I have some plants that are developing there shoots, what will become the tops, as far as growing out far enough to start training. One is not growing vertically as much. I found the soil quite wet, not to bad but wet, and compacted a bit. I used a skewer to poke/stir the soil where there was not root development. Then when the top 4" dried I "moistened" the top of soil, very little, as the bottom was still wet. Then i skewered the soil just a bit so that the soil was loose and moist. Will this help root development and over all growth? This was planted in a 3:1 mix of FFOF/happy frog (for the roots) w 35% Perlite and 10 % vermiculite with some of that Plant Success root food . I use Earth Juice micro nutrient, botanicare Pro Gro and Berry Sweet. I do not like molasses but plan on watering with it at least through the last two weeks of veg. Will this help the roots? Getting ready to train my plants. Is it more beneficial to train each brach on it's own and if so should I tie it to a stake with string or would it be easier on the plant to make a bamboo "hook" and put the branch through that? Can I make an effective "trellis" out of skewers and just run the branches through that? If I have to I will stake any of the tall, heavy kolas. Next run I plan on using coco and perlite to do a basic hydro set up. I have read that I should wet some of the mix, enough for some cups, with a 1/4 dose of nutes for the seedling at about 6.0-6.2 pH. I can buy this. Then to transplant into final containers. Is it best to general just follow the guidelines on the nutes bottle? I understand the idea of ramping up nutes from that point also the idea of giving it a splash a couple times a day. It also said something about epsom salts. Why? I thought salts were bad. From attitude I have had hit and miss luck but have just picked at random. Next time I plan on going barney's farm, Reserva Privada, Dna and serious seeds for the White Russian. Are these as good a brands as the hype? i know greenhouse sucks. Thanks everyone