General Cultivation Q&A

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

I want 2 grow hydroponically from seed using a simple resovoir system and rockwool as the medium, and then, take cuttings and grow them outside in soil. any advice on when to take cuttings, and when to plant them outdoors in australia.

um, my plants are two an a bits weeks old, when u reckon i should start with weak nutes, and how weak should i make em,the pack says for full strenth use 10ml per liter, im using "head on", anyone heard of it?,my resouvoir is maybe 25 litres?

gotta quick question,, it seems as though i have hit the pause button my plants, some are growing some dont seem to be doing much , they are still pretty young so im not expecting buds yet, but some have barely got 2 sets of leaves, a couple are doing there thing with a few leaves which are nice an green, but the others i dunno, also i threw 2 plants i already had, in their, ok listen to this, a few months back i had some plants growing,it wasnt seriuos i hadnt grown anything for a while an was keen on the day,after 2mths then they all decided to basicly shit them selves, i had to crops an this happened to both, the first one im sure i fucked them with slow release fertil…

Hi all, Am new to the boards but love the info and advice you can receive.Anyhow,my mate and i was smoking some bud awhile back that was a yellow on the outside and orange-yellow on the inside.What type of plant did it come from?.It was some awesome smoke and looked great! Cheers

a couple of weeks ago i inherited this plant from a friend after it had blown over and snapped in a storm and they were going to throw it out....such a waste so i grabbed it...after using my old trick of bandaging with medical dressing tape, it came to and shot up... this is an unknown strain and is yet to be sexed, but it will most likely be used solely for cooking so i decided to tie down the 2 main branches...it did split a little, only a few mm's but decided to tape it to prevent disease setting in... already the branches are starting to turn upwards and i will eventually tie down again when other branches get stronger... anyhow just wanted to share the process with…

just wondering, how safe are double adapters,powerboards an extension leads, i mean is it ok to get a power board an plug double adapters in it an then run it off an extension lead, i normally used to just plug shit in anywhere in the house an wack double adapters in, but since i got this set up, ive really been thinking about whats cool to have what ,plugged into where," if u get what im saying" an does anyone have any advice or maybe the way u plugg shit in, cheers , overanout

Just a q about general elec usage, if you have an "average", and I say that very loosely, 400w hps double wardrobe setup, what would the average per-month cost/usage be with everything put together? I mean, say we define "average" as being that you have a 400w, a couple of 12cm ball bearing computer fans, a small 15cm pedestal fan, 600 lph pump, small airpump, timers, and a temp/humidity sensor, and running a couple of pots on a recirculating expanded clay system, what would you think that would use, in total per month? Of course, I may be under or overestimating what one needs, minimum, to grow in a wardrobe, so in answering feel free to add to the list. I don't know, …

I have 8 plants here that need to go. There free to a good home, I dunno what strain they are, I can send pics if needed. The plants are in 6" pots in a bubbler. Anyone in sydney interested? i can meet u somewhere with em. i didnt wanna have to see my babys go but its either this or i throw em.

The common way to do a lids for bubblers is to have a solid pice of wood, or just the bucket lid with a hole cut out that the net pot sits in. Now I have this little problem in that I got buckets without lids. I'm not too keen on using timber for moisture reasons, plus the possiblity of leaching chems. What I thought was just run a couple of rods through the net pot just under the top rim that rest on the sides of the bubbling bucket and cover the top with black plastic. With this I can also check inside the bubbler if I want without having to pull the plant up.....just peel back the plastic. any thoughts?