General Cultivation Q&A

Ok so about to start my first hydro grow with clayballs and was wondering what nutes everyone uses? Also, where do you get them from? Which hydroshop or website? Thanks to everyone for replying, I cant wait to get up and growing.

just been thinking about the final flush b4 harvest, why do we use ph adjusted water when flushing? I thought the idea of PH control was to alow the plant to uptake nutes when the PH is in the corect range. So when flushing why adjust the PH when we dont want the plant to take up any more nutes, I would think the plant would take up the water within not to extreme PH range without adjustment. any thoughts or experience?

This is my 1st plant...itz outdoor and nearly ready can sum 1 please me tell whats the best way of pullin it and drying it out proper...(sum 1 told me 2 stun the roots in a bucket of boiling hot water 2 shoot all tha THC into tha budz ???)

can anyone tell me a way to make my own nutrient solution? or can`t it be done? :smoke

Can any help with identifying what kind of weed my plant is ??

Below is me plant atm, i think its male, not sure just yet. Any one have any guesses or experience with yeilds flowering a plant this small? Its like a month old, but good and healthy. It is from unknown seed stock. But i have 2 differnt skunk varieties cumn and will be going a 50/50 of the 2 varieties. It will be a while before they arrive+germ+pott up, so what's does yuz recon pplz?

Hey guys, I've now got a digital ph meter and it turns out i've been giving my plants pH 6.0 water... Obviously I want to change this to 6.3-6.5 as soon as possible (soil mix, hand watered). I read on overgrow that if you change the ph too quickly it can shock the plants... is 6.0 to 6.4 in one go too large a jump? If so, how would you recommend I go about it? is 6.4 the ideal ph for incoming water? I'm going to do a full flush tonight, and I'd like it to be precise Thanks!

k, so it's my first real attempt at growing. I have 5 plants growing under some shop lights with plant/aquarium bulbs (about 5000 lumens total). They are about 2 and a half weeks into vege and between 4-6 inches. Look pretty healthy and i'm starting to worry about when i gotta start flowering. Since its spring here i want to move them outside for flowering but i don't know if i should start the 12/12 cycle using the shop lights or put them outside and hope they continue to vege for a bit and get a little bigger. Also what kinda weather should i wait for before i move them outside (tempature wise). Hopefully i can get my camera working and post some pics sometime soon. An…

Hey, awesome site.. :smoke I am picking up a couple clones from a close friend, I've smoked for a long time, but never grown hydro before, at all... To be honest, I seriously don't wanna shit the whole lot up, so.. any help would be great, fertilisers, chemicals, etc.. I was thinking of putting them in a closet (not all together, maybe 1 or 2) ... with 500watt lights (dunno which ones) for 2 lights. What do you guys think? thanks, Steve

New seedling planted around 1 week and a half ago yellowing pigment and shrivel of leaves severe where plant seedling changed dramatically overnight. Suspected nute lock up ph testing was done results were of no less then 8.0 alkalinity shocking results am using amgrow pot and shrub mixture does have slow releasing ferts!! Needing some help in making a complete new soil mixture. For burnt babies! Prefering a peat moss recipe H.E.L.P.?

Hey i was just wondering if anyone here can quickly tell me, if when seeds have germinated, if you can tell a difference in quality from the length of the root. I'm germ'ing a bunch of seeds for me and a mate (my seeds) and i thought someone had told me before, that picking the seed with the longest root, means it's a healthy chance and will flourish more throughout it's life/get through the seedling stage easier. If this is so, could someone please let me know. Thanks ~Pot 4 Peace / Peace 4 Pot ==>Don't forget to go to the Nimbin Mardigrass this April 30th/May 1st Peoples<==