thanks for the advice stinky
i think im ok on watering, the finger in the soil method seems to work pretty well
i have them in 5 gallon buckets, they are about 5-6 inches tall- there is about 4 inches of lava rock at the bottom of the bucket to help with drainage...what amount of water do you think would suffice??
obviously it will vary, but do you have a ballpark??
im actually pretty surprised my the results ive gotten so far...better than i expected

thanks