First time growing autoflowers

Tent upgrade! The ladies moved into a luxurious 2x4x6 (ACI Cloudlab 642). I've got both lights in there now (XS-1500 and SF-1000). They've been joined by a few undocumented cousins, who are about ten days younger: Plushberry (Blimburn) and Royal Jack (RQS). These were cheap seeds I started "just in case" when I was anxious that I had drowned my original babies. Gosh it's crowded in there, even with how small they are. Note to self: do not try to grow several unfamiliar strains at once! I am my own worst enemy so far for this grow. DLI ranges about 35-40 across the canopy. Might try to push that a bit closer to 45 next week. Happy Frog: This stuff is weird, has made me second-guess my feeding the entire time. I think i screwed up by not using any Grow Big at all until week 6/7, and my plants are suffering as a result. I think now I have some ratios off, and maybe some pH inconsistency, and it's causing some lockouts or something. I think for my younger plants I will start to introduce weak nutes earlier on, and then scale up toward full dose as needed. MC has some shit going on.... seeing some yellow patches with rusty brown spots in them, and the tips starting to curl upward on lower/middle leaves. I figured it was either P, K, or Mg I really hope it's not pests of some sort... will continue to keep an eye on it and check with loupe. In the meantime, she got fed first. Lots of little bud sites closely packed together; no resin yet, and not really any smell to the buds besides a subtle floral hint. 2AM is getting frosty. Who would have thought this little accident would end up as my best-looking plant. When touched, she has a smell that is remarkably like the generic "fruity" flavor (e.g. Fruity Pebbles, Froot Loops). 4AM is just chugging along like a champ. I really like this plant; she's probably my favorite. Just takes everything in stride (mostly—she's clawing a bit after this recent feeding). Starting to put out some frost as well... she has a hint of that "fruity" smell like the 2AM, but the more prominent aroma is more of a chemical "floor cleaner" type of thing. I am super excited for this! AK is filling out, but still looking kinda sad. Clawing from recent feeding... She's the tallest now at 17 inches, with 4AM close behind at 16. Has a very interesting earthy, almost mint-like smell when rubbed. RJ (Royal Jack) might have some pH issues? She suddenly got all very lime green. I think being in a 1gallon pot is messing her up, which has me concerned for the two babies I've got in 1gallons in the other tent. I don't think 1gallon is the way, at least for soil. Oh well, still gonna see what happens! (UPDATE: I transplanted her into a 2 gallon ... probably too late and will undoubtedly fuck her up, but her roots were growing out of the bottom of the pot. It then immediately occurred to me that I didn't need to cut away her existing fabric pot; i probably could have just placed it inside a bigger one and let the roots grow through. I'm making note of how to handle this better next time, for my Zinfandel and Orion which are currently at week 3 in the same style of 1gallon pot. While working with her, she gave off a smell that was almost like green apple.) PB (Plushberry) is just a little ball of shrub. I tried to LST her a little bit but there's really no room in the tent to spread her out, so I'm just gonna let her do her own thing. She was a very slow starter (and was in the same sized plastic tub that 2AM was in), and I almost culled her a while back but now I'm glad I didn't. She was a 2 dollar seed so I haven't given her much attention, but ironically I think that has worked out in her favor. There's a lesson here... I'm trying out bottom-feeding this week. I was kind of amazed how well it works! However, this brought the RH up over 60%. I also think maybe I used too much wick (or too thick) for a few of them, because the soil got drenched quickly. Humidity is definitely going to be a problem in a tent this crowded. Bit of pruning here and there, but I'm mostly just letting them ride now because I've already been stressing them with bad feed/water/vpd/light stuff. Been lazy with the pH due to increased watering demands, and it's starting to show. I also still don't know how to feed these plants. I've got a lot to learn. Life is a series of experiments.