General Cultivation Q&A

Hey , How do I tell the difference between a male or female, It is said you can tell as soon as they start to sprout or do you have to wait till they begin flowering. I'm new at growing so any help is appreciated! I have 4 plants growing but I don't want a male near the female. Should I keep the male in a different room though! Thanx

Hey all , just got a HPS light an balast off a friend for a while, and when i got home and looked closely i noticed theres a 600w globe in there ?! I swithed it on , for curiositys sake, and it fired up ok, but im not gonna use it till i find out more.... My buddys quite a grower so is it possible he moddifed the ballast to run the 600w? Or is the globe just running with the 400w its supplied with ? ie not its fullest rating? Can i run it ? Basically thats all i wana know Either that or he jus gave me the wrong stuff!! Peace

im planing a new grow in the next couple of mnths, got some ak47 on order nearly $200 for the beans so i hope there that good, the down side is im going to have to grow in a rental unit flat or something, im planing to convert a large fidge for the purpose as i feel it might be best for stealth, 400w globe, does anyone else grow at rental props? i was thinking of fitting my doow locks so knowone can poke around if im not there inspections etc, I know it sucks for safety but i gota smoke and cant stand buying also i wont know anyone at all where im moving to. and the expense of buying gets cripling money wise.

Hi everyone, hope that your all having a great x-mas season and will party hard on the new year. I'm about to embark on a new system, (when do I not? ) and this time it's a pair of rockwool slabs in libra trays, with 3 plants each under the ol' 400w. I may well be upgrading to 600w when I get an opportunity, but the heat is hard enough to control with a 400 in a small cupboard, let alone a 600. Maybe when I get myself a decent shade.... Anyway, I'm rambling here. You can see a basic description of the system at Highlife.com.au, for convenience sake I'll provide both the main page, here... and the growing schedule, describing the system here... The problem is that…

Ok so im sifting through this absolute mountain of information avaliable, and now ive got the options of indoor, hydro and outdoor. So could anyone outline the pros/cons of each of these. If i went with outdoor, it looks as though now is the best time to get going on this. So whats everyones preferred method? Also, I've seen all these seedbanks that ship internationaly. Does anyone use them, whats it like with customs? Or do you all get your seeds locally. I really want to start this as soon as I can so any relpies are greatly appreciated! Happy New Year! refrakt.

I have 5 plants from 1' to 3' in soil, what I need to know is when do I flush out the plants. Using BC nutes grow & boost. my solution is 1200 ppm, PH 6.4 temp of room 71f, at plants 81f, I know at sometime things will build up and need flushing. some help please.

My little seedlings got sprayed with herbacide a couple of days ago, and i couldnt get the hose onto them fast enough to wash the herbacide off. they have been wuilting and the leaves have turned yellow (most of them). The seedlings are about 5 inches high. I was wondering if i keep watering them whether they will flush the poison out themselves (i have been doing this several times a day). I even thought maybe i should take a healthy leaf and try to clone it? Any help at all would be appreciated. STEALTH

Hi all, After alot of looking around at diferent systems I'm just about to start my first hydro set up. I've done a couple of indoor soil grows before and admit that hydro rules. My grow room is 1200,1200 and 2300 high. I like the flood and drain system and was thinking a 900,900 tray the only thing that bothers me is that these trays are only 100 deep, is this deep enough to get good results from say 3 or 4 plants? Also would a air stone and pump be benaficle in this system as I belive it all ready has a good oxegen rate? thanks Wal