General Cultivation Q&A

I just bumped into an ooooooold mate of mine. To cut a long story short, we got talking about the 'old days' and he told me he is still growing, where I gave up a few years ago. I went to his place last night and was amazed, to say the least. He only has 4 plants, however his grow room measuring 5m x 5m is completely full of SOG. It was that full, I didn't believe he only had 4 plants. I got down on my stomach and checked the pots. Sure enough, 4 pots with 1 plant in each. He is growing in 500mm buckets, with one bucket sitting in another of the same size. The inside bucket has holes underneath for drainage into the outer bucket. The 'lip' of the buckets keeps the i…

how often do u keep water cycle on? I have mine on 15mins every 4 hours light cycle. would appreciate any input. p.s. one more , my ph meter ($90 from Dickies) is me an my ladies BEST friend. ::

hi all agian been growing for last ten years but always larger plants but i would like to set up a sog some how but need help with how many plant x areai have watering times and how to feed perferably auto i have and area of 8x4 with 2x400w & 1 600w i would like to do approx 16-20 n try 4 3-6oz @plant have theese strains to use ak-47xc-99,c-99,bbxc-99 or white skunk so any info gratly appreciative cheers W.S

Hi all any no where I can get a small exhaust fan about 150mm (6") for cabnet grow for mothers cheer's

Hi all, I'm just wondering the best age to start flowering. I've got a few babies at 3 weeks old and 1 at 8 weeks. The 8 week old VB is already showing pre-flowers. Can i start flowering now?, Or do i have to wait longer before they are mature enough to turn the lights back?. Any help much appreciated, Thanks.

I just had a thought when I was looking at the hydroponics website where I am a member aswell, they have a food & plant dehydrator with six drawers for $308.51 (members price) I was thinking just as an experiment how about using the machine to dry the buds and see what happens?if I was to purchase one I would certainly shop around for a better price Just a thought Happy hunting

B)hey all i was wondering if anyone no,s whether u can grab a 600w hps ballast and run 2 plugs off it instead of the 1 @250 w each? which would mean that im only drawing 500w of off a 600w ballast ..now is it posible to do this for luca do a 250w globe and would like to do this if posible cheers everyone and thnx

1st sog and last grow in sydney. i know i'll be growing single bud plants next time, this methond is great for so many reasons.

hi does anyone use Aeroponics here? if so how good are they and is there an online store in oz that has them? I like the one on this page http://www.quickgrow.com/Aeroponics/ might be better to make one anyone know how hard it is? looks easy. any ideas would be good.

I did a fair bit of research before starting my grow, but what I didn't do is plan everything out and get my cabinet running and tested before I started growing. Now I've had plants growing for about a month, I still have to put up sheets of ply and blankets at night around the cabinets to stop light leaks being seem from outside the room. Also when the doors are closed the cabinets get up to 36 degress, so during the day I have the doors open with an oscillating pedestal fan in front of them. So in short I've got two cabinets running way too hot with light leaks galore and no smell control in place yet and I want to put these babies into flower within the next mont…

Has anyone here ever used a hydroponic grow chamber like the one on this site?http://www.medigrow.co.uk/ if so could you give me a little info on how good it is, and if it is worth the money, etc. Also could someone please explain the advantages and disadvantages of using hydroponics as opposed to regular soil growing? Thanx....Keep Tokin

anyone had any dealings with this company?

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Images of dry buds after first harvest, no idea on weight but there is a fair bit there, I did first harvest 26/12/02 chopped all the tops off as they were ready and have given the rest of the plant a little longer to finish will rip em out after another 2 days darkness (day after tomorrow) The smoke has quite has a unique taste to it like stuff we used to get years and years ago, not as harsh as expected smoking in joints, quite strong couch lock, not much chance of doing much after a smoke. when chopping up the buds are extremely sticky, cant wait to taste this after its had time to cure, heaps of trimmings to make oil with (would make bubble hash but dont have access t…

It's been 8 weeks now since I ventured into the world of hydro... I got a few emails from people here who wanted to see my 240 gallon setup. So here are some pics, they're not great but I haven't rtfm on my new camera yet. I'm open (and desire) your comments and suggestions to make anything better. I started out with quartz-halogen shop lights (900 watts total), but just yesterday received my 1000 watt HID and HPS lights (now pictured) I got them through Access Discounts, $282 (U.S.) for a dual ballast, swichable, reflector hood and one each of the lamps. Their URL is http://store.yahoo.com/accessdiscounts-sto...oinone10me.html http://www.twofishmedia.com/tankfull…