Well my girls made it, and they all look pretty good. There were a few minor problems that have developed, but overall they look good and I think will produce nicely.

Soil
All I gotta say is holly god! Little did I know what a little over a week in time can do to plants. I remember these little twiggy things when I left, came home, I swear I have a scene from the jurrasic park ride in the room!!! the plants transformed from something from the jurrasic period, including some random flying things..... those were taken care of quickly.... the care taker only messed up one feeding, so I have a little nute burn on some of the leaves, I think they'll be fine though.

hydro
I guess the proof is in the pudding! If I thought my soil plants were crazy, when I left the plants were close to 2', some are close to 5'!!!!! there are leaves as big as my head, they are no longer supported by stems, but by 4" TRUNKS!!!!! some random leaves fell off, so i cleaned up dead mass and cleaned everything up really good. used a mild biofriendly clean solution in room. i was waaaaay overwhelmed when I got home, and honestly a little scared too, I had no idea........ so i threw em into 12 and 12 with my mh and worked on light proofing the room all day, its total darkness..... the res is drinking about a gallon of water a day! im checking everyday for sexing, its hard to tell i feel like almost all the plants have spikes.... so it still maybe too early, they have only been on the 12/12 for 2 days. after i clean up my memory card of vaca photos ill be adding.... wait until u c, if there is anyone following, ull get a hoot.