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mogie

mogie

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Why not just have a general catagory example water with subcatagories under it for soil, hydro?
 
mogie

mogie

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The subjects need to be listed so someone who is looking can click on what they want. They worst thing we can so is make them have to hunt for their info. Does anyone remember how OverGrow had their's set up simple to navigate. Let me see if I can dig that up for you.
 
nongreenthumb

nongreenthumb

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What i posted earlier which has now come up, is my idea. Running more like the chapters of a complete grow guide.

The categories listed cover a wide area while still keeping it short and simple.
 
mogie

mogie

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This is their basis set up. This includes the first part. Let me know if you want to see the whole thing and I will include a link too.

GrowFAQ : GrowFAQ Basic Topics Organics
Electrical & safety
Getting started​
 
babygro

babygro

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mogie said:
The subjects need to be listed so someone who is looking can click on what they want. They worst thing we can so is make them have to hunt for their info.
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In the Experienced and Advanced folders I agree 100%., but not in the New Grower folder.

In the new grower folder I beleive we have to lead them through the information we know they need to know - not what they think they want to know - all they'll be doing is looking up how increase their yield all the time instead of concentrating on how to grow healthy plants and avoid common beginner mistakes.

Yield increasing is an Experienced or Advanced grower topic in my opinion, although it can certainly be mentioned within the 'New Grower' section I don't think it should be in much detail. Let's teach them how to grow healthy plants first before they start worrying about maximising yield.

mogie said:
Does anyone remember how OverGrow had their's set up simple to navigate. Let me see if I can dig that up for you.
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As far as I'm aware it was like this, and this is only part of it.


OverGrow's FAQ's Archive Index
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Getting Started
What Books, Magazines, and Discussion Forums will Help me Learn More about Growing?
Should I Start My Grow From Clones or Seeds?
Do Roots REALLY Grow in the Dark?
What Should I Know about Ordering Seeds and lones thru the Mail?
What is Marijuana and what Effects Could it Have on Me?
What are Common Mistakes Made by First Time Growers?
How Much Will I Yeild?
What are the Different Types of High Associated with Indica, Sativa and Hybrid Strains?
What are the Different Growth Characteristics Associated with Indica, Sativa & Hybrids
How Do I Choose a Strain?
How Do They get Strains to Taste Different?

Growroom Design and Set-Up
Fan Controler for Under $30
What Reflective Materials can I use for my Grow Room?
How Can I Vent Through The Sewer?
How Should I select my Grow Space?
How Do I add Ventilation to my Grow Area, What Can I Do about Smell?
What Range Should I Maintain for my Growroom Humidity and Temperature?
How Do I Design a Fan Powered Cooling System for my Growbox?
How Much Ventilation Do I Need in My Grow Room?
How To Dampen Noise from PC Fans
DIY: How Can I Build a Compact Hood with an Intergrated Light Trap?
Should I Choose a Round or Square Pot for my Plants?
Where Can I Buy Growing Equipment and Supplies?
How Do I Power 12v Computer Fans?
How Much Co2 Should I Add?
How Do I Install a Duct Fan to Operate Most Efficiently?
Building your own Inline Fan
Stickydank’s Basic CO2 Method
Lighting Coverage Primer (Jackerspackle's)
How Do I Rig an Electric Float Switch Reservoir Controller?

Choosing your First System
Hydro vs. Organic
Should I Buy a Phototron?
Why Should I Grow using Medium Filled Containers?
Why Should I Grow using Aeroponics?
Why Should I Grow using Hydroponics?

Odor Control
How do I Control Odor with Ozonators?
How To Build an Inexpensive Carbon Air Scrubber?

Lighting
How Much will it Cost to Run my Light?
What is a Suncircle? (Circular Light Mover)
How Do I Convert a Common Home Security Light into a Remote Ballast Grow Light?
What are Compact Fluorescents and How Can I use them for Growing?
What Do All of Those Lighting Terms Mean?
How Can I Hang an Adjustable Reflector in a Box-Grow?
Basic Info on Fluorescent Lighting
Can I Use Foil on my Florescents?
What are Light Cycles and How Do I use Them?
How Do I Build my own Cool Tube?
PAR for Plants, Lumen for People
Should I use a Light Mover?
How Can I Improve the Air Flow in Air Cooled Light Hoods?
Can Blacklights be used for Growing?
How Do I Manipulate the Photoperiod for Larger Yields?
Metal Halide safety and Fixture Recommendations
How to Read Light Level with an SLR Camera?
What Distance Should my Light be from my Plants?
What is Photosynthesis?

Reflectivity
How Do I Position a Rectangular Hood in my Rectangular Garden?
Is There a Similar Substitute for Mylar?
All you Need to Know about Mylar
How Does Hood Orientation Relate to Efficiency?
Can I use Foil to Reflect Light?
Is a Dimpled or Polished Reflector Better at Reflecting Light?
Are Mirrors Good for Reflecting Light?
What is Black and White Poly and How Do I use It?
How Can I Effectively Hang and Clean Mylar?
How Can I add a Glass Shield to a Reflector?

Seeds
Why are F2 Seeds Less Expensive?
Should I Start with Bought Seed?
Which Seeds Should I Buy?
Marijuana seeds - Where can I Buy Marijuana Seeds Safely?
Why are Seeds Different Colours?
How Should I Store My Seeds?

Germination & Techniques
How Do I Germinate Seeds?
Preparing Seeds for Easier Germination
Is There a Faster way to Germinate Seeds? (Scarification)
How Do I Germinate Seeds in Soil?
What is an Idiot Proof Way to Germinate Seeds?
Germinating Cannabis Seeds (for Bio Growers)
Vapour's Rockwool Germination Technique
Vegemite's Seed Germination Technique (Rockwool)
KiDKiND's Germination Technique
Joe's Seed Germination Technique (Rockwool)
How Do I use Oxy-Plus for Seed Germination?
The Germination Process of a Dicot Seed
Soil Germination Problems

Growth After Germination
Why Do my Seedlings Stretch?
Why are my Seedling's Stems Purple?
When Should I Fertilize My Seedlings?
How Can I Make my Seedlings Stem Stronger?
How Can I Gently Fertilize my Seedlings with Guano?
How Can I Tell if my Bag Seeds are Healthy?

Vegetative Growth
What is Vegetative Growth?
How Does Plant Nutrient Metabolism Work?
How Many Hours of Light do I need for Veg Growth?
How Can I Tell if my Seedling is Male or Female without Flowering It?

Sexing & Blooming
What are Preflowers?
How can I Identify a Female by Seeing its Pre-Flowers?
What is Stretch and How Can I Minimize It?
Flower Biology
How Can I Determine the Sex of Seed Plants with Clones?
How Do I Sex using a Paper Bag?
After 10 Days Flowering what Does a Male Look Like?
Should I Force Flower my Plants to Determine Sex, then Revert them to Complete Vegetative Growth Once the Sex is Known?
What Does an Emerging MALE Preflower look Like?
After 10 Days Flowering, What Does a Female Look Like?
How Do I Determine a Female Sex Plant from a Male?
What Does a Garden Look Like from the Initiation of Bloom to The Harvest?
How Many Hours of Light Do I need for Blooming?
How Dark does the Dark Cycle need to Be?
Growing Consensus Synopsis Paper: Should Fan Leaves be Trimmed?
What Do I do if my Plants are Growing too tall after Flowering?
What is an Hermaphrodite?
How can I Find the Exact Harvest Timing for my Strain?
Is UV Important for Blooming?
How Can I Manage a Tall Lanky Sativa Indoors?

Fertilizing & Feeding
What are Macro-/Micro-Nutrients, and What is each Responsible For?
The Never Ending Abuse of Phosphorous to Enhance Flowering
How Do I Mix up my Nutrient Solution?
How can I Properly Maintain my Hydroponic Nutrient Solution?
What Do the Three Numbers on the Fertilizer Label Stand for?
How Do I apply Hydrogen Peroxide?
Will my Nitrogen Source Affect the PH?
What is the Difference between Synthetic and Organic Fertilizers?

Foliar Feeding
How Do I Foliar Feed?
What is Earthjuice Catalyst and How Do I use It?
What is Spray-N-Grow and How Do I use It?

Nutrient Deficiencies & Sick Plant Symptoms
Plant Abuse Chart
Nutrient Disorder Problem Solver by Jackerspackle
Nutrient Profiles and Deficiencies by Mr. HIGHway
Iron (Fe) Deficiency
Plant Moisture Stress - Symptoms and Solutions
Do I Have Bad Room Syndrome?
How Can I get a Better Diagnosis of My Plant?
What are some causes of Slow Plant Growth?
Are the Leaf Tips Curlling Up, Do the Leaves have Yellow Margins or Tips with Green Veins
Are The Leaf Tips Curling Down, Do They Have Yellow Margins Which are Turning Into Dark Dead Spots?
Do the Leaves have an Inter-Veinal Banding Appearance
Are your Leaves Light Green or Yellow in Colour
Do The Leaves Have an Overall Dark Green Color with a Purple, Red, or Blue Pigmentation?
Are Leaf Tips Yellowed and Curled Down?
Do The Leaves have Burnt Blotches on Them?

Flushing
Standard Nutrient Flushing (Clearing) Formula
A Critical look at Preharvest Flushing
MisterIto's - Nutrient Flushing Formula
MisterIto's - Beginner Nutrient Flushing Formula

Bioponic
MisterIto's Bioponic Beginner Nutrient Formula
Why Should I Grow using Hybrid Bioponic Nutrients?

Organic
Organic Fertilizers, NPK Values and Amounts to Use
MisterIto's - Organic Nutrient Formula
How Do I Adjust the pH in Organic Solutions?
What is the Proper way to use Earth Juice?
Why Should I Grow using Organic Nutrients?
MrSoul's Guano Tea Method
What is an Earth Juice/Maxicrop Recirculating Res?
How Do I Make Guano Tea?
What Organic Based Fertilizer Should I Use?
MisterIto's Organic Beginner Nutrient Formula
What about Earth Juice?
Why should I Grow using Pure Organic Nutrients?
Why Should I use Worm Castings?
How Do I Produce my own Worm Castings?
Five Most Asked Questions About Earthworm Castings

Worm Farming
Worm Farming Basics
Feeding the Worms - Diet
Worm Farm Mainteinance
Starting a worm farm
Worm Farming Reference Data
Harvesting Worm Castings
Using Worm Castings

Organic Propagation
A Newbie's Guide to Organic Based Growing
How Do I Start a Compost Pile?
 
nongreenthumb

nongreenthumb

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rollitup said:
Do you think we should start with indoor or outdoor, then goto hydro / soil and go from there because the Water, nutrients and addatives management would be different for soil or hydro
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On a topic light water nutrient and addatives. The sub categories may be something like.

Osmosis
hard water
irrigation
nutrients
macro nutrients
nitrogen
phosphorus
potassium
secondary nutrients
chemical fertilizers
organic fertilizers
oragnic teas
mixing fertilizers
fertilizer application

With anything that could go either way, just put the subject first and then chose soil or hydro
 
nongreenthumb

nongreenthumb

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While overgrow was probably good, the site is well out of date now.

Lets not be another overgrow clone. lets have our own faq.
 
mogie

mogie

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Ease of navigation. Short and simple. Then let the thread so the explaining. Pictures within those threads to further help explain making them turtorials would be even better. Instead of making the explainations wordy they need to be step by step in many cases.

And we need to remember to split long explainations up into short paragraphs. Keep the wording simple we are not trying to impress anyone with our use of the English language here. Or trying to flustrate anyone by making them use a dictionary just to figure out what we are saying.
 
mogie

mogie

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Totally don't want to be an OverGrow clone but thought it might give us a place to start is all.
 
nongreenthumb

nongreenthumb

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babygro said:
Lighting
How Much will it Cost to Run my Light?
What is a Suncircle? (Circular Light Mover)
How Do I Convert a Common Home Security Light into a Remote Ballast Grow Light?
What are Compact Fluorescents and How Can I use them for Growing?
What Do All of Those Lighting Terms Mean?
How Can I Hang an Adjustable Reflector in a Box-Grow?
Basic Info on Fluorescent Lighting
Can I Use Foil on my Florescents?
What are Light Cycles and How Do I use Them?
How Do I Build my own Cool Tube?
PAR for Plants, Lumen for People
Should I use a Light Mover?
How Can I Improve the Air Flow in Air Cooled Light Hoods?
Can Blacklights be used for Growing?
How Do I Manipulate the Photoperiod for Larger Yields?
Metal Halide safety and Fixture Recommendations
How to Read Light Level with an SLR Camera?
What Distance Should my Light be from my Plants?
What is Photosynthesis?

Reflectivity
How Do I Position a Rectangular Hood in my Rectangular Garden?
Is There a Similar Substitute for Mylar?
All you Need to Know about Mylar
How Does Hood Orientation Relate to Efficiency?
Can I use Foil to Reflect Light?
Is a Dimpled or Polished Reflector Better at Reflecting Light?
Are Mirrors Good for Reflecting Light?
What is Black and White Poly and How Do I use It?
How Can I Effectively Hang and Clean Mylar?
How Can I add a Glass Shield to a Reflector?
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That was an example of how good information can be left out by not being comprehensive and just relying on questions.

Just as an idea to keep it simple covering the same subject

Lights lamps and electricity.

Measuring light
Intesity
lamp spacing
reflective hoods
reflectant light
light movers
HID lamps/bulbs
about ballasts
Lumen maintenance and life
other types of lamps available to grow with
lamps not to use
About electricity in the grow room
Generators
timers
setting up the lighting layout
 
babygro

babygro

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nongreenthumb said:
While overgrow was probably good, the site is well out of date now.

Lets not be another overgrow clone. lets have our own faq.
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I certainly agree 100% with that - if we have the opportunity to structure our own FAQ and content, then that's what we should do. It is interesting however, to see how Overgrow was structured as much of the information on here came from Overgrow originally.

Regarding the Hydro, Soil question, if I'm understanding it correctly, how about doing the same here as the New Grower, Advanced Grower etc? ie split the folder at it's top level into

Soil
Hydro
Soil and Hydro

And put the topics relevant to each into those folders, rather than say have a folder on Nutrients and having it then split out into separate Hydro and Soil files. It's really just trying to get common subjects into the same folders.
 
mogie

mogie

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But then we are back to click on this catagory to get to this. Do you want catagories and sub catagories? What if someone new is looking for one certain article do they just have to keep clicking away until they find it?

We need to remember to keep it simple. If not people will use it once of twice and then give up.
 
nongreenthumb

nongreenthumb

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babygro said:
I certainly agree 100% with that - if we have the opportunity to structure our own FAQ and content, then that's what we should do. It is interesting however, to see how Overgrow was structured as much of the information on here came from Overgrow originally.

Regarding the Hydro, Soil question, if I'm understanding it correctly, how about doing the same here as the New Grower, Advanced Grower etc? ie split the folder at it's top level into

Soil
Hydro
Soil and Hydro

And put the topics relevant to each into those folders, rather than say have a folder on Nutrients and having it then split out into separate Hydro and Soil files. It's really just trying to get common subjects into the same folders.
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if you look through any comprehensive grow book, if its jorge cervantes or ed rosenthal or whoever, they dont split the book into soil and hydro. It should all work out that you start like a really good manuals contents. The sub-categories would then branch out from them, keeping all common information together, where there is a difference from outdoor/indoor or soil/hydro it should still be within the same section. So starting out with soil or hydro will only expand the faq's not clarify it.
 
nongreenthumb

nongreenthumb

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This is just an example and i have already posted it once, there may be more top level categories but if we start from something like this which covers a lot of areas and then branch out.

Setting up the grow room

Lights, lamps, electricity

Water, nutrients and addatives management

Environmental

Pests fungus and disease

Stages of growth

Harvest and curing

Breeding

Case studies

Cooking

Diy

Outdoor growing

Yield improving tips

Grow methods

Seeds and strains

So then the user click on nutrients or whatever, then the second menu comes up which splits that section up into more detailed areas. At this point if there is a difference for doing it soil or hydro, this is the time to give that choice.
 
nongreenthumb

nongreenthumb

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Its all very well coming up with these ideas, but only mogie and I have actually seen the admin side of things.

There is no graphics or anything like that, its more about managing categories.

What will have to be done though is that the team will have to go through every single article and see how it can be made better
 
nongreenthumb

nongreenthumb

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What do you think though mogie, you have been inside the admin area for faq.

I dont think we should try and get to clever with the headings, keep it simple. You need the overall categories to be the front page. If you start with

beginner
intermediate
advanced

Where the hell do we put cloning
Where would i find something where the users interpretation could make a difference as to whether or not he finds what he is looking for, i dont think that going down this route would be progression. Its about making it easier to find.
 
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