Alrighty this was my first, and she was using the window sill with natural sun, she did stretch a lot and now she is on 12/12 in a closet no light leaks at all, and yes she is in soil I water every 3rd day, depending how she looks she is starting to smell though and I can see the crystals on her lots of white hair but yes want her to get thicker as for any nutes fertilizer right now its plain ol water and some miracle gro. My second baby starting up, after some reading up and thanks to the forum and the member she is on 24hrs light about 4 weeks in Veg I will post up pics later....how much can I get outta this one???