General Cultivation Q&A

Hi All, I posted this in a different area of this forum, but not sure if it was the right area so hoping for some pointers here. I have very old seeds and they are a really good strain. This year, I am getting a very low 'sprout' rate and I fear that this might be the last year that I can grow from them. I have not yet grown a male from these seeds in the past couple of years and I assume this next run will be the same. If that's the case, I'm willing to sacrifice one female this year and turn it into a hermie so that I can get a good pile of seeds for the future. I see some things on the internet about 'light shock' and 'physical shock' cause females to become her…

I am using phophoric acid at the moment. I think that's what the guy at the hydero shop said anyway.. I am just about out of it and don't really want to go all the way to the hydro shop if I can avoid it.. what do others use? Is there something I can buy from a hardware store? Tanks Puka

hey fellas does anyone have any pics of a basic aeroponic cloner? i want a good one with water heater and shit need some ideas i remember making my own aeroponic system a few years back using basic bunnings sprinklers it didnt work to well i ended up with root rot so if anyone has plans or pictures that would be fantastic i ideally want to use a 20L pale/bucket from bunnings and need all parts pretty much available from bunnings and an aquarium shop i was looking at ordering one form the USA/ebay but $150 is a bit steep and the pump is 120v plus customs would inspect the item on entry to oz

ok so ive got to be the unluckiest person in history (ok so slight exageration ) bought a clone and grew 2 others from seed clone is budding (4 weeks ish ) others were huge and didnt bud so just been pulled ( 4 weeks and no bud is way too long right ?) I want to maximise bud growth ..... im not sure on technical names but what i have is perlite blend with clay ... 1 resevoir with pump and 3 other under the perlite resevoirs .... one pot ontop of other .... lights are down to 8hrs a day now and buds are as big as thumb nail (small by what I have seen others get ) lights are 3 800w hps bulbs (red kinda colour) room is full panda wrap big exhaust big inlet 1 fan built in …

hi all i am in start of my first ever flowering period and i am confused on what to feed at what times i am using a homemade soil mixture pretty crappy not alot of fertaliser so i need to compensate. I have Manutec Bloom booster + Searles Thrive fruit and flower. I get that manutec shouldnt be used at every feed only once maybe twice a week but i dont know about this thrive. i am using only manutec atm sorry if im rambeling but i am totally confused with this nute stuff. Also has anybody got any ideas of what products i can use that contain high phosphorus or a complete rundown of veg and flower soil nutes that are availible in australia thanks. Thanks for the advice anyw…

How can a room with clones that are all female, have gone to seed? Am I missing something here?

I am using Water Polymer Crytals soaked with water treated with Holland secert hydro nutes.Placing one liter bottle full in bottom of holes dug with post hole diggers.

Found an earthworm downstairs near my cupboard, writhing around on the concrete so I introduced it to my soil... Was this a bad mistake?

Hey, I've just started growing 2x Burmese Kush under my 250 watt fluro light. they've been like 1 day into veg stage. my question is I don't have a HPS light at all, I'm about to order one with a grow tent etc but that won't be for another 1-2 months. So in that time, these plants will have hit the flowering stage. I do realise it's best to use a HPS for flowering for more bud etc, but do you think a fluro would be okay? Like.. it kinda sucks, but it's going to have to do, what do yous think? will it be ok?

alright lads only new to this site, just looking for a bit of info.... im moving over to adelaide in october and i'm a big smoker so i'll be looking to grow me own plant out in the garden as it will be coming into summer and was wondering what is the easiest seed to grow, shortest buding time and just general info on how to look after it... hope sumbody can help thanks in advance... Biro303.

Just ordered 8 of these off Ebay, $20 each, these are the largest disc's I have found. The bottom of my containers are 10 inch, these airstones are advertised as 8.5 but on the packet it says 8 inches so they should cover the bottom nicely. I can run 25L/m of air through each stone with the pump I use, hope that's enough bubbles.