General Cultivation Q&A

hey everyone,wanting 2 water plants using pump,using 200lt drum,can this be done with solanoid etc,thinking of using tap timer but not much water flow just fast dripping ,can anyone help cheers

I went to the garden center yesterday and I bought a 5kg bag of dynamic lifter, a 10kg bag of blood and bone and 4 25lt bags of potting mix. The potting mix was a bit expensive at $5.90 a bag, but it was really good quality stuff. I've got some big straw bales at home and some sheep shit that have been sitting around for about 2 years now and I was thinking that I could mix them together in the compost tumbler. What do you guys think? In what way should I use this stuff? Thanks, Marty

I'm just about to get my first ever crop started. Because this is my first year I haven't thought to get compost ready before hand. However, I've got plenty of horse manure (fresh) to put in the soil. I'll be planting near a river, and the soil is pretty loamy, because it's mainly broken down plants from the river's edge. Is this good soil to be planting in? Would you recommend that I put some potting mix, dynamic lifter, etc into the soil?

g'day everyone hope yas are all travelling well. just a quickie. i see a number of growers like to use a urea tea(pissin in abottle) was just wondering about dilution rate. i've been using miracle grow every ay at a quarter strength. would a pee tea be better do yas think.how often would you give the plant a hit. and should i still continue with foliar ferting i should mention that the soil they are in is made up of spent stable manure,blood n bone bit of lime and some sulphate of potash. bit of a long question really hey sorry about that. wade

Ive been talk that one of the nutrients has been linked to cancer and i dont know what-the site has been taken down and wondered if anyone out there ahs heard anything cuz i just stocked up!!

My PH rises to alkaline every day in my flood and drain setup with expanded clay as a medium. I am worried about this because I think it should only be a weekly occurence. Should I discontinue using my tap water and stock up on distilled or is adding 1ml of PH down every few days for 20L of water OK [i let it stay alkaline for a few days]? OR, if you think this isnt a good situation could I dump the water every fortnight instead of getting distilled or is my tap water a big problem? Ive added about 5ml of PH down to the 20L and havent topped up the reservoir yet. PS. Im using liquid tester but I used the same kit last time and adjusted it weekly - it was different t…

At present I have two plants that I have started from seed ( Sweet Skunk) and they have been growing for nearly four weeks and are about 10 inches high. They have been under a 24 hour light period from the start and after looking today I found one begining to show a female flower. Is this going to be a problem if I still keep the plants in a veg cycle as I would like them to get a bit bigger before flowering. I know some of you are going to question my 24 hour light period but I have used this on my first grow (Sweet Skunk again) and had no problems. My set up is a 4ft x 2ft cupboard with a 150 watt high pressure sodium bulb for all stages. Once again some of y…

hi guys, i got given a set of new products from my local (grow shop) made by a company called agricultural organics. bloom roots (root stim) pre bloom (shoot stim) ultra bloom (flowering stim) final bloom (flowering stim) seems i have a room getting ready to start up thought i might use them all and share the results with you. check out www.agriculturalorganics.com for some pictures and product info about 2 weeks ago i did a batch of cuttings using the bloom roots as a additive to my irigation solution, i did 50 cuttings all up i was after 32 good ones for 2 rooms, 10 days latter i had 50 cuttings all with plenty of roots out the bottom of the grodan cubes ready to …

I lost every plant I had this weekend when my dear old mother decided to spruce up my garden mistaking my young ducksfoot plants for weeds... She also noticed I had a few plants in pots and commented on them, I said they were some odd plant I had found in the garden when I moved in and decied to cultivate them to see what they were. She knew what they were and told me so.... At least she beleaved me when i said i had no clue as to what they were. So she up rooted them and disposed of them.... I now have a few extra plants in my garden and a few less weeds. Alas I am without my babies.... Shes staying here now and things are looking down..…

Hay & whats up from california . I noticed that I dont know some of your ferts in your area , what type of nutes are you guys using ?? I just wanted to no if I was missing out on some good nutrients . thanx

I can't seem to locate in Perth yet, the Canna Tera Vega, and Flore. I keep reading about it, but the couple of retailers I've tried don't have it. Have any Perthites seen it around? Info much appreciated.

hello everyone and keep up good work,if plants r well rooted is thrive recconmened by anyone, as if in pots with a good potting soil ,not convient and not experienced with manures and dont want to overdose,but can other stuff be added on top 4 extra growth and yield on top of thrive,i think the potting soil has slight manure content,thanks heaps,full dose 1/4 1/2 as transplanted clones from in to out have been only giving water as yet,thanks alot

hey everyone,i was telling a mate that half nutrient of thrive,is no good yet until bigger as insi wincy babies,can anyone help,i know now thrive is shit anyway or is it please tell,when would you add it,etc,thanks