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yep, light wise 400w is fine, but I also would look at the light distribution. If it's more an elongated area you might find that the better distribution of two lights makes a big difference

/agree on heat, no matter what you do, ventilation is key. I have a similar area (4x3x10) for flowering and went with the 2x 400w. The main thing I like about having two instead of one is the light distribution. It's incredibly even compared to when I just had one lamp going. There's also...

A list of tips could be endless, but the first thing that pops out to me is that you want to grow "the most crystally, fluffy, luscious buds," but you are growing under a 60w (I assume) CFL. The expectation and the equipment you currently are using are not compatible in my mind. At some point...

could be ph, but to give another viewpoint... As plants flower they will start to ditch leaves that don't get enough light, or are holding nutrients which it could put to better use higher up on the plant. This is what your situation looks like to me. You don't have much light, and you have...

are nodes alternating? If not it might not be mature in which case it won't flower till it's mature regardless of dark period. Every strain is different, but I personally have not run into one that didn't show pistils at 2 weeks of 12/12... At the very least I'd be double checking for light...

I'd just watch it. As it stands now (and assuming this is the only place doing that), I wouldn't be concerned about it. However if it looks like other leaves are doing the same thing, I'd start looking at PH, and micro nutes. As I said though, that by itself isn't something I'd be concerned...

I would steer away from mixes myself. They will typically have time release fertz added. If you get potting soil or top-soil they will usually not have nutes added. The ingredients you listed are basically what you're looking for, though you might want to fine tune for consistency as you get...

you have a few things going on, and pruning is kinda its own issue. Your real issue was watering, and I don't really see how chopping stuff off was going to help you out on that. They simply needed water. It's possible to let that go too long and to lose parts or the whole plant, but if it...

for a first grow that looks pretty good!

above post pretty much nailed it for you. I wanted to add though, plants won't flower till they are mature, no matter the light schedule, so flowering before maturity is pointless. Maturity is indicated by alternating nodes.

genetics is the potential, environment is how close you come to reaching the potential. Since you don't know the genetics it could be all over the place, but that means it could be dank. If you grow in optimum conditions it will often be better than the bag it came from. This was my...

I have no experience with water curing, but I have quite a bit of experience with refluxing and extractions. Personally I just use butane now because it's so simple, but I certainly can understanding wanting to try out new things :) How successful it would be will depend a lot on how effective...

+1, sounds like you are letting it get too dry before jars. The moisture is what induces the cure, so you want it dry enough to not rot before going into jars, then use burping (or lack thereof) to prolong the continued drying as long as possible. How dry is a matter of taste, but most people...

4-7 days more imo. Those hairs just look too 'alert' to me. If you're new it's always good to 'wait till you think it's ready, then wait another week' :)

the only accurate way to track it is when you switch to 12/12, so that is what is used. Anything else is subjective. I can't think of a plant that went to flower before showing some pistils (basically you'd have to not have any preflowers...). Anyway, the stretching, in my experience at...

I didn't bother with the poll because you can go either way. The benefit of all one strain is that they will roughly grow at the same rate, as well as flower in roughly the same time. The benefit to multiple strains is more variety, but with the added issue of disparate height, and flowering...

when a seed breaks the surface it enters what is called the seedling stage. The end of seedling is determined by nodes, I *think* 3rd or 4th true node, but don't quote me on that :) sounds like you're in seedling, it is usually longer than 2 days :)

I like clones as well, for all the reasons stated. However, I don't have access to new genetics via clone, so I certainly throw in seed to get new genetics in.

personally I would leave it as is. Topping will slow the flowering, basically imo it's too late regardless. But really those plants look decent. I can't help but think you're best move would be to transplant to bigger pots if they have been in those ones very long.

there are a lot of things that will influence flowering time, so it's more a rough guideline. Figure that's what the breeder experienced on average. Don't expect it to be spot on your experience, and by all means, put to use methods to determine ripeness, like magnified trichs... The...