General Cultivation Q&A

Hey, just after a newbi grow guide. Ive never grown any form of plant in my life so im after a link to a guide on starting a small hydro set up for beginners.

I have an indoor grow with height space of 1400mm. Currently I have 6 plants all around 200mm. I know the idea behind waiting for the alternating nodes in regards to the plant becoming sexually mature. However I don't really want them to grow beyond 900-1000mm during flower, due to my height restrictions. I grow under a 400w HPS bulb. Here is a pic of my plants now at around 200mm they have 4/5 nodes. I was thinking wait till either 300mm or 450mm. What do you guys reckon? It is my first time growing and have read a few conflicting posts on the growth of the plants once the light cycle is changed. I am hoping to get atleast 2 females out of these would be nice.

hi all!! im just wondering if its ok to trim the root system that is present as its getting to the point where it may block the return outlet!! there is quite a lot, there is probably about an inch thick cluster that covers the entire base of the catch pot! can i trim all of that and just leave the hanging roots?? any info would be greatly appreciated! its just a standard re-circulating system.

Hi guys, My plant in my grow cabinet is ready to go to flowering - I have been running my light (400 watt son t agro) 24 hours as it was a cheaper way of maintaining a good temp in the cabinet (Im in Melbourne) and now I want to change to the 12 hour cycle. My question is, should I do this gradually (ie 1 hr, then 2, 3.. etc to 12) or will the plant be ok if I switch straight to a 12 hour light cycle? cheers, Morphine34

as most of you guys may have seen my previous posts im sure youre aware that im very much a novice at this point, so please understand if i sound like the dopiest focker on earth when ask "is it ok to remove some of the larger leaves off the plant to allow more light to filter through the plant??" im in my third week of flower and a lot of the lower bud sites seem to be getting shaded by the larger leaves, one guy told me the leaves are needed by the plant to help in the photosynthesis process, is that correct?? thanks guys

I am coping wifts of skunk coming from out the front of my house. Its very distictively coming from my drive way and the neighbours front yard that has various different natives. Can smell it every time I walk past there and it is doing my narna in! My room runs 2 carbon filters - 1 smaller 1 attached to a 250 centrifgal suspended from the ceiling in the middle of the room and not connected to any outlet (acts as a scrubber when the main fan is not on), this runs 24/7. I also run a can fan attached to quite a monster of a filter for the exhaust which cycles every 15 mins of the end of the hour. My room is completely sealed and also has another fan attached to the inlet du…

Hey guys i'm a first time grower have good little indoor setup my plant is growing beautifully. I'm currently going into my 5th week of flowering and have been given conflicting advice regarding flower periods. Using a 600 on a 18/6 cycle and was wondering at what week should i turn to 12/12.

You know what its like after a few beers sitting at home board as hell any ways looked around the house for the basics and this is what I came up with chucked some of my chillies in there

Hey guys, i have a seedling which has sprouted 6 cotyledons (another set underneath the initial 2). Does this indicate anything or is it just an odd occurrence? Thanks