General Cultivation Q&A

G'day everyone, I've just been to the electric calculator to get an idea how much it costs to run my 1600w set up, with a bit of a shock :| Does anyone run a similair set up to mine? I'm also running a 6" centrifugal 18 hours of the day at the moment. If yes, then what are the average prices of your bills when growing? Thanks!

G'day everyone, I'm just about to purchase some Pure Kush seeds from Bonza, just wondering if anyone has grown this strain? any replies would be good!

So another quick question - am growing outdoors, if that makes much difference, but if I wanted to add another 3 or 4 plants to my grow is it going to be a better idea to order some more seeds and grow from seed or just start to trying to take clones of what I already have? Not that concerned about having all different varieties this grow so that isn't a factor in choosing seeds over clones. Will it make much difference either way? Is it maybe getting slightly late to be growing from seed now anyway, assuming ordering today and 10 days delivery it could be early December before they start to germinate.

Hi folks. i have 4 winter plants in pots, all flowering outdoors. I was wondering wether i should move them indoors under 12/12 lighting now that daylight saving has kicked in? i have 300w of CFL and 90W of LED ready to go. i would appreciate any wisdom bestowed! cheers...

hey everyone just wanted to ask can u add great white to coco? i have heard mixed responses from different shop owners, so im confused about it. anyone use this for cloning? and how do you mix it in to coco? great_white_black.pdf

Try this has left out: pot size - 140mm plastic pots in 4lt ice cream containers growing medium - 75% perlite, 25% vermiculite mix clone box with 15w fluro light and grow/bloom box with 400w son-T-agro grow box dimensions - 1m x 1m x 1.5m high clone box is cardboard box with old lead light stuck in to fit with gaffer tape ventilation - inlet hole in side with standard 250mm desk fan to inhale fresh air over plants 300mm exhaust fan in top of box to exhaust heat from box ducting for inlet and exhaust as required to smother light escape TRY THIS.doc Hope thats everything..... if not, someone can fill the gaps.... good luck

Gday guys I've recently dont the research and found that coco should help bring in a stella crop only thing is this wil be a grow that can only be attented to twice a week. I will be using the Canna brand coco mix with canna coco part a + b also with canna additives hole size is roughly 2ftx2ftx2ft and holds 60 odd ltrs of coco and could provide 100ltrs of water per week. will this be enough so bottom line can coco be somewhat low maintenance ? thanks everyone

Hi all I have had a few questions reguarding the pots I use, so I decided since the tent is empty and pots too I would take some photos for all to see. I got these pots from me local hydro shop. I havent seen them around on the net, sure they are there, haven't really looked. Cost me about $100 for the 3 pots, 3 grid inserts, 3 stands & 3 pot socks. Running this system elininates the need for 2 pots by having the grid in the bottom and drain below it. In that space allows a dry area after the run off has passed through for all the benificial bacteria and goodies like that to brew and receive oxygen aswell as the roots. Run off and roots easily pass through the mesh …

I read that spraying 100ppm of gibberellic acid on a female branch once a day for 10 days will turn it male but because the plant is female it will have female chromosomes. Crossing the pollen with another female from a different mother will then create all female seed without risk of inbreeding. Does this work? Would save a lot of water carting if I could make my own all female seed.

Hi all Thought I would pick up some of the Proganics Root Care from Bunnings. I use House & Garden Rroots Excelurator with great results, it is expensive but worth every $ IMO. But it is expensive @$130 for 250ml, this cost me $20 for 1L which will do 1000L of water. So it is quite concentrated. If it is half as good as Roots Exl I would be happy. In a few weeks I will try a quick side by side grow using clones. Just veg them a few weeks and pull apart the root mass (so yes addicts there will be root porn) Proganics do have a full range of Hydroponic nutrients that you can get from Bunnings, I might give it a side by side later on if I get some room, see how it …

hi everyone anyone got advice on pk 13/14 in coco? canna are still recommending 3 weeks from harvest for 1 week only lots of people seem to recommend an early run , around week 3 and then a 2nd in week 6 when I have previously run recirculating systems ive done best with a week 3 and week 6 regime , but coco might be slightly different whats your experience ?

Hi all Just seeking some advice/opinions on temporary potting of clones. I have had a bit of a search but cant seem to find any info to answer my questions my current method is to cut clones just before flower cycle which means they sit around for 8 weeks prior to being put in pots. After a couple of weeks, they have all they roots coming out of the bottom of the rockwool blocks, which means the roots are all exposed for a while. Although I have never had any problems with this I am wondering if there is room for improvement. would there be any benefit in putting the clones into small pots after roots start to show (does this exposure damage roots?), then repotting …