ok the soil has no nutes just water every 2 days and lightly mist every morining. with the dro my friend brings over the nutes that he uses on his the couple i know that are in there are is some of that seahorse stuff i forget the full name hygrozyeme, sugar daddy, and one other i forget the name. the grow box isnt completly sterile but the stuff on the dro tub is just soil that my fan blew off of one of the pots. the nute were added right when the plant rooted into the water and the stem poped out of the rockwool cube. the nutes have only been givin once. and the soil plant is about 2 to 3 inches away from a 75w flouro bulb.