High from Brazil!
I've got three plants I started growing on the balcony just to find out they don't get any direct sunlight there. 2 are F10 Orient Express a friend made. Those survived out of 5 'cause the others failed to get decent roots. Apparently dude likes incest. The other one is a bagweed seed I got along with two more, that died as well. I'm using a soil mixture with worm droppings and all sorts of organic yumminesses, all that with coconut fiber and clay pellets at the bottom. Planted some beans and soy along, to boost up the micorrhiza. Got some tube fluoros (I know... But they came with the apartment I live in) adding up to 120W, put them as close as I could to the plants and they're now growing faster. Plants are about 2 1/2" tall (God, I hate imperial...) I know the cheap way is usually the wrong way, but I got divorced this year and will be strapped up for cash for at least a few more months. I put some municipal water to rest every now and again and water whenever they seem to be thirsty (which can take up to a week. Less now that the lights are really close). I'm thinking about getting a 400W HPS for flowering and setting up a mini Fuct SOG of sorts in the high part of my closet--its back has plenty of venting holes. Right now I'm still at a loss as to how I'll do the lighting and the separation between vegetation/cloning and flowering. I'll probably paint some cardboard white (also got a bucket of white paint with the apartment) and tape it shut.
Just wanted to thank all the community for everything. Been learning way too much.
-G.