Your plants look good, but you should keep your grow room cleaner😅Otherwise, you'll have problems with pests and diseases. I wish you fat, rock-hard buds, growmie!
Strong grow 😎 I've personally experienced in soil that the best germination method is directly in the soil, at least for autos.
I've tried starting in coco and rockwool plugs, and it seems like it's wasted effort and inefficient compared to just planting directly in the soil.
The only thing I would question is the necessity of fish mix.
Personally, I don't believe that fish mix makes a big difference for the microbiological aspect, but top max makes a lot of sense in my world regarding nutrient uptake, etc.
Have you considered doing a side-by-side grow, so you can investigate if it makes any special difference regarding yield, trichomes, and smoke? 😎
Go smoke growmie 😇