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  1. TrippleDip

    Question about cbd dosage

    So I use a lot of cannabis. Edibles usually take around 200-250mg THC to put me in a good place. I smoke usually around a g of THC daily. In the summer I switch to edibles and oils because I need my lungs for sport. This year I want to try to stop smoking altogether for the summer. What CBD...
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    Basic breeding questions - C99xCheese F2s and 3s

    Probably basic questions for advanced growing.. and a short story. Many years ago a cheese plant was found that grew like nothing else and so was named monster. It's clone's clone was aptly named beast and unfortunately would not be cloned again, instead it was crossed with a C99. Many years...
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    How do you manage a large garden?

    Looking for tips on managing gardens as they grow in size.. Flower / vegetable garden is now up to about 1500sq ft if you include trellises and walkways. I will be starting around 700 plants indoors which is about 3x what I did last year - how do you manage the starting, growth, and...
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    Absolutely massive aphid infestation. To organophosphate or not to organophosphate?

    I have huge indoor aphid problem that I have been trying to solve using soap alcohol and essential oils. It has helped, but not a lot. Should I continue using soap and alcohol or should I just dust everything with organophosphate pesticides? It is affecting 7-8 plants (not all cannabis) to the...
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    Help with choosing a wind screen

    So I put some tomato outside and the wind took the tops and some branches off. There are many many types of fabric sold eg as shade cover, insect barriers, etc. What type of landscaping fabric is the best for making a wind break? Will insect cloth slow enough air? Will shade covers rip in the...
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    Cloning and deadheading.

    Replied to another post on cloning and it got me thinking.. When we clone a plant in flower, how come we leave the buds on? I was taught when cloning flowering plants (other than pot) we have to remove all the flowers when we take the cuttings. Why don't we do this with pot? Does anyone...
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    56 starter pots grew grey mold overnight. Why and what to do now?

    Well this is something I haven't seen before. There are 56 pots in two covered seed starting trays and overnight they all grew grey mold. When found they were sprayed with 1tbsp per liter of 3% hydrogen peroxide. That little bit of mold on the inside of the pot got missed because it was...
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    Top dressing with diammonium phosphate dap and conversion of application rates for land to pots.

    Hi, Has anyone used dap as a top dress? I am just trying to figure out if 1/4 tsp to 1.5 tsp is the correct amount. Let me start by saying any info posted below comes from Formulas and Suggested Guidelines for Horticultural Use - University of Georgia. The following table is where I get the...
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    Terminal nanners, normal and sterile?

    So I was reading some journal article on hormonal influences on florette development in cannabis (not related), and there was a section where it talked about how bud structures terminate, and it said in no uncertain terms that the florette either doesn't terminate (most sativas), terminates in a...
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    How many of these old seeds, stored 20 yrs in bad conditions, will germinate?

    Quick poll for you. These are some (33) old seeds that have been in storage since the early 2000s. Until 2k14 or so they were stored at room temp and low humidity. 2014 until now they were stored in an uninsulated attic, ie -40C in the winter and +40c in the summer with widely varying humidity...
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    Cheap Chinese Blurples: The Naked Truth; a review, teardown, failure analysis, repair, and upgrade

    The Review These lights right now retail for 80 cad. Would I get them knowing what I know now? No, mostly because of spectrum. These lights put out 180W at the wall and that is pretty good for 80 bucks. Should someone starting out consider them as an option? Why not, they will grow decent bud...
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    Is it possible for one pinch of epsom salts in a gallon of water to cause calcium lockout?

    Hi, quick noob question. Is it possible for a single pinch of epsom salts in a gallon of what I usually feed to cause lockout? I am wondering because I have 1 plant out of three genetically identical ones that started showing calcium deficiency only the week after I added a pinch (~1/4 tsp?) of...
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    Growth from at or just below cotyledons.

    I don't see this mentioned much, but how come I get growth from this spot on ALL my plants? Has happened on the last 7 at least. Just wondering if everyone gets this on all their plants because it's not really mentioned.
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    Why does everyone harvest their C99 so early? and Looking at trichomes through telescopes.

    Yes, this is a thinly veiled "Is it done yet" thread. Just curious why I see so many C99 grows on this forum being cut with loads of white hairs. Is it better to harvest C99 earlier or do you think the plant below will put on some weight yet? Was planning on cutting in a few days, about day 60...
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    Is this mold?

    Guessing it is but second guessing myself because the nugs look completely normal to the undaided eye. This is also the worst example of all the nugs but I'm going to quiso the whole lot.
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    Help with tomato fertilization schedule/calcium deficiency

    Hi all, quick question if anyone can help me out. Basically I have tomato plants with calcium deficiency and would like guidance as to how much and how often to feed. Details: two plants in each 50 gallon container, soil is a mix of compost, manure, clay, topsoil, and promix, and has about a...
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    Nanners, rodelization, what's the best way to spread the pollen?

    So I tried to get a clone to produce balls with colloidal silver but it failed. Now I have the clone covered in white pistils. I also have the mother that is now around 12 weeks. I harvested the top half of her (no signs of nanners or seeds) at 10 weeks. Now the bottom half is showing nanners...
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    Why can't we use heat to measure led efficiency and more ac cob experiments.

    So, why can't we use heat to measure led efficiency? What I did, is got a 250mL plastic container, cut a hole for light to go through, put one of those ac driverless cobs in there, and covered it with canola oil (159.6g) By hooking the cob up to a power supply I was able to see how much energy...
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    male or female preflowers?

    So this plant was switched to a 12h light cycle 3 days ago after spraying 2x a day with 25ppm CS for another few days. At what point can I tell if I fkd up because these look like female preflowers (pointy)? One pic is the mother, the rest are from a clone. Also if anyone has experience with...
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    Are pests really that common?

    Please, I want to know exactly how common are infestations? Have you grown and never had an infestation? Have you been growing for a while, how many crops will get bugs, 5%, 10%? Here's my deal. I've only had three grows, two plants at a time, no bugs. however I also have like 7 non cannabis...
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