General Cultivation Q&A

My set up is very simple, I know nothing about what I'm doing so i'm just guessing as a i go. Set up consists of, 4 letre bucket (res) i have the water pump in the bucket pushing water out the hose. then water pipe then goes into a 8" piece of PVC about 1 metre long. ( i think this is a DWC setup?) then i've put cuts in the pipe where my pots are. the problem is that there no water pumping out the output pipe back to the bucket.... Do i need another pump on the output end? Or is the pump just not powerfull enough? thanks

Hi guys and girls. I have had two grows now with shit results. I have only managed to muster 2 oz each run off 4 plants under two 400w hps lights. I am convinced that i am useing a pritty shitty strain. I come to this conclusion as i have a decent set up and my plants seem very healthy. Based on this i plan to send off to spc and get myself some clones. The only problem is i have no idea how to plant them once i get them? As i have never been involved with clones b4 only seeds. so........ How far under the light (400w). What media? (they will b in soil eventually) What nutes/ hormones? any other suggestions? I really have no urge to kill $150 buxs. one last q…

I was looking up some seedbanks for no reasons, and I noticed some indica strains, that some seedbanks made a note:"If you have cooler dark periods while in the budding stage, can increase the "purple" colour" Anyone can give me more information?, is this possible on some indica strains, you can increase the purple colour on the buds if you made the dark periods a lot cooler? Thanks for your time Urbanhog http://www.gamers-forums.com/smilies/contrib/sp/chefico.gif

Can anyone tell me how deep MJ seeds should be planted in soil? How long does it take to emerge from soil? high_hoper

I recently had some clones sent to me that were rooted in Rockwool, it seemed to keep its shape better than grow wool and didnt stay water logged. I've just started to play around with growing from seed and I'm, trying to get a good foolproof method going. I like to see whats going on each day so I dont use soil and so far I'm not real impressed with the grow wool blocks that I,m using now......when I squeeze the excess water from them, they stay squashed and look like they could suffocate the newly emerged seedlings roots. Any one else use grow wool ?.....any tips ?

I have several healthy plants just placed into flowering (today) as they are quite short they contain considerable foliage: about 65 * 50 centimetres. As I have read that pruning should be done at this stage (before flowering) I was wondering which and how much leaves to prune? I have asked a friend who told me not to touch the plant, to let nature alone, but have read that pruning does improve yield. All comments and ideas ars welcome. Also I have been pulling a plant over to increase it’s exposure to the HiD which has placed a branch directly into the shade of the main stem. The branch has not shown any signs of discomfort even though it’s growth has slowed. Should I…

Hello everybody, I've just set up a recycling system using a pond pump to pump nutrients through polytubing with drippers. As this is not on a timer it will be on all the time, will this mean that the roots may get flooded or will it be alright as the water will drain through? All advice much appreciated Cheers Holyreality

I have a plant on the inside of a window in my bedroom and It seems to be growing slow, I have friends that planted the same time i did and there plants are 3 times the sieze of mine. My Question is...... At night time, I always put the aircon in my room on, and the unit is very close to the plant, could this be stopping the plants growth?

there are these things called dutch pots whcihc are being sold at grow.com for 455 bucks with light(400 Watt High Pressure Sodium light kit), 400 Watt UltraSun lamp , that's kinda steep. Should i get the normal kit without a light for 225 and buy flouros, or build my own one, Please Help crzc

Hey, i'm just wondering if airsponges will help me with and odour problem, i'll have a modular ScrOG, some clones and a seperate veg room, all maybe attached to eachother, but i'm wondering if i got a good few airsponges(put them in front of the exaust fan, right?), would it get rid of the odour? or should i just build a carbon air scrubber, or both? i'm gonna start in a few weeks and have most my supllies, but need odour deletion before i start just to not be paranoid... thanks a bunch crazychicken p.s. i know it's off topic again, but what are airstones? i looked on overgrow.com and a few other sites, but no ones fully explained it to me thanks for the help

Hey what's the difference between between soil grows and hydro, i thought it was just what was in the pot when you grow it... isn't it? and what's flood and drain cycle, anyone?

Hey all I am having different oppinions about the whole growing game, but i think i've found my perfect match because it's cheap and pretty simple for a first time grower... it's that hydro thing by robbieganjaseed ( http://www.ozstoners.com/420Australia/InvB...ct=ST&f=9&t=298 ) and so far, i think it's perfect, but i was thinking of growing it with a flood and drain system(unless someone can advise me better), but this is my only problem. I was looking on this site about it, but it didn't give too much specific info that i was hoping some of you peepil could give me. I'm planning on doing it for my first grow, so i'll probably be using bagseed. How much water/n…