General Cultivation Q&A

hey guys just wondering how old a plant should be before you take cutings from it ? or is it a size thing? - is there a minimum from seed under fluro's then 400 hps cheers budgie

Hi guy's, What are your thoughts and views on people putting other drugs such as amphetamines/herion etc into their grows. Me personally think it is a crock of shit and here's why (taken from another post....saves me retyping): Why would you inject amphetamines into a growing plant? Wouldn't the injection cause necrosis of the cells at the injection site due to its' unnatural composition' (PH etc)? Please explain how the plant would metabolise the amphetamine and convert the active ingredients into the plant structure? Explain also how amphetamines would not destroy root zone microbiological (and other cellular divisions) activity which is crucial for plant li…

After only using perlite, I have recently acquired some bags of Hydroton, Coco & peat but have no experience with these mediums, what is a good mix? I was also looking at using DIATOMITE in a mix due to the silica it will provide to the root mass. So let me know what to mix for my next grow........ Thanks in advance, Canaman

Hey everyone!! Well this is my first post here, mainly because i just surf in the background sucking in the info!! Why ask something someone as already asked Anyway i was look for info on water and just what level of what is not good... couldnt find anything on here, well thats not right found heaps on here, just not this so i am sharing So here is a couple of links..... http://www.crophouse.co.nz/files/CG_W02-Qu..._water-view.pdf http://www.crophouse.co.nz/files/CG_W01-Re...atment-view.pdf Here is one for fun... think i might of read something like it already on here... http://www.crophouse.co.nz/files/Gr_E17_-_...ring_-_view.pdf Hope this helps some…

Hi guys ...small problem, I had a bunch of clones that I had to put outside because my grow room was on a 12 hour light cycle for flowering...I have just finished my harvest and now want to put these clones under lights to veg for a while....problem is that they have started to flower and they are not big enough yet to get any decent buds .....so here is what I want to do...get my healthiest clone and change it back to veg (stop flowering) so I can turn it into a mother ...I have had the healthiest one under fluros on a 24 hour cycle for the last couple of days...will this work?......I can still see little buds on it but will it revert to veg???.....will these buds dr…

hi all im new to this and have been flowering 1 big buddha cheese and 1 big buddha blue cheese for 7 weeks knw they look very healthy the cheese is almost ready maybe another 2 weeks to go but the blue cheese didnt start flowering untill 2 weeks ago not sure why there in the same nft tank same lighting etc so what do i do when the cheese is ready do i just flush them harvest the cheese and put the blue cheese back on its normal nute plan? plssssss help

Heh , somethin' different Yet another *Rock Solid* Argument as to why we should all have Cannabis growing in and around our places of residence With the toxicity of society as it is these days ... Only our Plants can save us now Source: e!ScienceNews.com - http://esciencenews.com/articles/2009/02/1...aldehyde.levels And their Source: American Society for Horticultural Science - http://journal.ashspublications.org/cgi/co...tract/133/4/521 [Abstract] So what are you waiting for ... go get a Ficus .. ( .. Ficus!) .. *Cannabis Plant* or 2 and whack em inside your house ... It just may save your life Stick a few seeds in a few Pots and grow them up inside under lig…

Hi Im trying to develop a gel that i can use as the soil,I was thinking of getting pectin,mixing it with nutreints and soil turning it into some soil jello jam and then cutting them up in small chucks,i figured that water would drain better and plenty of air would get to the roots. any thoughts or advice on this matter? or has anyone tried something similar?