The good news is that growth rate has picked up and the color is far saner.
Not as good news is that large fan leaves went this route, which looks like a dash of everything Anyway, I’d probably be chopping off these big fans soon for training, so little plants can eat up while I figure out how to improve their lives.
My original “GO Box” had all the same base nutrients and supplements, but I think they’ve slightly tweaked the formulas (my original “Root” was NPK 1-1-1, new bottle is 0-1-1). Referenced chart matches my chart almost exactly in terms of schedule/amounts, aside from cutting out some of the supplements earlier into flower (N/A here). Anyway, given that they have two instructions about keeping pH between 5.5 and 6.5, I’m glad their semi-condoning what I’ve been doing all along, and correcting my mistakes by giving me a lower range than I’ve been using. About 75% of the feedings for these two plants have had a pH above 6.5, so if the friendly multinational agricultural company thinks I should feed at a lower pH, I’ll give them the benefit of the doubt this time (as I cook up some super soil and brew exciting teas).
Oh, and in answer to your last question: top water, about 25% at first to moisten the soil (stupid hydrophobic peat moss), and then slowly feed in the rest several minutes later.
Anyway, will give it a few more days to see how things progress and update further.