hey dude a phosphate buffer neutralizes the phosphate in the fertilizer the middle letter of N-P-K is the phosphate content in other words you are deleting a necessary and vital nutrient that the plant needs.get your water from one of those machines in front of grocery store it is reverse...
if you put a half inch layer of sand on top of it all moisture that goes in will be pretty hard for the sun to suck it back out compared to soil without a sand layer.
yes looking just right they will continue to get bushier by the day try to keep the cfl's as close to foliage as possible its ok if a few blades get burned but dont let them EVER touch the flowers...... What r u doing as far as water? tap? Iv'e put myself through hell trying to deal with tap...