@iampepe thanks m8. I have a big basement I have 2 rooms that's 10ft by 10ft that im not using and I want to make one side for autos And one side for photos. With 6 on one and 6 on the other so ill need 12 lights and I plan to get the mars hydro reflector 192. If I buy 12 at once im sure ill get some type of discount.
If I was only running 3-4 plants I might consider building my own led's but don't really feel like building 12 that's a big project and we are coming into the drag racing season where I live so ill already be super busy with that. I would love to build my own but that'll have to be later on.
As for the soil it looks good for me so far but I don't really have anything to compare it to due to this being my 1st grow. I was gonna buy the promix HP but manards was sold out of it.