Recent content by thalboy

I tried it with a mix of strains and didn't see a different. I've also tried the extended dark period right before harvest and I didn't see any great change there either.

Looks good.

I suggest buying a carbon scrubber and fan combo. It will eliminate the smell, please the wife, and above all, protect you. Scent control is a top priority when growing.

They might for a bit, but in the end they will be fine. This is a good thing, and is a result of the added lighting. You don't want to have root circling. You do need a transplant. The only thing you need to do is transplant them. That is too much of the wrong type of fertilizer. You...

I'm doing 600w HPS + 400w CMH in a Growzilla ballast and I love it. I used it for veg for a little while too and the results were outstanding. I'm going to convert all of my lighting to HPS+CMH.

Using a carbon filter is the best way to kill smell IMO. There are other options but carbon scrubbers will clean the air and still leave your flowers their natural scent. Your flouros won't need to much cooling, but your HID will. You should try to get a 400w to run coolly. You can either...

There are some guides on the forum on how to LST. I suggest reading through them. Training is pretty easy to do. You won't damage the cola by training it, but you will change the way it grows. You shouldn't be gaining too much more vertical height if you are on day 20 of 12/12.

85 degrees won't cause super stunted growth in seedlings. I suggest gently removing the seed casing from the plant that still has it on. There is no guarantee that it will be able to do that on its own. How big are your containers? Its quite possible that the plants are still sending out...

Good looking plants, but there is no way anyone is going to be able to tell you what strain they are.

I agree with a lot of what you have written, and it s commonly accepted, but defoliation can be used to increase plant productivity. My buddy is currently running a defoliation test on a run of 12 clones or so. Right now they are in veg and have been defoliated once. They will get defoliated...

It sounds like you are describing net pots and possibly hydroton, but I'm not sure. You can get net pots in all different sizes.

Personally I wouldn't use dollar store soil to grow my plants. The only way to find out if it works is to buy a bag and test it out. Kind of hard to make any determination based on your description.

Unless you are overwatering to an extreme you shouldn't have to stop watering to get a plant to sex. Congrats on the female.

I don't trim in that fashion. I think defoliation can work for certain strains, but you don't really train the plant with defoliation, you just defoliate at a critical time. I think you need to either defoliate starting in veg so you can train your plant to get used to it, or try and leave...

It is a scale: Info from Icmag infirmary. Scale (Outdoor Problem) Scale can be found on stems, underside of branches, trunks, young trees or shrubs. They usally emerge from there eggs around March to Aug and make there homes on the plant. They pierce the cells and feed on the sap of the...