General Cultivation Q&A

Hey all, recently I changed nutes from a cheaper brand called "Green Haze". 25 a bottle I think. In it's place I bought what I've been hearing as the greates t nutes arount "CANNA". $33? Actually, the money is irrelevant, at the cost of pot, a few bucks a bottle is nothing, so I'd even pay more if it came down it. I mean if anyone has any suggestions....(just dont tell the companies I'll go higher...shhh....) Now I'm seein much much slower growth than I did with the green haze. I mean significantly slower. If I'd seen no differnet, I may say all is well, but they just aren't booming (at the same NUTE strenghts). Do I have to just increase this stuf?Or what ? I'm …

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.