General Cultivation Q&A

I've been trying to grow in coco and so far and I am struggling to understand its worth. I have found that with 2 pots of identical size one with soil (potting mix n worm castings) the other with Pure coco and coco specific nutrients that the soil grown plant is a much stronger looking healthier plant and the coco version is very stemmy/elongated and not very bushy etc. The coco versions grow about 20% faster, however they pack out the pots (almost root bound) they are growing in very quickly and you need to upgrade to a bigger pot. I am thinking that you need to have very large pots (atleast 50 liter +) to get a good yeild from coco as the roots just go crazy …

G'day again guys/girls. I have been flowering for 6 and a bit weeks and have some questions. I know that some strains take forever to fully bloom, but I have made my own strains over the past few years and have grown my sativa strain outdoors with pretty good success, this year I brought it indoors to go next to my indica's and am a bit surprised with how much longer it has taken to get to ready. Outside it took about 8.5 weeks and was really chunky, indoors it looks like about 10 weeks. I was just wondering how long you guys have stuck with a strain to fully bloom. I know that it will be worth it as they are starting to put on some weight now and should be great a…

Hey there all been awhile,,, summers over & i have nearly done all the work,,,,meaning painting the doing the hallway & getting all the wood for winter,,,, been doing some arts as u see in pics,,, some friends were getting a bit worry about all the bright colours i have been useing,,,,, must be a stage i am going through,,, its now the start of 6 months not growing & got to say i still dont miss it yet as i get to go at so much & do more shit but i give it a couple more months befor i get back into it, I did make me oil last week with mrsbudd we had a little fire but i did save the oil ,,, & the Buds in the pic are a early B/D pressy from friends a…

I just have a question. How long could it take for the cops to raid a grower if they were tipped of by a squealer who bargained for a lighter sentence. Could they leave it for a year or so in order to make it look unrelated to the dog or would they nip it in the bud before things change? Thanks A friend of mine is a little paranoid.

Hi fellow smokers i have been lurking on this site for about 3 weeks trying to soak up as much information as i can and now i would like to ask some opinions on my first grow, would love some feedback or any information possible so i can cut out as many mistakes as possible.Ok so im trying to get some plants going and i am experimenting with 2 different grow mediums, i currently have 4, 1 month old plants sprouted from bag seeds from some awesome chronic that i smoked, they are set up in an average sized cupboard under 2x 42watt 6500k cfls 2x 18watt 4200k cfls and 2 x 10 watt 2700k cfls. The grow medium for 3 of the plants is a cheap 5 dollar bag of potting mix from kmart…

My name is FORCONI Marc-Antoine, I am 21 years old and I’m a second-year student in a French university of agriculture and management, LaSalle Polytechnique in Beauvais. At the end of our second year, we have to do a 5 month training period abroad. The aim of this period is to gain valuable work experience and new techniques and to learn about life in another country while improving our English. Indoor culture is really a passion for me, I am lucky enough to be able to combine this interest with what I learn at school, and I would like to develop it even further by doing this training period of 5 months in a growshop in Victoria area (the period from July 15th to December…

I am growing in some 1 gallon buckets and am going to be transporting them to a location outside soon. I was just wondering if the plants would be alright though. My plan was to bury the pots a little bit into the ground and then that way they won't get too big. Basically, my spot isn't that top-secret so I don't want to be growing trees. My concern is the plants getting root-bound or something. Anyone try growing in 1 gallons before?

Hi all, I just wanted to ask if anyone has had much experience with Diatomite as I just picked myself some up a few days ago. I was wondering if this would be good to mix with my current medium of choice perlite. I just thought I would try something new, as I am hoping soon to graduate to a recirculation drip system for the first time. At the moment I am just wondering what you guys thoughts are on this as a medium. As I am getting far too sick of having to trash perlite, I would rather have a reusable medium or at the least be able to put it on the garden with out arising any suspicion at all. Also does anyone know if there is a certain level of silica in this stuff …