CFLs suck by the way They send light out in all directions when it needs to be directed. HIDs in a closet are stupid and the skinny florescent tubes are the best for beginning home grow. Don’t listen to anyone who tells you not to use Miracle Grow because it.. blah blah blah. Your are just starting out, KISS and improve as you go. Keep logs, I mean as absolutely detailed as you can get. Measure growth everyday at 9:00am, not 9:01am (Yes that anal at first). Measure moisture as often as possible and log it. Log temp and every other thing you can think of. Your logs should be so good that you can predict what will happen with the next crop down to the day. Consistency is your friend.

You are not going for Dro, you are going for smokable. Potency is something that you may find is really not as important as flavor and feel of the smoke. I personally do enjoy Dro sometimes, but I never would grow it. Good is subjective and in my opinion it is the last thing I consider in a quality cannabis.

As you start each new generation make sure you have some ideas of improvements that you want to test and see how it improves not just yield but over all growth. As an example, you might realize that you can grow a plant fast and full, but the rootball is so big that it holds too much moisture and now you are dealing with root rot. Maybe you decide to get rid of the plastic pot and make a hardware cloth pot that allows much more air flow and drains excess moisture out quickly so you end up watering more often there by providing the most important thing of all, fresh water and often.

The best way to learn about growing Cannabis is to just relax and know that you will succeed. If you kill it then investigate and write down everything that you see and google it all. Make the necessary changes and start over. Stay away from chemicals until you really know what you are doing. but above all else… have fun dude/tte.