General Cultivation Q&A

Gday fellas Ive always took my clones while mothers were on 18 hrs , what I want to know is how far can I push into 12/12 before it will effect the speed of cloning , It would suit me if could take them at a wk into 12/12 but not if its going to put me back ,,,, my normal strike rate is 100% with roots between 4 and 9 days occasionally a few may go 12 days . Thanks Rod

almost all would agree that the optimum kelvins (as far as cfl's are concerned) for your veg cycle is 6400k or 6500k and 2700k for your flower cycle. but of late ive notice 14000k veg cfl's on the market... are they better? are they too strong? have you used them? can someone bring me up to date?

i went to a website to order some more nutes and i came upon some faqs about my botanicure pro grow. turns out i am not suppose to use h2o2 in my res mix because it kills off some good microbs in the nutes. funny thing is since i increased the amount of h2o2 in the res mix (before i seen it was a no no) the plants have gotten greener. why is this ya'll.

hey guys im new to growing and i want to grow some plants in pots outside just wondering what is the best time of year to start if any one can help that would be great cheers

of which side should the can fan silence go ? on the intake or exhaust side of the fan ? same for my carbon scrubber, should it go on intake or exhaust side of fan ? ta

Sup peeps Just a quick question for any old skool growers, Have read somewhere that strains start to deviate and lose potency after the 4th or so generation (Starting from a single mother) Can anyone help me out and shed some light on the subject as i'm prepping a SOG Grow and have 2 white russian mothers that all the clones will be coming from. Was planning on stripping them both and take 1 from each to re-grow? Needing some advice on the best way to go about it and to find out if there's any truth in this deviation theory?? Thanx in advance and Happy Christmas 2 all xD P.s Sorry if this is in the wrong section =) Storma

Gooday Gents, well my babys are about 3 weeks into flowering and i just added bud xl to lastnights feed.They wake ina few hours and iwas wondering if i can/should add top booster to tonights feed along with some more bud xl? or should i wait a week like the feed chart says? Also, when i finally do use Top booster, should i use for more then 3-4 days or stick with recomended dosage? Also...is trimming in flower phase bad? my females are quite bushy and i think if i trimed alot of fan leaves it would shed some light on some new crowns. does this drain energy from the plant/alter where energy is directed? Good grows and Happy Hollidays

Hey, i was a bit bored so i thought id post my aquaponics build.. Im building an aquaponics set-up which is growing veggies and table fish symbiotically. Ebb and flow using two kiddy pool clams for grow beds (Dora Explorer brand works best ) filled with river pebbles. 2 types of bacteria colonise the pebbles and break down the high ammonia fish crap into nitrites then inrto nitates which the plants then use to flourish.. The fish live in the bath tub and the water will be pumped up to the beds as per normal flood and drain.. http://img31.imageshack.us/img31/9302/sdc12895a.jpg Heres some babies ready to go http://img710.imageshack.us/img710/6879/sdc12900.jpg And th…

ok, 1 of my plants had purpleing stems, i checked ph and its at ph 6.5ish... i just have one of them moisture/soil ph testers, ya stick it in soil and allow 5-10 mins to calibrate, then it shows the correct reading. i took multiple readings in different spots throughout the patch. they all showed similar readings. now my guess is that its not a ph problem. its just a Mg deficiency ? ive given it a small dose of epsom salts and a foilar spray too. plants are in the ground. 11 in the patch. There is only 1 plants showning signs of the deficiency. thansk