and cureing the buds long doesnt make the bud strong but it makes its true tastes and smells come out for a better smoking experience it will also be smoother when you hit it cause the chlorophyll in the bud has time to degrade away.
shouldint have them in pots together like that the reason the older one is smaller is cause its competing with the larger one for food/oxygen among other things and from the looks of it the younger is winning and i see you have them in a planter with some other plant your plants arent going to...
id have to find my camera. what would not advice watering with? the pond water or molasses? i figgured watering with pond water that had lots of alge and fish poop in it would kinda be like aquaponics.
my plants fan leaves are starting to yellow and eventually turn white with small brown spots on it. i dont think its a nute def. prob cause i am feeding it with a general 10-10-10 and i also mix molases and water from my small algie filled coy pond to help microlife so iduno what the deal is are...
HPS will take you through the whole grow no probs but you might have more plentiful growth in veg if you did use an MH light. so use it if you got it and if you dont, dont worrie about it you'll be fine.
DVX i was just about to post something about bud matureaty when i looked at the compareson pics but i guess you beat me to the draw....that is about the only reason why i could see someone saying to many red hairs.