General Cultivation Q&A

Howdy all. I'm wondering if I can use a fridge as a resevoir chiller???? My plan is to run a copper coil through a fridge I ripped out of a caravan and pump water from the resevoir, through a long length of copper pipe and back to the resevoir.... Any ideas on if this would work???? And if it is worth a try where should I put the holes in the fridge??? In a few grows I'll be running a few more lights than usual in a room too small for them, but I can't afford the extra wattage of an air-conditioner to cool it down and the cost of water chiller's is ridiculous. take care

hey guys , just been scanning through the forum for advice on best medium for growing ? i am currently full hydro , gully's , clay balls , etc but am becoming more intrested in tryin sum in a soil medium ,i have heard different ideas , like using worm castings , etc . can any of you give me a nice simple mix so i can carry out a few more trial runs ?? appreciate your input bushy

Hi again guys, my plant is almost 2 weeks in 12/12 cycle and its looking really good to me, but its getting too tall,almost touching the light and i can't raise it any higher.Is it likely to get much taller and what should i do. Cut the top off or what, your expertise would be most welcome again.Thanks people,this site's the go.

hey guys i was just wondering if n e of you could help me see my freind has a plant and it has purple buds....only they dont look like buds....they look like you know those trees with like nuts on them or real thick funny shaped leaves....well yar i dont have a pic for ya coz i dont have a digi camera....but she thinks its male ...it full dosent even look like a mully but the smell omg the smell...its gotta be....but when i am able i will take a pic for you guys.....but was just wondering your opinions.... cheers dudes...keep on tokin

hi all, out here in the boonies, we've been on water restrictions for 6/8 months cause our town supply is a series of man-made lakes on the Darling river which itself is drying up fast(cause of cotton growing I reckon) Because of massive salinity in the water thats left, all the local growers crops have died and ours are flat out producing 1-2 oz per 5 foot plant ..the ones that didn't keel over that is! Does anyone know of a cheap home made filtering setup...things are getting desperate round here

Time for a change? How often should you change your nutrient solution? That's one of the most common questions asked, and one of the most difficult to answer. Many people have tried to come up with a simple, easy-to-follow rule - once a week, every two weeks - but they're all wrong! They're wrong because there is no simple answer. It all depends on the species, the number and size of your plants. the capacity of the reservoir, the kind and quality of nutrient you use, water quality, environmental conditions such as temperature and humidity, and the type of hydroponic system used. Instead of a simple answer, what we need is a procedure that takes many of these variables …

Does anyone have any good online aquarium store links?????? take care

G'day g'day... I wanted to start a general discussion just about hydro nutrients...so we can share information about this strange and omnipotent technology... Would be really good to hear from some oldtime growers who have been around since the early days of hydro and who used to make do with buying granulated chemicals and making do by doing thier own chemistry etc. etc.

Hi all, Just wondering if the wrapping paper with the one side being silver is any good for my walls. I've got heaps of rolls of this and would like to use it if its any good as i'm to tight to spend any money (What a lie, I'm under the thumb and all known cash has to go toward getting the kiddie room ready for the unborn) If she finds out i've just sent cash away for seeds i will never need to worry about her falling prega's again. If anyone has used this or knows if its any good, Please let me know. Thanks heaps, Much appreciated, Paranoid.

how do i breed my stock as i have just brought some good seeds and want to always have a ready supply so that if anything happens i have a back up. also it would be some useful information cheers drummerlars

Any1 got an easy way suggestions on how to clean roots from clay rocks...? i know thes guys can b used more than once.. Respect Ele

I had some pollen blowing around my grow area a month back. I'll wipe/sweep/vacuum as best as my questionable work ethic will allow. But do I need to worry about any residual pollen seeding my next crop?

Hey i saw this avilable in a store. Was just wondering if its good for its price ? http://www.users.bigpond.net.au/nutriflo/coco.jpg The Canna Coco Kit is a hydroponic system using the NEW Organic Canna Coco growing medium and a very unique automatic watering sensor called the Tropf Blumat sensor. The Tropf Blumat Sensor only waters the growing medium when it begins to dry out. Extremely simple to use, the Canna Coco Kit comes with 4 x 250mm pots & saucers, 30L bag of Canna Coco medium, 4 Tropf Blumat auto watering sensors with filter and hose, 35L drum, 2 x 1L Canna Coco nutrients and instructions. $125 Do you think its worth it ? Also i would like to say…

Was in a store today, and the guy that was there started to ask me about my system, and I told him it was bubblers. He didn't know what that was so I explained it to him. obviously he's never seen or heard of it before. Fair enough, hydro stores wouldn't make as much money if everyone knew how to build their own cheap & easy bubblers which grow just as well or better than any of their premade systems. then he took a call while I was there. He told whoever rang up that he couldn't grow a mother under fluoros. They were only for rooting clones and would only keep plants alive for a short time and he needed a Son-T or Sunmaster light for his mothers, which is just…

Hay guys i l.ive in sydney but i am currently in toronto canada fro a few mponths i pcked up some seeds over the counter in a smokers store at 3345 lake shore BLVD west. I ended up gettting nothern lights x white widow for only $80 canadian i guess thats good it was so easy here nothing like sydney trying to aquire seeds. now all i need to do is try and breed more seeds from these. ang questions post up for me blue skies drummerlars