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

junkie skumbag said:
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is that stem thick enough for a 14ish day old plant??


update on how they lookin.leme know what u guys think :D im tryin to get a photo each day n gonna make one of those timelaps things :)

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If you want my honest opinion, they could be healthier. They're no leggy though, so at least that's good, and they are young yet so I wouldn't worry. Just improve that ventilation and get a better nutrient.

A better NPK value for soil grow nutrients is 5-3-3, and bloom, 3-5-4. 14-6-6 is way off and probably not designed for canna.

Clean_Cut said:
I guess growing outdoors is just alot slower...
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IME it's not. That statement would concern me tbh. I would reassess what you're doing to see if you could make some improvements.
 
Yeah, well I only had 1 seed which was in a little bit of stuff that I bought...so I thought I'd just give it a go...its nothing serious! But yeah Im just glad that it sprouted, and hopefully by grandfinal day it may have another seed for me to plant. Judging by your choice of sport I think Im a bit further north than you too ;)
 
?judging by my choise of sport? ur plant wont be ready by grandfinal day so if u plan on growing then i suggest gettin a few more seeds.......or maybe even cloning the one u got if shes half decent......i used to live upnorth (kununurra) stinking fuckin hot every day n mullys find it really hard to grow outdoors up there....
 
clean cut, it is bag seed then, so I wouldn't expect miracles.

The reason why growing outdoors in the right latitude can give faster, more vigorous growth is because natural sunlight is very high intensity light with the best spectrum physically possible. There is literally no light on the market that can compare with natural sunlight, unless you live at completely the wrong latitude.

That said, I wouldn't expect great results planting out in winter (or the last month of winter). In generl on a lot of forums there seems to be this pervasive myth that growing indoors is better than outdoors but if done properly i.e. you deal with all challenges such as pests/diseases or bad weather, there is no doubt in my mind that growing outdoors is king. The reason outdoor plants have such large yields (like up to 20 ounces i.e. half a kilo) is because they have reached their optimum genetic potential, suggesting the conditions in which the were grown were extremely good. This isn't always easy to achieve, but in a good climate where the weather has been kind to you and you haven't been unlucky with pests, it's a lot easier to do than indoors.

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I can't wait. In two weeks time I'll be starting a vertical SCROG grow using diesel cuttings. The system I'll be using only requires 2-3 weeks of veg but yields a massive 1.5g/W or more. So with two 600W bulbs I should get 64 ounces or more of bud!
 
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junkie skumbag said:
?judging by my choise of sport? ur plant wont be ready by grandfinal day so if u plan on growing then i suggest gettin a few more seeds.......or maybe even cloning the one u got if shes half decent......i used to live upnorth (kununurra) stinking fuckin hot every day n mullys find it really hard to grow outdoors up there....
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Yeah, QLDers generally dont follow AFL too much!

As for getting more seeds, if it were that easy for me then I would. But this "bag seed" was the only one I had so I just thought id give it a go...Im not really expecting too much...just doing it for the experience really..and hopefully by the start of summer I will somehow come into contact with another seed to plant...

So at worst this will enhance my skills for summer!..BTW it is growing and looks good..just alot slower than yours..
 
Clean_Cut said:
Yeah, QLDers generally dont follow AFL too much!

As for getting more seeds, if it were that easy for me then I would. But this "bag seed" was the only one I had so I just thought id give it a go...Im not really expecting too much...just doing it for the experience really..and hopefully by the start of summer I will somehow come into contact with another seed to plant...

So at worst this will enhance my skills for summer!..BTW it is growing and looks good..just alot slower than yours..
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boo AFL ftw!!!!!!!!go the hawks :p

ahh nice nice if your a regular weed smoker im sure u will come across a seed or 2 in ya weed before then :D any chance of a photo?u got it in a pot or in the ground?using any ferts or nutes??
 
hahaha!

yeah hopefully find a seed.
Will take a photo tomorrow and post (if you promise not to laugh - lol). At the moment its in a small pot, which I will be transferring to a big pot once it grows a bit more. I havent started on any fertiliser yet as I have no idea what to use..and I have no idea what nutes are! Looks like I should do some reading..
 
Clean_Cut said:
hahaha!

yeah hopefully find a seed.
Will take a photo tomorrow and post (if you promise not to laugh - lol). At the moment its in a small pot, which I will be transferring to a big pot once it grows a bit more. I havent started on any fertiliser yet as I have no idea what to use..and I have no idea what nutes are! Looks like I should do some reading..
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hahaaa i wont laugh mate i've posted up some shitty lookingk plants beforeee :p
nutes=nutrients

(cbopy and paste job here)

The primary nutrients are nitrogen (N), phosphorus (P), and potassium (K). These major nutrients usually are lacking from the soil first because plants use large amounts for their growth and survival.

The secondary nutrients are calcium (Ca), magnesium (Mg), and sulfur (S). There are usually enough of these nutrients in the soil so fertilization is not always needed. Also, large amounts of Calcium and Magnesium are added when lime is applied to acidic soils. Sulfur is usually found in sufficient amounts from the slow decomposition of soil organic matter, an important reason for not throwing out grass clippings and leaves.

http://www.ncagr.gov/cyber/kidswrld/plant/nutrient.htm

when i was growing outdside and triming the leafs off chuck a few at the base of the plant so the leafs decompose im pretty sure that helps out.........sorry for my spelling quite fucked up on lyrica atm :D
 
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I was just wondering botanically and biologicaaly speaking is cannabis considered a weed? Please pm me if possible. Thank you in advance.
 
I used CNS17 Bloom in conjunction with Pure Blend Bloom on my last grow and it worked out great. I decided to change up the soil from cocoa mix to soil (Fox Farm Ocean Forrest). The pure blend I have says it's an Organic Compost Solution... can I use that with fox farm ocean forrest? Sorry, probably a dumb question but I'm not too keen with deciphering the different dirts yet. Thanks for the help.
 
If it says it's for coir, only use it for coir, but if it's for soil, it's okay to use in soil. I would imagine that because it's organic it's most likely meant for soil, meaning you're good to go.

Be warned, growth in soil is a lot more sluggish than in coir.

Check out this awesome Youtube timelapse grow video!
 
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Artificial Emotion said:
If it says it's for coir, only use it for coir, but if it's for soil, it's okay to use in soil. I would imagine that because it's organic it's most likely meant for soil, meaning you're good to go.

Be warned, growth in soil is a lot more sluggish than in coir.

Check out this awesome Youtube timelapse grow video!
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Coir (Coco Peat/Coir, that is), is amazingly responsive and my favorite pseudo-natural (lets face it; it's been processed far beyond its naturally found state) medium. Artificial_Emotion is correct in what he says; worth noting is the fact that soil is much more forgiving nutrient wise, but at the same time, susceptible for a more delayed nutrient-burn/nutrient-lock. It's much easier to correct these issues with Coir, but also a lot easier to create them in the first place. I make my nutrient formulas from the ground up, and really don't like using pre-made mixes as they are never at the optimum ratios for all genetics and stages of growth.

An example of this is with Haze dominant strains, which often suffer from the same amount of Nitrogen that an Afghani, for example, would be quite comfortable with. The general consensus is that the more tropical strains need less nitrogen (more applicable for 'landraces').

(To Artificial_Emotion: you should send me a PM sometime if you honestly don't believe I know what I'm talking about, because I can see how you got that idea. Growing in the Winter, "proper spectrum", etc. all sounds ridiculous, but I could show you photos that make it all make sense. I was referring to use L.E.D. lights, which, as you would already know, come in different coloured outputs, making Vegetation and Flowering more diverse. But anyhow, lets chill out; we're like-minded people, with a common interest; no assumptions.)
 
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