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just a lil update. My thought failed process has actually took off nicely. i now have a healthy clone in a jiffy green house ( seems i needed to make sure the cover stayed completely on all day, not just a couple hours a day, so i feel i have learnd my lesson on that) and i also have a clone...

i dont think think a lil rain will hurt them what with the nitrogen falling in the rain, long time ago thats how my brother watered his indor plants, he took them out on the patio when the news called for rain. Im kinda new tot he hobbie so take it for what its worth but i think they'll be fine

wow thanks ez, i appretiate that, i might have to try that the next time i give it a go.also next time instead cutting the whole top of the plant off i think im gonna try takeing a branch from inbetween the fan leaf and the main stalk, (probly what i should have done in the first place but hey...

i have just been pouring tap water (that has set a day or 2 so all chems can evapoeate) into the green house bottom and letting the pellet absorb the water

im not sure but ithink i may have crashed and burned so to speak with my first attempt at cloneing. About a week ago i cut the top 4inches off of one of my plants and tried to clone it. I used root tone w/ fungicide in it and put it in a jiffy cube in a jiffy green house, kept it under constent...

ok so about a half a cup of lime, that works great thanks (i work in the garden center at wal mart so easy access), and to gnome, no i cant i have tried every nursery and feed and seed place around here and the all have a very horrid selection, thanks for the advice anyways though

i checked the ph of my soil last night (50% potting mix-25% peat humus- 25% perlite) and about where my roots are it was about5.0. the lower i got into the pot (8 inche pot), the lower my ph dropd, all the way to 3.5 at the very bottom of the pot. I dont know if i should use vinager or bakeing...

i checked the ph of my soil last night (50% potting mix-25% peat humus- 25& perlite) and about where my roots are it was about5.0. the lower i got into the pot (8 inche pot), the lower my ph dropd, all the way to 3.5 at the very bottom of the pot. I dont know if i should use vinager or bakeing...

im tryin to grow in dirt and havein problems with ph, namely its too acidic (between 4 & 3)

ok yall, i beg your patience with me but once again i call on your help. My ph meter is tellin me my soil (50% potting mix-25%peat humus_25%perlite) is around 5.0, and the lower i get into the pot (8 inch pots), the lower my PH drops (all the way down to 3.5, peged out my meter), can i use...

i only have four plants now, but i plan to clone/sex what comes out of those if any females

ok, well i guess that means im just gonna have to take another hit to the wallet then, but as long as its for the good of all-bud-kind i can live with it. Thanks for all your help

ok, cuz i am useing 4ft flourecents now and i know that wont work for flowering and im trying to find a cheap alternitive to the hps

sorry to just drop in, but out of finacial curiosity, could cfl's take the place of a hps setup in all stages of growth?

adverse to switchin from a flourecent to a hps system for flowering, is there any coloured bulb that i could add to my flourecent setup that would act as an alternetive??? any help would be great