Those ladies, all of them hopefully, are lookin' mighty fine! Good luck in your quest for a ballast for the bulb. I don't know much about pricing of ballasts, but it seems like the bulbs are pretty expensive, so hopefully you're at least 1/2 way there, my friend!

Thanks for the update and the pretty pics. I need to take some pics of the Freeze. I think I burned her a bit with some nutrients, since she's already in Miracle Grow soil. But, trial and error is normally the way I learn.

Good luck, and I will continue to follow your log!