veged for 2 months used black gold organic soil with 60% soil and 40% perlite....used foxfarm grow big for veg and got cheap during flower and bought mgro bloom booster at quarter strenth. there are 8 tubes all together and each are 40 watts i use a combo of soft white and cool white since they put out way more lumens and two of the tubes are plant light........to tell you the truth those pix are 4 days shy of seven weeks
also if you cant tell i topped them cuz iwanted to keep them short so the light would still be close enough to the lower branches since fluros loose pretty much all power after about 1-1 1/2 feet above the plant