Gotta agree, the forums are awfully empty lately. Makes it harder for me to lurk guiltfree when no one else is taking up the slack.

Er, regarding are you ready to grow.... you're ready to grow when you grow. I don't know how much money you've sunk into all that equipment, but I bet it's a lot. At least for me, it's a lot. Now you can sit there with all that expensive crap waiting for someone to tell you when and how and what to do, or you make like Nike and just do it. ('scuse the awful, corporate---and outdated---reference)

Do you have enough stuff to grow? You had enough stuff when all you had was a plastic cup, dirt, seeds, and tap water. You might not have had the most optimal, but for g-d's sake, do you really think you're going to leap out of the gate and run the most professional, highly tuned, and sophisticated grow your first time around?

I'm glad you did your homework, it means that when you run into problems you'll have a foundation to figure out what you did wrong. But if you never make the mistakes, you'll never figure out what went wrong. Now shut up and grow already, don't wait for someone to tell you when it's ok for you to get off your hands and knees and walk. Get up.

That my two cents... feel free to ignore 'em. :jointsmile: