Hey this is for all the first time growers. Don`t g out buying everything you can thinking thats going to make the difference. Start simple Good seeds Good dirt and good Ferts. Start there and work on planting your seeds in good soil and not how many different things you can put in the soil and how many things you can buy to test the soil and the water with. Plant your seeds keep them watered by soaking the soil good if in pot And if in the ground let mother nature do her job. Planted in the ground plants will do better most of the time if you go around three weeks between visits and not trying to baby them every day and doing more harm than good. Give your plants some time and don`t go well they haven`t changed any in a half a day so i better try something different. Also the Topping and lst should be done after you get better at growing a plant first. When you can grow a plant over knee high in the ground not knee high in a pot then you can look at topping. So keep things simple and work on just the basics first. Its like cooking you may have food that you can eat sometimes and that you can`t eat others times but it takes a lot of practice to get to when you can fix a great meal everytime you try. Slim