Not to bad so far. Am using roots organics grow,trinity,surge, and ancient ambient . took me a few tries to get the dossage right following there feed chart online. Yes they love lots of water . only thing I done was topped am. Not going to defoliate til bloom . added too much perlite to coco but didnt wanna transplant due to being a auto also I will have lights on 24 hours the whole way, ussually I do 18/6 but trying something new