General Cultivation Q&A

Here is my stupid question for the day. Can you take clones from a plant that has already flowered, well and truly? There is still vegative growth (I think) down at the base. Thanks

Some time ago I saw on mythbusters they did a experiment playing music to plants. Has any one done a test to see If playing music to there plants work and if so which type of music worked best. Like hiphop,rap,etc

hey guys i remembered reading once about playing music to plants. so i googled abit and found this http://www.dovesong.com/positive_music/plant_experiments.asp excerpts from article Her first experiment was to simply play a constant tone. In the first of the three chambers, she played a steady tone continuously for eight hours. In the second, she played the tone for three hours intermittently, and in the third chamber, she played no tone at all. The plants in the first chamber, with the constant tone, died within fourteen days. The plants in the second chamber grew abundantly and were extremely healthy, even more so than the plants in the third chamber. then it go…

I need some advice from the grow gurus here. I have read many posts where carbo boosters like molasses have been used in the flowering cycle. I do not have molasses in my larder but I do have a bottle of pure maple syrup. My question is this. Can I use the maple syrup in a dilution of 40 ml/10 litres water to add carbos to my watering cycle in an organic grow during flowering? Is this likely to do the same as molasses, and do I have the correct dilution. I have checked the ph in my tap water with the maple syrup added and it shows about 6.2, with the standing ppm of the fresh tap water being 30ppm (water here is very pure). Any input would be greatly appreciated.

Hi Guys After much advice and deliberation ive decided to use coco coir for my first grow. My question is simple,in this medium what nutrients will i need from germination to budding? Just CANNA COCO A & B? Can anyone recommend anything else?

Hey guys just gathering some info on mediums as I am gonna grow a outdoor crop later on this year. My question i like the sound of coco coir but should i add perlite and maybe peat moss to my medium as well? maybe 60/20/20 I'm new to this so any info would be great! also will dutch master nutes work well with this setup? or do i need coco nutes I got a couple cfl's for the seedlings. I'm gonna grow them indoors for probably a month then take them outdoors is the best time late august start of sept (in melbourne)? when im moving outdoors from indoor cfl's i read i should harden off the plants..so just give them a few hours a day outside for the first week? thanks guys!

Hi guys, So I read somewhere today that plants actually have complex social interactions with each other. They will grow more aggressively when next to unrelated plants. Not sure how true this is but it sounded interesting none the less. I'm interested to see if any knows first hand if its true or any has any thoughts about it.

Got an underperforming seedling that's looking messed up and mongolated. She's Royal Cheese feminised by Royal Queen seeds, and about 1 week old. Compared to a couple of other seedlings germinated at the same time, it's got the same number of sets of leaves, but as you can see in the pic the leaves are very small and warped. Repotted from a small plastic cup into the 100mm pot it's now in yesterday, and the roots are developing quite nicely. Just wondering if anyone else has had seedlings go like this, and if so, do they pull through ok or just go nowhere? Got the seed as a freebie, and never really felt the desire to buy cheese seeds, but now that I have one it…

Hi All, I'm a complete novice when it comes to all of this. 12 years of chronic pain and a charming (but unrelated) medical diagnonsense saw me turn to green about a decade ago and I haven't looked back - it's probably what has kept me alive. Anyway, my regular supplier went out of business recently (without any notice ) so I'm trying my hand at growing for the first time. I've had a LOT of very confusing conversations with a variety of people (Bunnings, hydro stores, even Kmart!) with silly codewords about how I'm growing tomatoes or herbs. I've managed to get most of it sorted - I think - and have recently planted a seed. I'm using coco coir with perlite mixed i…

Hey everyone, I am growing in soil with 130w CFL for veg. I have 3 seedlings and they are 13 days old in these pics. Normally they should be on their second set of leaves (at least) by now and much greener looking. I had a successful grow earlier this year which started in early January. I am using pretty much the same mix of premium potting mix and perlite. Same light and environment, same water source, same batch of seeds. The only thing really different is the temperature, now that it is coming into winter I am getting low 20's and probably a bit lower than that overnight. I am not in a cold climate so I would not think temps matter too much for me excep…

I'm just curious about a few things. I've seen with indoor grows that there are smaller pots in the middle of bigger pots why is that? Why not transfer it or is it for making sure the doesn't grow to tall. with growing outdoors do you have the seedlings in a pot then transfer to ground or keep upgrading pot size. Would thus effect truck size and height? How do you know if you should tip the main cola I think its called or should u not and tip the other lower shoots. With a green house setup what would you need for the bare minimum? What size would you use for 3-4plants I know its a tough question, due the the plants are different. can you keep a male plant near…