Well, even though I don't have a horse in the race anymore - thought you all might like to see that I actually can grow decent herb when I don't lose the seed.
2x 315 SS LEC
4x4' tent
3.5 gal hempy buckets, perlite bottom 2" CoCo Loco up to the top
Dyna-Gro nutes (ProTeKt/Bloom/Mag-Pro) nutes according to their feed plan. I started these with CRF (Osomocote) in the buckets, but they ate through it pretty quick and had to start supplementing with Bloom)
30 days veg from seed, photos are 7 weeks after the 12/12 flip
Clockwise from front left
1ea Dutch Passion Critical Orange Punch
1ea Sensi Seeds Afghan #1
1ea Blueberry
1ea Barney's Farm Triple Cheese
Topped them all several times, and ended up with a fairly even canopy. Pleased with everything so far, and has been one of my easiest grows.