General Cultivation Q&A

Hello first post ever... k80 here i have a bag of mushroom compost fertilizer, but i have been afraid to use it as i have not used fertilizers or even grew interior before. my plants had went thru stages of light green leaves back to healthy looking dark green leaves, and as they have been in the ground about 2-3 weeks now i am debating whether or not to use fertilizer, and i am not sure if the mushroom compost will affect my ph adversely or possibly even kill or damage my plants. i have tried to keep this very broad and open as i am here more for knowledge to improve my grow rather than go through an endless amount of troubleshooting that can dwindle my yields or even…

After striking 10/10 Nirvana Northern Lights the Nute save about half my babies. I am using it in potting soil I prepared myself with awesome results after just 9 days use.

I'm doing my first indoor and liked the idea of 5 hours less light on the girls so jumped straight into the 12-1 system. It seems to be humming along really well but as it's my first indoor I don't know if I could have achieved quicker results with the standard 18-6. so if you could let me know if you've tried it and is it as good as 18-6 thanks Puks

Hello Stoners. I got a few new toys recently, a pH meter & a Bluelab truncheon. I've got no worries using & reading them... I have noticed that the girls are drinking heaps but not eating over the past few days. Now... We're 6-7 weeks in, flushed under a 4-5 days ago, pH is perfect, drinking 15lt a day & eating not a thing...? The girls look fine, not stressed or anything but with these new toys of mine I am a bit. Who knows they might have always done this... Anyone else had this? Grow hard, stay safe. Greenbum.

Hi guys, I have upgraded my res to a 220lt barrel but am finding that my barrel seems to be draining really fast - overnight seemingly. A friend has said that with the pressure of so much water in the barrel, after my timer has switched of it my be syphoning through my system to my plants untill the barrel is dry ?? Has anyone else had similar probs ?? If so how did you resolve it. I know I could perhaps half fill the barrel but that kinda defeats the larger res upgrade.... Thanks

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 …