General Cultivation Q&A

Hi all. Great site! I'm an ex-Pom. Been here in the land of Oz many years. In the U.K. I have heard of people grafting a hop vine to the Marijuana plant. The hop vine will grow looking like a normal hop, but still will have as much THC as the weed it was grafted to. Tricky for the Cops to detect. Apparently it tastes like hops to smoke, but it will get you just as stoned as weed. Also good for brewing Cannabeer. Anyone heard of this? Any tips? Cheers All

The night before I took my last bunch of cuts I had this little pot half full of potting mix and perlite that I'd pulled a cpasicum seedling from. So I cut a little branch off my mum plant, using only blunt dirty scissors, then I cut the bottom off on an angle, holding it in the air, not under water. I shoved it in the pot and covered it with glad wrap. I poked 6 holes in the top with a poker and put it in a saucer of tap water on the window sill. 3 weeks later it has heaps more growth than my scientificly cloned cuttings, has a massive root system for the amount of time and it never even looked like it was going to go the tiniest bit yellow. Just an observation, but ma…

Glad i didnt run a scrog journal on this one, tried a couple of different tactics on this run, first was to train the branching without tying the plant to the screen. This would of worked ok with the right strain, the one i used though likes to stretch her legs, not good. Second tactic/mistake was to let the clones stretch above the screen for the last week of stretch, unfortunately i under estimated the time left and stretch continued for about 5 days too many, this meant the girls needed an impromptu hair cut . Still looks like i may get around 6oz from this run so i'm not complaining...........

I've been germinatin seeds for a long time, and over that time I've had like 2 not germinate. I usually presoak then into rockwool cubes. I use distilled water, keep em warm etc. I've never had a problem till - Recently I got some Sensi NL, and went about germing them. Out of 10 I had 2 make it. A couple didn't crack but the others were all the same. They had a little tap root coming out, but it had gone brown and they died. One of them even cracked in the soak and had a tap root after a bout 6 hours, but after it went into the block - nothing. I pre treat the rockwool, but I also did a couple with just distilled water after the first few failed. The seeds were in th…

G'day all .. I've been snipping branches from a well established outdoor plant (grew throo' Winter) and trying to get them to root. I read an article on the Overgrow FAQ years ago that advocated water cloning. I'm not having much luck with it. Can anyone recommend simple ways to get cuttings to shoot that doesn't require aftificial light, rockwool and so on. I can propogate basil just by plonking it in a glass on my kitchen bench - why is cannabis harder ? Or am I missing something obvious ? I've seen rooting hormones at the local hardware - how do these work ? Any help appreciated. Thanks.

my mate has his crop growing. It's about the stage where the plants are starting to show their reproductive organs. Does the male plant contain enough THC in the leaves to make you high. We would like to keep some leaf to make hash cookies for an all day buzz. We would like to know if it is worth taking the leaves off the male plant to make some leaf before we destroy them.? Also if we were to keep the male plants just to get leaf, how far away should we move them from the females to stop them from recieving the pollen.?

Greetings, I just switched some plants into 12/12. One strain, Dutch Passion Orange Bud has 4 plants with male-looking preflowers. Three others have female pistals. I don't want to pull the "males" just yet after reading that some male looking preflowers can turnout to be females after 12/12. Is that true in your experience? Can male preflowers release pollen? I never really paid attention to the preflowers in my previous grows. Thanks for any feedback!

Hey fellas. I'm totally new to growing..infact I'm not even a pot smoker or anything. Me and my mates thought it'd be fun to do little stealth grows at our houses. Anyway, I chose to grow 2 plants in a computer case (see pic). There's not much space (at all) so I have to plan ahead how I'm going to manage the height. (This is no serious growing operation, just enough for myself hopefully) Can someone help me out with growing techniques? I've been reading about tipping and fimming and pruning..but yeah, being new, they've all sort of merged together in my mind. Remember, I'm new and stupid

gudday,i took some clones off a reveging,outdoor growing indica yesterday.i'm just doing the old coke bottle method. are they getting enough fresh air each time i spray them.during the day i give them a good spray every couple of hours and a couple of times at night this is the first time i have taken mj clones,i've tried to find the answer,but most clones seem to be taken from mother plants that are grown under lights and not grown outdoor. thanks heaps

Hi All, If anyone has any advice about how to train down my plants with string so as to expose more light to the lower shoot and promote more colas, I would appreciate it!! Thanks, Cheebafan

Hi Ive just started a recirculating system 2 pots with expanded clay balls, under 400w light, the nute timing flows for 15min then stops for 30min, Im using a TDS meter @ 1.0 until theres a few more leaves then going to around 2.0 for the rest of the veg cycle, does this timing and strength sound ok?. MADOGA

Hi all im looking for advice on setting up my first hydro grow, I have the buckets and piping and will be buying the rest when I have decied on what system im going with. I am growing in a wardrobe, it will just be the two buckets. Bubblers are out of the question as they will make to much noise. I may go with bubblers next grow as i am currently designing a grow cabniet to combat noise. I need to setup something that will be easy to look after and cater to a noob like me. I will be getting a trunchie soon but not for a few months. So my question is, Is there a system that would provide for my needs and if so who can I pester via Pm's with future questions and and troubl…