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  1. McSteezman

    PH adjustment with potassium silicate

    and thanks for all the tips, the gel does go away but it leaves white powdery residue and wasn't sure if this was affecting soil or anything. it hasn't been so bad for this past water refill I got it 1 drop ph down 1 drop ph up and it worked out.
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    PH adjustment with potassium silicate

    but it sucks cause I leave watering and nutes all till last minute and I let my water sit 24 hours before mixing/watering. my nutrients include advanced nutes 3 part grow micro bloom (bloom is lower grade but same shit) Cal mag, b-52 and root 66 and awesome blossom when needed. I also have the...
  3. McSteezman

    Do you see any problems with this cloning method?

    I took some cuttings a few days ago and just bought a small clear plastic rubber maid bins, threw a cheap ass life brand humidifier in the box and some clones. I think everything is okay and the stems are still green (I put them through stress on day one so I'm still waiting to see if any are...
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    Tending to and cloning from your mother

    I have a mother plant I have been growing for about 2 months now and I'm ready to start cloning, I'm pretty sure I know the right branch to snip and sorta the proper procedures to making clones, but how often can I take cuttings from my mother? will she regrow the same ones or need to get taller...
  5. McSteezman

    PH adjustment with potassium silicate

    I use 18L jugs of water to do my mixing with, problem is that it is way too sensitive to my my PH+ and -. so by the end of it I have a lot of potassium silicate in the water and it forms a gel over the plants and turns the soil to a white chalky looking stuff and urine like colour..if anyone has...
  6. McSteezman

    PH adjustment with potassium silicate

    I use 18L jugs of water to do my mixing with, problem is that it is way too sensitive to my my PH+ and -. so by the end of it I have a lot of potassium silicate in the water and it forms a gel over the plants and turns the soil to a white chalky looking stuff and urine like colour..if anyone has...
  7. McSteezman

    Problem with humidity

    well there are a few problems but we'll stick to this particular issue, I am cheap and don't want to get a humidifier but the winter months are rolling around and its getting hella dry, I have buckets of water close to my light to try and make it better, I never had a problem with humidity...
  8. McSteezman

    Problem with germinating!!

    every time I germinate a seed, by the time its done the paper towel shows signs of mold and/or mildew and I'm starting to get kinda ticked off, I have been putting it in a drawer away from light and have been using 6.5 PH water, to raise and lower PH I have been using phosphoric acid and...
  9. McSteezman

    Have issues!! don't know what to do about colouring

    I'm growing in soil, PH of soil is 6.8 the water I usually keep between 5.5 and 6.5. humidity is another problem, I can't keep it high enough, its hovering between dry and normal so I think around 50 or 60% I will let you know exactly when my light turns on tonight, tempurature goes to about 20...
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    Have issues!! don't know what to do about colouring

    I have 4 plants 5 or 6 weeks into flowering but I stressed them out hardcore snapped branches and messed it up with light cycle and it was a mess.. anyway I now have a nice big tent my setup isn't the greatest but its what I'm working with at the moment until I find a more permanent solution...
  11. McSteezman

    what do I do now?

    so what's the best bud then..how do I cure it properly to maximize potency..and no, I want to get munted..been staring at it for 2 months. it's not leaving my hands
  12. McSteezman

    what do I do now?

    how long does it take to dry? I don't want to lose too much weight but I don't want'er soggy
  13. McSteezman

    what do I do now?

    I got about another few weeks of flowering but when they are fully matured and ready to harvest...how do I harvest properly? someone said I had to hang em or something I don't get it..can someone explain?
  14. McSteezman

    Space

    I am planning on buying a 4x4' grow tent I have 2 sets of 400w lights/ballast and I want to utilize the space as best as possible with only 1 cool tube and 1 filter, to have a veg/mother space and a flower space..any ideas? also, is 400w lights strong enough for 4x4x6.5'h? if worse comes to...
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    any ideas?

    it seems I have gotten way too ahead of myself and I'm at a crossroads. long story short..I'm not a complete noob, I have one successful grow of ok tomatoes, (2 oz off 3 plants with just over $100 spent on everything) :S so I decided to step it up and I bought 400w hps/mh +digital ballast 6"...
  16. McSteezman

    veg/flower!

    it seems I have gotten way too ahead of myself and I'm at a crossroads. long story short..I'm not a complete noob, I have one successful grow of ok tomatoes, (2 oz off 3 plants with just over $100 spent on everything) :S so I decided to step it up and I bought 400w hps/mh +digital ballast 6"...
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