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[MEGA]Community Growing advice, tips, tricks, & experiences Part 4

Artificial Emotion said:
Could you take a pic in normal light? I think it could be nutrient burn if the soil is too hot.
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Care to elaborate? First time I hear this and I'm really intrigued because it might explain the problems I had in early stages of some grows where I would lower the cooltube quite close to the soil level, possibly heating the soil somewhat. The heat was something the plants could take, but maybe I was warming the soil too much if it causes more nutes to be released...
 
freehugs said:
What up guys! It's almost grow season again, and I can't wait to start my new crop. I am going to start a bit earlier this year, but since I'm in college, I'm going to have to grow at my house while I am still in school. I want to buy 6-8 clones and have my friend feed, water and low stress train them until I get back in late May.

Thus, my question for you guys.
What schedule should I give him for watering and feeding? I was thinking about alternating tea and straight water every 3 to 5 days for the first month, and then every 2-3 days the second month. I am going to go all organic, and I have a veg nutrient to give to them, but I was going to add seaweed extract as well as bat guano once a week.

How does that system sound?
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don't use bat guano - as AE said it's really bad for the environment, and for the bats who get very disturbed.

Artificial Emotion said:
^ feed when the plants ask for it by yellowing etc. Water using a wet/dry cycle and don't let the plants wilt. Tea is not necessary and only adds an unecessary complication for a beginner. I would only use it when you're more experienced with growing, or if you do, only use it once or twice throughout the whole grow since this is all that's needed to innoculate the soil.
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If you're going to do anything about nutrients, I would suggest making a stinging nettle tea - VERY SIMPLE.

Fill a bucket with stiinging nettles, put a brick on top, and then fill it up with water so that the water just covers the top of the nettles. put clingfilm/plastic bag over the top of the bucket so it's airtight...now wait 2 weeks and you have excellent fertilizer.

1:10 parts water for veg
1:8 parts water for fruiting.

Great budshot Xayo - looking very happy :)
 
FnX said:
Care to elaborate? First time I hear this and I'm really intrigued because it might explain the problems I had in early stages of some grows where I would lower the cooltube quite close to the soil level, possibly heating the soil somewhat. The heat was something the plants could take, but maybe I was warming the soil too much if it causes more nutes to be released...
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LOL there's been a misunderstanding. Sorry I should have been much clearer. When I said 'hot' I meant that the soil had a high level of nutrients. This causes the tips of the leaves to 'burn' and turn crispy and is the first sign that the plants are getting too much nutrients and that you should start giving them plain tapwater. Flushing, which inappropriately used most of the time, doesn't work for organic nutrients so should be avoided in this situation. If you're using chemical salt fertilizers and you overdose the plants then flushing might help, but otherwise just water them with plant tap water
 
I really can't believe this..the gas stove is takeable (stoner tend to mess up somewhere) but when I saw the cigarette I started thinking they deserved it that way.


2 Different phenotypes becoming visible
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fast flowering lots of resin


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longer flowering, lacking the glitter yet
 
^ looks great, especially for bag seed! The pistils turning orange is a good sign. They should pack out in weight a bit more and start to look a lot better soon.
 
I got some god damn scentsy shit running now, but I am bout to have several ona products. I say I have a small grow, but this is the smelliest shit I have had. Confidential Cheese. One plant. Big fuckin plant.
 
Odowakka said:
Hey all, looking for some very noobie advice. Basically, noticing the weather is getting nicer and thinking of having a go at a very small scale grow, more just for the fun of it and to get some nice bud for the summer. I'm looking for something very easy, that will flower quickly and which grows small- so have been looking at autoflower strains. I will also not have access to major lighting etc- the main thing I would be able to provide for them is sun and light from my desk lamp (which I could maybe slyly make a slightly brighter, higher wattage or whatever). Will I actually get anything off this? I live in the UK midlands, its not exactly south california...

Does anyone have experience growing autoflower strains largely using the UK sun? Will I actually get a worthwhile amount (I'm not talking ounces and ounces) off 1 or 2 plants?
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I would ditch that idea and actually put it outside if I were you. If you went ahead with your idea the plant wouldn't get enough light or ventilation. You could get something off some autoflowering plants but I would look into more conventional strains that are harvested in the autumn as well. Some good strains to look into are ones like Purple Maroc (Female Seeds), KC36 (KC Brains), KC33 (KC33) and Frisian Dew (Dutch Passion).

The best time to plant out would be the beginning of May, so you've got a while yet.
 
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Thanks for the advice all, sounds like it might be better to do it outside, will have a think about some suitable spots! If I can't find anywhere, is there no hope for a grow by the window etc?
 
^ anyone can find somewhere if they look hard enough, trust me ;) It took me a couple of months to find somewhere suitable but I found a great plot in the end. As long as it's relatively private, south facing and gets enough sun without loads of trees overhead shading it it should be okay. The window idea is a non-starter, trust me. You can't grow cannabis like a houseplant, especially in the UK. Well you can, but the results will probably be pitiful, so it doesn't work that way unfortunately.

If you want you could build a grow box with something like a 125W CFL from a grow shop if you wanted to, but the yields will pale in comparison to the results you'd get if you just grew it outdoors. Also with indoor growing you need to have adequate odor control and this involves the use of carbon filters which you would need an enclosed grow space for anyway. Cannabis smells so much that people often feel as if it can permeate through brick walls. Growing weed is completely different to having the dried product laying around in terms of smell. Neglecting proper odor control is the number one reason people get caught (alongside telling friends and girlfriends etc) so is something you need to plan for and be proactive about.
 
A good one is climbing up an oak (or big fuck off tree) tree, and sitting a planter bag strapped onto a big sunny branch. This is what I did last year - next to no chance of it being discovered by people, and no chance of it being eaten by deer or slugs.

Make sure it's done right - obviously wind is a factor.
 
That's a very good point about the smell. The idea about strapping a grow bag to a tree is brilliant! I could definitely try that. Thanks for all the responses, I suspected that growing indoors in the UK without light would probably produce a pretty pitiful yield. I'll start taking a look at some potential areas and strains, cheers for all the help!
 
Hands super sticky after handling buds and the stickiness or smell just won't go away when you try wash it? Wash your hands in a small amount of food oil such as canola, rinse, then use normal soap to get rid of the oil and voila, clean as ever and no more smell!
 
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