So -- to answer the specific question "how do you grow it?"

I like to use clones for all the obvious reasons. I will start a seed only when I need to. I do not keep a dedicated "mother plant" -- no room. I cut a minor, low branch from each of my growing plants just before I start increasing the dark period for flowering. These are first put into water to ensure no air has fouled up the wounded end of the cutting. Then they are dipped in ROOTONE/F (a rooting hormone) and set directly into MIRACLE GRO or BLACK GOLD potting soil in 4" pots. DON"T CHEAP OUT ON YOUR ROOTING MIX!!!! The cuttings are set at 24/0 under an 18" grow-spectrum flourescent tube that sits over a shelf behind the toilet. This isn't enough light to do much more than keep the little critters from dying, but it's plenty to get their roots going. Remember -- I cut these before I changed the light cycle on their mothers. It's still going to be a while before I can harvest, remove the crop, clean and repopulate the grow room. So I don't want these taking off too fast or they'll get out of hand.

When the clones show good leaf generation, and I can start seeing little root tendrils coming out the holes in the bottom of the pot, I move them into 12" pots. I put a couple inches of gravel in the bottom of each one and add good quality dirt. Don't discount the importance of your dirt! If you're wondering why your plants don't produce like the ones you read about and you're doing everything they say, you might want to try upgrading your soil.

Since the mother plants are still budding when I transplant, I put my four babies under a 250w mh hood next to the toilet (again, no room anywhere else) still at 24/7. Now, the plant can't really use more than 20hr light in a period, so the extra 4 hours are really wasted. Also, the plant likes a dark period, where it changes from co2 intake and o2 exhallation to o2 intake and co2 exhallation. Finally, the mh bulb likes to be rested a bit. So timing a light is better than constant light. I'm keeping it simple for this stage of growth though.

I feed them a non-organic fertilizer like MIRACID (high 2nd number). I don't use organic fertilizers. I've had too many problems with mold in my indoor garden. I underfertilize. A plant will thrive with less food than it needs. It will fry it's roots off with too much. Literally. I've washed the dirt off of root balls in the past where overfert has removed all but a few inches of major roots. You can imagine the production disaster . . . I ensure I won't overfert by putting about half into the watering container as the directions call for, and watering twice with fert, followed by a good drenching of plain water.

I water when I have to. Indoor crops are prone to bugs, mold, and malaise when the room becomes too humid or their roots become too soaked. I might water a new clone in a 4" pot once every two weeks -- no fert -- until it tells me it needs more. I might water a summer crop in 12' pots and the dark period just turned up on a daily basis. However, I won't fertilize more than twice a week. The plant will tell you when it's thirsty -- the lower leaves will droop and wilt. I watch for that behavior before I reach for the watering pot.

-- more to come --