General Cultivation Q&A

Hiya people, After a few totally disarstarus grows with osmocote soils iv decided its time to move onto somthing new, And iv heard good things about Searles brands. Iv just been flicking though their products online, and they seem to have a few good types, but being a layman (dumbass ), i thought ild ask you friendly geniuses on what your opinions are for a good soil. There a 2 main products im looking at, and was hoping if any kind soul can help me out with the choice to make. First is called Searles Kickalong Organic® Premium Potting Mix Stats are as in quote -- The saecond product im thinking is Searles Peat 80 Plus® Premium Potting Mix Stats are …

Hey guys/gals, This maybe a silly question but has anyone ever had a pollenated plant then turn hermie?, I can't see why if the plant was pollenated why it would then throw some balls around but I'll throw the question out to the more knowledgable growers out there

Hi all, A quick introduction, I've been growing my own for more than 20 years (I'm 50, if that helps, an old fart) and I'd like to discuss my experiences with other growers. Experienced or not, it doesn't matter. After all, I take it, with this forum, we're all here to help? I like to grow my plants out in the open. That's to say, they are not hidden. They grow in my garden amongst other things, fruit vegetables etc. I don't have high fences or screens, although I do live in an urban part of a rural town, I don't live in a city. Yet the plants are always visible to anybody who cares to look, from within or without. I've proven to myself over those years that it is possi…

Right now I'm a couple weeks in to my first Autoflower and first indoor grow, with that there's been a pretty big learning curve. Currently i'm running a 18/6 light cycle with the dark period starting at 10pm and finishing at 4am. I've been monitoring the temperature and have been a bit concerned with the temps, at around midday the box is sitting at 32c/89f and drops to around 23c/74f in the dark period. The last few days however it's hit heights of 35c/95f and that's where I'm drawing the line, I've tried lots of different things including temporary fixes like putting blocks of ice in the box and nothing has significantly lowered the temps. So my goal is to move the lig…

Whenever I think of cinnamon, I immediately think of sweet treats around Christmas time. But cinnamon really is an incredibly healthy spice that has more uses than just adding flavour to your favourite desserts and drinks. For example, you can use cinnamon for gardening. “Huh? How can you possibly use cinnamon for gardening!?” Yes, I know it sounds crazy but apparently sprinkling some cinnamon on your seedlings is a great way to protect your vegetable seedlings from “Damping Off” disease. Perhaps you’ve never heard of Damping Off disease, but you may have seen it before… it’s a fungus that looks like cotton and it grows on the stems of your seedlings. As it turns out, cin…

Hey guys, i just never got around to cooking last years trim/leaf into oil. Its stayed in a big plastic bag with ventilation on top under my bed for the last 12 months. Would it be OK to cool this into oil at this point? I usually get water to simmering, melt in the butter, then add in the grinded trim mix, stir it/let it sit for about 6 hours whilst very lightly simmering, then strain, add water, repeat (will need less the second time), then combine water, let it sit in fridge overnight and all the butter will raise to the top of the water, you pull it off with your fingers, clean off the bottom of the butter that was touching the water and your done. I just want to …

Ok guys/gals , I know there is a heap of info regarding hermies etc all over the net but I can't seems to find an answer for a few questions I have. I'm currently starting week five of flower and unfortunately around week 3 I had my best female (of three) go hermie also unfortunately I didn't notice until shim dropped pollen and impregnated my two other girls. As soon as I noticed I removed the hermie outside and sprayed down the two other girls with water. The hermie I cut the balls off and left it outside to grow and hopefully it lasts long enough to make into hash (no other male parts have formed). Now two weeks later I can see numerous seeds in the remaining two plant…