buffallo soldier-i agree with you on the whole stressing the plant out and stuff but I know that I've kept a really low stress grow from the very beginning. I think I just got the 1 hermie out of 12 plants cause its from bagseed and I think it was gonna be a hermie no matter what I did. I am just going to transplant some of my females that are still early in flowering(only have a few white hairs) and see what happens. I think it'll be fine and in case it screws them up, I wont do it to all so I'll still have half my crop which won't be transplanted.

mississippi- I've done the math and think that for my grow space I have more then enough light. I think 7,300 lumens per sq. foot is plenty but your also right that more is better. I know my plants are small and all but I dont want an 8ft tall cab and I dont want plants that are very large. The point of my grow was to keep them small and within the amount of space I have. I know that my plants arent gonna be anywhere near their full potential but I feel like everyone has their particular needs and I know what mine are just as you know what yours are. This is my first grow and I learned a lot. My next grow is gonna be 4 easy ryders in this same box with 1 gallon pots each. I don't sell this stuff and only do it for my own medicinal purposes. As long as I have enough to smoke and not have to go waist my money on something that comes naturally out of the ground, im happy. Thanks for the input though. Your plants look AWSOME man!!! What strain are those? I am hoping that at some point down the road I can go bigger and better but for now I am under a lot of restraints and am happy that I am able to grow what I have. Oh and as far as sayin to use some 23w cfls. I dont know if you didn't notice but I have a total of 268 watts in a 2.25 sq ft area. I am using 8 26w cfl's that are hanging over the plants within an inch or 2 and I also have the big 68w cfl hanging in the middle of all the plants to get the side lighting and mid section. I also did some minor LST and my plants def. love it. I have every piece of the plants getting direct light.

ONly regret was that I wish I transplanted into slightly bigger pots and I wish I had started LST earlier to get low bushy plants. My box will be perfect for the easy ryders though. Can't wait.:thumbsup: