Sounds like u got the right idea. I mean, a ton of people show up here and I swear they all wanna grow 5 pounds in a week with halogen lights! If u haven't grown bbefore, check out the faq, study it, it's got tons of useful info for u to soak up while ur waitin for ur gals to grow. As for the skunky- interesting thing about this last grow, the lowryder/ak's, they never really started to stink that bad. I've grown a few other non-auto strains, and ALL OF THEM smelled strongly while they were vegging and only a month old!