Wondering how to a fix a couple issues

This is my first grow. These (hopeful gals) have had me on the edge of my seat since they sprouted. But the last week or two they have really had me looking everywhere for answers and I may be paranoid but I do know a couple things I'm currently not doing correctly or haven't done yet.
First here is what I'm using and how I've been watering.
1.) This is a closet it's 2x4 they are almost 5 weeks in a few days
2.) Light is a Mars Hydro FCE-3000
3.) Fox farm ocean forest
4.) I water them when I can stick my knuckle down an inch and feel it's dry, I also pick them up for weight but I'm always unsure when doing that.
5.) These have been transplanted twice unfortunately. I freaked out when I saw stretching in there seedling stage and they were about a week old. So I moved them to half gallon pots and finally got 3 gallon Fabrics about a week ago now.
6.) I've only used tap water until the last two times I have given it to them . I got some ph.drops and it's reading 7.0-8.0 out of the tap.
The last two waters I have used PH down to get the water as close as I can to 6.0-6.5 I haven't given them any nutrients yet or additives just the soil and water.

Posting a few pictures here to hopefully calm my worries and figure out how to keep this stuff from happening.

Can't figure out how some leaves have pieces Missing. No pests in site as far as I can tell. On one plant there is leaf discoloration and the biggest spots are on the bottom leaves. There are a few tiny spots on other leaves that looks like it's the same thing.
I'm also concerned about the clawing of the higher up fan leaves. And can't figure out how to make it go away.

Any advice is welcome thanks in advance!

Remove those leaves that touch the soil …..overall plant looks good.

FFOF ph runs 6.3 ( ish ) out of bag - medium has buffers in it to compensate your tap water source.
But if you must adjust for some reason - 6.5 to 6.7 .
Tap water will cover cal mag also , as it is already in municipal water.

Your plants look fine. Don't mess with stuff that aint broken

Plants look fine. Looks like a couple random spot of physical damage if anything. Nothing I'd be concerned with yet. Remove those lower leaves touching things, as mentioned above, and don't kill it with love.

Thanks you guys, will the bit of clawing work itself out? Also do I just clip the ones touching? Or can I just carefully pluck them off?

Pluck , cut or chew

Last question and leave you all be for a bit lolol really appreciate the reassurance here!

I've topped once but just pinched off the top. Didn't use scissors to cut the stem. Decided against LST training but want to produce more cola sites. Idk If you can even tell by the pictures but when would be good to top again?

Spinspun said:

Last question and leave you all be for a bit lolol really appreciate the reassurance here!

I've topped once but just pinched off the top. Didn't use scissors to cut the stem. Decided against LST training but want to produce more cola sites. Idk If you can even tell by the pictures but when would be good to top again?

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Let the plants recover from the first topping which means let them grow at least a few more sets of leaves before topping again. It's stressful for the plants and they need some time to recover. Plan how you want the plant to grow which means paying attention to the direction that new branches will develop.

I agree with Budzbuddha, they look good overall. Trim anything touching the soil. Patience weedhopper.

Spinspun said:

I'm also concerned about the clawing of the higher up fan leaves. And can't figure out how to make it go away.

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Overall your plants look healthy. Relax, you're doing fine.

My best guess on the clawing would be slight Nitrogen toxicity...but you say you haven't been giving them anything so obviously you can't cut back on N. I haven't used FoxFarms soil, maybe it's super-hot?

I usually wait at least 10-14 days between toppings and never after flowering starts.

I agree with above^^ your plants look good! One comment is, I'd start watering based on pot weight rather than "one knuckle down", you'll give the plants a better wet/dry cycle and they'll enjoy it. Just lift them up after you water and remember how heavy it is, then water again once the pots get significantly lighter (but before they wilt). Good luck on the rest of your grow.