^ yea doesnt the soil look horrid? but its miracle grow, thats all i could get a hold of at walmart, and it had a hole in the bag so im sure it soaked up a lot of 'goodies' haha. I am trying to keep it small as possible. I seen someone grow from 12/12 with only a 23 watt bulb from seed to harvest and it totaled at about 8" tall. I think I am going to keep it on 24/7 until I get a full set up leaves, then will switch it to 12/12. Another thing, does tying it down actually force it to grow width instead of height? and wouldnt that cause problems with the lower leaves getting some rays?