I'm growing my biggest harvest ever right now and it is grow number seven and each grow I learned something making each successive grow better and better. My plants this time are fantastic. Biggest and best I've ever had. People don't realize how hard it is to do everything just right. You know what though. Even though my first couple tries were terrible I still had some fun with them!! Now I'm growing stuff that is three hits and you are having a wonderful, wonderful time. Smooth and very nice tasting. I have no complaints. It is just as good as anything I bought when I was visiting Oregon. Like you, I've come a long way. Soil, light, curing, trimming, feeding. Whew. I love growing these plants though. Fun to watch them during all the different phases. After you look at them a lot during growth you learn some things about what they are suppose to look like at each phase. Catch problems early. When I first started I had about every plant problem you can imagine...all the illnesses. Now, this current grow, nice, healthy green leaves the whole time and the buds are looking very good. Someone told me to add silica and I needed it in a bad way. My plants at end of grow kept bending over with the bud weight. This time..they are all standing proud and tall for the very first time. Pretty exciting.