Update for my buddy @TreeBee and those who took the time to reply and are following along.
So thanks to @Oldchucky and his trusty water meter suggestion, that made a light bulb go off.
I said, "Son, how much water have you been giving the girls?"
He goes, "I take a gallon and spread it between them," very matter of factually and proud of himself.
I said, "WHAT?!?! ONE GALLON FOR 6 PLANTS?!"
He nods.
Instead of losing my mind, I mean I did tell him to stop watering the plants because he was overwatering our strawberries and we got the whole greenhouse infested with fungus gnats, I told him that the water meter was coming the next day and we'd test the bags and go from there. I wasn't sure if he was confused by what I was asking and just didn't understand or if he was really using 1 gallon of water for 6 plants. My head about exploded and I did so good keeping my screaming thoughts to myself.
Water meter arrives and low and behold they are dry as can be. I told him to go give each plant 2 gallons each and then put DE powder on the top of the soil (for the damn gnats!) and then we'd check them again this morning. We checked this morning and they were kinda mid-moist. I instructed to put another gallon in each and put more DE on the soil. We are now in the wet zone of the meter and I told him no more watering until that meter says its time.
I'm going to continue to update this thread as the grow continues with photos and emergencies (hah!) so stay tuned! It's going to be a very interesting 4 months full of insanity I'm sure!
Mother of the year over here... :)