First Grow! Ethos, Purple City, Mephisto

Day 8: Adjusting the light distance and intensity last night seems to have improved things. No noticeable additional stretching this morning, and the leaves are colored a (very) subtly more vibrant green. Day 9: I finally took off the humidity dome for good, based on my brother’s advice (he’s been growing for years). In the first week I wasn’t able to keep the humidity high enough without it, but now that the plants are growing and getting slightly more water, humidity isn’t turning out to be an issue. Day 10: I’ve been anxious because it feels like my plants are lagging behind the photos I see online, but I keep reminding myself that I’m only 10 days in. Day 11: The soil was extremely dry, so I watered heavily this morning. For the last few times I've switched to just dumping water in the pan and letting the peat pots suck it up, and it seems to be working. I think? I accidentally knocked over the Mephisto seedling yesterday while I was cleaning the tent, and it came out of the soil more than I expected. I’m not sure what a normal level of root development is this stage, but the plant didn’t seem to be anchored well. And then today I noticed it leaning slightly. Combined with the previous stretching, it just didn’t seem solid, so I did another probably stupid thing and (very gently) dumped it out and re-potted it deeper in the same soil and container. A couple of hours later, the plant seemed very stressed—its little fan leaves were drooping significantly. But now a few more hours later, it seems to be slightly, gradually recovering. So hopefully this will work out. Either way, I’m learning some fun lessons! Day 12, AM: Woke up to bone-dry soil again this morning, so maybe lack of humidity *is* a problem after all. I don't think I should be watering every day, but this is forcing me to. I noticed the VPD was extremely high (1.9) last night before going to bed, but figured I'd let it ride through the night to see how the plants responded. They didn't seem happy, they were drooping terribly, but maybe a little dehydration will aid their root development? I dumped 16 ounces of water in the drip pan and they sucked up most it immediately, I'm eager to see if they've perked up a bit when I get home from work. Day 12, PM: The plants didn't seem to be in much better shape, so I put a humidifier in the tent. Just a plain old bedroom humidifier while I search for one that's programmable. Fingers crossed. Day 13, AM: I'd set the humidifier to only run for 4 hours, so it turned off in the middle of the night. Soil was dry again this morning, although not quite as bad as yesterday, so I watered them. The Mephisto plant is still grumpy and doesn't seem to be progressing at all since I shocked her. But she's still alive, so hopefully there's time to recover. I'm not looking for a high yield, just a learning experience and a few buds. Day 14: Things are not going well! I've apparently made a cascading series of mistakes that caused growth to stagnate. The kiddos were drooping again this morning, even after a couple of days in a more appropriate humidity range, so I think the next problem is temperature. I've had trouble keeping the tent above 65°, and the plants don't seem pleased. All three were drooping today; not quite as bad as the Mephisto, but still not healthy. I did add about an inch of soil to each pot to help stabilize the stems so they can hopefully focus on growth instead of staying upright. We'll see what effect that has, if any.