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[MEGA]Community Growing advice, tips, tricks, & experiences Part 5 (2012-2013)

Thanks guys that's really kind of you to say. To be honest though I think I was a bit rash in making that decision. I always make myself sleep over things first and I think I'm incline to change my mind now after giving it a bit more thought. So I'm staying for now lol. False alarm.

I've been a bit fed up with a lot of things lately and things are riling me up a lot more easily than they used to.

Anyway I am just making preparations for my next grow in a DR90 for my Kerala landrace strain and I've finally settled on what to hybridize it with. Ace Seeds China Yunnan Indica is the one. We shall wait to see how well they marry but I and others thing they're both strains that are made for each other.
 
Alright well whats a good lightsource for 6 plants, that i can run in my cellar without burning the house down.

**Did some reading and now i know what i want :D
 
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How much do you want to yield?

Good question, I am going to be using 'lemon skunk' and a 250w mh/hps setup, the buds had a very strong citrus scent my friend grew some outdoors this season.
I plan to get a bundle of fertilizer that ive seen plants do really well in and cutout the holes in the plastic wrap and plant them right in it, also cutting holes for drainage.
 
If I were you I would grow just three plants under there if it's just a 250W HID.

I'm not sure what you mean by this:

"I plan to get a bundle of fertilizer that ive seen plants do really well in and cutout the holes in the plastic wrap and plant them right in it, also cutting holes for drainage. "

Can you elaborate?
 
If I were you I would grow just three plants under there if it's just a 250W HID.

I'm not sure what you mean by this:

"I plan to get a bundle of fertilizer that ive seen plants do really well in and cutout the holes in the plastic wrap and plant them right in it, also cutting holes for drainage. "

Can you elaborate?

Does this work?

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If I'm going to be honest with you, no, I don't think that's a good idea. I would just plant in pots with normal multipurpose compost.

edit: I assume you want to do that to make things easier for you? If this is the case then I would suggest looking into more workable realistic ideas such as using Autopots. You could have either a two or a three plant kit and under your 250W HPS light it would work perfectly and would make it very easy to look after your plants. Just make sure not to use organic fertilizers in the res.

The great thing about Autopots is you can also use them with coco. Just switch to a coco nutrient solution like Hesi bloom (you just need the bloom despite what the bottles might say). All things being equal people get amazing results with Hesi bloom. The plants just love it and the bud tastes really great with the nutrient.

You could just use coco on it's own of course, by 'bottom feeding' i.e. allowing the coco to soak up the nutrient solution from a tray or you could top feed - both of which need to be done on a daily basis i.e. once a day ideally. If you use pots of potting compost make sure not to use soil that's too hot when they're young. When you're growing out the seeds or even clones, make sure to use a sowing and cutting compost, also called a 'light mix' in the cannabis world. This has less nutrients in it than multipurpose compost. You can use multipurpose compost to start out seeds and clones (hence the word 'multipurpose') as well as to grow out adult plants although when used for adult plants the compost will run out of nutrients faster than potting soil. Potting soil has the most nutrients and is too hot for seeds/cuts but when used for growing out adult plants the plants won't need feeding for a long while.

If you're using soil in pots make sure to 'pot up', which is basically where you grow the seed in a small pot and once you have a lot of roots at the bottom and around the sides (you can tell by taking the rootball out of the pot carefully) you pot it up into a larger pot and repeat. You start off with a small pot for your seed, say the size of a cup and then do as follows:

small seed pot--> 1-1.5L pot --> 3-3.5L pot --> 6L pot --> 11L pot --> 15L pot*

* this is optional if you want to veg it for longer. If you don't want to veg them for that long the last pot can be an 11L pot.

If you're using multipurpose soil or potting soil each time you pot up you have new fresh soil with nutrients and so you won't have to feed, meaning you can just water as usual. After you finish potting up you switch to 12/12 (flowering cycle) since the roots down grow very much at all during the flowering period and so you need to keep them in their final pot. Because you're not potting up during the flowering period you will need to start feeding them - this should be about 2 weeks into 12/12 or two weeks after the last pot up. You use a flowering fertilizer at this point which is higher in phosphorus and potassium but relatively lower in nitrogen. Biobizz fishmix however is a general purpose fertilizer and can be used successfully in both the vegetative stage and the flowering stage unlike other nutrients and is available in the US, Canada and the UK so I would recommend this. If you're in the UK Plant Magic Bloom is one I would definitely recommend. Both Biobizz fishmix and Plant Magic Bloom will feed the beneficial bacteria and fungi in the soil and will improve the effectiveness of mycorrhizal fungi/beneficials mix you add to the planting hold. I might add that these beneficial should be addeded to the planting hold at each pot up - Plant Magic do a product called 'granules' which contains myco fungi as well as other beneficial microbes that help plant growth.

If you're using soil you need to use a wet and dry cycle when watering. This means you let the soil dry out between watering but not so much the leaves wilt. Once you're experienced you can tell when the plants need watering just by the look and feel of the soil surface and by judging the weight of the pot when you lift it by hand. The reason you need to let the soil dry out somewhat is because it allows the roots to be exposed to oxygen in the air. If you water the plants too frequently you can suffocate the roots and stunt growth. Letting the roots dry out too much kills off the importat find root hairs and can also stunt growth and so it's something you need to avoid. In coco as I said, you need to water at least once a day - remember it is not like soil, it's technically hydroponics and so needs to be treated differently. You'll find growth rates are much faster in coco than in soil but it's not as organic as growing in compost with organic nutrients.
 
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Hey AE, could you please empty your inbox? Thanks!

I hope Prelude's grow is doing alright!

I'm having some problems which I can't find the source of at the moment...

I can't figure out why my plants look like this :Picture 1 and Picture 2

They have been watered 30 hours ago with a mix of Plant Magic's essence (with Catalyst and Wetting agent) and water until there was a good 3 cm of water that had been drained into the plastic tray where the pot sits and they look like they are dying almost... The soil is still pretty humid too.

I'm really puzzled right now :(

P.S. Before anyone asks, I have checked every single spot where I have tied them to make sure it wasn't too tight. The stem has a lot of space left to grow.
 
Sorry about that, it's empty now.

They look very underfed. I'm sure the environment won't be helping too unfortunately (with the fan always on the lowest setting for example).

The plant in the second pic doesn't look like it'll survive but the one in the first pic is salvageable. By the way can yous see the roots through the drainage holes yet? As you already know you need to make sure the soil dries out between waterings sufficiently too.
 
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The fan isn't exactly on the lowest setting but on the 2nd speed on the fan's controller and around 50% on my variac. I turn it up when i'm there and there's ambient noise in the house haha.

Damn I can't understand how they went underfed so fast... I gave them 2ml/L of Fishmix and 3ml/L of BioWetter on the 19th and the essence mix on the 22nd :(

I can see a bit of roots through the drain holes. Should I transplant them except for the pure sativa?

Since I want the soil to be dry I didn't feed them again yet, i'll check it out tomorrow when I wake up! How long should it usually take though between waterings for 1L pots?
 
Only transplant them if you have a rootball full of roots. So many that you can easily pull the whole rootball out of the pot without soil falling off. Here's what it should look like:

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There is no set time between waterings, you have to judge it on weight, appearance and by how it feels. If you search uk420 on Google with the terms 'wet dry cycle' you should get more info. Good luck, I hope things improve!

edit: also I would maybe think about changing to a different, better quality soil so you know you have covered all bases.
 
Just got three new clones today, Purple Kush, Ken's GDP, and Cherry Pie :)

They were promptly tied down and fed a mixture of worm casting tea, super thrive, and ph'd water. I can't wait for these babies to grow.
 
You've got some interesting strains there and you're lucky to be able to start with clones! I'm waiting for my Reserva Privada Headband seeds to arrive so I'm getting all excited about my next grow. I'm also going to be growing either Female Seeds Skunk Special or Female Seeds Fast Nevilles (or maybe both!).
 
just a quick question
quite possible one nobody can answer....probably just a case of wait and see...
but as i'm here i shall ask...

just came home from a 48 shift to find my electric had run out [ on a key meter ] Ive got a 10 day old seedling thats possibly had upto 48 hours of darkness

is it fucked ?
 
Alright, novice question that I might get flamed for because I didn't use the search engine. Fuck it, though, it arose when read this:


small seed pot--> 1-1.5L pot --> 3-3.5L pot --> 6L pot --> 11L pot --> 15L pot*



AE (or anybody else knowledgeable), why not start off in a 15L pot? Is it for sake of observation/plant health, space conservation, growth rate, or are scheduled transplants just the best way to raise your plant? I can think of a few reasons why it might be good, but it's all speculation and assumption at this point...
 
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