Long time smoker First time grower. first and foremost, I just want to say I have found this forum very helpful in my quest to procure a smoke-able product, as I can no longer afford to buy at the outrageous prices that are demanded in my area. Now that I am enrolled in an online school, I thought what better way to put my expendable income to work than to give myself something to do, and very possibly turn it into a lucrative career further down the road , as I feel my state will follow suit one day and id like to be prepared. first grow was a failure due to bag seeds I had all turned out to be all male. I got smart and decided to order feminized seeds ( caramelicous ) and with It I received twenty "free" seeds . so far this has all been experimental, but with the help of this site I have been able to make educated decisions on what I should do and how I should do It. I n my opinion I have a pretty basic setup. its set up in a little cubby hole in the basement, so it stays relatively cool(80f- 50%rh) . I run a 400w ballast with a hortilux eye mh for grow and the hps for bloom which I only got to use for like a week until I found out my plants were male... so far im just using soil with nutes , and airpots. I plan on starting a grow journal once my plants are a little more established. I figure no one really cares about the first 6 weeks of grow, and unless I run into problems I cant find the answer for on here I don't have a reason to start it so soon. I feel like im rambling, and I just waned to get my fist post out of the way, so I wish everyone on here the best of luck, and from my experience,if you have a question this sit has many resources available all you have to do is look around. its remembering that information that is my problem... Thanks to everyone at Roll It Up , and im glad to part of this community --Al