hi Mate, i just finnished my first harvest northern light cross big buds... i planted 3seeds of which 2 was male very disapointed... the 3rd was femail though... i placed seeds in dark room for 2days, then under a fluro light for 10days till roots appeard then 4weeks under 1000 hps 18hrs on 6 off... the plant looks streached and stringy some wound say light was to far off but it was nt, im on my second batch from clones off original and still streachy... after 4eeks Veg a changed to flower on same light 12/12 for 8weeks.... so basically from seed 10 days soft light, 4weeks veg and 8 weeks flower... i thoght it was going to go longer in flower as hairs did nt brown off untill last few days... all the best... Darran (sydney Oz)