General Cultivation Q&A

at the hydro shop today and asked the guy about PH up. He said that instead of using chems that the plants can't use he recommends a product called "Silica plus". He said its normaly used as a foliar feed but can also be used to raise PH, and will help growth either way. I seem to remember a thread with "swing" in which some raised a concern about using silica....or have I got my wires crossed? anyway I told the guy I had heard that silica may be bad for you and he said he didn't know why, because it is a naturally occurring substance and is absorbed through the root system. anyway, I decided to leave it, just wondering if anyone else here had an opinion.

Just thought i would thank all those who gave me advice. I pulled my girl up a week or so ago. No one wanted to guess from the pics what i would yield. So i ended up with 20 oz dried. Fabulous. However you were all right about harvest time, which was the end of march. I did pull a little early as i got some flowers, only a couple. So i strangled my other half when i found out why. My partner put a new power board in the room. It had a bloody red glowing light on it. For days i could not figure why they were stretching a litttle. I know now. Never mind 20 oz off one plant makes me happy. So thankyou all.

Late 2001 SPC sent me some complementary seeds to try out, Headstone and B’shen, as it was coming up to outdoor season and having had an excellent crop the previous year I plated them in the stealth garden. They survived an attack from some now deceased rabbits but then we copped a disastrous two week long cold snap over that Christmas, we had snow on the local mountains, and every single female went hermie on me, I had to pull the hydro out of mothballs. As I have been using clones in the grow room I forgot about a leftover B’shen seed so when I was going through my seeds for this years outdoor grow I thought I would try it out, somehow it ended up in the grow room ins…

Hello Guys If you let your seedling soak up the sun and then afterwards place them under fluoro's.. will this risk the plant turning hermie? i've read @ OG it can I'll train them early on more fluoro hours to sun.. then after every 2 days, i'll let the plant have more sun(hrs). Sound good? any input would be nice

I am growing in rockwool and are wondering if I should cover the slabs of rockwool or not??

Hey guys, Well heres some pics of my grow: Ivy: Baggy Seed, Germinated around the 22nd of Feb, Put into 12/12 around a week ago. WW: A white widow seed i bought back from amsterdame, Germinated around the 20th of Feb. Still on 18/6 Baggy Seeds: Probally about 2-3 weeks old, Taken from some extremeley chronic weed I bought. On 18/6

Guys, i have some 2 week old seedlings just growing out in the sun in pots. the nights are getting colder in brizzy and i was wondering if i could repot them into bigger pots and put them under the house with a 250 or 400 metal halide over them? if its viable, how do i keep them warm at night or do i keep the lights on 24/7 to help with warmth? Will a good potting mix be ok? Also i lashed out and bought some A&B CANNA VEGE nutes, can i use this in soil or is it mainly for hydroponics?

How long does it take to get a harvest from a clone?.I know different varietys have different times,but i see most are the 55 day mark.55 days for what?.The flowering stage or total time until harvest?. Thanks

i cant seem to get my plants cranking, i mean some are kinda yellow an not grow big are still small, with a couple of small leaf sets, a couple are growing bigger an seem to be fine, i got a couple of older plants in the cupborad too an they were going ok, but now ones leafs are rolling up,not dying an curling but the jaggered sides of the leaves are raising up an curling, its hard to expalin but it looks weird, one or two of my younger plants are doing this too,, i looked at a nutreint troulbe webpage an it kinda looks like a (mg) problem?, any tips on fixing, and any tips on running the right ph, i think im running my nutes at about 5.9,6.0,6.1 its hard to tell,and my p…

Just wanted to know,if growing in a Medium like perlite do i need a pot that has no holes?.Or can i use any pots?. I am thinking of using a medium and having the plants pots in a saucer of water.I will be watering everyday,but just thought that having them sitting in water can't be bad,can it?. Thanks

Hi, While out google searching i came across a site that had pics of peoples buds that they grew.I came across one photo that had the biggest BUD i have ever seen,It must be around 4ft at least.It is supposed to be Sweet Tooth#3.The thing i want to know is how the hell do you manage to get a bud that big?.I am unsure about copyright so i will not put the picture up,but let me know and i will send it to you. Cheers

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Hi All I am starting a set-up and wanted your expert advice.I have seen some set-ups and wanted to know,which is the easiest and cheapest(to run and buy).I am looking at getting the system where it drip feeds into pots,like the Dunny setup around here,(sorry,complete NEWBIE). Or going for the aeroponic system which i have been told is the best system and the ones that all the growers(Legal) are raving about.Which one do/would you use and why?.I can get the aeroponic system that is 1m x 2.4m for around $350.Is that a good deal and will aeroponic produce a bigger yield?. Thanks from a Newbie