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Also that last pic looks like the light is angled sideways instead of top down. Is that the case, if so why?

Don't use uncomposted coffee grinds! In the initial stages of decomposition nitrogen will actually be removed from the soil by the bacteria breaking down the grinds, or at least something similair. Google it there's plenty advice from regular gardeners on the coffee grind scene. If you are...

Given that the critter was IN your soil I'd guess it's a Mud daubers wasp.... good news if your dealing with black widow spiders!

Was there frost over the whole main cola or was it high enoughup to escape that?

What are you watering with and what's the PH of the water? I was under PHing some plants of mine and it was looking like a weird mix of various toxicities and deficiencies. I would echo Greasemonkey's suggestion of NOT feeding more nuts, just flush whatevers in there out (as much as that is...

I'd appreciate knowing what strains I buy! I usually ask dealers what kind of bud I'm getting and it is RARE for them to have ANY response, let alone a coherent one that isn't "Um, uh some kinda Ak-47/kush/etc., I think". Hence the move to know and grow my own weed. Have you got customers...

Well, I will add Humic and Fulvic acid to my list of "things-to-learn-about." I have heard that P is an immobile element and so a little goes a long way (unlike N which can be leached or flushed out), but using silica to regulate it is news to me. I was just banging on about diatomaceous earth...

A little anecdotal and no help for the flowering stage, BUT I had a major aphid infestation in my tomato container garden this spring and the way I killed them off the plant and out of the soil was by sprinkling Diatomaceous Earth (DE) over the entire plant and soil surface. The plants looked...

Indeed, a good read!

PS- after taking out what I could of the nut. spikes and doing a bit of a flush with reg. 7ph tap water ( I was halfway through flushing the pot when Dr. who advised it may not be the best, so I stopped :P) the clawing of my girls new growth seems to be diminishing! Am hoping it is not just...

I have a package of Mycorrhizal Inoculant leftover from veggie gardening and a container of "Effective Micro organisms", the product is called ProBio balance pro plus. I use the EM for foliar feeding in veg (and occasionally put a bit in the water to decrease the ph) but haven't used the myco...

Thanks Doc! Will do :)

Thanks for the advice. I tried to take the spikes out already and they were pretty crumbly so many minute pieces remained in the soil. I had been adding eggshell tea to the water sometimes. It was made with about 20-30 eggshells boiled in a litre of water with a magnesium pill crushed in for...

Even the spring water I occasionally cart in from the country is decidedly acidic. Such is the world we've made (I assume, not being well versed in the historic trends of the earth's respiration cycle). In a generation or two I'm sure the rain will be solid chunks of benzene and carbon :P

Yes gotta reign in the ph. My city's tap water is about 7-7.5ph and the analysis available online is not expressed in PPM. Dissolved minerals are, on average, 91.6 mg/L (though they range between 60-120mg/L. I run my water through a Brita before letting it sit to dechlorinate. I also collect...

I appreciate the visual... Not sure where I'd got the idea for adjusting water to 6ph. Probably from being an ADD space cadet :P

Thanks, will do so!

Hey Experts, I have two Afghani plants grown from seed. Both were vegged in a CFL grow box. One was moved to another room and put under a 250W HPS light the other was let to veg for a few more weeks then turned to flowering in the CFL box. Here are the ladies side by side today. The HPS...

I've opted for fixed power bars, socket/plug-in convertors, and move my plant up and down on a pile of books as necessary :P Usually the pot fills the hole in the bottom of the box, I just moved my plant into the flowering room, so it's just a little show sprout in there for the pics. If I...

Nice set up! Especially like the rails you put in for moving the lights, an upgrade I will copy when my current plant is out of the box. Have you considered using Y-splitters for your light sockets. With CFLs especially the more you cluster the lights the bigger & denser your buds. Cheers!