1. for soil i use promix, well technically not soil but. anyway i dnt no what to say about water retention, i wish i could remember the name of the stuff, but in another forum it was brought up, the guy mixed this stuff with his soil that helped retain water, ill try to find the answer, but on a...
lots of ppl have good success with the stuff, i wouldnt recommend it for new growers who have a tendency to over water, and feed,their plants, and overfeed even more from overwatering with it, thats y they get such bad burns with it
shit those pics are big, oh well im sure theres a way to size them down ill figure it out, and as i know vegging plants arent much fun to look at, heres a few from last years grow