Mystery Seed Outdoor Winter

Set the seedlings into buckets. Two 5 gal and one 3 gal. At some point I would like to get enough data to say conclusively how the size of the pot will affect the overall size of the plant when using the kratky method. I'm inclined to say at this point that the larger containers do better when they have a single plant. I did attempt 8 plants in one large container previously but was frustrated with the roots tangling. Also, 7/8 plants were males, so the single female ended up getting the whole container. I believe the roots of the other plants harmed the overall growth potential however. If you notice the cactus on my pots, I have a problem with racoons. They like to pull my net cups out and throw the plants on the ground thinking there are grubs inside my buckets. I was forced to harvest early on 2 clones from this. I also used to grow lettuce with this setup and basically had to stop due to the racoons destroying my crops. I'm hoping the cactus is enough to deter them. I've added a light nutrient mix that I may continue to gradually increase each day for the rest of the week. I want to get these pups going on strong from the start and in my limited experience I've never given too much nutrient at the start so I want to push the limit a bit and see if I can get fast growth with what little daylight I have here. These are now in the sunniest spot in my yard, shadows like those in the pics only reach in at the end of the day. This spot get direct light for the entire length of the day.