General Cultivation Q&A

G'day forum, i'm back after years of trial and error. So basically since i've been absent i've ditched almost everything I was doing and started with fresh ideas/concepts. Forget any posts I did a few years ago, i'm a more experienced grower now and ready to get back in action. This winter I was thinking of getting a greenhouse kicking or waiting it out until around spring time, I wanted to share with everyone my soil recipe i'll be using and what i'll be feeding the plants. For pots i'll be using 15-20ltr, the mix will consist of the following: Organic Potting Mix (Certified organic)Coco (Bagged or in a brick)Perlite or Water Crystals (For drainage or water retaining)Org…

Howdy Folks, I was drifting off to sleep the other night, comfortably numb, Started thinking about sexuality of our beloved plant. I have always, until recently used bag seed and grown outdoors, i have always done as i'm sure others would and pick the Biggest and healthiest looking seeds for next year and end up with at least 50% males, usually more like 55- 60%. Recently after buying some feminized seeds from Bonza and noticing that they are all quite small, and thinking about the ones that i made a couple of years ago using the Colloidal silver method which were also quite small seeds i have come to the conclusion that mother nature makes the males big and strong like i…

So here is my idea. I don't want to waste a whole plant to create seeds. And I know it's basically pointless to take a clone from a autoflower. But what if I take two clones from a autoflower, spray one of which with collidal silver, and just leave it in a small contained area (away from my other plants) to let it pollinate the other clone? Yes they would be two small little auto clones that will run their course at the same time the mother does but I think this will work. Any ideas, opinions, advice, or tips would be appreciated! And by all means if this is ignorant or impossible or just plain won't work let me know so I don't waste my time and money!!! Thank you all fo…

Afternoon all, I am about to harvest my last bagseed outdoor grown. I trimmed a bit of, tidied it up and it looks like this. Its doesnt look quite like other plants that I have grown. They look like big calyx's,(apologies for spelling) or seed pods, but there are no seeds in them, in fact there is nothing at all. The rest of the plant looks like this. Any thoughts?? Cheers Relaxed

Hi, Anyone know where I can buy Geo Pots in Victoria? Cheers

Hey guys, I live in Far North QLD, and last year, just before summer and the wet season, I planted my first marijuana crop. Just two plants, to try it out, see if they survived, to learn the techniques and hopefully have some sort of harvest at the end. I started out with 2 seeds, THEY BOTH TURNED INTO FEMALES! Anyway, I picked out of a bag of weed that had been grown by someone in the bush, and not taken care of. Hence why the bag of weed was more like a bag of off-cabbage. This "cabbage" is what drove me to grow in the first place. I picked two darker seeds with some light brown spots and stripes of black. I then proceeded to germinate them using cooled boiled water a…

I was wondering what type of yields to expect from a small tent hydro setup that would include I guess 2 plants and how long it would take to turn over that sort of yield? Sorry if this is a massively noob question.

Finally found an Australian supplier for bat guano tea.N 0. P 7. K 0. Cheap at around 35 dollars,5 Ltrs.I contact him by email. bloominbatguano @mail.com. Extremely happy with the results.

Was thinking about using Coco for a the first time. Just a few questions. Is it reusable after a grow and does it need to be treated. can is be washed and seived to get rid of the root ball. Does it require more or less watering.. any other advice you guys can recommend would be appreciated

Anyone had experience with this? Curious about the benefits of using lights on seedlings for the first 4 weeks or so (depending on growth rate) and then transferring the plant outdoors. I only have experience with outdoor grows and I have never used lights so excuse any naivety. From the semi-relevant threads I've read it looks like I've got 3 options: Use a 12/12 light cycle and transfer outdoors to a 12 hour daylight environment. Stress free? Use 18/6 cycle then instantly transfer outdoors to natural 12/12 daylight when ready. Will this sudden change in hours of light freak the fuck out of the plant? If so then maybe... Start with 18/6 then slowly decrease to 12/12 be…