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goaheadanjuna said:
hi wise 420; i spoke to a friend about th ph round here and he told me that he takes his straight froth tap, leaves it for 24hrs and the ph is fine, so i have done that and it looks like it has sorted that problem so thanx alot for your advice, i dont know how to put a picture on here so unless some one can help i cant put any on to help sorry, now i have another problem as you know this is my first grow, so trying to work out wat different people tell you is difficult to work out eh, well until i found this fantastic site, well wats wrong with her is that a friend told me bout 6 weeks ago to nip the tops so i did, well i dont know if i did it wrong or at the wrong time, because like i have said the bottom 3/4 of her looksfantastic loads of pistol every where lovely green leaves but the tops just dont look right, there is loads of small arms coming out but ir just looks behind the bottom half of her, also some of THE leaves are turning down and back under its self, they dont look scorched at all any of them, no discolourisation on any of them, i cab see loads crystals forming every where on the lower half, have you got any idea with out a pics thanx for any advice
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Hey gaaj try adding spaces in your post's next time mate, easier to read that way ;)

You need to upload photo's through an imaging site like photobucket.com then you copy and paste the IMG link into your post on here and that's how you get pics up. If you have a camera it's easy to do, you just need to sign up to photobucket.

As far as leaving water out for 24 hours, im pretty certain that all that's happening in that period is the chlorine from the water is evaportaing and I dont think the pH changes.

So your plants are flowering and you "nipped" off those tops just recently? Unfortunatly ive had mates try to say the same thing to me as it "increases yeild" but this is wrong and will reduce your yeild greatly. Have you been keeping track of how long they've been flowering? Also the leaf problem you mention could be due to the pH being off.

Try to get some photo's sorted then we can tell you what's going on and what you need to change/fix etc.
 
Your tapwater's pH doesn't change if you leave it out 24 hours Wise? I've always found it to do so.

I've heard of security issues with imagesharing websites like photobucket. This might be an urban legend, but I don't know. Have you guys heard anything about that?
 
A couple shots from today, roughly 3-4 weeks untill she should start flowering.

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Artificial Emotion said:
Your tapwater's pH doesn't change if you leave it out 24 hours Wise? I've always found it to do so.

I've heard of security issues with imagesharing websites like photobucket. This might be an urban legend, but I don't know. Have you guys heard anything about that?
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To be honest ive never needed to leave water sitting over night, and ive never heard of the pH rising/dropping. Your probably right there AE, my mistake. BTW which way does the pH tend to go when left out over night?

Ive been using photobucket for years to upload my photo's and have never had any problems with it.
 
Wise420 said:
Hey gaaj try adding spaces in your post's next time mate, easier to read that way ;)

You need to upload photo's through an imaging site like photobucket.com then you copy and paste the IMG link into your post on here and that's how you get pics up. If you have a camera it's easy to do, you just need to sign up to photobucket.

As far as leaving water out for 24 hours, im pretty certain that all that's happening in that period is the chlorine from the water is evaportaing and I dont think the pH changes.

So your plants are flowering and you "nipped" off those tops just recently? Unfortunatly ive had mates try to say the same thing to me as it "increases yeild" but this is wrong and will reduce your yeild greatly. Have you been keeping track of how long they've been flowering? Also the leaf problem you mention could be due to the pH being off.

Try to get some photo's sorted then we can tell you what's going on and what you need to change/fix etc.
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ok ill try that, i dont think i explained my self very clearly, my girl has been under THE 600 mh now for 3 weeks, i had her under a 400 veg light for 5 weeks, i nipped the tops about after 4 weeks as i was told to do so, but as you say i dont think it was the best thing to do, because the bottom half of her is flying i can see more and more crystals forming daily
and there is some nice buds forming, but not at the top, so yea i think your right this will reduce my yield, well at least ill know for next time eh, im trying to learn as much as poss with this lady so the next one will be better eh,
thanx, i will try and get some pics up
 
Wise420 said:
To be honest ive never needed to leave water sitting over night, and ive never heard of the pH rising/dropping. Your probably right there AE, my mistake. BTW which way does the pH tend to go when left out over night?

Ive been using photobucket for years to upload my photo's and have never had any problems with it.
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It usualy goes down in my experience (and from what others have reported on the forums). This is why I think it's a good idea to bubble water before using in hydro systems, to prevent it rising any further. However, I personally don't believe this poses a problem in soil because of the pH buffering of the medium, so it's a moot point really. I personally don't have this issue because I use an RO filter and floom instead of bubble.

If you want to leave it overnight to evaporate chlorine (which isn't necessary in practice in my experience) you can avoid the pH rising significantly by flooming instead of using an airstone in most cases. This involves using a submersible pump to pump water so it forms a small 'bulge' or swell and there are no bubbles. It's the bubbles that raise the pH it seems.

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Wolf, your outdoor plants look great (very healthy) but would you not consider putting them out earlier, just out of interest? I'm toting with the idea of starting indoors in mid Feb and planting out in March, to produce monsters.

Also, what protection are you using? Any chicken wire, soaps etc?
 
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I just wanted to share a really effective and simple modification you can make on any aeroponic cloner that I discovered. Most aero cloners use sprinklers and as such are not true aeroponics. However, you can change it to true aero by simply adding a small ultrasonic piezoelectric fogger you can buy for under $10-15 from eBay or an electrical store like Radio Shack I suppose (Maplin in the UK, which is where I bought mine). All you need to do is cut a hole in a piece of styrofoam (polystyrene to us Brits) and sit a net pot in it, in which the fogger sits. This will generate a fine dry fog that encourages lateral secondary fine feeder roots which are strongly associated with bigger yields (this is why not watering your plants and letting them wilt reduces your end yield significantly).

I am testing the strike rate and how fast clones root using this tecnique but I have a good feeling about this, as it's this effect that makes true aero so effective compared to quasi-aeroponic sprinkler systems most commonly in use.

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I agree with Wolf about topping in flower being a no no. If you want to train in flower, you can supercrop for the first few weeks or do some light low stress training.

You shoukd train mainly in veg if you can.
 
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Artificial Emotion said:
Wolf, your outdoor plants look great (very healthy) but would you not consider putting them out earlier, just out of interest? I'm toting with the idea of starting indoors in mid Feb and planting out in March, to produce monsters.

Also, what protection are you using? Any chicken wire, soaps etc?
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Thanks AE, assuming you mixed up Wise with Wolf :)

She was started really late, and yes usually she would be close to 5 x that size by now in previous year's. There were some set-backs regarding grows getting busted, which housed clones that were meant to be put outdoor's this year.

I have been thinking about putting some caging around her, but so far there dosent seem to be any pesty animals living ammoung the ferns im growing in(apart from fungi gnat) so unless I notice some leaves getting chewed I probabaly wont bother with any type of caging.

Ive been hearing about fungi gnat causing havoc once the larvea get's into the soil, and they start to eat on the root's but in all cases ive heard of this happening had been in, indoor grows. Ive been thinking about hitting the girl with some neem oil if these gnats really become a problem, but so far it seems like they live in and around ferns so I wont take any action in detering them if they dont cause problems.
 
^ I had some fungi nats in my soil and sprayed with 1:1 isopropyl:water and that put them under reasonable control. But after I got neem oil I never saw them again :)

Thanks for the compliments on my picture guys.

AE - I have several more months until I can start thinking about outdoor again. Also, about Photobucket--it's possible for someone to view your whole album by just showing one picture from an album, so that may be what you have heard as a security issue. Other than that, it's basically just like most other pic hosting sites.
 
Sorry I made a mistake - I confused you with wise.

As for photobucket, I've heard of photobucket themselves causing the issues by tracing and reporting people but I'm not sure if there's any substance to these claims. Certain major weed forums insist you don't use them since they deem them to be a 'security risk'. It might have been imageshack, I'm unsure.

I am a fan of using organic neem seed cake to kill and prevent fungus gnats. It also works as a fertilizer and stimulates growth of the soil microherd amongst other things. A great way to prevent them breeding is to put sand on the soil surface. I have some neem oil but I don't thunk it's organic (it's called Neem Repel). I ideally want cold extracted organic neem oil, even if it's more expensive. It smells like shit and tastes horrid -I speak from experience!!
 
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It's all good. We both have names starting with a "w" so that's understandable.

As for the sites tracing and reporting, essentially ANY website could potentially do that to anyone. I don't want to start paranoia or anything, but there really isn't much anonymity anywhere on the internet. If you aren't on a very large scale illegal production, I don't think you have much to worry about anyway.

Also, organic neem oil is where it's at. You are right, it's more expensive but I can testify to it working better for bug problems than ANYTHING I have tried.
 
I know what you mean about the security of the internet in general but I worry since sites like photobucket or imageshack are essentially largeish corporations that consist of many people and it's hard to trust a faceless organisation where for all I know they're anti-cannabis cunts. With grow forums they're often run by only one or two people who you can get to know and trust. I am confident the person who runs the forum I frequent would rather give up his right testicle than grass me up. I can't be 100% sure, however I feel safe. Often the grow sites are based abroad after the overgrow fiasco, so there's some reassurance at least.

I don't know, I just get paranoid with these things and don't like taking what I perceive to be risks.
 
wow, you guys really pump the posts on ere, im already behind.

my plant is looking great, nearly trained at 1.4meters wide, ill have some photos up tomoro. bad thing is, 2 x 400w hps = mega heat its freakin hot in there, ive got 4 fans running in the afternoon to beat the heat. powerbill is gona be a nasty one :(
 
Ant Problem

Hey BL'ers!!!!!

i have a plant out the back fully organic that is about 8 weeks old.Recently some ants have decided to make there home in my soil :! i tryed drowing them but no success.i went out there today and there is shitloads of black little pod like things along the stem how do i get rid of these???
i had these pod things on my last plants but noway near as bad,i have movved houses seince then and we get really bad ants here :!:!

cheers guys heres some photos

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Holy shit dude.

Spritz it with some diluted vinegar, that should discourage any ants on your plants.

I am trying to imagine any likely risks to manually, albeit extremely carefully removing the pods and none are waving little red cognitive flags, you?
 
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what raito?

albeit extremely carefully removing the pods and none are waving little red cognitive flags, you?

WHAT?!
 
Hey BL'ers!!!!!

i have a plant out the back fully organic that is about 8 weeks old.Recently some ants have decided to make there home in my soil i tryed drowing them but no success.i went out there today and there is shitloads of black little pod like things along the stem how do i get rid of these???
i had these pod things on my last plants but noway near as bad,i have movved houses seince then and we get really bad ants here

cheers guys heres some photos

http://img64.imageshack.us/f/img0131tg.jpg/
 
misteee said:
wow, you guys really pump the posts on ere, im already behind.

my plant is looking great, nearly trained at 1.4meters wide, ill have some photos up tomoro. bad thing is, 2 x 400w hps = mega heat its freakin hot in there, ive got 4 fans running in the afternoon to beat the heat. powerbill is gona be a nasty one :(
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Where are you intaking from? Where are you extracting to (outside?)? What size inline fans are you using? It shouldn't be so hot in your grow room. If it makes you uncomfortable your plant isn't going to like it either.
 
Here's a photo of one of my SmellyBerry plants (UGORG Bluez x Blueberry, an indica-dominant strain).

Please click on the image to enlarge it, otherwise it's too small to make out, really.
 
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