Welcome Pit,
First, you should not post into another person's thread and 'highjacking it'.
Second, you did catch my interest with the 400 and 500 watt bulbs. What are these? CFL, or what? I didn't see any cfl that size on 1000bulbs site.
Third, All the general assistance questions you asked can be found in the FAQs and you can read the sub-forums where people post their grows. Indoor, outdoor, CFL, LED, you'll find it. That's why some of us post our grow logs.

Apologies to Prof. Greene.
I just finished a grow where the plants were no more than 12" high at the end of 33 days veg and 8 weeks flowering. As the Professor did, I double cropped very early on. It was a successful grow with a good yield. Good Luck Prof.