Correct. There are some things going on which shouldn't be happening. Some plants look light in color but looking at the medium it has an odd water pattern or mark to it and many of the pots look like the soil is coming away from the fab pots which means it's probably drying out too much.
Welcome just follow the calculator on the site and you should be good. Good luck on your grow!
OK so I think you need to get those pots completely wet, then let them completely dry. IIRC you're in 3gal pots, so you would need approx 2 quarts of water for some runoff. Maybe add a half quart at a time until it's all done. You don't want a lot of runoff and try not to get it confused with the water blowing by the medium. Sometimes watering too fast and the water blows through to the bottom and out.
So 24oz is about 3/4 of a quart so it's why you have not seen any runoff. The plants will be happier with soil that is completely wet, then allowed to completely dry before watering again.
No problem I'll do exactly that. Do you recommend I add a layer of soil on top and get it packed in real nice then give it a good watering?
Well you should never pack your medium. Tamp it by bumping it up and down a few times to get rid of air pockets and help it compress a bit.
No they'll be in 7gallons once they get a bit bigger. I meant just fill in any loose spots not compress it. Seems like the soil gets lower and lower the more we water. It was definitely started off all the way to the rim. I'll take your advice though and not top layer.
