Hi StoneyMike, I'd say be careful with those extra HPS lamps. I've been having trouble with my 600w lamp burning my plants. In fact, I fried three good bud sites two nights ago by getting too close to my lamp. The existing 400w HPS is probably too small for eight plants, from what I've read around here. I thought I was ambitious going for four plants, so now I feel a bit more grounded.

I'm not sure that you should give up hope on those buds appearing. I didn't see any until a few days after I passed three weeks. Now, they are growing all over the place. One thing I've learned about this trial run, is that just when you're about to give up hope, wait a couple days more. One of my seedlings that didn't look like it would ever crack it's seed - is now the tallest one in the bunch, and has the thickest stem.

Some of the photos that you posted look like they were taken in a kitchen. Do you have a place to store these, or is this where they reside? If so, it could be a combination of lack of light during your light period and light leakage during your dark period. Can you describe where the plants normally reside? It's nice to compare notes with another fellow newbie. Check out CCIE's thread, he started around the same time as us.

Invision - thanks for dropping by, and the advice. I guess I was just a little too anxious to see some buds. I'm really starting to see some now. Next photos posted should show some of these nice buds. As I was just saying to Mike, though, I've fried a few bud sites I think if I want to continue growing three or four plants in this space, I will need to learn LST.