General Cultivation Q&A

hey folks.. as mentioned im setting up a system similar to sukonmiskunks recirc system in perlite.. i am wondering when i top up my resi daily, should i be adding straight tap water ? or should i have an EXTRA resi setup, with a heap of fresh water with an extra airpump in it ? that way i can top up the resi frm the grow rooms with this additional PH adjusted resi ?? should i adjust the ph of this 3rd resi ? also, the local hydro chick says for my recirc system i should run nutes for 6 days, and straight water for 1 day. So flushing the system once a week to remove excess build up of nute salt ?? i thought this was only done once or twice throughout the grow ? …

i cant seem to get in contact with sukonmiskunk - else id ask him/her directly. my comp seems to freeze up whenever i try send a PM. for his/her recirc setup with the 8 pots in perlite - im running the exact same system but in a system of 12 pots instead of 8. i am just wondering how often the water pumps will need to run ? 15mins every 3 to 4 hours someone said???? and how much water am i looking to feed each plant each watering ?? im near ready to do a test run of the pumps and all the plumbing, but i am just wondering how much water im looking to average per pot per watering ?? thanks EDIT - I WILL BE USING ALL PERLITE ASWELL..

allrite, well everytime i seem to take cutting, the leaves seem to go yellow and die off. between 20-50% of the growth dies before they shoot roots. After they shoot roots the clones pickup with 7 days and are helathy again. But at this stage all the clones are at an uneven rate of growth. i am trying a SEA OF GREEN style grow in my new rooms. So all clones need to have healthy even consistent growth. Therefor i need to set all the paramaters correct. Spending the money isnt an issue - as long as the end product is beautiful clones. i am using a 130CFL big globe about 40cm away from clones in small humidi crib with heat mat. clones in rockwool, use clone-x gel and s…

Am I right thinkin that hps light will encourge faster roewth compared to flourescent tube lights? 2) If flouro tube is used, will the bulbs found in hardware stores (used to light kitchen/workhps) be adequate?

Hi Fellow Oz stoners, Latley ive been very keen to do a vertical SOG grow. Have seen the coli, cage and cube grows over at overgrow.com, and im just wondering has anyone tried this method of SOG growing before. The coliseum looks unreal for people who have limited space and wanting big returns for there light. ie. the 300 site coli has 1800 watt of vertical light and returns about 10-14 grams per plant every 56 days. Thats over 9 elbows or 1.25 grams per 30 days per watt of light in a 2m spare space. Any info would be helpful. Regards, Jack

HI Guys Been feeding two plants nothing but water the past 6 days and getting ready to harvest. This will be my first harvest and dry, so all help appreciated. These are the steps i'll be taking and questions I have 1) Put plants in complete darkness for 24 hours before harvesting. Is this necessary? 2) Pull out plants, cut at base, just above soil and then trim off all leaves. 3) Run safety pin through base stem and use that to suspect the plants upside down 4) Put them in a dark well ventilated area. Does it matter if a little bit of daylight seeps through or does it have to be complete darkness? 5) Leave to dry for 4-5 days, then cure if they're sufficie…

Hey guys My mate started this on the 1st of feb, started vegging on the 14th, and had been growing since. http://i46.tinypic.com/mwun11.jpg 600W HPS Coco coir (washed) Canna Vegga A & B nutrients No ph, PPM meter Temps probably too high (30 on top, 25 top of coco) Not "enclosed" space. 3 Fans going(without which it would be a sauna). He topped it way to early, which he now knows stunts vertical growth very badly. http://i39.tinypic.com/15gunex.jpg Being frustrated by losing some little ones and still not knowing if its female, he decided to top it again, and let it grow... http://i43.tinypic.com/2u598ns.jpg http://i40.tinypic.com/68yc13.jpg You can see by earler…

Hi all This is a bit of a funny story about a poor abused plant that has been messed around, but somehow seems to be soldiering on and looks like it might be starting to flower. The background is that I grew six plants and this particular one was male. Well I thought it was male. After all the others grew white hairs..etc.. this one seemed to have no hairs and kinda mini sac things growing where it branched off. So I separated it from the rest. From there, I did not care if it lived or died so i put it next to my bed. It's growth stopped. then I forgot to feed it, used to give it a little drink from the left over glass of water on my bed side table. Sometimes I for…

Hey guys, i'm ordering some seeds and will be paying by mail, but after i had a look on the Australia Post website, i found that i am apparantly not allowed to send bank notes, at least to this particular country (England). The only other option i found was a western union money transfer, and im not sure if the seedbank im looking at will accept that (the seedbank is gypsy nirvana seed boutique) So i just wanted to ask how i am supposed to get my money to them, and if anyone knows if this seedbank accepts western union transfers?

im confused with the choice of nutrients can some one out there tell me whats best what works im useing dutch master gold at the moment not geting the growth im told i should be geting i get so cofused when in hydro shop with a whole wall of diffent nutrients and other stuff please help