1st indoor grow. I've grown outside but I'm finding this very different and i love it!!! I thoroughly researched and purchased what i wanted instead of trying to throw a kit together ( not thaT there's anything wrong with that), but I wanted what i wanted and that's the beauty of indoor cannabis....i can control my environment. With good equipment, my plants should flourish under my green thumb! So i bought an hlg 600Rspec, a 4x4x6 tent, proper ventillation system, a bluelab pH pen with up and down solutions, and was going to get an intermediately priced light meter but found that the photone app works well. Ive been adjusting the lighting since day 1 and am still trying to find the sweet spot. I did a practice manifold on an outside male this summer and i am going to manifold 2 and leave 3. I want to try ScROG but since that's a way different technique that I've never done i want to try to run them as close to natural as i can but also get to know the practice of topping... next time try something else. Anyway, once I'm in the sweet spot with lighting, I'll always know where to start and how to control the phases. So this is a fresh, thorough account of my very first indoor grow... my 2022 45th birthday grow!