Okay, I was thinking about starting a new thread for this but maybe i'm in the right place. Since I am starting out waaaay behind the 8-ball being that my car is in the shop, I now have to live with my mother because we lost the house in December when my CL husband had a stroke. I am limited on everything, even privacy. But he and I were planning to take his "end of job bonus" and move to Colorado and retire growing weed. I decided to, at least, do that much in his honor. SO, here we go-- hitched a ride with moms to look for a dresser and talked her into taking me to Lowe's. "Promised her a rose garden" if she would turn a blind eye- she knew we were going to Co. to grow weed anyway. So, being as discreet as I could, trying to convince her I was only gonna grow one or two "small" ones (I have 15 seeds from the Netherlands coming next week) I could only buy what I remembered some of you guys talking about but I forgot the lime. I got Happy Frog potting soil with compost bark, peak moss and poultry litter. I bought a bag of bone meal and a bag of blood meal, 5 large black plastic pots for when they get too big for the house and I have to hide them in the back of the property, 5-6" peat pots for I don't know why, a bag of Perlite and a jar of Schultz Take Root, rooting hormone. And a 15-pound bag of Miracle Gro Potting Soil for her rose garden. Oh, and I bought some tall green plants to plant out back to cammo my plants in their final weeks. Now, can anyone tell me what I can do with what I've got and how much of each? What is the lime for? and what's "NPK and trace" you speak of? I like the idea of not having to do much of anything until the 2nd week in veg if I got that correct. Anyone?