so you're saying that I should hand water the plants before I leave for work once a week. and do the nuts every other week? I know that it totally depends on the strain for how long you should veg the plants but what would you guys say would be a good amount of time to veg before I send the plants into the budding room? or is it more a matter of how tall and strong the lil ladies get before they get moved? lastly I am trying to build some of my own strains so I need male plants how would you recommend I pollinate the females. I have heard of growers before using a small paint brush and glazing the buds of the female plants with pollen from the male plant one is trying to cross. how would you advise someone to cross pollinate to build new strains? :thumbsup: