A seedling is in the vegetative state as soon as it’s born. It takes about a month for a seedling to become sexually mature in any situation. Doesn’t mean it’s going to ever show it’s sex in veg. Seedlings are initially provided nutrition through their embryonic sac, so they don’t need nutrients for about the first 10-21 days depending on the cultivar.

No such thing as a cal-mag deficiency. Calcium and magnesium are two completely different elements with completely different deficiency symptoms. Your plant is lacking neither. This random splotching is typically from pH swinging quickly out of range. Leaf twisting often occurs as well.

6

40 L is about 10.5 gallons.

Recharge has all the correct endo-mycos. Hard water high in calcium will be alkaline. If it’s too alkaline (above 8), you’ll want to lower it to around 6.