General Cultivation Q&A

Ok, more strange questions from me. You dont have to post a reply to say im a crazy weirdo..... i know aready. What would happen if you put aquarium bio media and product like http://www.seachem.com/Products/product_pages/Stability.html in a hydro system? Or using co2 in the water to regulate ph, like in an aquarium co2 system? Using aquarium water primer to get aged water quicker, would that neutralize some of the nutrients?

Hey guys I have currently got a potted female big bang thats roughly 2m tall and 1m wide at its widest, its in a large pot that is about 6 galon. The pot has very good drainage. It has been flowering for about 2 weeks and i think i will harvest in about 6 weeks. I have only now got specialised bloom nutrients, i bought bio-bloom and bio-grow from biobizz but i am confused how much to use. Here is the instructions and amounts: http://www.hydrogarden.com/content/images/blog/23/12/main/Biobizz%20Grow%20Chart.pdf Now, i only water the plant roughly every 2-3 days atm, i am confused how much of this stuff to add, it says how much to add per liter, but how much water do…

So I am getting the last parts of my indoor grow organized and have decided to shelf the Dutch Master nutes I have and order GH Flora 3-Part Series along with some Cal-Mag in order to use the h3ad/Lucas formula so anyway what online store would you recommend?

Hi If you were trying to get the most out of your plant, do outdoor growers ever supplement their plants with lights? Would hooking up a LED Flowering grow light 135-watt be a big benefit? Or would a light addition to a flowering plant put it back into vegetative state because of the light / darkness ratio changing? When would you apply the light if it was a good addition, anyone experimented with this? Feel free to tell me i'm dreaming, literally new to this and started v late in the season just trying to yield something... Cheers all -Tea

Hi err'body, I have a couple of questions if you kind be so kind to enlighten me. I read that indoor growers switch the lighting to 12/12 to make the plant flower, how do we achieve this outdoors? When is a good time to make this happen? Surely I'd want my plant to get the most daylight possible, no? My garden bed is up against a wall that shields the sun for a few hours in the morning, would you recommend I grow there or in smart grow pots in the middle of the lawn? In Perth when is the best time/ month to plant or sew seeds? What is a typical harvest period. Lastly, can anyone recommend a good seed bank that is relatively good value for money and has success shi…

After doing much reading and research about growing organically, I came across this company - http://www.greenlifesoil.com.au They have all the good stuff like bio char, dried kelp, fish hydrolysate, Diatomaceous Earth, zeolite and all the standard minerals. They also have some nice mixes which I am going to try and blend with perlite and zeolite.

I honestly didn't know a thing about "main-lining" until after I started my plant. I topped at 3rd node and trained the 2 stems to be horizontal with bobby pins into the soil over the stems. I then started to top them and apparently that is what this technique is. From what ive seen im doing alright but ive done it way too early. What do you guys think and also that weird arse leaf with 3/5 yellow with green fleck and 2/5 normal green!? Fucking weird. Also sorry for the phone pics. Thanks, Shauden.

Hey, i've been reading up on different growing methods for other plants and I came across banana peels which are generally used as food for roses. This gave me an idea, after researching banana peels, they are high in potassium and a good bloom booster. Banana peels are buried directly into the soil around the roses, also you can chuck them in the compost pile, i'd like to try make some banana compost when I get time. I also read that banana compost can reduce watering by 20%, lead to better yields and increase the micro-nutrient availability to the plants. Banana peels are apparently also a favourite food for earthworms which are an important factor in my garden. Does …

Hey, how's it going? here's some different methods of drainage in medium Perlite vs Vermiculite - Have you had better results with perlite or vermiculite or both?? The size of the vermiculite particles are larger than the perlite which i've found has given me better drainage over the years, although I recently tried using both to see if having different particle sizes in the medium would make a difference and it's working great at the moment. The plants hold enough water and drains well, i've had to water my plants everyday as the drainage is a bit too good next time i'll be adding more coco to the mix as I only went about 20% coco 40% perlite & vermiculite mix and t…

Does anyone know about grow shops in Morocco Algeria or Tunisia where I could buy fert. or addit. I mean Gh Canna Attami etc. I could not find any on the web.

Hey everyone just wondering if anyone has used ozi magics monsta bud? Been thinking of running it on all my outdoor girls been thinking of trying something different than canna pk13/14 have 2 litres sitting here . I would also be using my gt coco a and b with the monsta bud in flower. Is that a problem being organic stuff mixed in? Any help would be great thanks