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    A little help with super soil in veg

    Hi all i was wondering if someone could give me a little advise as to whats going on with my 4 little ones in veg. There a 3 cheery berry and 1 Tangarine dream all from seed. They were under 60w cfl's for around 40 days in this time they have been re potted 3 times upto around 7 ltr pots the...
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    Cfl for side lighting

    Hi all like to ask a quick question regarding large cfl's I hav 2 plants under a 600w hps in a parabolic shade. Now for side lighting I've just bought 2 105w (525watt equivalent) cfl's but this time iv housed them in euro shades and I all ready had 2 65w (325watt equivalent) cfl's but hung...
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    How hot is your soil?

    Hi all just wanting to know if you can test how hot your s oil is after you've let it cook for say 4 weeks. Cheers
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    Have I done right.......!

    Hi all would like your thoughts on wether I've done right in the re potting of my seedlings. There 16 days after the seeds popped. They were first potted in coco to start with and feed distilled water only. Today I have re potted them now they all have 2-3 sets of leaves and are around 2-3...
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    When and what to feed?

    Hi everybody Would like some info on when to start feeding my seedlings and by what means. They were planted about 11 days ago and now have 2 sets of leaves. All I have feed so far is distilled water and wondered when to up the pot size and wether to feed a tea or add amendments to the...
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    Amended soil recipe Your thoughts?

    Hi all I thought I'd post up my amended soil recipe to see what you all thought. Please give advise wether it's good or bad as its my first time at organics My base soil is miracle grow organic choice 100% peat free organic soil light in organic nutrients. My soil conditioner is 100%...
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    Amended soil mix.

    Hi all yet another question to ask......... Can I cook my amended soil indoors or is there benefits to cooking outdoors. Am I also correct in saying that you only fill the bottom 3rd of the pots with this amended soil or can I fill the whole pot with it. Cheers all.
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    Questions,questions allways questions

    Hi all I love this hobby but there's allways things still to learn. My question today is regarding soil,feed when growing from seed. I have 4 berry bomb & 3 tangerine dream tomorrow they should be ready to pot up Now I've been reading up on soils and amendments and teas when there ready...
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    Compost & Teas"

    Hi everybody hope all is well......... Been thinking about this for a wile and thought I'd better get some verification on this. Am I right in saying that if I dont add much to my base compost like worm castings,lime,bone/blood meal,bat guano I would need to feed stronger teas where 's if I...
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    Can I switch from synthetics to organic

    Hi everybody. My question to you all is....... Can I change from synthetics to organics during the same grow. I have been vegging 2 plants in 50% coco 50% perlite for 3 months and now there in flower under 2 600w hps + 4 cfl for side lighting. I really want to swap to organic ferts for the...
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    Seeds seeds seeds........?

    Hi everybody. How confused can one get when trying to choose a seed for my next grow. Do I go with reg or fem seeds as most of the strains that look interesting to me are fem. I would like something a little different maybe a sativa/indica mix something with a body/head rush. Somthing...
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    Which compost tea......!

    Hi all I've just been reading some info on compost teas and just found ou you can brew bacterial teas and fungal teas. Can I ask you guys and gals in the know....... Which tea does our lady's benefit from. Cheers all.
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    Tea v organic ferts

    Hi all just wanted your views on compost tea v shelf bought organic fertilisers. The main reason why I ask is because I'm finding it slightly difficult to locally source my ingredients for a compost tea. So even thought shelf fertilisers are more expensive if they work in the same way as...
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    Too many to pick from....! What to do

    Hi all I need some advise on which strain/ feminised seed to pick. I've always grown from clone but this time I'd like to try seeds......... But I'm a little blown away with the selection out there. I want something special.......all most like a fine wine/whiskey if you get what I mean...
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    Which light to use.......

    Hi all I'm interested in all your views with regards to which light pattern to use with big busy sativa plants. Room size is 2.1x1.5x1.5m high 2 plants that are 4 feet tall in there new pots and still in veg but are very dense and bushy. Was wondering if 2 600 vert bulbs on top of each other...
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    1 or 2 lights or the final week before the chop

    Hi all does anyone think that only running 1x 600w hps bulb for the last week of flower be more of a benefit over 2 600w hps bulbs. The method in my madness is to symbolize the latter end of the growing cycle and could this possibly help the plant shut up shop and help her fatten up. Cheers all
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    2 plant vert......should or not

    Hi all just wanting o know if I'm wasting my time growing vertically with only 2 plants. These 2 plant have been vegged under large cfl's for almost 3 months. 1 is a monster nearly 3 feet tall exc the pot and the other about 2 feet exc the pot. I currently grow with 2 600 hps which are hung...
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    Base soil ingredients....?

    Hi all I've looked around the organics threads but I'm unable to find some info on what ingredients I should be adding to my base organic compost to give it a good start. I would also like people's advise on feeding compost and how much because the last time I grew in compost I made the...
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    Soil / compost tea....?

    Hi all I require a little help with the above. Do I need to use a certain compost to startbwith like saynorganic and can I use tea's with soilless mediums. Do you need to use different tea's for veg/flower Am I right in saying tea's are all you require food wise or do you need to add...
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    Coco feeding...?

    Hi all I would like to know what people think about feeding coco. Do most people feed to run off or? The reason why I ask is I'm thinking about using larger pots upto 26ltr but thinking if I need to feed to runoff I might land up using quite a bit more feed than normal. Whats your thoughts...
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