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First indoor grow - Swiss Cheese & Amnesia Haze

A friend of mine suggested that I start low dose veg nutes, but they seem kind of young for that. I've read that you don't need to add nutes for some time yet, as the soil has enough to supply the young plant. Any thoughts when to begin adding veg nutes?
 
Day 16: soil is mostly dry except for near the seedling itself. Instead of a full watering, I opted for a foliage spray with some cal-mag and lightly spritzed the plants and dampened the top of the soil. I stuck my nose up to both seedlings and Amnesia Haze smells amazing at this size and Swiss Cheese doesn't really have much odor yet.

While I have a long ways to go, one thing I've been reading on here is potential light leaks into the tent during flowering. I have a Vipar Spectra tent in a basement room that I have to walk through to get to my laundry room. I also have to turn a light on above a sump for my salt water aquarium to do water changes etc. I've attached 2 photos of the light spill from the ventilation flaps when the room is dark. When it comes time for 12/12, will light leak into those open flaps enough to cause flowering problems?
 

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Sorry to say but are correct, lights leaks could lead to hermaphrodite. And it doesn't take much of a leak to cause problems.
That's why I grow autoflowers, light stays on 20/4. No worries about light leaks.
 
Now you can take some flexible duct the same size as vent holes. Attach enough that you can bend it around like a letter C or n, so that light can't get around that bend in flexible duct. It's cheap an easy fix.
 
Day 17: Last night when I sprayed them down lightly, I checked on them and SC was reaching for the sky! I gave each of them a half cup of my cal-mag/URB water this morning and when I got home, they seem to be growing just fine. I keep having to tell myself that AH is a day behind and isn't as big. I'll let everything dry out again before watering. AH smells sooooo good!!
 

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Good morning gdog. My girls are about a month older than you, and it’s my first true success story so far. I’ve already learned so much from the site and community. It’s a beautiful thing! Welcome, I pray that you have much success and my condolences on the loss of your friend. May some of his energy imbue your babies. I look forward to reading your journey.
 
The basement floor has linoleum in the tent room and is painted concrete in the laundry room. The rest of the basement is finished with carpet...and my pinball machines :)
 
Thank you! That's great yo hear you are on your way with a successful grow! I'm very pleased with progress so far and wish I could speed up time just a little, so I can enjoy the fruits of my labor!
 
My floor is always cold. Roots hate everything cold. I laid a piece of foam insulation my tents are sitting on.
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i also turn trays upsidedown for pots to rest upon
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helps keep any spills contained, gets bottoms of pots off cold floor, pots dry little bit quicker.
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Just what is working for me. Your plants look good, so you know they are healthy.
 
That's a great idea! I believe I have enough saucers to put one under them as a base. Right now, I've got them propped up on a cardboard box until they are taller, then I will remove a box and lower them some. It was easier than messing with the light height at this stage. What size are those cloth pots? Where did you find the beige supports?
 
They call them pot risers. But they are too expensive on Amazon. I'm cheap. I only bought like three, I got round 12 pots, the rest are sitting on plates turned upside down, real cheap at thrift store. Can use all kinds of things like plastic flower pots upside down. Cloth pots are great once after you get them plants roots filled out.
About watering in big pots with young small plants. Water lightly, led lights take longer for pots to dry because the dont make much heat. Once plants are large enough to water to runoff, I use a wire rack placed atop a tub to catch runoff. Really learn when pots are getting dry lifting them out of tent. Inside growing is new to me and I made lot of mistakes.
 
This is my pot riser - old propane bbq with a side burner around? Take the metal grate sitting on the top and use it.
 
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