Ok here's my 60DW at Day 34:
And here is my first Auto #1 at 27 Days:
As a little background, my first grow was outdoors this past season with some generic stock. I was pleasantly surprised by the results so I decided to try indoors. A buddy had a 1000w HPS for sale since he was getting out of the biz so I bought it for $80 USD.
So my setup is 1000w HPS straight from seed. (It's what I got)
Since I had success with my soil this past summer I went with the same indoors:
Grow Medium is 80% Peat, 10% Perlite, 10% Vermiculite
Container size is 4 to 5 gallons
Seed sewn directly in soil per the recommendation.
Cycle was 18/6 from start but am slowly going to 20/4 due to the recommendation for my next strain.
No added nutes, just plain well water and the nutrients inherent in the Perlite and Peat which are from Miracle Grow.
I started my first couple plants too far away from the light because I was so scared of nuking them (~48"). It took a couple weeks for me to come to that realization and move them closer (now ~24"). I feel sure that this will hurt the end result somewhat.
I don't think my 60 day wonder will be finished in 60 days either. Unless she gets the growth spurt from hell.
Decided to do my first couple plants very basically just to get the feel for it. So far they seem ok to my untrained eye. Could be wrong tho, wouldn't be the first time