people make growing this plant much harder than it is. just grow it like you would any other plant. You want to use Foxfarm Farm's Fruit and Flower powder fert cuz it's full of bacteria. It is actually the bacteria that break down the fertilizer to molecules plants can take up. Mix it with Foxfarm soil or something similar and it should be all you need as it has much of the micronutes plants need. After that, just give them good water and time to grow. You'll be shocked at how easy it is. It seems like people always want to tweek their plants to make them better. All that does it make things worse.