First time grow- three weeks in w/ questions

Hello all. I've got a first time grow going on here, and about 3 weeks in I hope posting a thread and starting a journal may help my plants make it out alive. I've got some pics on here, the tallest plant is about 6 inches tall. Right now they get 18/6 lighting from a 600W metal halide bulb. The system is an ebb and flow type and I have just started watering once a day. Before I was watering once every two days to avoid overwatering. I am feeding them a 1/2 strength nutrient solution from a 10 gal. reservoir, changing it about every two weeks.

I plan on switching to my 600W HPS light when they get about 9 inches tall, but I'm not sure if I switch to a 12/12 light cycle then or when they get taller.

If anybody has any advice about how to make this a success and help me avoid any beginner mistakes that would be AWESOME!!!

Sorry for the streaks on the photos, next time I'll take pictures with the lights off.

YEAH!!!!! Exspect them to triple in size man. hahaha, you will shit when you see for yourself.

They look fine bro...
Thats how she goes!

titleistbudz said:

They look fine bro...
Thats how she goes!

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So once I get them about 9 inches tall, and I switch to HPS light, should I maintain 18/6 light cycle until they get about 3ft tall. Then do I switch to a 12/12 to get them to bud? How exactly do I time changing the light type, and the light cycle to get them to start budding at 3ft tall? Anybody?

ur plants look nice for 3 wks