First off: big thank you to the two private bean sources. The Green Gelato is from Smoking Monkey and based on the original by RQS. The Trichome Clown I got from Kokopeli ( both on strainly.io ). They got started almost a week after the Sweet Seeds and have been slower and stockier from day one. They also got 2 less days under the photo CFL and went right to full spectrum. I'm sure those things matter but aren't really important for me.
Everybody has been under the new spider farmer; I had the new mars hydro veg light coming direct (isn't available yet) and it got delayed. The new split lighting was meant for situations just like this, so I was sort of happy to need it out of the gate. With more even lighting at a lower height my buckets are warmer (I added some more fungicide to help minor slime) but I'll be pulling them up this week once the stretchy XL pair have thickened up.
This is only my second DWC, and the first hasn't even finished yet. I already notice how much faster the chores have gotten and how easily I can spot something off and know the correction. What a difference.