Hey Rebel! The plants are in 3 gallon pots, and are in Fox farms ocean forrest soil straight out of the bag. As for lighting its a 400w hps with 2 26w cfls right above the plants that will be used for side/under lighting once the plants are big enough. I don't know if it's genetics or the soil but these plants are moving along nicely. What kind of seeds you growin and under what lighting and soil?