General Cultivation Q&A
General cannabis cultivation queries, information and discussions, growing techniques and propagation
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Hey I started this big bang plant in a PC grow box about 8 weeks ago but I had to go away interstate for 6 weeks. My friend was looking after it but it got too big and started touching the lights (he also didn't change the light cycle to flower). I've clipped the burnt/yellow leaves and was wondering peoples suggestions on trying to use a SCROG or LST at this stage. There's so much foliage it looks like it would be hard to tie without damaging it. Was thinking of using the red netting that you buy bags of oranges in as a SCROG.. What you guys think?
	
						
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Hey all about to do another run, this time auto flowerers in a tent under a 600w hps and ill add another one during flowering usually. anyways had a few successful growful grows indoor and out am by no means an expert so in search of any tips or hints about auto flowers and how to grow them compared with normal mj. oh bunch of various strains too was gonna go 8 in my little tent as ive herd they dont grow as big.
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I found this to be an excellent read... So pack a pipe...pour a drink & spend a while reading http://blueboy67.wordpress.com/ Purple Cannabis by Nebu The origins of purple cannabis are as much of a mystery as the origins of the plant itself. However, purpling is as natural as the changing colors on the leaves of deciduous trees in autumn, which is attributed in part to the pigment anthocyanin. Anthocyanin expression is controlled by both genetic and environmental factors. Purpling is a simple dominant Mendelian trait, with quantitative expression. Environmental Factors: Several pigments are responsible for color in plants: chlorophyll, carotene, xanthophyll, an…
	
						
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been mixing it 60ml of A and B into 14L of water they recomend 5ml per litre the problem is its burning the leave edges and tips i flush every week and keep ph levels right i cant see why its burning them n14% p6% k31% s2.1% ca7% mg1.8% any info will be great
	
						
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Hi guys, my system is all going well except my leaves are starting to curl over and dying a touch on a few of the ends they look they are clawing any help would be great thanks guys
	
						
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Hi all, Got my feminized Barneys farm seeds last night. Are in water now. My drobe is about 1.8m high, and I'm looking at growing two. I'm going to tip them a couple times each, what height do you think I should grow them to in veg? Going to end up in square 20L pots
	
						
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I got 1 healthy brown seed I been hanging onto and about 20 small white seeds I got from some bug the other day.. I have got 1 slightly split white one in water and a scrawney white one ...Anyone have any luck with small bag seed? The bud it came from was a nice smoke so hope it viable..
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Ive been doing alot of reading but i would like to get some opinions from people who have done a few grows on the best natural fertilizers from vege to flower or alternatively if you think it is necessary to use manufactured nutrients to yeild good results?? Ive seen alot of complicated ways to make potting mixes as well and i dont have access to alot of the things they ask for so any alternate ideas that are effective and easy would be appreciated also cheers
	
						
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Being out of the game for far too long, I would love some advice and opinions on a DWC setup in the coming warmer months in Australia. From my basic research, the DWC setup looks wonderful. Minimal interaction, all in one type of setup. However, getting stuck into the details I have noticed that the nutrient temp is a big factor in how well the roots survive. My main question now knowing this is... In reality, how sustainable is a DWC system going to be as a long term option considering 1/3 of the year (without some kind of help) the water would sit well above the optimum temp needed for the plants to flourish? I don't want to spend a couple of hundred $ on some kind …
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What the people's preferred methods of starting from seed? There seems to be many ways and some of the are markedly different to others. One way I read recently (on here somewhere) had the seeds float on the surface of water and germinate that way. Thought that was a strange and interesting way. In the past I've ranged from straight into soil, to rockwool and to laying them in moist paper towel. I quite liked rockwool. But I'm interest what other people prefer and why. For example I can see that soil might be bad due to the presence of pathogens. Thanks!
	
						
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Hi all just starting out again after a long hiatus and would like to ask you all your opinion on what mediums and nutrients I should start of with I used to use a recycling top drip system with rocks and canna nutrients but I now would like to hand water in a coco perlite mix under 600W Should I do a 50/50 coco perlite? Or is there something better out there And with all the different brands of nutrients out there whitch one is worth trying? I'm asking you guys because I have been to all the hydro shops in my area and none of them seem to really even give a shit. I think they must be getting enough money from commercial growers to not care about giving decent customer…
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Hi all, woke to a bang. Was my outside box. Saw a car drive off was etsa ( elec providers) its 12:30 am. Must be checking my power. What should I do?
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"Fermentation Baking soda/acid is a good system, but it is ultimately fairly expensive. Furthermore, you also release acetate ions/salts, as well as other volatiles from the vinegar (which is not a pure solution of acetic acid, of course). They prolly won't kill your plants, though they might. Instead they will likely make it smell or taste bad. What is a better way to get your carbon dioxide? Fermentation. Acquire some brewer's yeast if you can. The types of yeast you can use are in order of what is best, though all are acceptable: Champagne Wine Ale Beer Baker's Rig up a simple fermentation chamber with airlock. The airlock is designed to keep the atmosphere ana…
	
						
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hello, I've never grown before so plz excuse the ignorance but I was just wondering what's up with feminised seeds? Once you run out of them, do you just order more? Wouldn't you want to seed your own plants so you don't have to keep on take the risk thru the post again and again? What's the right tradeoff between losing quality by having males and/or just always buying new feminised seeds? With the extremely small scale grower in mind.
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Hello again everyone, it's been a while between posts! I finally decided on buying a Growlush grow tent 1.95x1.95x2m. For lighting I went with one 600w hps and one 1000w mh lamp, I will use this for veg, then when flowering comes I will use 600w mh and 1000w hps. Ventilation will be carried out through a 6" centrifugal fan, which I plan on having outside the tent, connected with the 6" carbon filter, further ducting it directly outside. I haven't purchased a silencer yet, I wasn't sure how loud the fan would actually be, can anyone confirm thier effectiveness? I've got 6 feminized Pure Kush seeds germinating presently, the description along side them says that …
	
						
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