Growing Techniques
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So, With things in full bloom, and the growth significant, things are starting to slow down as week 3 begins (height growth per day) and buds are starting to develop. Despite this, we still have two inevitable factors. a/ the plants will still grow another few inches at least over the next couple weeks. b/ the lights can only go so high. Most common technique is bending and training them down. This is very effective and I use this technique through most of my grow. But you can also 'fold' your plant stems over. This can put a bit more stress on your plants, and certainly do not recommend it if your plants are struggling. However, if your plants are doing well…
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Has anybody here tried growing under HPS for a 12/12 lighting schedule from seed? I was reading on another forum that this guy has had really great results from the 12/12 lighting right from the start, and I was thinking that this might work particularly well if paired with HPS for the entire period (ie. instead of using MH for veg and switching to HPS for flower). The reasoning for why this might be a good choice for indoor growers is the following: Growing indoors often involves a height/size restriction, and you might want to keep the plants short, particularly for SOG and other techniques. I suspect that the short lighting schedule would mean shorter plants due to …
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Heya all need some input and answers. what happens when a plant outgrows it's pot size? will it will pretty much be stunted and stay the same size? can you use that to your advantage in some ways? my idea instead of 1 plant in a 40cm pot within my 40x40 cupboard, i can fit 4 plants each in 20cm pots. is there any pro's / con's by doing this? the plant won't vegetate as much after the roots fill up the pots, but how will this affect flowering? ... i want to utilise the space in my cupboard better.
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can some one point me to a good indoor guide also beginners guide to to growing weed ,thanks
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Good day all Was just wondering at what stage should I start introducing fans onto my plant? should the breeze from the fan be consistent or set on a timer? Thanks in advance for any help
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Hey there, just wondering how long on average peeps keep the same strain? Im asking more directed at how often people want the challenge of 'learning' another strain. For example in my experience different strains prefer higher or lower ec etc..... Are there other considerations people take?
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Thought id briefly post my thoughts on changing from coco/perlite to DWC. Well yeah Im pretty happy... NO MORE FLUSHING!!! Less maintainance
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Alright so I want to start growing, I'm going to be getting some seeds off a mate in about a weeks time. I'm going to be growing outdoors in the bush near by where I live. Now I have no experience what so ever on growing so if someone can give me a guide on growing outdoors that will be great! Also all tips are greatly appriecated. I'm wanting to grow around 5-10 plants in this bush, what area should I be planting them in? Should I be planting them under shade, or right in the open? When do I have to water them? Is it to late to start growing? Like I said I know nothing what so ever so any knowledge given to me would be mad. Oh and these are called bushys hey? Cheers.
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To start hi again after so long away... any way to the point .. i have had 8 seeds (dated 1992 and labled skunk on the bag out of my seed bank, u ask why use seeds so old ?? , after some old genitcs ) i started 26th july .. 3weeks veg (under very low fluro light but they took off ???), then into flower room ( 12th sept ).. Well all good , all took well. Run usual cycle of 12/12 ..(as 2 in there are at 4 week 12/12). So now the problem, it has been it has been 3 weeks of 12/12 cycle and no signs of sex ??? Have an idea lower light even more and see how i go (10on / 14 off).. and I hit the jackpot 7/8 sexed this morn...still 1 to go ...( any 1 ever found they needed to d…
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Hey guys I just moved to brisbane a few weeks back, on our house warming the chop got spilt off the table and went everywhere yesterday I found two seedlings growing in the cracks of the pavers I managed to save one but lost the other, I planted it straight into a decent sized plastic cup, with drainage holes, with soil out of the garden and glad wrap over the top, iv had it in the sun all morning and put it in the shade around 1pm everything seems to be going fine just wondering the steps from here, would like to keep it outside preferably but still want decent fruit from her. Any advice would be appreciated cheers
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Hello fellow growers, I am generally curious about growing my first plant for personal use as I use this stuff from time to time. Some of the questions I have are: *what seeds do I use? *how do I grow a plant if I'm at college? Does it take a lot of space etc? *does the plant have to be at a constant temperature, receive so many hours a day of sun/water? As you know, I'm a UNi student and 3/5 of a year I spend at college so I was wondering what is suitable for those conditions. Cheers for any help, Woo
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I'm about to embark on an indoor grow and am keen to get a harvest asap. I will be using regular seeds from Southern Star Seeds and have read so much info my head is swimming with the best way to go about it. I was thinking of planting 15 or so seeds and veging for minimum time [say 2 weeks] before going 12/12 but was reading Cervantes' Marijuana Horticulture and he says that inducing flowering before plants show pre-flowers can cause hermaphrodites. Which way to go? Should I sex them by reducing the light period very early, weed out the males and then increase photoperiod again for a while before inducing flowering [seemed like it would take too long for my liking…
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Hi guys! So I live in Sydney and I am looking at doing my first grow in a national park in an area I know quite well which never ever has anyone near and is not visible from any bush paths ( could only see it if you went pointless bush bashing )... Anyway I was wondering a few things. How easy is it to get seeds through customs?How easy is it go grow low ryder 2 - auto flowering fem, and Og kush ( normal seeds) outdoors away from home?Finally do the products I have purchased for this particular grow of both the above suit them? (pictures should be below) I only want enough from these small simple autos like low ryder 2 just to use every now and then. The rest I will t…
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Okay so I am using a 400w HPS light in a grow tent lined with mylar film. I have a fan in the tent to keep some nice ventilation going. In veg, my light schedule is 14/12 and in flower my light schedule is 12/12. I have cultivated some pretty nice plants using fox farms nutes but all 4 plants I have grown have all turned male. My luck is great, I know. I recently ordered some femininized seeds to help my terrible odds. I also use fox farms soil in 1 gallon pots. Any tips? Thanks any and all criticism will be helpful.
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I'm reading more and more I'm going to try with some crap seeds/strain first, Does anyone use the lava hydroponic rocks (orange round rocks) to grow, ? Any tips on growing outdoors with how much sun they should get. Thanks
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