledon's together, so it got pretty huge. #3 has coty's and leaves, and #1 is just about to start showing, so I moved some soil off, like a good friend. All three seeds seem happy and healthy, and I have lights out scheduled for 3PM-7PM M-F (yes my grow box is light tight) on a 20 hour schedule. For feeding, I'm going to be watering and using compost tea (Coast of Maine products) and I have cal-mag and pH down as needed; as this is my first grow, I don't want to go nuts, just grow a happy and healthy plant. I will be doing LST on all three plants given the space, and I plan on trying topping and maybe mani-folding on at least one of them (as I have two extra plants going). 4/23/21 - Day 2 Veg - Moved #2 (raises pinky to lip every time) into his big boy container. Watered the plants with some pH sassy water (acidic, don't be basic with cannabis), and I am amped to have all three of these little sprouts doing relatively well (I think?). Otherwise, I also got a cheap aquarium bublah today, and I plan on making some compost tea for weeks 2 and 4. Coast of Maine though, says that the Stonington blend has enough food in a 5 gallon pot for 30 days, so I'll ask about potential for nutrient lockout. Nighttime temps of 67F and 57% Humidity, soil temp 59F. I have no discernible way to measure CO2 yet....bummer. 4/24/21 - D3V - Everything looked good, nice light watering, dropped the light to 15 inches. Will see how the plants tolerate it 4/25/21 - D4V - Me babes are all getting big. My solo plant (#2, pinky to lips) is looking mighty strong, and has the second set of leaves coming in already. Same goes for #3 which is catching up quickly to #2, and #1 which is the runt of the litter also has a second set coming in. Just watching the soil and doing the finger test. Plants seem happy, makes me happy. If No. 2 (pinky to lips) wasn't already a built in name, I would call it Bob Ross, for all the joy it brings me 4/26/21 - D5V - Probably overwatered the last few days, so I'm going to be doing a light watering this go around. I also bought an air-stone and cheap fish pump online, and I figure I'll try the "oxygenated water route" although I've read it's not really achievable with an air-stone. I've also read some things about people swearing by them, so I figure at worst it will help get more oxygen to the 2 (#1 & #3) plants that are sharing a container. If I don't see any noticeable gains, then at least I'll be ready for when we get a fishy-fisho. 😅 I'm also going to start randomly changing the speed as well on the oscillating fan, as I hear at this stage it can lead to sturdier stem growth. I'm having a blast, and waiting for the first problem to rear it's fugly head, but that's okay because we love all the creatures here no matter how fug-o. (I'm not vain, you are! [turns and angry cries]) Bumped the light back up to 18 inches as #3 was showing some crimping on the edges. Probably overwatered, but I didn't want to stress it with light either too early. Also, I need some recommendations on beer to brew; I figure a one-gallon recipe would be best, something with a nice long fermentation at room temp (Pilz? Saison?). The CO2 from the fermentation would probably be enough for all the plants given the very tight space. Second sets of leaves starting to show more on #2 (raise pinky to lips) and #3. #1 is a lil' runty, but I'm gonna name it Rudy and hope it scores me a touchdown in the end. 4/27/21 - D6V - Lookin' goods, good lookin's. Light watering, giving them all an easy day 4/28/21 - D7V - Still looks good. Turned up my oscillating fan a bit to try and make sure they have some hardy stems. Watered with pH adjusted water. Looking happy and healthy, which makes me happy, which in turn, makes me healthy? Lowered the light back down to 15 inches from the plants, see if the leaves crimp on me again (I'm pretty sure I overwatered at first because I was a giddy child in my brain box). Also of note, for watering I've read to water from the outside in, in order to get the roots to really establish themselves well. So I usually water in a heavy circles around the plant, and then either lightly or heavily mist the plants and the soil around the stem. The plan is to one day build an automated system, but I'm not quite there yet.