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as a follow-up to my post of earlier today, i am trying to figure out how long it would take to fill a 240 slot rotating hydroponic unit. i have my legal card, so i can purchase a few good clones. assuming i have say, 10 good female clones, from that point how long should i expect before i could turn those 10 clones into 240 healthy additional clones? i need some estimates, such as: 10 clones is likely to give you _10___ mother plants, and each mother plant can produce (on average) ___30-40-50____ clones per week/month with a failure rate of __15% failure rate for beginners or intermediate___. Therefore, to get 240 clones from your first ten, it is likely to take anywhere from __3___ months to ___4____ months assuming nothing goes wrong. i will be using indica as i prefer the sleepy high. is cloning easy to do without special equipment or is one of those $500 EZ-Clone machines recommended? to keep costs down I would prefer 4 x 4 foot long fluorescent fixtures from home depot + aquarium bulbs in whatever space you wish for the clones and the mothers under a 1000W light in a 6 by 6 foot space... under a 1000W you can cut at best 300 clones once a week from 10 plants ...usually 10 plants would need 3 to 4 months of veg time before this number is reached.... also, you can only use the mothers for 6 to 10 months ... then you have to replace them as they get root bound.... during the 3 or 4 months that the mothers are vegging, you still have to take clones every 2 weeks or so... you can not just wait 3 months to take that first cut.... in a way you have to "shape" her in order to get a fairly short but very bushy plant...so in essence when you get a clone, it grows for the 1st week, and then you take one clone.... wait 2 weeks and you take 4 or 5 clones, wait 2 or 3 weeks and you take 10 or 20 clones.... so its goes... by the end of the 2nd or 3rd month the mother will be able to give you 40+ clones once a week... that's also assuming you have 1000W light... under 400W lights the mothers grow slower and less bushy thus you can take far less clones.... if a 1000W can at best produce 300 clones once a week, a 400W can may be produce 100, in your case I would probably try to do it with a 400W light as you can cut a 100 this week, 100 next week and 40 the following week ... the clones can wait until you take them all in to the roto grow at the same time... with a 1000W light you'd end up with a lot more clones then necessary I can never tell which high tech gear is needed or just a waste of money. hoping someone here can help. temperature is everything.... clones like 28 to 30C .... all these "fancy systems" sell you good way to control temperature, so they may be worth it if expensive.. I prefer off the shelf stuff I build my self... clone space is easy, it needs no ventilation, no fans.. as long as you cover the light/space with a plastic film (like a little green house) the inside temperature usually hangs around 30C anyways.. Anyone offering in-person tutorials for MMAR holders? Reading this forum is great, but teaching my example is far more useful (and fun!). If anyone is offering such a service (even for a fee), please reply to jjjjjdanis@gmail.com PLEASE HELP!
wondering if anyone has used a rotating hydroponic system such as roto grow, omega garden, b-pod or something similar. i have one that i got a good deal on but don't really know how to use it or if there is anything major i should be cautious of. anyone have any experience with these? does anyone who has some experience growing want to borrow it and give it a shot? i will lend it to you for a cycle of two in exchange for you showing me how exactly to make it work. when they do work they get great results. here is one forum on it with photos: http://www.fullmeltbubble.com/forum/showthread.php?t=416 thanks!.. I have no experience, anyone? ...but from what I understand the early generations rotated too fast thus kept the cubes too wet... later models made variable speeds so you can slow or increase the rotation of the systems... the theory of this whole system is sound but you need a lot of clones and I mean a lot...
I'm growing fast pine out side in buckets and just wondering how chicken shit would work as a kind a manure instead of sheep shit?? Any advice would be helpful THANKs... I really do not know, I know pigeon shit works best.... but again, I don't know...
Hi Mark I just asked a question about what nutes you would use.......I cant make it to Markham........What about off the shelf at an ordinary hydroponics store? there are a few where I live I am sure one of them would carry what you may suggest???? Thanks. I will try the DNF bloom fortifier though, is it in powder or liquid? powder only, liquid would be easier to mix but not better, .....also, when adding to water, mix the fortifier first , then mix in the rest of the nutrients.... if both, which one would you use? Thanks again.... I like Pure Blend Pro or Flora Nova, both organics, remember to shake them well before using... I am also ok with the DNF A & B (bit pricy)
Hi Mark. Growing wwxxx...yours..great smoke, a nice heavy indica, and a nl/kush from a friend. 1000w hps, pro mix, third grow, 12 plants 2-3 weeks veg.. I want to buy different nutes. It is personal smoke for medical conditions, so taste and quality is more important than quantity. Given your extensive experience what a&b formula brand-less, house brand of Hydrotech Hydroponics (in Markham) and bud boosters would you buy DNF Bloom Fortifier. I know in the past you have said that alot of them are the same. they are I want to use what you would use,Then I would have full confidence that I am using the BEST there is.This is a very challenging hobby but very rewarding and I appreciate your help on this matter. Keep up the great work.
Oh ya My Q ? so just getting dry ice and dropping chunks into a bucket of water at night should work as good as anything right? it will work BUT I can not even quantify the change.. i.e I can not measure any significant changes...I am week 4-5 bud...this is the best time correct? yes, 3 to 6 week is ok... is there a cut off week like when leaching? yes, when leaching you stop co2
Hey Mark , did you get to the Cannabis Cup ??? I couldn't go but buddy Dave is there............I didn't know white widow not my stain and white shark my strain won last year!! Coming next Thurs will call ya,,,,... I knew there was a reason I kept the white shark for the last 12 years...
hey im trying to bring my outdoor plant which is in normal soil to an indoor location. what would be the proper method in doing so?... remember that from outdoors to indoors the plants will lose a lot of light (sun is more powerful then even the 1000W lights).. thus you need to feed a lot less and less often... this is stressful to the plant and I hope it will work for you....
HI i was in about 2 weeks ago and bought 5 seeds of Blueberry Skunk and my friend bought 10 variety seeds u had for 20 bucks. Unfortunatly none of the blueberry skunk seeds germinated although 7 of the 10 variety seeds did. Can i come back to your store and get 5 seeds of another strain of equal value? Otherwise very pleased with the variety seeds pack. Thanks sure have them call me if there is a problem...
buddy ...would you call FORD to complain about your GM !!.....sorry to here about that site.....
hey Mark, buddy is thinking of "LED's" to supplement the HID's[ yes expensive] (all other lights 1000w..hps and mh) supposedly they can be left on 24/7 even when in bud (12/12) b/c the girls dont "see em" my first reaction is bullshit... my second is... I could be wrong, ....if the plants can not see them at night they can not see them during the day thus it defeats the purpose...??? the girls still sleep( buy turning themselves off like when vegin under 24 hrs light) but use the unusual blue-green/red/yellow spectrum in LED's to boost bud growth ??? WHAT DO YOU SAY????...it is true that plants still process food at night but darkness (I mean total-total-total darkness) has the same importance to me as light is during the day... thus its a bit of a heresy to put "lights" in their sleep time...can this be true for budding too?? also please repeat your thoughts on CO2 systems since he is buying a tank /reg/ etc....I just want him to see an opinion that differs from his own research when it comes to this big $$ equipment compared to buying dry ice[ in a bucket with water] if one believes it will increase trichome production that much....trichomes will be added with ice or just a tank open in the room but it can also be increased by lowering the temperature in the last week or two of the bloom cycle....but its the weight that matters...and for this you need major equipment in order to balance the temperatures, the humidity and the level of Co2 in the room, which can be tricky, I mean VERY tricky ... I do not know anyone who does because in the end its not worth it unless you triple the investment in the room ... Lastly, leaving girls for extended period in the dark 24 hours a day after reaching harvest day...no not cutting down etc...just turning off the lights for ..up to TWO WEEKS????? to increase trich production ..this sounds way off base to me...how long can a plant live in the dark..weeks, they hibernate..??? this is supposed to MASSIVELY increase trich production......I keep saying the strain determines this stuff. I agree...can you please offer up your thoughts..thanks cam I heard of it by I do not practice it... its a bit of economics issue... a room out for two weeks is a room that is not growing anything....
Hey Mark. I've got the dreaded spider mites on my current crop but they're only a week away from harvest so I'm going to leave them alone. I do want to prep my next crop though. You say that once you spray you shouldn't have the plants under the light for 6 hours or so. Do you mean under a HID? Can you leave the lights on if they are CFs and you have a good low ambient temperature and good air flow? when you fight mites you usually spray with water + mix that contains some form of oil (neem oil, canola based end-all or ... even soap is a form of oil)... which will suffocate the plant when the temperature is above 24C... if you can maintain the temperature below 24C you need to do nothing (I would still pull back the lights by a foot or two for couple of hours so the spray does not hit the bulb, or just to see if the plants are ok)... most of the times however the only way to decrease the temperature is to turn off the lights... so spraying it before they go to sleep is easier to explain then explain the entire theory...
I was just wondering if you can help me i orderd seeds from iron seed sales they cashed my money order and sent me nothing i talk to ron and he keeps telling me he will fix the problem but this has been going on for a long time now Can you help me? iron seed sales are in no way associated with me.. I am sorry... I met ron once in my life.... that's it....
Hi Mark! I purchased three different varieties from you at the beginning of may...I sprouted according to your grow guide instructions (which is how I would have done anyhow). everything is going well EXCEPT...only 1 of 5 Northern Light * Skunk * Juicy Fruit seeds sprouted...I tried calling, but your mailbox is full :) Given the seeds seem like a lost cause, is there anything more drastic I can try? Could I please get some replacements? I was super stoked about this particular breed! PS - I feel I should mention, I am extremely satisfied otherwise! you can have them replaced, if you got it from sublime you can just go and ask them for replacement and/or have them call me if there is any issues, if you ordered online , place the order again with a 1111 1111 1111 1111 visa and your email address as confirmation, I'll just mail it to you... you can try to call me 1-647-835-4212 but its best if its Monday to Friday from 1 to 3
Oh ya I forgot to tell you that I have decided to grow soil after these are done instead of hydroponic. Try that for a few grows & go from there. dirt is better, more reliable... and reliability is the most important thing...
Wow I think iv'e smoked to much today. Im pretty sure I did not post that 5 times lol.
Ya The bigger inline fan 450 cfm is pulling heat off 2x1000 watt lights with air cooled cylinder. I can actually put my bare hand on the light & its not that bad. Anyways, the smaller inline fan 150cfm is bringing in the fresh air. Should my small fan be turned off at lights off yes, it probably cools the room too much at night or should I leave it on for fresh air to keep coming through? I turn it off, but it really depends on how low the temperatures get at night... if your room gets to below 17C at night then it's too low...
Hi Mark: I finally have fresh air coming into my grow room. I am running 2 inline exhaust fans now with bigger? one pulling the hot air off my lights & the other smaller? is pulling cold air in. How much will this help my plants? Increase Yield Potency? this is about having better control of the air movement and temperature ... its easier now to make sure that the temperatures are always at optimum by turning on and off the intake fan... in veg the longer these plants spend under 28C the better the yield and quality... during week 4 and 6 of bloom I would increase temperatures to 30C... then drop to 27C for week 7 and 8...
I just wanted to say that I was experimenting with tap water and hydrogen peroxide for the germination of seeds (after reading what The Germinator) had to say). I must say that the preliminaries have been very encouraging. I added a cap full of your normal H2O2 (from the pharmacy, not food grade) to about 100 -150 ml of tap water last night to some seeds that had been pre-soaking for the day. This morning had them, not just showing a tap root, but bursting completely out of their shells. I'm now wondering if this may help pop some of my old seeds that I had given up for dead. There's some good genetics there so I will definitely continue experimenting. Good on ya, Germinator....
when can you cut clones...anytime in veg, up to to 2 weeks into bloom , if you cut a clone and put the clone into flowering to determine sex do you put it to 12/12 right away.. I do indeed... I give them 2 days of veg but after they go into bloom... 2 weeks and you can see sex...
with only 1 plant which is 2 feet tall, would it create enough smell when blooming for someone to smell it? if so is a carbon filter good or are their any other cheaper methods thanks there is many cheap methods to control smell... place some dishwashing liquid under an oscillating fan to disperse the lemony liquid smell everywhere....one plant should not be a big deal smell wise, I would not get a filter for one plant, but of course this depends on how paranoid you feel.........
clones that have been in veg under fluor light for 2 months look like there starting to auto flower with buds starting to form. should I just put them into flowering? I doubt they will yield much but if they are flowering may as well..., are you sure your lights do not turn off in the middle of the night due to some power surge or something... only rutheralis species auto flowers...
Thanks for your help Mark. I have also seen you recommend your Shiskaberry x Buddha. Which would you most recommend for the best yield? Shiskaberry x Buddha best for outdoors, but not highest yielder indoors, good yield if you want a bit of sativa in your smoke but you can not compare this plants yield to the kush which is more indica... and indica will almost always yield more, Hindu Kush best yield bushy and small or White Widow XXX almost same as kush? Thanks
I have grown 3 or 4 times. Each time the finished product is only so so and the yield is low. I am using a 1000w light and a 4 x 4 table. I have purchased seeds from the net and am wondering if I have poor seeds. If so, can you recommend one of your strains that would give me the best possible yield. Thanks ...because in order to have maximum yield on tables (I assume you have) then you need clones, i.e. mother plants and veg room... from seeds its only possible to achieve maximum yield with dirt...and even then its not as "easy" as it would be had you had clones.. clones are more similar and behave the same... no two seeds are 100% the same, clones are, and on a water table you can not adjust the nutrient intake of each plant... in fact the tables were designed with clones in mind.... I have used clones. I grew the seeds then took clones but still didn't get a very good yield. Is there any of your strains that that have been proven to be good yeilders? Thanks heavy indica strains like the white widow xxx and the hindu kush... clone only the shortest and smallest plants, avoid tall and long females.... but I find that out of every 10 strains I try I only keep one final mother plant which takes 1 or 2 years to develop but I can clone this strain forever, I had white shark for 12 years, sour diesel for 4, hash for 6 years, etc, ... clones and mother plants are highly under valued and seeds are unfortunately over valued ... for legal reason at this time..
Just wondering if a customer can send you money order through the mail? didn't notice if you could,or should I say that option wasn't mentioned as a option or not..thanks... I am not a big fan of money orders so I do not advertise it, other seed banks do it faster.... but you can send it to sublime cafe address .... leave the payee name blank and include a note...
Mark do you have any plans on a **Seed Sale** or are you going to replenish your catalogue in the near future? Let's rock the competition & move some stock. Keep up your hard work & Thanks. PS - The spam intervention is working my friend knock on hemp....fn spambots... no sales at this time, not enough stock... keeping busy with work (not this) makes me reluctant to work on the site...
Damn, I forgot to ask this one. I've scanned around and can't find it but I swear that I've heard it somewhere, back in the day; can a plant show sex because of age and without a light shift? My clones (which are about 3 months old (from the seed of the original plant)) have shown 2 hairs at joints and some have shown what look like the ball of a male. This happened under 18/6 about 2 weeks ago. They have not developed any further into bloom though, just the 2 hairs or ball. Thanks again.... this I would call normal.. some plants do show sex but not all plants and not all the time, its true that I never saw a male show sex in veg so I find your situation strange..... personally I can see females right away but I had been fooled before so I do not trust this method of spotting females/males...
Thanks for the reply there Mark. I have another question regarding my setup. I have 2 x 4 foot area to work with. Would it benefit the overall finish if the light was raised so that I had a better foot print? Like, is having it close a case of diminishing returns? So the plants at the center might not get as much but the outer plants would get more. that's why you should rotate their positions... so sometimes the plants are inside and sometimes they are outside of the centre... Thanks.... its not really about diminishing returns ...in the end its still better being closer then farther...however you do have to balance the need of side branches for light and the top bud's need to light... rotate each plant by 25 degrees every day.. little things like that help a lot...
Would it be too late to start from seed mid june would they just be smaller or not be able to fully bud before frost...its not too late but the plants will probably end up no more then 2 feet tall... if not smaller... after summer solstice they start blooming so they wont grow much...
hey mark, i am thinking of running 2 1000 hps bulbs in a room that is 5x5, currently with one, temp around 26, what would the difference in heat be with another..would probably reach over 33C if not more... its is not recommended... I doubt you will be able to contain the heat even if you had bigger ventilation......oh i have 2 becuase the other day i woke up and my light was off,panicking i checked the ballast for a noise and there was none and my bulb was new so ididnt know what was wrong so i bought another one to find out, i still had the same problem, the fucking wall recepticle(plug)was the problem, so to all out there check another power source if your lights dont work,boy i feel dum thx see ya later.
Mark, when you say, in the Grow Guide, that the HIDs should be 2 feet away from mature plants; is this to maximize the light that the plants get? Or is it to protect the plants? it can be as close as 6 inches with amazing ventilation and as far as 2.5 feet away when you have a heat wave... bulbs produce heat but with good ventilation you can try to bring the plants closer then "recommended" Or something else even? I've always grown with the bulb much closer, maybe even a few inches away (as long as there's no burning at all), exactly , its all good, the closer the better ... I just tried to put the very basics into the guide... you have more experience with a good fan to move the hot air. If there's no benefit to having them closer then I'd rather raise them. My area is small right now, 2 feet x 4 feet with a 400W MH. Thanks. the closer the better since you loose 50% of lumens 3 feet away from the bulb, so the closer the better... just remember that when you have a heat wave or your ventilation breaks pull the lights higher...
TO JIMMY: Sounds like they need more nutrients. Have they been fed? That has happened to me before & I solved it by adding more food.
I have grown 3 or 4 times. Each time the finished product is only so so and the yield is low. I am using a 1000w light and a 4 x 4 table. I have purchased seeds from the net and am wondering if I have poor seeds. If so, can you recommend one of your strains that would give me the best possible yield. Thanks...because in order to have maximum yield on tables (I assume you have) then you need clones, i.e. mother plants and veg room... from seeds its only possible to achieve maximum yield with dirt...and even then its not as "easy" as it would be had you had clones.. clones are more similar and behave the same... no two seeds are 100% the same, clones are, and on a water table you can not adjust the nutrient intake of each plant... in fact the tables were designed with clones in mind....
started my plants from seed in rockwool and promix and they sprouted may 2....now almost 1 month later they are only 4 inches tall and yellowing...they are under 400 w hps lights about 3 feet away...please help mark...or any 1 else 3 feet away is too far, they should be about 18 inches away at this point... the pot should be watered WELL then you wait for it to dry ..sometimes multiple days.... did you add nutrients? ... use half of what the lable indicates ... do you have fans blowing air?
To Indoor/Outdoor , I've had my plants out for three weeks and they have doubled in size. No worries , if you're concerned about the chilly nights just put a bucket over your plants at sunset. (Northern Lights#5 X Blueberry).
this is an outdoo question. I'll do what ever it takes to keeps my females happy and healthy like all cannabis growers. just in case you think i should use insecticides and pesticides for protection against bugs cuz i dont no what to do if somthing starts eating or killing my females. what can i use or do to keep them healthy and protected. except for nem oil i no about that chem. is their anything i should prepare for. need your help for the future of my babies. I am not a big expert on out doors ... but I know that neem oil is the best.. keeps animals at bay and keeps bugs away too...
I have two plants nearly finished. One is maybe a week away, big buds, and the other is possibly two or three weeks away. This one has spider mites. The upper bud is not doing to well, but the lower ones do not seem to be that bad. I'm worried they are going to infest my other plant as well. It is showing some signs of mites, but very few. Do I harvest now? Both or just the one almost ready? Can I spray at this late date? ice cold water sprayed with a high-pressure sprayer before they go to sleep and when they wake up is the only thing you can use without affecting the taste... I would blast them with ice cold water and continue the cycle... may be harvest a bit early but not a week earlier...Any help before I lose another bud would be helpful.
ive got some Juicy Fruit x Northern Lights x Skunk. im keeping them inside at night under a 430 HP and when sun is out they enjoy it to the fullest. but im worried about planting them outside this week. they are 3 weeks old and about 8 to 9 inchs the reason to this is the pots are 2'' by 2'' + no fertillizer yet cuz this reason. the nighttime low temp at about 5 degrees i think this will maybe kill them should i wait till 1st week of june or now to plant. cuz man they dying to leave these trays. but i think they will be fine in them little ass pots till then wat u think. it really depends I only follow Toronto Canada weather so its true that its still a little too cold at night... but any time now should be ok... temperatures are almost at minimum... p.s yellow colored leaves per plant is about 10% to 20% cuz of low nutrient level very low indeed imma start feeding when they in nature. need some expert advise. i don't no how they'll do out there at a low ass temp. they wont die but they will grow slower until the temperatures increase, so its ok to place them outside, but the yellowing should be remedied with some nutrients...
hey ive got 3 plants in a 4x4 area with 600 watts of light. its not an HID? wut distance must their be between the florescent bulb IF you have fluorescent lights they usually should be 2 or 3 inches away from the bulb however if you have the new thin t-5 fluorescent then its between 5 and 12 inches.... and the top of the plant?
hey mark, how are ya, my room is about 5x5x5.5 tall well really 7 but i only use maybe 5.5, but i notice that if i use 4 fans,one 6inch inline for exhaust and one oscillating fan,one hanging non turning and a box fan for intake i get high humidity, when i dont use the box fan i great perfect conditions..is it possible to many fans can cause humidity? oh ya i use one 1000 hps, thx have a great day.i am an atp cardholder and a member. .you can call me in emergency (me or ryan)...I would make sure the OUTTAKE fan is way bigger then the INTAKE... what may be happening is that the outtake fan is strong enough to suck in the moist air from another room, like washroom or ..whatever... but the bottom line is that its up to you to "play" with the given set-up and "achieve" the right conditions... thus if your temop and humidity is ok HOWEVER you do it then I would not worry... if not then we need to investigate further...
hey ive been watching my dad for years how to grow outdoors but he always grew big plants that were kind of noticeable when they started to bud, i would like to know how to keep the plants short but also have a mean yeild. ... cut them 3 times... once when their are indoors in cups about 5 oinches tall... 2nd time when they are 1 foot tall.. and 3rd time ... tricky... cut the whole plant in half at the end of june... she should end up about 4 feet tall..or so.... there would be no major colas but there would be lots and lots of smaller bud...
I would like to know if there is any reason NOT to cycle my plants in and out of doors...IE Move them outside during day, inside at dark. I would then supplement indoor light to reach the desired hours of continuous light. Would this be perceived as constant stress by the plants?Any extra chances of pests? Thanks in advance! CL other then being an extreme pain in the ass there is no reason why not.. its actually a very good idea but.... problem is that you have to do it RELIGIOUSLY.. i.e. you are their timer and every timing mistake will cost something... less yield, more stress...etc..
Hi Mark, I took some cuttings almost 3 weeks ago, while the donors (grown from seed) were in veg. Then I let the donor plants recuperate for a week before I put on 12/12 (with 36 hours of darkness first). After 9 days, I was able to tell the sex of all my plants 8 of 17. I took 3 clones of each of the donors. Why are one set (plant 2)of the clones (all 3) flowering (female), but have never been put on 12/12? ...I really do not know... timer problems would be my first thought.. another reason would be that females do actually show their sex even in veg, but not all and not all the time and you need to know what to look for... but the only plants that go into bloom by themselves are Rutheralis plants (like Sativa or Indica... Rutheralis) from eastern Europe and Russia... I don't think you have those... They just started to show about 2 days after the mother did. They have been under 24 hours of flouros since being cut, will they change back to veg? I think you are misreading them and they are actually in veg... but if they were in bloom then you switch back to veg then it can take 2 weeks for them to recover... it can be much longer as well depending on how long the bloom was on...The main reason I went through the trouble of labeling, was that I wanted mothers that were never in bloom, does it really matter? Thank You, Bernie mislabeling has made a fool out of me many times... its always some stupid problem that gets you.
a friend gave me b52, this is nothing but a $5 b1 formula, utterly useless product unless used as a recovery of an ongoing root problem, use only when plants are in veg and not really when in bloom as it will stretch them (which is bad) liquid carbo load this is your basic bud booster with a fancy name that you can get for half price from any other brand ....however it is very necessary to use a product like this.... start adding it in the 3rd week of bloom and stop at end of week 6 or mid week 7 and grandma edggy's fulvic acid. ...quite useless... you could spray it once every 3 days starting in week 4 and stop in week 6 OR add once or twice anytime during the bloom cycle, but I don't since I see no difference when would you use this? would you use it on top of the regular nutrients these 3 are additives and not primary nutrients thus you always add them on TOP of regular nutrients... PS. advanced nutrients is a nothing-special brand that over prices everything...
hi mark i need help...just started some juicy fruit and afghan kush from seeds in rockwool..as soon as they sprouted i put them under 400 wat hps lights and into promix about 3 feet away...my problem is some of the sprouts are turning brown at the edges and they are not really green...its almost like they are overwaterd or over fertilised but they arent...i dont think they are going to die i just want to know whats up and avoid any problems later on ...all advice is welcomed ... like you said over watered or over fertilized... place them 18 inches from the light since 3 feet is a bit far and don't water for the next two or 3 days... if you do have to water one or two , use 25% of nutrients mix, not just plain water...
This site is not for this purpose, this is a grow forum. ...Talk too your doctor....Frankly, it is a stupid question. Marijuana can be tested for in humans a number of ways...blood/urine/tissue/hair. The later can expose you years later...if you don't cut your hair....but 2 tokes!! are you serious !!...you probably didn't even get high..so don't worry about tests....
we came in lookin for the buddha widow cross but you said you were out and gave us the XXX widow instead and we threw them outside not knowing they were primarily for indoor use... what are the chances that they will flourish actually outdoors??? p.s. we still have 7 left if theyre shat for outdoors can we trade them back in? peace, alexander supertramp. indoor or outdoor is not a black and white issue... all plants will grow well wherever... ww xxx is bushier and shorter thus more suited for indoors... for outdoors you may want something less bush and bigger size like ww buddha, since for indoors size is a big deal (the smaller the better) ... but I would definitely sprout the seeds indoors first , grow little plants and then transplant outdoors, this way you will have better chances of them surviving and this applies to all seeds... and yes you can replace them if you wish...
how u all doing, well i had mites and now it seems their dead,i took the infested plants and put them outside in the cold ,the last week or so ,through that rain and cold air ,thought it would maybe kill my girls but nope got rid of the mites i think , could this do it or are they just sitting and waiting.. u know eggs to hatch? I would still expect eggs to be there.... preventative spraying is still a good idea.. water + ice cubes blasted into the plant every 3 days...
Hi Mark, I have two questions for you...the first is in regards to my last couple of grows I ended up with one female Juicy Fruit cross each time and I found that both plants were very sleepy, but I thought that being 75% Sativa it wouldn't be quite so bad. cannabis has over 400 "ingredients" and THC is just 1... so in general to say "75% Sativa" is very limited as an explanation, I would say that you have to keep looking for that one strain that works for you This was the case from early tasting (6 weeks in) and full 8 week bloom as well. Is this just the way this strain is or is there something I might be doing wrong that is causing this sleepy high? no, you can not change the genes of the plant by growing it well or badly... so its just that you do not respond to this strain as you want to...may be you should look for a 100% sativa... they are hard to come by because they yield low indoors and not many growers are interested in growing them.....My second question is in regards to my current grow. I have 2 blueberry skunk plants and 2 Juicy Fruit plants and it seems like my biggest blueberry skunk is very droopy. It almost looks like it needs watering but it remains droopy all the time even after being fully watered. It looks very healthy otherwise and I was just wondering again if this is the way this strain is or if there is something I might be doing wrong that is causing this.. I am not sure this is abnormal...temperatures do play some part in this but only if you would report other problems.. Thanks for your help Mark (400W MH being used)....I find that when the temperatures at night drop to below 16C then they droop a bit... but its not like its going to kill them or anything... but it will slow their growth...
Hi Mark,I want to install a dimmer switch to my exhaust fan (142 CFM).Can I use any household dimmer switch or does it need to be a specific amperage? Would your typical Canadian Tire dimmer switch be acceptable? I like them if they are rated at 15 amps Thanks. I use your average run of the mill dimmer and never had a problem, but installing it voids your warranty on the fan... just so you know...
been making oil for over 30 years..started making it from the 70's when (?) use to smuggle it from JA and Pak....butane has its disadvantages....like everything but Iso is worse....if you want to talk oil process's ..we can start with acetone..........
Yes there's a few ways to make oil. I'd continue educating yourself on the methods. Here read up the name says it all. LoL Butane honey oil for dummies: http://www.icmag.com/ic/showthread.php?t=31950 QWISO: http://www.icmag.com/ic/showthread.php?t=31390
ACTUALLY, the PROCESS I use is with butane...iso alcohol even 99% leaves water in your oil(it is too heavy a solvent and is what can explode as it FALLS to your heat source..even electrical) and takes WAY too long to vapour down and can be too explosive for idiots( NO butan evaps so fast-so light it rises you can even smoke over it..but is NOT recommended)... Also you WILL get 25% more crystal out of same amount of weed- I am the guy getting a whole 5 er from a half oz of weed..do THAT)..and this is only advisable with good crystalized weed, (street weed will not work)and it is too easy to leave alcohol in contact with the weed too long and get green oil (chloryphyl and crystals suck=weed oil, YUK)......get a 2" tube of pvc pipe...and end caps...put small hole 15/16th in top end ...slightly bigger in the bottom...put weed in pipe[ grind up for most surface area..DO NOT CLEAN WHOLE BUD AND RESELL IT>>THATS DISHONEST]..... the larger the size can of butane the better....can to top of pvc and exasperate all the butan through weed will liquid out bottom to PYREX .....b/c the boiling point of room preasure butane is 80 something degrees...it will completely 99.9 % evaporate within an hour depending on how much used....more than iso too...if your not careful your oil will turn to plain crystal only ...so the smoke is WAY WAY cleaner..easier...faster....
if we take two tokes of a joint how long does it take to come out of ur blood? 24 hours for blood, few days for urine and months for hair...
Honey Oil recipe PLEASE! The better the input the better the output. *Tools* Pyrex dish Industrial Razor Blades Hair Dryer 70-99% Isopropyl alcohol Coffee Filters Several Mason Jars The quicker the wash the cleaner the oil. Honey to Black oil will be your results. The honey being the cleanest the darkness will come from contaminates like plant tissues. The idea here is the ISO will wash off the Trichomes from the cannabis as the ISO evaporates you're left with the oils from the glands. Let's get started. Take the LG mason jar & open the lid, place a coffee filter in the opening & use the cap to secure it. You should have 3 jars waiting like this. Now fill a jar 3/4 full with your buds & or trimmings. Make sure it's completely dry & break it up so the ISO can wash it. Now you'll have to learn the correct amount of ISO to put in with the Cannabis. But you want to be able to shake it all around maybe about a 1/4 of a mason jar. Place both parts of lid on jar & shake vigorously for 20 seconds & than pour through the jars you have ready for the filters. Once they drain you can pour it all into one jar. Replace the filters & do it again this will be a second wash & won't be as clean as the first. It'll appear darker in the jar too. Now you have your jars of filtered ISO wash. Pour some or all into the Pyrex dish & use the hair dryer to help evaporate it. ***ISO is flammable so be careful*** Don't do it in the house some people use a hot plate & use one dish below the other with water to heat up the upper dish were you have the oil in the Pyrex dish. This method gets even more dangerous. You can let it evaporate all by itself if you're not sure about helping it evaporate but don't smoke for an extra day. 70% has more water so it takes longer but it's safer. If you scrape it up before it completely dries it'll be a bit easier to get out of the dish. If you wait until dry it scrapes out but a little more effort. It's very simple to do. ****Be Careful Extremely Dangerous****
hey mark, how are you, just wondering if u or anyone else has used the product" alaska mor-bloom" I have no experience with it and if so what do u think, thx alot, also my room is about 26-29 degrees with 29 to 34 % humidity will these conditions keep bugs at bay ,thx again. .... you have optimum temperatures and humidity but this will only slow down mites ... you still have to watch out for them ... if your temperatures go above 30C then its heaven for mites....
Please tell us this (your) receipe PLEASE!!!! I would love some honey oil..is it easy??? or hard???
Mark...THANKS/THANKS!!! My white shark are sooooo crystal...I am getting almost a full 5 gram vial of HONEY OIL per 1/2 oz...ABSOLUTELY freakin incrediable.....!!!!!!!!!!!!!Thanks to YOU.............YOU and T.O.420 ROCK !!! we rock indeed we rock .... I take all credit for good stuff :-), if something goes wrong it wasn't me :-)
Hi Mark, This is my second grow, and I have 8 plants in bloom (1 week today, started from seed). After I find out the sex, what is a good time to trim the bottom 1/3? I read about this in some of your earlier post, and it seems like a good thing to do. Thank You, Bernie.... in your particular situation I would trim ONLY after the 3rd week of bloom, well after the sex is determined and well established... you do not want to stress them before that period and they could get stressed if you trim them sooner .... "could" is the key word, not "will".... if they get stressed they would become hermaphroditic... it pretty much applies only to plants from seeds, not really from clones.... I am trying to be "safe" but in reality you can do it at any time ..... BUT do it ONCE, i.e. trim it all at once and not a branch this week and a branch next week... I hope you know what I mean....
hoggs ... did you try hydrogen peroxide? correct, I forgot this option, but its one of the "safe" alternatives, and it may not actually kill any bugs... but its worth trying...I've used it before with success. You don't need very much, like a capful or 2 added to a cup of water then toss the seeds in. Important: You can't leave the seeds in the "mix" (water and hydrogen peroxide) too long - as soon as they crack get them planted. If you leave them in the mix too long the root grows real stringy/thin and they usually don't grow after planting. Otherwise, this has worked for me but sometimes it takes a bit of playing to get it just right. Don't waste seeds on it, try a few, you know, see what happens. Maybe it'll kill the bugs, I really don't know.... I would place a drop of hydrogen peroxide into a cup full of water and soak the seeds in this solution for 2 or 3 days OR until you see them sprout... which could be after 24 hours, but nothing is guranteed.... peroxide does NOT kill anything alive but it does "clean" the water from dying matter... i.e. something half-dead will die, something alive will live... anyways its worth trying...
six years ago i noticed microscopic bugs in one of my seed containers .i dont see them anymore but whenever i try to germinate them they sprout and die and notice little white worms comeing out of them and they turn to mush .i have tryed many different ways of germinating them with the same result .what i treat them with? does anyone have any suggestoins? please help .... this one makes me wonder... I just don't know.... anyone?... from what I know, IF they actually sprout then I would apply a pesticide immediately after the sprouting in order to kill the bugs, I mean apply the pesticide to the roots directly ... pesticide and not some "safe" alternative... the idea is that IF they sprout then you need to kill whatever bug is killing them after they sprout.... if you are in the states there is some legal pesticides you can buy off the shelfs, but in Canada there is none that are legal and you need to "consult" your local hydroponics store... i.e. ask discretely....
I have this mystery strain...clones that are supposed to be a L.A. Confidential type....they look SIMILAR to white widow but seem to be straggly and with arms that are growing WAY out and are flimsy too from close to base at promix....what is best way to encourage them to be more straight up with normal branches...I have already staked the main trunk and the flimsy side branches...did not know if super cropping would be best...???? can i remove flimsy arms as clones while super cropping the top???? Thanks Mark.... sure it would probably help a little, but after cutting you need to wait at least a week before blooming, super cropping does make a plant bushy....but there is no easy answer here, super cropping would definitely help but will it make a stringy plant into a bushy plant? NO.... it will help a bit but its almost impossible to fight with the genes... i.e. if the genetics tell the plant to be "tall" or "stringy", then nothing will work....
Hey Mark....sorry I missed you guys at the march was there but not long... but my people were there :-) .....can you advise..the diff between the 400 W metal halide.....basic bulb-50 bucks and the pro bulb- 105 bucks ?? Is the price diff worth it??? call ya soon...this is the criteria that I use to determine if its worth to or not... if you had grown for over a year and you "mastered" the bulb you have then YES its worth to upgrade to a better bulb, however if you are a beginner and just learning then I would not bother to upgrade and the cheap bulb is just fine.... the bottom line is that the better bulb increases your yield by 10% (I am talking about 400W, a 1000W can go up by 20%).... but if you are just learning you will never know....
So your saying that with clayballs you can actually have the drippers going 24/7? Constant feeding would be a problem would it not? ....you should probably call me at the Time number and ask but here is what I know.... when using clay pellets, they were actually designed to have water run though them at all times... thus known as the "dripper" system.. where a flow of water is restrained by a dripper (99 cent thing)... this means that your pump is working all the time but the dripper makes it flow out at a constant but restrained speed... so YES the water runs all the time.... and that's how its supposed to be... now when you combine a systems that has some promix, some pellets and some rockwool, you would have a customized system where you tell me how the plants should be treated, but IF you have a system with JUST pellets then water should be run through it at all times (with a dripper)..... see this page and scroll down to the section where they describe the "dripper system"... see if this helps...
my old seeds that sprout and then die why what can i do...describe what it is that you are doing so I can see what it is that's going wrong...
how to? start seeds like in my guide, use promix with a little fluorescent light, late May take it all outside... feed veg food until end of June, bloom food after that until late August when you give them water only, harvest early September or around that time...
Will I quickly be able to identify mold on the buds? or is it something that you have to look closely at? you could clearly see a white fungus growing on the bud... it would be quite visible..you would not have mold after a few days... mold latches on after a week in an airtight container when its still wet that's why you should dry bud bone dry before transferring into a jar...... also the buds have dried for a 6 days and they seem pretty dry, but when I squeeze the middle they dont seem bone dry. Is it ok to put them in the fridge? or should they be alot dryer? thanks they are not yet dry... place them in a plastic (air tight) container for 24 hours ..... the bud will re-wet itself.. as in the inside of the bud will make outside wet, and in turn it will get dry when you dry this bud again ... dry this bud again for a day (leave it in the open air) ..... repeat once more... after two days of this, the bud will be ready for long term storage..
One more thing, The plants roots from all of them are hanging out the bottom of each pot. Like tons of roots. Therefore they are exposed to light.Is this a bad thing? they should never be exposed to light, roots in nature live underground so they need complete darkness...The roots were very white until about 2 weeks ago. They are on a flood & drain 3X4 table. Like would putting down clayballs all over the roots that are exposed on the table help for next time? clay balls would / should help as they will cover them from light, I would cover the table with B/W poly (black plastic) to make sure no light gets to the roots... As I understand the clay pellets they need constant flow of water or the roots may die... I think that in general as long as you wet them once every 2 hours is ok, but most people have drippers attached to a pump constantly providing water to the roots...
I posted below a few spots down. I water my hash plant 10 mins every hour. in rockwool it should be once or twice every 24 hours but with pellets (like hydrotone) the water should be dripping all the time, so its possible you either give them too much water if in rockwool or too little if you have hydrotone, depending which system you use..... I am flushing them now for the past few days. I am thinking maybe they were under watered. The plants just grew so big so fast. I was giving them 600ml of each A+B bloom nutrient per 30 gallons of water....this seems like 20 ml per 1 Gallon which is 7.5 ml per liter so its seems you feed them 2.5 ml per 1 litre too much, IF the formula is 5 ml per 1 litre....... I change my res & add new nutrients every 5 days. I think next time I only need to veg for like 2-3 days. A few leaves were burning in about week 3 of bloom. because in week 1 to 3 of bloom you should take it easy on them and start feeding more staring in week 3...so they are probably slightly over fed.. I could never figure out why.
What about led lights, would they be good for bloom. so far untested and its unknown whether they actually work...
Thank you in advance for you help. How long can cuttings/clones, growing in Solo Cups filled with Pro Mix, under a single 40 watt 2 foot Fluorescent light bulb live? I want to keep a couple cutting alive a few months until I get all my paper work from Health Canada. Do I need a bigger light?... not much light you have .... survive they will ..but... weak they will be... don't over feed them or just feed them barely... when they get 12 inches tall clip the tops... you could always use a bigger light what can I tell you....
Hi Mark: My plants roots are light brown in color. Does that mean I overfed them? this means the roots are hurt but it does not say why... over watering, under watering or over feeding can do that... They are supposed to be pure white are they not? indeed, but just because they are not pure white does not mean the plant is sick... are the leafs ok? is she up taking water regularly? How does this effect quality & yield? light damages roots as well so dont look at them too often... but I would have to know how the plant itself is doing, before I could say this is a major problem....I will be calling you for an app with T.I.M.E shortly.
Hey Mark. I heard that certain type of weed will have different effects on different people. Some weed will freak people out, I mean give them panic attacks. Since Sativa dominant strains are great for thinkers and active people, and indica for those who just wanna get baked and usually make the pain go away, is it true that say if I knew that that sativa gives me bad trips (friekouts)I can harvest earlier to avoid this paranoia effect? I mean I love weed, but sometimes sativa strains make me crazy, and that sucks. I'm growing a 50/50 strain now and wanted to know if by harvesting early, say 2 weeks, this will make the weed worst or just omit some kind of a biological process to which I go crazy because of. Shit I think I repeated myself like 10 times, sorry, and thank you in advance dude! not to be mean but not smoking it if its not good to you is also an option, I have refused to smoke some strains because it did not have the desired effect... but your thinking is the opposite... a plant will become more like an indica.. stony and heavy and sleepier the longer you leave it in bloom... (not like a pure sativa will become an indica the longer you leave it but it will have that heavy stony feeling)... leave it 2 weeks longer....not shorter... but nothing hurts you to harvest one plant early, dry it and taste.. see if this is what you were looking for before you chop off everything...
Just thought I would send you a thank you for the long, detailed answer you gave me about drying and curing bud. It really helped - thanks Mark. your welcome
Hey Mark i just printed off the forms to apply for my licence to posses marihuana and have a few questions for you. First off i have been diagnosed with IBS, but think i have colitis just haven't been diagnosed with it. I have every symptom pretty much just haven't gone as far as having the colonoscopy. I have seen a speacialist about this but he just kind of blew it off as IBS and to eat more fiber lol. Now you have a bit of info about my condition just wanted to ask on form A4 you have to choose your proposed source if i want to grow my own plants would i fill out form D at all? to produce your own you fill out Form C, not Form D... Form D is for someone else to produce your marihuana for you... I guess i am asking can i pick the option to produce my own fill out form C and still fill out form D or can you only have 1 source? only one source.. I thought i saw that the government changed some law that if you have a licence to posses marihuna you can produce it as well if that is the case then do you still need to fill out form C? to produce your own you still have to fill out Form C My family doctor is pretty cool so i don't think i will have a problem talking to him about this but i don't know if he would sign the form or if i need him to at all or do i just proceed to finding a specialist that will sign the declaration? take it to your doctor first but since according to the forms the regular doctor has to consult a specialist, he may tell you to find a specialist yourself, but you never know and the doctor may be willing to find a specialist him/herself... If i did ask him to find me a gasteroloigist that would be ok with signing the declaration i know he would do his best to help me out, but in the case that he can't do you know any that he could refer me to? unfortunately no..Last question about photo's that you need to send with your application what is the best to use if you don't have a passport? Is a photocopy of the picture what they want? Just don't want to mess anyting up like having the wrong size photo and have to go through the whole process again. I appreciate your time answering my questions. I bring the Health Canada application to the photo place and make them cut me the right size... but I have send pictures printed off of an ink jet printer and they accepted them... remember that the doctor has to sign the back of one of the photographs..
just started feeding nutrients and the leaves on my plants are curling upwards what does this mean? any advice would be helpful thanks its "too much" of something... first guess would be too much nutrients, usually its the issue... it can also be too much water... as in the soil did not dry out before you wet it again, but that's rare... next time you water them add 25% of nutrients of what you fed them before...
The question by Mrharvest reminded me of something else I wanted to ask but would have forgotten... I have beeen doing some reading on drying and curing and the methods some people use take a very long time, we're talking months here... I was wondering if you just hang yours for a week or whatever and that's it? Is it really necessary to do a long, drawn out process to dry and cure the bud or can you just hang it to dry then store it in an airtight container? Thanks again! I dry for a week and that's it... I insist on a semi-dark room with little ventilation and around 20C-24C temperatures for 4 or 5 days... then I cut it into a carton box for a day or two then jar them... and fridge them... if I want to "cure" it I would leave it in the fridge for a month or two... every once in a while I would open the jars and vent them out for an hour or so... this can bring out the smell and aroma ... average bud can become superb and superb bud becomes amazing... the difference can only be noticeable for advanced connoisseurs.. most people as long as you leach bud well will think the bud is amazing because people on the streets do not leach well so leaching is the thing to do well (hence the difference between home grown and street bud)..... another method that I like is to have a cellar with 18C temperature .... but it would take 2 or 3 weeks to dry the bud... in the end I still use the basic method for ONE main reason... time: most bud is already divided up before I harvest it, when people look over your shoulder to get their meds ... we are medical so there is never enough... I have never been able to hang on to a jar from more then 2 weeks ago... it goes fast
Hey Mark... I normally harvest around the start of week 8... this time though I have pollinated the plants (tried to do it lightly, but, you know) and am wondering if that makes any difference about when to harvest. not really as the seeds are ready a little earlier then bud itself... I know it doesn't change the harvest date of the bud, I am just wondering if the seeds will be ready by that time or if the plants should be left longer when they are pollinated? no, shorter actually if you do not care about bud, pop a couple of seeds out and they should look ready.. stripped (with stripes) and dark in colour... Thank you Mark, you continue to amaze me with your dedication to this and all our stupid questions. LOL
Just wondering if you could clarify drying 2 or 3 days in a hot and ventilated root till they get bone dry and curing. when you take the bone dry bud and store it in a air tight container and in a cold place like the fridge or basement for a month or longer.. sort of like wine how long does it generally take to dry, I try to get it done in under a week, but in the summer it can happen in 2 or 3 days can you quickly identify mold?, if you dry it bone dry the mold dies so if you do it in under a week mold will not happen...dry it longer and its possible... what should the humidity be? below 50 if possible temp? 24C to 30C is ok basically any think you can think of to tell. thanks...again great forum.
Thanks for the reply Mark. I forgot to mention that the clones would be moved into 3 gallon pots some time before they would be put into bloom area. Do you have any advice on how much time before bloom I should switch them to the larger pots? you can do it any time, as more root space is more root space and its always better but I like to do it at least a week before bloom...I am hoping to have a small area set up for the 3 gallon pots (under CFs, still) by then. Thanks.
If i took a 1 pound yeilding plant including all of the leaves and everything and turned it into hash how much could i expect to yield? quarter ounce, may be... if that... you would be wasting the bud...as crystals make up for a very small part of the actual bud... to make hash in larger quantities you need shake or the trimming in very large quantities...
so I used a carbon filter in my grow room to remove the stank, but now I've harvested and the buds dont seem to have much smell. is there nothing I can do, but not carbon filter it next time? when drying its best not to run the carbon filter as it will get rid of the smell, but it depends on how you feel about security as it will leak out the smell everywhere... removing smell does not change taste or quality, just removes the odour... the only thing you can do is to place the bud in an air tight container and place it in the fridge for a week or so... make sure its bone dry... or it may mold..
oops mistake I should have said can I use cfl lights in veg? yes If so, how many watts? personally 80W is the minimum (2 x 4 foot long fluorescent bulbs)... 160W is preferable (4 x 4 foot long fluorescent bulbs) I realize that in bloom you need HID. because HID yields more
Hi Mark: I am thinking on trying one plant in a soil grow. Can I use cfl lights yes as a test its ok.... but don't expect much in yield..or do I have to use HID you dont have to have to... but with HID light you get more yield... . If so, how many watts do I need. I will only be using a small space in a closet.
Hi Mark. I was having the problems with fem Buddha seeds I had received from SeedKing. They sent me a bunch of WW to cover my loss (I do appreciate your offer though. That was awesome of you). I followed your cloning guide and somehow managed to clone everything successfully (never has that happened before. I was the worst at cloning to the point that I had given up). Anyway, that leaves me with 9 fem Buddha clones and 2 Mango females successfully rooted. I still have about 6 or 7 weeks till harvest. My cloning area isn't that large (1.5 feet x 4 feet and about 200W of CF lighting); should I leave the clones in smaller containers (4 inch square pots)..once rooted they should be in some kind of a pot even a small one... so they should be fine in a 4 inch container until I cycle them into the bloom area? Does them getting root bound hurt them in the overall? it does a little, as in they will not get as big or as bushy however its still ok... its wont kill'em or anything.. Thanks. smaller pots often means you have to water them more often so if that's ok they will be fine...
I have read that I should cut the bottom 1/3 of my plants branches off. Is this just the fan leaf branches or all? I have some branches that start at the bottom but the leaves are half way up the plant. Are these to be cut also? thanks I can not tell you what to chop but I can tell you why.... if the part of the plant gets NO light whatsoever then I would remove that leaf or stem or branch, its useless and it wont give you much bud, this way the rest of the branches will get better care from the plant and the buds will get bigger...... in your case I would leave that branch if at least the top 1/3 gets some light.... but I would probably trim off the bottom part of that particular branch so only the very top (which gets light) has a better chance of developing...
My buds on top (main cola) are about the size of my fist lol. Crazy crazy.
im an outdoor grower and the last frost didn't happen yet so i started my plants indoors in the middle of april i have 12 plants i got them in styrofoam cups their in my cubert i got them under a 75 watt light bulb and their second set of leaves look like their wilting a little and the smaller leaves are yellow are they getting a enough light i wanted to keep them in the house for anothor 2 weeks before i put them outside any ideas that you can give me PLEASE!!!!! place them on a window ledge for as long as you can every day, hopefully sun will help them out... they need more light and probably more root space, a cup is really small...
in day 54 of bloom all the leaves are crisp and dry on the buds (overfeeding? probably but it does not necessarily means this is bad... depends how it tastes after you leach them) is it going to build anymore THC? no, its leaching time.. they may gain some weight but the THC is as good now as it gets.. or should I just harvest? you must put them through a week of leaching, if you did then cut one branch, dry it under a light and smoke it..test has had one full week of leaching. WW I should have red the rest of you post... I would be cutting them now... a test is still an option if you wish... before you cut them ALL...
my girls are 8+ implies harvest is now.. weeks ready...this strain has a seed_like thing in the middle of the cola top...any thoughts??.....looks more like a mini mini mini walnut than a seed...light brown colour..but looks like 2 halves like a walnut ..just really small right....not every girl has one but quite a few....16 out of 25...only the girls that have the straight up single cola type top..they got hermied...which were not vege'd above 2 ft......so girls are 2.5 ft mature ( purposely) girls that look more traditional do not....??/ good one huh?? good height
Hello, This is the video I shot at 10am ... 2 hours to the Toronto Freedom Festival.... I had to leave at 12 so could not get a video of the actual march... sorry I really am.... but it freaking rained like crazy.. bummer... my crew had fun and everything went smoothly
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hey mark, how are ya, just wondering if u can tell me if (bang) will turn pistils brown it could if you expose the plants to heat from the light right after spraying but in general not really...or is it burn I would have to know how much you feed them .. it could be food burn , which week of bloom is this?.....thx have a good day, sick today couldn't make march, piss me off see ya later.
HI! Mark, can I use a 400w MH light in a 2x3x6h closet to veg. and flower plants? sure you can, small space but still doable..... I know its better that I use hps in flowering but I got this for free...How much yield do you think I lose using this light compare to hps? either light is ok for bloom HPS may be better but its not like night and day... you may lose 10% of yield.. may be......is DNF organic no (dutch nutrient formula) good nutes to use? yes they are, but there are cheaper nutrients out there.. DNF is a good brand, but Pure Blend PRO or Flora Nova are organic I am using promix organic soil...growing juicy fruit from your seed bank... Thanx Mark! your help is very much appreciated...
Medical Grower: For what it's worth, I've done it both ways and ended up sticking with soil because I find it's easier and 'safer' overall. I gave up a little yield switching to soil true about 20% less on average (not sure if that's normal) but I also gave up all the little issues that occur, the potential big problems that always seem to happen sooner or later, screwing around with ph and the time spent screwing around with everything else. Just my own personal opinion but I'd never go back now. If you're into that sort of thing - some people love playing around with hydroponics - then great, more power to you. I just hope you never run into one of those problems I was talking about that can wipe out an entire crop. That doesn't happen with soil. I'm not knocking hydroponics by any means; I just think it depends a lot on the individual. The safer and 'easier' way to go is definitely soil.
One of these years I will have to attend a pot march in Toronto. Would love to check it out. its an absolute blast.. it really is... nowhere else can you mingle with cops and city officials while smoking a spliff...
The reason why I do hydroponics instead of soil is because I was told hydroponics is the best way. ..it is but is inconsistent... i.e. when one plant dies usually they all do...I have only grown like 4-5 crops. I know some people would disagree will hydroponics being better. it is better because it yields more, but not becasue the taste is any better ..To be honest I really don't know which is better as I have not tried soil. easier and forgiving.. even if you make a mistake you will still get something.. with hydroponics when there is a problem they usually all die...If I start a certain way I kinda want to master it before trying anything else. Will probably take me at least a few years.
Hi Mark, is it possible to give a "general" estimate of how much buds increase in size each week, say, during the last 4 weeks of bloom? For example, if I had 1/2 an ounce on a plant at the start of week 4, would I be able to guesstimate the yield at harvest? I'm curious about how much the buds grow during each week and if that amount increases exponentially up until harvest. I realize the variables are huge, but I'm thinking, under normal circumstances, there must be a very general 'rule' if you will about how much buds increase per week. Thanks for any input you can provide. I could not be precise enough to guestimate the percentages... its not a straight answer like 10 % this week and 20% that week... its more like, the GROW until week 4, then they FILL IN during week 5, 6 and 7 and then they may GROW some more in week 7 and 8... its odd to explain without writing a book
hey mark i have a big question cause i just had a big problem,my plants were doin fine until earlier this week(like monday) when some of them started forming little orangish spots on them, it got to the point where i guess it spread to all the other plants and the leaves have either died out or r to sick to fix....2 question why did this happen or what can be some reasons this happened and how do i prevent this from happening,its strange cause this has never happen,sure my plants have gotten sick b4 but not this sick to the point where theres really no hope to bring em back I would have to know what light you had and what did you feed them but usually this is a question of over feeding (or under feeding... an extreme case I guess)... i.e. too much food... diseases rarely take holed so quickly... and your orangish spots seem like a burn to me... usually starts on some leafs and very quickly ..12 or 24 hours the start burning...
Im also thinking that it might be from heat pockets. Ill explain: I am running 2X1000 watt hps with air cooled cylinders 250cfm exhaust, hydroponic system. The room in size is 6 FT length, 6 FT width, 8 FT height. I am using a flood & drain table. The 2x1000 watters because you are using so much wattage for such a small space I would always over feed the plants... the plants have a lot of lumens from he lights concentrated in a small space thus they can process more food...that's one way of increasing yield... but of course be careful since in a hydroponics system when you burn one you burn them all... .are sitting above my plants which are sitting on a table which is like 2.5 feet high & then the flood & drain table on top of that. Rez underneath all of that which is a 50 gallon I believe. My plants have grown so big that they are only like 6 inches away from the lights & no more room to move the lights up anymore. Plants are very crowded but as I said still plenty of bud. I want to fix this whole setup somehow. Like should I being using a different setup? I would like to make a custom system but have no clue where to start. Please assist. Thanks....you pretty much have a killer setup... a lot of light for the little space... I would not be too concerned with the buds being 6 inches away form the bulb since you have air cooled reflector... with enough air movement they should not be affected... if they are affected the part of the plant closest to the light will die off in a special and distinct way... so if you don't see such damage then you are ok... even without the air cooled I keep the tops of (some of) my plants as close as 6 inches away (from a vertical light not the horizontal type as it exposes the heat directly down from the light, but even then 10 inches would not be odd)... its all in the air movement and you want a lot of it... you know that I am not a big fan of a hydroponics system because of the complexity but if you move down to promix you're yield will be less... but it will be easier perhaps...
Your co worker from T.I.M.E. told me to overfeed hash plant by 20% more than the bottle reads. I must say the buds are getting bigger & fatter by the day. I'm a bit surprised. But anyways which is correct mark, adding the 20% more nutrient or just regular? he is correct and we do (overfeed the hash plant by 20%) as well, white shark even more.... but when and IF you have any problems (burnt tips and damaged leafs can be a problem...BUT not always and its difficult to tell without a picture since late in bloom they tent to look damaged anyway which is not necessarily bad) I would pull back the nutrients down to a regular levels... I am just being careful... sometimes getting less bud BUT clean and good is better then more bud...
Hi Mark, This is my second grow, and first time trying to clone, It has been 3 days and they are all still standing, but some don't look good. for the first 2 may be 3 days they should be under a dome 24 hours a day, no need to spray anything... about an inch or two away from a fluorescent light...Should I spray some Vita Grow Anti-Wilt on them may not hurt but I doubt it will fix anything... try anyways... once only...(came with the propagation I got kit)? Some are wilting and I've only been spraying distilled water on them. you should make sure they are firmly in the rockwool (or whatever medium the kit uses)... they wilt because they either are not firmly placed in the medium and/or the humidity is at below 100%... spraying helps but the dome should be ON and the temps should be above 27C... they may be stressed now so you may have to keep the dome ON for a few more days but normally the dome should be OFF after the 3rd day... first for half an hours and the next day completely off... after dome is off they should be sprayed up to 4 times a day... Most of my cuts are about 3-4", is that alright? totally ok How big should the cuts be? they can be anywhere from 1 inches to one foot tall.... that's never an issue... I cut 3 from each of my 8 plants (2 from the side, and the top), is that to many? not at all, sounds very normal... The plants have been in veg for 30 days today, how long do I need to let them recover minimum 7 days, it takes about a week for this type of plant to get back to "normal" however if you did NOT take the very top of the plants it may take much shorter if any time at all... big stress for her is when you take the very tops...so I can put them on 12/12? after 1 week if you cut the tops, or immediately (if you want) if you only took the side branches ..Well I just want to thank you for being so helpful. Thank You, Bernie
I have the same problem as the guy below me. My buds are getting really big but I have noticed abit of yellowing & burning on some leaves from bottom to the middle. that's fairly normal but if the tips on the tiop leafs are burned I would pull back on nutrients... if the very tips are not burned I would continue heavy feeding... Im 37 days in. I also figured it could be too much nutrients but I have cut back abit & it still is happening. Maybe the damage has already been done. often true Either way the buds are very big. My mouth dropped a few mornings ago when I took a look & saw some of the buds & how big they are. I have much more bud on my plants now then I did with my last grow at the very end of its cycle. Very pleased so far with this hash plant strain. hash plants do not like too much nutrients, they like it "steady and normal", I would give 25% of nutrients for a week just in case but then if time still permits I would give them a nice dosage of nutrients before leaching for a week at the end... they are to be harvested on the 1'st days of week 8.... once over feeding happens they will not recover (and look better) but they will still progress and finish nicely as long as proper leaching cycle is followed..
repost: Ok so its exactly day 52 with WW The buds are big and I would say healthy, but now pretty much ALL the leaves on the buds are yellow and crispy. Should I let them go to mature, or harvest now? what makes this happen? I have a ak that is doin fine same height, same everything. too much nutes? those that were leached for a week can be harvested, those that got nutrients must be leached out for a week, in general you can pick a bud, dry it and smoke it and check... but its about the right time to harvest..
Hi Mark, thanks for all your help but I still have a question or 2. You mentioned 2 things 1/ Dishwashing *regular not the anti-bacterial stuff soap mix - 10 ml per 1 liter of water, spray just before lights out, twice in veg and once in bloom, up to 3 weeks into bloom ....when, how and why please? prevents mites, mites are very very bad 2/ The sprayer: I am certain that you like the idea of a heavy spray of ice cold water. yes Heavy spray meaning not to use just a small spray bottle but a larger and more powerful sprayer. strong water pressure is good I am afraid that I will hurt the little ladies and will it not drench my room? Also, the ice water, when? usually only in bloom when you get infested with mites, otherwise its not necessary Thanks Ken Also, please do not hesitate to simply drop off chipper ingredients some time if you like
Hi Mark, I have a few plants in veg right now, and plan on putting them in bloom in a couple of days. When I put them in bloom, is it alright for me to change brand names of nutrients (from Pure Blend Pro veg to Flora Nova Bloom)? sure, I never saw much difference I would use the same brand through the whole bloom cycle. Also do I rewater the clones in Rockwool, in rockwool I do not add any nutrients, unless they are over grown and root bound so either transplant or feed very low dosage on nutrients like 10% of normal or less.. and how often? when they dry out usually every 3 or 4 days..Thank You, Bernie
What is a Hermaphrodite plant? when a female plant sprouts a male flower and pollinates itself and other plants due to environmental stress I just had a crop finish and I've noticed that a few of the buds have seeds in them. (These plants are clones from the previous batch [White Widow]. The previous batch had no seeds.) Are they hermaphrodite's? Also! Before i put that batch into bloom a few of the plants had little individual sacks coming out of the croch between the stem, and the trunk, "if you will". Are these seed sacks? I've heard of these before. Is there even such a thing? Thanks its not unheard of to have a few seeds in an all female garden, the plants do find a way to produce seeds, but it should be like 1 or 2 seeds per main bud, that's ok.... more than that and you (somehow) exposed the plants to stress (usually when they get very over grown or if the are too far away of the main light)... and they became hermaphroditic...
Hello again. I have six plants which are 34 days old and 1 1/2ft under 1000w. What is the maximum height that my light can be to still be effective in a 5x5 area? You have said that plants double in size during bloom. I was wondering if 1000w would be enough to finish these plants of right? I have found that the veg phase of this process was not that difficult. Is the bloom phase more difficult? yes because in veg they can recover when you make a mistake (like forget to water them) but in bloom they will not... so do not ever let them wilt when in bloom.. How do you tell which are females while plants are still in veg? its very very difficult when they are in veg.. it gets easier as you bloom them, usually in week 3 of bloom its very definitive...
I purchased some Northern Lights x Skunk seeds at your store on April 20. I have tried to germinate them with your method and nothing yet. How long should they take to sprout? they should sprout with in 24 to 48 hours but its not unusual to wait a week...
6th week into bloom, the buds are big and plant looks health, but the leaves of the buds are curled up yellow and getting crisp is that where the thc comes from? no that's a sign of over feeding a I would pull back on nutrients down to 25% for one water cycle, and in fact its time for leaching.. for the next week or two..... should I harvest now? no, leach out the nutrients by feeding them 25% of normal for the next week or two...I thought I've over nuted them, but they've gotten only 10% the last two watering and the heats been pretty steady at 75-80. what should I do? with all the leaves almost dead on the buds is it worth keeping them going? thanks as usual I would still continue low dosage of nutrients for at least a week ... may be two but they need to finish the cycle... in fact because they got stressed out it may have to be two weeks of leaching and not just one...
Hi Mark, This is my second grow and I have 8 plants in veg(28 days). One of the plants have some bulbs at the end of a thin strain, is this a male? males do not really show sex until bloom, a female would .... I have not put them on 12/12 yet. I just cut some clones(2 days ago), and was waiting a few days, so they can recover. Did I do something wrong? check your timer, may be the light shut off earlier then you think and the plants think its bloom?... but in generally taking clones in veg never creates problems like this.... Thank You for the help. Bernie
well... I've never grown a plant before, i am hoping to make this my first time. I am really interested in the idea of supplying myself and watching my harvest progress. I've done some reading over the internet about growing and have become more knowledgeable then i was, but still have too much to learn. I plan to purchase and grow the strain summertime Buddha, since its fast growing and recommended to beginners. I plan to grow outdoors since growing indoors is not an option. Now.. Promix is suitable for outdoors? yes How would i go about looking after this plant, with regards to nutrients.. different cycles.....starting the seeds + taking care of them until they are few inches high INDOORS is the same as growing indoors, fluorescent lights will do, no need for HID, you can try starting with the sunhine on the window ledge but sun is unreliable, cloudy etc..... then you still use promix and stil use the same nutrients... the bloom cycle begins June 20th and ends late august... from seed till July 1 you feed veg food from July till the end you feed bloom food. Will i have to change the soil after some time if i use promix? not sure I understand this question but the idea is that you treat it just like regular dirt .Are pesticides wise to use? not for a plant you will smoke How will i be able to prevent pollination? around late June to early July you watch out for males and kill them as soon as they show their sex What other sort of attention might the plant need from me? regular watering is essential. not every day watering but regular... means that when the pots dry out you soak the soil, when young they may need water every 7 days, but as they get bigger should be around every 4 days.. once outside once every week... Also, can regular maneuver be used? it can but I really do not know much about this subject.. Btw, my grow area will be in Toronto. Much thanks from a first time grower.
This may be the stupidest question you get this year, but, I have a 16 inch fan on full speed over my plants to keep the temp to about 77, and that's with air from outside. I'm wondering if the high fan speed will have any effect on resin product,..no, if the wind is too strong the leafs will show over feeding like looks... i.e. it looks like they are over fed (leafs are burns on edges and generally look bad) but in actuality they are experiencing "wind burn" just watch out for that... meaning, could it dry the buds out as fast as the resin is produced sort of thing? no I think you know what I mean, it sounds stupid, but that's a good sized fan and it really makes me wonder. Thank you for your thoughts. I love these fans, as long as they are not directly blasting AT/ON the plant they are a blessing... good air movement is absolutely essential... mine are blasting at the ceiling so the air moves around the plants bouncing off of the ceiling, so the main assault of the strong air movement is deflected by the ceiling... you can see the plants moving .. rather rocking gently... rocking gently is what you want...
I live fairly close to toronto so I have the same weather basically....Is it too late now to start more seeds????? not at all.. technically you scan start until June 10 or so....
Can I harvest a couple big buds at 6 weeks? you can, the high will be shorter then "normal" and let the rest of the plant grow 8 weeks? sure, but try to take smaller buds and not the very very tops, cutting the tops will stunt them for a week....will it stress the plant? yes but its not like it will affect the quality of the bud or the health of the plant, in general.. .I understand the smoke wont be as good, yes but its WW. also I know the taste wont be very good and harsh. I guess all I care about is if the one still in the oven will keep going strong? I would prefer not to touch them until the very end .. but it wont kill them..
hey, i have a 3.5 x 3.5 foot closet space which is 3.5 feet in height. i have 4 fluorescent bulbs of 150 watts each set up in each top corner. how many plants do u think i can fit in their. I would have 5 plants blooming in 6 or 8 inch pots (but you still start with 10 seeds, once you find males you kill them, if you have more then 5 females you kill them as well)... the bloom cycle must begin before they reach 12 inches in height or they will get too tall...
how about a guide for outdoor growing?...starting the seeds + taking care of them until they are few inches high INDOORS is the same as growing indoors, fluorescent lights will do, no need for HID... then you still use promix and still use the same nutrients... the bloom cycle begins June 20th and ends late august... from seed till July 1 you feed veg food from July till the end you feed bloom food..... but there is no way I can put together something now.. too much writing... but it is a good idea for sure...
What are the maximum number of mother plants I can sustain under 250w HID starting from seeds may be 4 or 5 plants, bloomed at 1, or 1.5 feet tall.., from clones 20 at most bloomed without any veg time..... and to what height? because its a 250W and a bit weak, the plants will (even a bushy indica will stretch) triple in size by the time they are done (8 weeks form bloom), so they will end up 3 or 4 feet tall
How do I prevent my mother plant from growing over 2 feet? Do I just keep cutting the top off of the plant? exactly, not more often then once a week but essentially you must clip her or she will easily overgrow the closet... personally I allow them to get bigger like 2 or 3 feet tall, take the clones I want and then cut the plant in half (or more) ..... down to a foot
So is there anything I can do besides tying them over to get just as much yield tying them over works on stringy (tall and not very bushy) plants like mostly sativa.. but it adds 2 or 3 weeks to your veg cycle... and may not be worth it for beginners on a shorter plant?.Some times the word super cropping comes up what that? as I understand super cropping it means that you either clip the very few inches of the top of the plant OR pinch the very tops a week before going into bloom.... this bushes out the plants more, do either of these two things a week before bloom , but do it only once...Thanks for all the advice
Hi Mark: When growing outdoors can you just dig a small hole & plant the seed? you can but sprouting them 1st indoors and then transplanting outdoors is better... you have more control over the process and they are expensive seeds, aren't they, just planting outdoors does not mean they will all sprout (they should but you know how it is, you cant control weather) Do you have to add nutrients not at first, later when they are few inches tall yes or can you simply just plant them in the ground & leave them? . leave things to nature and sometimes ..yes you can and many have done this but its hard to control anything weather-water-nature-wise thus anything can happen...When does bloom set in? 20th June solstice Will the plants survive without nutrients etc?.. if there is other plants around that means there is plenty of food around so they should be fine... but its not necessarily the nutrients they need but water... when they are young (like under a foot) they may not have roots long enough to get down to the ground water so they may need some help, later as they grow up they should be ok...
So my plants are from seeds so I should not pinch them? I would not recommend pinching when doing it for the first time from seeds, it can be stressful to the plants Does it do them more harm then good? yes and no, .. it wont kill them or anything..but it can be stressful so I generally would not do it....
Hey Mark good day, I recently got some early girl seeds and heard there good for outdoors as well as in. Have you had good results with this strain? Is it a Oz a plant say outdoors? early girl is a good strain for outdoors, it grows big and fairly bushy... she likes open spaces but overall its an easy one to take care of...
Hi, I just bought some WWxBuddah seeds, im going to grow outdoors in a pot, in my backyard. And i was wondering if i should start the seeds indoors under just a fluorescent light or start it in the pot outside. start inside first until they are few inches high, nature can be finicky, its better to keep your eye on them at the beginning...I kind of want this to just yield big (obviously) but i was wondering what things i go do to ensure that. use promix, don't over feed them, start slowly, read the guide... growing outside is like growing under a 1000W light so the same advice applies.. but at first under fluorescent plants take it easy on feeding and watering...
hey mark how are u ,how many plants can be put under a 1000 watt in 6"pots thx, anywhere from 50 to 20 but bloomed short... if 50 veg for 2 or 3 days (from clones they would be 6 inches) and bloom, if you have 20 veg for 1-2 weeks and bloom (the would be about 10-12 inches), form seeds it takes longer to get them to the correct heights..... if you want less plants I would go with bigger pots, the 10 inch at least, and longer veg time... have a great day,room 5x5x5 i can go higher with slight mods of the room.good to have u around medical patients like me depend on it...thx again. p.s. i am a member. a 1000W can only handle 5 x 5 area so if you increase the space then its only for you to move around the plants which is very very valuable if you want to spot mites and potential problems early...
I am ready to try and get clones from my plants to determine sex. A few of my plants have some really big leaves. Will the roots develop quicker if I take a clone with the big leaves or should I get a clone with smaller leaves? smaller leafs are better... bigger leafs can be cut in half but often they will die anyway so its actually better to curt them off ..Do I make the cut close to the main stem or do I make the cut to the length that I want the clone to be? Some of my branches are more than 4in long. I am going to purchase another light to keep up my mother plant and clones. Would 400w MH do the job or can I go with something smaller? fluorescent lights will do just fine but I prefer the HID even if its a 250W, 400W is nice...Will it do anything to the plants if I switch from my 1000w and put them under 400w? they will grow a little slower and will stretch more which is actually better for mother and clones.... Is it normal for older leaves to die off? absolutely ..My plants look good, but I have a few older leaves that are dying off. I don't like picking leafs off for esthetics, but if the leaf is dead dead dead take it off... otherwise its better to leave it...Thanks!
Hi Mark, This is my second grow and I have a problem with my plants. The leaves are rolling up on the sides and starting to twist. I raised the temps, but they are still doing it. And I just got some Epsom Salts, I am not convinced salts are the best for this... but try on one plant and wait 24 hours...but I'm not sure how much to use. tea spoon for 22 liters of water Thank You Bernie...when I'm not sure what to do I mix food at 25% of regular strength and water them like that for a week... then if they lose some green I increase the nutrients....
Mark wrote; "I use as on a lable a teaspoon of DNF per 20 L of water.... on top of nutrients... I never used it on tables so I can not say anything ... for tables I used PK-13-14 ...." Mark do you use DNF every time you water considering we feed every watering? I add it every single time starting in the the 3rd week of bloom and ending in the 6th...or Once a week? my plants in 12 inch pots suck water every 3 days. .Thanks
Just wondering what the pros and cons for pinching are for plants from clones its a must but for plants from seeds its often stressful .....If its a good idea how and when should it be done. a week before bloom or when they are about 6 to 10 inches high... THANKS
just wondering mar...im going to veg my plants inside under 24 hour light in pots...when is a good time to put them outside?? mid july????...if the weather is not below freezing you can do it mid-may, and the summer looks promising... if the nights drop to to 5 or below then its too early...
Just a note to Mark..these spams are not computer generated, they are individually posted...just over and over.....you DO have someone trying to mess with your site...( computer gen spam do not appear at random only in single blocks.) BUT dont sweat it ..whoever... will eventually give up /lose interest.....it is too bad we have SUCH LOSERS in this world..but we do....GREAT site Mark.. I'm not hurt, erase button is easy to push... but if someone is so hurt to do this day in and day out I would like to hear why?
You may remember I was asking about a SOG grow I'm doing, even though the plants were overlapping I was waiting until they showed sex before removing any - to get the males of course ... Well, I'm just about 2 weeks into bloom now and they are all clearly showing sex - every freakin' one of them is female! I was wondering if something like that might happen because they were all very close in height, the ones that were taller weren't much taller, you know ... so, even though this is a good thing I'm not sure what to do. remove excess, I know it sucks but if you have to its better to kill one then make them all suffer... They are all beautiful plants and it's really going to hurt to pull out females .yes it will.. my question is, is it worth it? definitely If I don't, they're going to be pretty damn crowded come harvest time as they are 2 inches (some more) overlapping now. Will my yield be better by making space (by pulling females - ouch!) or should I just go for it? Thanks. if you allow them to continue like this they will all have small and fluffy buds, ... sacrifice one or two for the sake of them all...
I should have said that differently when talking about the possible yields given in the guide ... rather than saying they are 'per area' I should have said 'per area in accordance with the lighting you are using' or something like that ... but you knew that anyway, right Buddy? Now this is why I should keep my mouth shut and let Mark answer ... I think I hear cheering. :-) I don mind help that's correct :-)
Buddy, I'm noticing a difference in your posts lately ... you seem to be calming down and thinking things through more ... just wanted to say congrats! It appears you're moving away from the total newbie panic phase into a smarter type grower, for lack of a better way to say it. :-) If you have 6 plants and are keeping one for a mother, that leaves 5 for flowering ... you will not get 5 ounces per plant indoors, which is what you would need to hit that goal of 25 ounces. I hope you understand that when Mark gives those 'general' figures in the guide, he is really talking about how much you 'could' get within a specific area, i.e., a 4x4 space, 5x5 etc. For example, you could grow more plants smaller, or less plants bigger, but you would need to fill the space to approximate the yields he describes in the guide. (I may not have explained that very well (and I hope I'm remember it right :-)) but Mark is going to straighten me out when he gets time, no doubt.) pretty good understanding of the process you have my son... :-)
Im trying to decided which of my six 23 day old plants will be my mother. I have one that has been looking very good from the start with long and broad leaves. The leaves are between 5 and 6 inches long and 1 to 1 3/4 inches wide on 90% of the plant. My smallest plant has leaves that are 3 to 3 1/2 inches long and 1 to 1 1/2 inches wide. Both are near in height. Can you tell what type of smoke you will get from the plant by the leaf structure or is it basically the same with the strain? I could write a book on this but in short fatter broader leaf indicates heavy traits of indica and short , long leafs indicate sativa... indica makes a great yielder and sativa makes a great smoke, pick something in between if you get just one mother... BUT the difference is noticeable to a real connoisseur only, usually involves smoking for years and years and years... otherwise you should just go for yield, i.e. indica .I have NL x Buddha. My plants are 7 to 8 inches tall and I was wondering at what height would be best to put them into bloom. This is my first grow, but I want to know at what height do I need to start bloom to reach 25 ounces as the guide says. I would wait until they are 1.5 feet tall OR I would think of blooming when the majority of the square foottage under the light is covered with plants, as in when you look from above are they all pretty much touching? even just so... if yes its time to bloom because even in the 1st two weeks of bloom they will double in size and completely cover up this area... at the end of 2nd week strip off the bottom 3rd of the plant so the tops get bigger... .... I probably won't reach it, but I would like to know for future reference. I reach 20 oz per 1000W so good luck :-), I also have a question about stressing my plants. In the grow guide it says not to let plants touch each other. My plants are not touching each other, but some have leaves that are touching the pot no problem and laying on the edge of the pot. they may die, naturally.... as the plant gets bigger, i wound not worry and once in bloom I would not take off any leafs.. even half dying I am using 1000w lighting.
JUst wondering if I can grow out side under a plastic roof all year long . if its transparent enough probably yes, if its so dim it wont let proper light in the plants will get really tall, not bushy and yield little...
hey, do you need any forms of ID to purchase seeds from the toronto420 seedbank if you appear below 18 we will ask for ID, other then that its like a beer store.... or can I just walk in and purchase with cash. yes of course I've heard of cops getting warrants to posses names and addresses of purchases. that is if you are actually organized enough to keep any records, I am not organized enough to keep anything past a week, call me after a week and I wont be able to find any order, being a pothead has its charms :-)... PS. I have been raided and they only want to know if we sell pot, which I don't to non-medical users, they don't really care about seeds or the little closets they go into...Also Im growing in my cornfields this summer and wont be able to tend and water them much. What seeds from the 420 seedbank do you recommend for good yields and decent quality buds. thnx... I can not answer this without sounding like a sales man... bottom line is that they all do well outdoors, really, but I guess summertime x buddha historically gives least headaches...
The department has said it plans eventually to end its licensing of home-grown dope, forcing all medical users to buy their supplies directly from the government, perhaps through pharmacy distribution. ...yeah, yeah, conservative Harper dreams, this has been promised for years, I mean years... now they have new tender process for another company to grow so it will take another 2 years before anything happens... Prairie Plant Systems now couriers the weed in 30-gram packets directly to users Is this really going to happen that we will lose our right to grown our own medicine?, no because its a judicially appointed right which means we will take them to court... we won before we will will this time...
I just wanted to say I saw a news piece a couple of days ago..regardless of the message they were talking about...News Net(CFTO) made it very clear they wanted to the public to come away with the info that ...legal medical M users owe the Gov...500,000 bucks in back payments...forget it is b/c the weed is crap H.C. actually screws up a fairly decent strain by homoganizing it...grinding it up...and patients dont want to pay for garbage....but the Media has the idea of bad mouthing medical users with the general public with this info....I just wrote this b/c I read the guys piece about owing 2k...dude make sure you tell folks Why... indeed
Hi Mark great advice you're offering here. I'd like to know how much Viagra would you need to feed the plants to assure only females. never heard of this...Maybe you can fake the page one day & collect the ip of our little friend with the issues. ahhh, I'm not even annoyed yet...
I ordered 2 different seeds ww xxx (10) and juicy fruit x northern lights X skunk (5)... all 5 juicy fruit seeds germinated, but none of the ww xxx germinated,I think the seeds were bad...can you please help?. thanks strange but it does happen, call me 1-647-835-4212 Monday to Friday from 9am to 3pm and I will replace them
hi can anyone explain to me why my bud is a bit grassy used bio bizz and canna pk for nutes nice stone but grassy taste?????????? perhaps you should leach more BUT if its not a question of leaching then its just the taste that is "created" with this combo of nutrients.... I can taste certain nutrients... even with heavy leaching..
Bernie... I know this isn't what you're looking for, but, I always put blocks under the shorter plants to get them all the same height under the light, you know, so that the canopy is as 'level' as possible. If you don't find the answer you're looking for, maybe you can do this...I do that too I often place the smallest plants on the edge but on a crate or a box... to bring it closer to the light.... or you can always place the tallest on the edges and the smallest on the inside right under the light...
Hi Mark, What is the best way to get all of my plants about the same size? this can only be achieved (easily and successfully) with clones, from seeds its a game to get them all the same size... And how is it done? by pinching the taller plants which bushes them out and leaving the smaller plants un-pinched... it takes a pinched plant a week to "catch" up to its original schedule and it leaves the smaller plants time to grow taller.... by with seeds I would prefer to kind of leave them alone as often the males are the tallest and they will be killed anyways....Thank you for answering my last question (and Stoned Observer), I raised the temps, turned down the fan, and got some Epsom Salts.
Hi Mark: I am day 18 of bloom & I want to trim 1/3 bottom off. How exactly do I do that. use scissors Do I cut the lower branches off? yes anything that is positioned low on the stem and gets no light because of shade from other branches and/or leafs or becasue they are just too big for the space..., do this all at once but only once... do not repeat in a week or whatever... Any special type of scissors or anything needed for this? nope I have never done this before. I hope you get the idea that you do this because some branches get no light, not just for the sake of "trimming".. if they get no light they should be cut.... if the lower branches still get (direct) light then I would not trip or trim less...
Its very hard for me to understand why Health Canada has to be so difficult, were all sick people one way or another. What else can we do? Last few times I called them I had to leave a message with the supply line & I only had my call returned once. This dating back many months ago & I have not called since. ...a repeat story, they were mandated by courts to do this therefore they do not want to do it especially with conservatives in power... delays are the only option they have..
Oh ya by the way to anyone thats legal & buying cannabis from health canada, its not worth the money, The pot is (AVERAGE AT BEST)lol & thats not saying much. Its surely not worth the 2k I owe them. Just a head's up. you're not the only one...
Hi Mark: I owe Health Canada over $2000.00 plus interest in cannabis. Will this effect my license renewal? no, the money you owe is NOT related to the permit, they can not deny you the permit... they can deny you more cannabis on credit from them but not the permit...The hours are counting away & still no card. I am very displeased with Health Canada's service. I just can't believe that I sent my renewal form off to them over 3 months ago. call them and I hope you have copies becasue chances are they will tell you "we don't have it yet"...Thats just crazy, like what the hell are they doing? I don't even bother calling them. Just a waste of time & BS. indeed As far as I can say legal or not fuck'em. Peace you are legal just its just hard to explain...
So Mark, from reading an earlier post about the licence please tell me if this is correct: I have my forms filled out by doctor, sent them to government and waiting for licence. Am I okay now, am I considered to have the licence to possess? by law yes if you have a copy of the papers you mailed to Health Canada... I am saying this because Health Canada has lost 1 out of 3 mails I ever send them so you MUST have a copy with date when it was signed by the doctor in case they say they never got it and you have to fax it to them later, call them to find out...also I have to say that an average cop does not know or understand the permit AT ALL so having a lawyers number around is handy , you can also keep our number around but you must be a member of TIME before I start calling our lawyers.. ... And considered licenced by You? no I have no secret powers for assistance other than on here?
i have 2 plants that have ben doing good they are starting to bud but i need to know how long i let them bud for or if i should be cutting them as soon as they bud please help me enyone my email address is FroggerSmo ke y@Y ahoo.ca they were grown just buy the sunlight in the window if you take them on the window they will start to re-veg in a month or even now.... and there will be no bud... they will bud again in late july
forget this fag Rick ..who cares..Mark just deletes his mental shit..and then we all laugh at the dumb ass ya
in my opinion, if the problem is all over the plant then i would think its a Mg-deficiency in which case is easily fixed with 1/4 teaspoon/gallon of Epsom salts but if the problem is only on the top parts of the plants, then i would think it has too do with the light being to close to the canopy. if they otherwise look fine, aside from leaf edges curling UP, i would not know what to say, perhaps its too early to judge without knowing any other details of the grow in question, Still i think its best to hear Mark's answer, i just thought i might be able to help.
Hi Mark, I'm at the start of my second grow(12th day day of veg), and I have some problems that I didn't have in my first grow. First the leaves are curling or rolling up from the sides (not the end tips). And the leaves seem to be thinner than in my first grow, what could be causing this. I've been keeping temps between 73-67F, is this to low. yes, at this low temperature they absorb water and nutrients half as fast as if it was around 75-80... so in that case I would water less often and mix half as much nutrients as before... curling could be from either over feeding and low temperatures or both.. to compensate I would bring the light closer to them to get the temperature up and they usually recover with in days, if this does not help then it may be some form of nutrinet deficiency issue .... Thank You, Bernie
We WILL find you Rick. Just gives a little time... I sure hope you like filthy, dog-breath 300 pound back door bangers who see you as a new piece of meat. That's exactly who your going to be spending a very long time with in jail once we get you... and we will... a little more time... i just wish the Spam would go away...
Mark, I have one little thing that drives me crazy and can't figure out what it could be. I have done a number of grows now and have perfected my technique to the point where my plants are consistently healthy and yields are good ... except for this one little problem. Some of my plants, it's never all of them, but on some the very tip of a portion of the fan leaves will be white, or whitish. It's very small and only at the very tip of the leaves. Sometimes with a new set of leaves from a new node they will all have the white tip and sometimes they don't. It doesn't appear to affect anything as the plants are beautifully healthy otherwise; still, it drives me nuts not knowing what causes it. Your ideas are more than welcomed. Thank you. ....mixing of the nutrients would be the only thing I can think of... with some nutrients (like powders instead of liquids) its easy to mix incorrectly because of little amounts like on your fingers and/or just being not careful enough... when you are mixing powders its just easier to add enough to burn the plants a bit but not by a lot.. mold would damage your crop so its no a virus .. that's all I got..:-)
Ricks a dick..the spammers a goof....he must be gay....or just brain thick......and yes a child porn lover!!!! i may have to find a new forum...
Is it possible for plants to be ready ahead of the 7 -8 (60-63 days) week scheduale..if the difference is 7 or less days (between the time you expect to harvest and the time they "look" ready) then its ok and I would not see this as a problem however if its more then 7 days difference then I would assume that something has gone wrong.... timer is broken, I over fed, under fed, over water ..etc..... .i am 45 days into bud....all my hairs are turned..all my trichs are cloudy and thick..they look ready as ever..is this possible..can aggresive feeding do this??????????...its early but not unusual, over feeding does push them to finish quicker... but you are a bit too quick.. and I would either blame this on 1. plants tell you what they want you jhust have to look thus, plants are ready, time to leach who cares what the lable says about timing and 2. there is something odd I'm doing or there is something in the environment that's not "perfect"... you say you feed aggressively this would say that may be you should pull back on some plants next time around.... feed some more but feed some less just to see the difference.. some species respond (in yield) better when you give them just the right amounts of food... some like less and some like more then what the label says they should get...
I wanted to crop my girls slowly, not all at once, one or two at a time [ wanted some girls to grow longer to increase THB ,THD ].....can I leach by running water (by this I mean 25% nuts/water, I will call "clear W "and then straight water as last 2 leaching ...sounds right...) through 5 gal pales ..[how do I explain]...alot..keep running "clear W" through pales 5 0r 6 times ( over drain of course) too quick leach the girls then... leave under lights for another day or ...so...?????...let them use up nuts that are in the plant then cut and trim/hang and dry..in bloom it takes 2 to 3 days for the plant to process the food, in veg it would take 24 hours......does this effectively/ properly leach..???? as a quick method or is there no way to replace slowly reducing nuts over several watering cycles(days) etc...as in normal leaching????... there is many tricks but unfortunately its not about "washing" the roots, its about the plant absorbing this "low" nutrient formula and processing it... by having less in the leafs and buds... this means that it takes at least 3 or 4 days for a plant to get rid of nutrients in the leafs and buds... so at very very minimum you need a single leaching with 25% nutrients and 3 to 4 days of time... 2 times is preferable which takes 6 days and 3 is desirable whish takes about 9 days... the longer you do it the cleaner the bud....
sup dood i have a question about growing outdoors. is there anything in particular i need to watch out for besides the basics? ...water them and feed them well, that's all, thee is no secrets... and i am going to be growing "bag seeds" what kinda buds can i look forward too if i do everything right? ....all depends on the season, if its a good one you will get a lot, if its rainy and cloudy you will not.... i grew indoors once with "bag seeds" n florescent lights n got some nice looking buds sparse (because of the 400W...if you had a 1000W) but good. and one more question how long would it take to fully flower a few plants in a ten gallon hydro system with a 250 watt light? ...bloom period takes the same time no matter what light you have .... usually 8 weeks + time spend on vegging them..thanx alot your sooo helpfull
Hi Mark: I am abit concerned as my medical permit expires in the next few days & I have not yet received my new card. I mailed my renewal form to health canada last week of January. Did you have this problem Mark when you got your renewal card? always late always delayed...Its a pretty unsettling feeling in my gut knowing the cops could be pounding down my door soon & breaking my lights, killing my plants, & god knows what else. Any advice? Thank You!...by law the permit becomes valid when the doctor signs the documents and NOT when Health Canada gives you the card.... so as long as you have a signed copy of the documents you send to Health Canada that is actually your permit... I hope you kept a copy....
my plants are about 2ft. I have turned the lights to 12\12 (1 week). For the past three maybe four weeks they have been going yellow. \now they are very yellow and one has black spots on most the leaves. Any idea how I can save them? I fertized them with miricale grow every onther week unit I noticed they were yellowing. I have not used any since. Aprox. 4 weeks. No improvement. The grow light is 1000w in a 4ft area. I have had problems keeping the heat down. But with fans and exaust it is normally 28 C. It has climbed as high as 39C..that temperature can kill them or at least make very small buds.... they are most likely yellowing because you give them no food i.e. nutrients... I don't like miracle grow however as long as you are careful you can can mix it at 1 ml per 1 liter of water.... 4 weeks without food under 1000W would definitively yellow the plants.... you should first give them veg food for a week and then switch to bloom formula....
I have heard of a method of growing where, to make it short, fan leaves that cover buds and others are removed during flowering until, at harvest time, there is nothing left but bud and the small bud leaves, like a bare plant with just buds on it. Supposedly people do this so that more (and eventually all) of the plant's energy goes into making buds instead of wasting the energy on fan leaves. I might not have explained it very well but I guess you'll get the idea and maybe you've heard of it so you'll know what I mean. Have you? and is there any truth to the idea that you end up with fatter, tighter buds? Sounds a little crazy to me. I know especially beginners probably shouldn't be cutting fan leaves off, but even for an experienced person, is there value in this method? Thanks. about 3 weeks into bloom you are supposed to strip the bottom 1/3 of the foliage off of the plant... this gets rig of the smaller buds and leafs that suck up energy and makes the top buds bigger and denser, however I have never heard of a method where you take off fan leafs throughout the bloom cycle... this would leave the plant weak and vulnerable to stress....
Brad: I may be new to Mark's method of growing but I do have a few good years under my belt with more complicated grows. My experience has been that it is never worth re-vegging after a harvest. Believe it or not I have actually tried it. many have ... takes too long, months
Is it possible to get more that one flowering cycle out of a plant by cutting the flowers off and then putting the plant back into veg until it heals itself?..its possible but, its quicker to get new plants growing then to wait for them to recover
Just to clarify; when I said "1/4 strength GH" I actually meant 1/4 of the seedling amount, that would not affect the plants negatively not the full veg formula, which is significantly stronger. for sure..I have been working from the guide stating that, to paraphrase, "nutes formulations are designed for 1000W light source; so you have to mix half that for a 400W light". I figured, to start, I should play it extra safe, so I went with the 1/4 of seedling formula. I just didn't expect the lag in watering to occur. It's cool though, I'm taking notes and learning. Thanks Mark. when there is no roots to suck up the water and the temperatures are not too hot then the first time you water may take weeks to dry out... as the roots grow bigger the plants suck up more water...
I'm using SOG and am a week into bloom. Grown from seed and haven't pulled the males because sex is not clear yet. The plants are now overlapping each other by about an inch, some areas, a little more. I'm wondering if I should take an educated guess and pull some of the taller plants (more likely male) Its hard to say but I would pull out the biggest (probably, hopefully male) plant (just one at first) and give them that extra space.. if you can move them around, if not I would wait a week....to free up space or, at only a week into bloom, am I okay to leave them as I would expect to know which are male for sure in another week or so. that's why its hard to say for sure. I'm just not clear on how badly overcrowding will affect yield, especially when it's only temporary. Thanks to anyone who cares to comment....if you can move them around removing one plant would be best but if not wait a week..
buddy- be extremely careful getting your plants 12" from the 1000w bulb. that is close to optimal for distance but if your environmental conditions aren't perfect they wont like it. 16" is safer and works perfect once they're 8-10" tall or so. wait till after your plants have been in the big pots for a week before upping your nutrients at all above a "weak" dosage. the first week theyre getting accustomed to their new home and arent growing much. plants are always happiest when they are working hard for their roots. too much food or too frequent watering equals lazy, sickly unproductive plants that dont need to work to survive. dont be afraid to come close to wilting your plants IN VEG. once your plants are a foot+ tall they will be more forgiving to mistakes feeding. pretty good advice...
are you suppose to smoke the leaves or throw them away .... Russians smoke them and when you have nothing else, you know...also leafs contain crystals which is basically what hash is made of....
I'm back again. I thank everyone for there input. I feel like I have children. I finally slept a whole night without getting up to look at my plants.LOL My plants are 17 days old under 24hr 1000w lighting. A few days ago I transferred my plants into 5 gallon pots and moved the light down to 18 inches. My plants are between 4 and 5 inches and have 3 to 4 nodes. Is this too small for NL x Buddha at 17 days? ....from seeds it ok , normally when you want those picture perfect plants they would have to be clones....When I put them in the 5 gallon pots I used 1/2tsp Flora Nova per gallon on 5 plants and 1tsp on one. I don't see any problems yet. On my next watering I am going to increase feeding by 1/2tsp on each plant and use one as a tester for higher dosage feeding. VERY VERY good idea.... but I think you should be more then ok with a spoon ... I know this nutrient and it is very forgiving,... being organic and all... How long before I can move my lights to 12 inches? any time really....once they "take" 18 inches feel free to experiment, just make sure there is an oscillating fan always there...Once plants get well rooted is it harder or easier to kill them?....depends how hard you're trying... but once they have roots they become stronger for sure.... As fast as these plants got root bound in my smaller pots, I figure they will start growing like crazy in these bigger pots. ....don't grow them too big as too big is also not good.... too many plants bunched together yields less then when they have proper space... and yes they should take off now... they could put on an inch every couple of days...Thanks again to everyone who offers input on my questions. Less is more, less is more, less is more. LOL I find myself saying that phrase everyday now.
WILL A MOTHER PLANT SURVIVE IF I USE THE SEA OF GREEN METHOD SPACE IS A ISSUE ... the plant will survive but she may be susceptible to mites and molds... I don't want to discourage you at all as I had many mother in a tiny space.... but you just need to be that much extra careful....usually this means to add less food the recommended ....
WHAT STRAIN IS BEST FOR OUT DOOR BEGINNERS .... there is no such thing as generally speaking anything heavy indica is easy to grow... but I find summertime x buddha very easy and ... yields well as well....
I forgot to include this info: - 400W MH (a little more than a foot above the tops). - a box fan blowing into the closet (not worried about smell right now). - 3 gallon pots of promix (pre-watered with 3L tap water and 1/4 GH nutes). - 6 plants total (3 salvaged Buddha fems and 3 Mango undetermined sex). - plants are about 15 cm tall (a little small for 3 weeks, yes?). Thanks again....it is odd a bit that you don't see the need to re-water them, 3 weeks is a long time and by now I would expect them to need water .... it is possible they don't need water BUT if you do re-water make sure you soak the pot, not just add a little bit of water, soak it and wait to dry again...., hopefully they will pick up more water as they grow... my bet is that as you pre-soaked the promix the first time it was actualy unnecessary IF not deadly... deadly I mean that they would be stunted a bit at first.. they do pick up growing eventually and will grow well but at first they behave a bit lethargic...... the next time you water you should again add the same amount of nutrients.... if you overfed them before you still have to give them nutrients the next time...
Hi Mark, Having only grown in a more "pure" hydro form I'm a little lost in regards to watering and feeding. I've gone through the guide and am still a bit unclear of something. I put my seedlings into 3 gallon pots (pre-watered with 1/4 strength GH nutes). this is where I would disagree, chances are the seedling would have been overfed .... at this point of their live I would not add any nutrients.... That was 3 weeks ago and the pots don't really seem all that dry. that in itself is not too unusual as they would have no roots to absorb the food....I mean they're more dry than before (and maybe could use some water/food, hard to say). if there is no root system to absorb it all they will take their sweet time...Anyway, is this normal? nothing you describe here is unusual unless after 3 weeks you still see no plant, no roots, but if there is a plant (you are not too clear) then its ok....Should I water/feed them now or wait another few weeks (maybe), I would wait, however if you do re-water make sure you soak it, not just add a little bit, soak it and wait again...... when they are much more dry? This is kind of throwing off my schedule. That's OK though. I need to calm down. Thanks
Hi Mark, I've a question about reusing promix as it's time to start seeds indoors for my outdoor veggie,flower and herb (culinary)gardens. Plants grown in a 20L pail were flushed for 1-2 weeks using Pro Blend Pro Bloom at a rate of 3ml/4L . Regular feeding was 15ml/4L and a boost shot of 20ml/4L (430HPS). Feeding interval is approx 10 days, wet/feather dry cycle using 6L at the mentioned rate. As I don't want a "bloom" fert on seedlings (if any at all) do you think enough would be flushed out? I recall either from you or the promix site not retaining nutrients but I don't recal if it is little or no nutes. I've been storing in gargbage bags over the winter waiting to spread on flower beds, but if I can reuse I will. Thanks again. I have reused successfully but I tried to take out as many roots as possible because they could rot (small chance and I never had a problem), however other that this is a major pain in the ass it's totally ok to reuse promix....
i want to grow out doors this summer but i dont want to tend to them to much i would like nature to help me grow them. you would have to plant them 3 to 4 feet above ground water usually but the lake or stream ... other then this its not easy to do this in the cheap...what kind of strain would i need that can grow them selfs with a little help also would it hurt the plants to use a all purpose slow release fertalizer not the best nutrient available...
i was just wondering, i have an air filter i bought from walmart and it has an ionizer can kill plant matter so do not point that thing directly at the plants aswell as a replaceable carbon filter. will this work to take the smell away? not completely, it will take out 80% of the smell but the pungent smell will still remain
No chance of poly touching light. It is not flapping around or anything, a little more air going in and everything is ok with poly now. I guess I just created a vacuum that was somewhat surprising. Just our of curiosity with a 1000 MH how close do you put your babies to the light? 2 feet but start at 4 and inch them closer with in a week...I seem to be doing ok under very challenging room conditions. But it is a little hot at times. Will be adding some a/c soon. Hey Mark, why do you think that some stuff just does not burn bud that was not leached long enough, as in there is too much nutrients left in the bud to burn at all and some burns forever?
Aaron, how many ounces from one seed? Here's your answer: Anywhere from nothing to 4 pounds. Sound good? Let me explain... indoors, nothing if you screw up, 1/2 an ounce if you're a beginner, 2 ounces if you know what you're doing and everything in between and more. Outdoors, maybe something even if you screw up, 8 ounces if you don't do anything too stupid and Mother Nature has a crush on you, a pound if she is in love with you and you NEVER do anything stupid, and 4 pounds if you're an expert grower growing outside in great conditions with an indica dominant variety and you happen to be Mother Nature's own son, and, everything in between and less. Really Aaron, there are so many variables involved there's no way someone can give you a specific amount. It's time to do some reading my friend, lots of reading ... THEN, maybe grow a little.
Buddy, I thought you were going to stop being paranoid about your plants. :-) C'mon man, you're gonns ruin them if you don't relax a bit....just trying to help you.
if done properly how many ounces should be made from one seed. And where is the easie4st place to grow plants indoors.
Since I want short and bushy as can be when would you suggest the soonest that I can top them off. How short? Thank you I top them at 5 inches ...
buddy- if the leaves arent doing any good they will die and fall off on their own. until then, best to ignore them and let them do their thing. if theres any green showing at all they are doing more good than harm...
Hey Rick, just because you need viagra doesn't mean you have to advertise here. Get a life dude.
I have a few leaves that are dying. Can I just cut off the dead parts which are about half of the leaves or just cut the whole leaf off? Plants are two weeks old. I do not recommend you do until the leafs are completely dead.... even if its a little green it still provides nutrients to the plant....
yeah i was wondering as well, if there is a chance, you might be able to get those "Heavenly Sweet" seeds back? trying but the person isn't contacting me...
Ok so as for drying, Ive seen these plastic storage totes with a carbon filter on the bottom with the fan blowing out, and there is screens that you lay the herbs on above it. have you or anyone tried something like this? it dries it too fast, it will work but ultimately its not the optimum way to dry... I was just wondering if it would "suck" the THC off the buds? no it says mold isn't a problem nor smell. too good to be true? if you want to have no smell it's a good method, I try to bring out the smell and taste...
high mark have been watching closely for months WAITING for the 420 G13 u keep saying u WILL BE GETTING SHORTLY!!! any updates as of when?????? I have problems getting in touch with the person in charge of those seeds..
hey mark, hows it going?i got a couple questions for you.i think i got a hermi.it has flowers ,and balls right under the flower.question is, its 27 days 12/12,did i catch it in time? unknown really until harvest... it doesn't look like the ball sacks have open. also, will a hermi still bud? yes it will just be seedy, right? yes but the number of seeds can vary greatly i took it out and put it in a 2 by 2 closet with 2, 75 watt,2foot flou.im gonna get a round 75 watt flou wed. will the plant be alright with that? you have a very small wattage and that can create additional stress, but ... its just a factor... im not having very good luck am i mark HAHAHA!!! thanks for all your help mark....plants stress a lot under low wattage lights... so you need to be very careful about their environment...
ken, any chance that poly could pull off and touch your light? that wouldn't be so good. why don't you just make the intake a little bigger? sounds like the air is going out faster than it's coming in. (never would of figured that one out, eh? LOL) just thinking, I wouldn't leave it like that if it were me ....
hey mark, in general, would you mix a heavier solution of nutrients with indica heavier or sativa lower, or no difference? thanks ....
Hello Mark and all readers. Well my room is working so far. I have some babies about 2 inches in height. Still hard for me to tell if they need water but I will get use to it. Inside growing is much different than outside. I think I have good ventilation (out any ways). My poly is lifting away from the walls, does this mean I should add some intake air to the room? always good, install an intake now or when your temperatures go high, an intake would lower temperatures... but given that you vent into another room and not outside, its all an experiment from here... Is it a big problem? Even if I leave door open the polly is pulling from the wall. intake would help to help with this... What do you think of these seeds that I can get from a friend, Pearl, Sweet Diesel (or did she say Sour Diesel lol) or Blue Mountain. ...all good but it depends how you respond to them... its all individual.. To remind you my room is 1/2 of a wine cellar that is in the basement. I vented out from the room into the other half of wine cellar, air smelled musty and was better when I opened the main door into the basement from the room outside my grow room, does that make any sense to you? Could I fix the stale air in another way without opening my main door to basement? there is no other way then to ventilate into completely separate room or out outside .... everything else is a half measure...
How much DNF bud booster should I add to 30 gallons of water? I used that stuff about a year ago & it sent my ph sky high. You say use just abit, but How much is that?...I use as on a lable a teaspoon of DNF per 20 L of water.... on top of nutrients... I never used it on tables so I can not say anything ... for tables I used PK-13-14 ....
Thanks again Mark for your advice!
I have a small room full of new clones from different plants (i.e. future potential mothers I hope). I accidentally turned the light off for 18 hours or so, this after 3 weeks of 24/0. I have changed the light back to 24/0 - have I stressed the plants enough to compromise them as future mothers? Thanks! no, one day is not a problem... if this was in bloom and you switched from 12/12 to 18/6 then it would be a disaster.... but in veg it would take at least 3 or 4 days to stress the plants and even then they would only take a week to recover.. so you should be fine...
Are advanced nutrients worth the money? if they pay me yes, right now no...I would rather save the few hundred dollars it would cost me. by all means I use only Hydrotech (in house brand) A and B (very very generic and cheap)... and DNF bud booster.. not cheap but very very concentrated so you don't need much... everything else if questionable at best....
The edges of my leaves are curling up and wrinkled. more of an over feeding issue but if you water too often than this would also cause this problem...The leaves are not dry and they are green, but they look like old peoples skin. if this is the end of bloom then its normal BUT if its not then its some issue with either too much food or too much water..When a plant is over watered does the whole leaf hang down or just the tips? when she needs water, the bottom leafs start hanging down first, then the rest (top) of the leafs (usually with in 6 to 12 hours) start drooping..... if she has too much water then the top leafs start drooping first and then the bottom leafs are next... What is the first sign of a plant that needs water? Should I let promix get bone dry before I add water? YES and then complete soak.... wait to dry and then soak completely...and on and on etc..How long can a plant survive when the promix is bone dry? in veg 24 hours but if this happens in bloom may as well start over again... because they yield next to nothing once this happens...
Hi Mark,I have a mother plant (Northern Lights x Blueberry) that I've had for about four months. I have only taken about fourteen clones from her.If I flower her now will the buds be smaller or normal? Thanks. the buds will be smaller but there will be more of them... so over all she will do well weight-wise, but its true each bud will be smaller .... same taste, smell etc., just smaller....
Thanks for your help!, i really appreciate you taking your time to answer my questions your a saint to the community, cheers! you're welcome
Hey Mark, Thanks for the offer of the seeds. How would I go about contacting you? 647-835-4212 .... 9 to 3 pm mon-fri only I tried the sublime@toronto420.com addy and it bounced back. i don't really do email, sorry...Thanks.
do you know if it is legal to get dope seeds shipped to Australia, and what are the chances of them getting seized if they can be shipped here. thank you... I have shipped to Australia and New Zealand.... I do not know what the chances are so if you are not sure, do not do it....
Mark, I took your advice on my last SSAK47 grow and gave them only 25% nutes the last two weeks. On day 41 of flowering, end of week 6, I watered them for the last time with full nutes and when I went to check my plants a few hours later and it looked like the garden fell over. The plants sucked up so much water in a few hours, I was in the grow room for over an hour with bamboo and twine. It was a labor of love. Now, all my plants were huge and all green at this time, starting to suck up a gallon of water almost every 3 days, (promix, 1000whps), but after 2 weeks later of just 25% nutes, all the green was sucked out of most the shade leaves and I still didn't think it was done on day 56. I harvested some on day 56, some 58, some on day 60. Remember I went 9 out of 10 females, what luck. All I got is a magnifying glass from the drug store. Did the best I could on deciding when they were done. I got some clones now, actually 8 wk veg small bushes, one wk into flowering, and I'm thinking 7 wks full nutes this time and harvest later. What you think? some species indeed take a week longer (and some take weeks longer) and that's why I try to be flexible with my time suggestions... it would not be abnormal to do 7 week feeding cycle and 1 week of leaching.. so I would say its a ok... I saw in weed world magazine a "420 Scope". Know where I can get one in Toronto? ...its nothing but a decent magnifying glass...I'll be in town this month to see my good friend the coffee guy. Have to buy him a cup of his finest. Hopefully the remodeling is done and I'll be able to rest from the "quest" that it is to your place. What? you say its not a quest, can you say PARKING? indeed, pay for parking or you WILL get a ticket guaranteed But hey, I'll make it, you're worth it. Thanks for all your help.
hey kjjljoiojj, read the grow guide and other stuff, all your questions are already answered there, everybody asks this stuff all the time, so maybe mark doesn't care but people should read first and ask questions later, no offense man, just a lot of common questions easy to find answers to I care but what can you do...
when should i leach my plants when im in bloom, start at the end of week 6 how long do i leach, 1 or 2 weeks whats a good temp. and humidity to have in bloom room. the range is 25C to 30C (27C being perfect temperature) and below 65% humidity.... how long do you leach, 1 week when should crystals and hairs start to form on plant, 3 weeks into bloom whats best way to get stink stanky high thc bud proper leaching combined with proper drying brings out the smell..
Hey what are some good outdoor strains for our area? thank you thanks to good Southern Ontario climate any variety will do well... if you however want to get very technical, professional growers pick plants that show 80% indica and 20% sativa traits.... summertime buddha, juicy fruit cross or shiskaberry.... but I have grown pretty much all the strains and they all did very well.... ps. stay away from pure sativa strains as they take a bit too long and frost could hit them in early October....
Hey Mark, I just wanted to know if you have information or can provide any on the seed banks process and if its legal in Ontario. seeds are technically legal in Canada because Canaries (our favorite enslaved birds) eat only hemp seed thus there was a loop hole that allowed vendors to sell hemp seed, as in when they made pot illegal they allowed hemp seed to be sold anyways... hemp seed is cannabis seed by the way... I am doing a 3 part project on Hydroponics shops literature and equipment became legal 1995 thanks to Marc Emery and his legal fights in Hamilton..., seed banks and hemp related stores. that became legal in Ontario around 1996 or 1997 partially because of pricks like me petitioning the government constantly :-) However the only information i could not find was surrounding seed banks, any info will be helpful thanks for your time!
I'm growing from seed and am just about a week in the bloom cycle you can take a clone up to 2 weeks into bloom but once the bloom cycle is started you should not change it back to veg for any reason so I don't know for sure which are males and which are females yet. With that info here is my question: Can I pick a female to use as a mother if you take a clone now you could keep it as a mother but those plants already in bloom can not be mothers anymore while my plants are in bloom or should picking a female for a mother always be done by sexing them while in veg? THANK YOU! it is a bad idea to bring back a plant from bloom to veg thus once you find the males you pretty much have to kill them, of course keep the females but forget about keeping them as mother plant... the only sure way is to either take a clone when plants are in veg, keep the clone in veg cycle while you bloom the mother,..... once you flower the mother you will know whether it was a male or a female... you can then go back to the clone and (if mother was a female) keep that clone as a mother plant... or 2nd option is to take a clone and bloom the clone to see the sex while keeping the mother plant in veg...
sirris, that's the kind of thing everyone is sure to appreciate, thank you for taking the time to let us know.
About my last post, regarding feminized seeds viability. Mark mentioned that they are not very good to clone with. true I've yet to get this stage with the seeds I received. While they all germinated very quickly, it was the sprout that was the problem. The vast majority of them came up with some kind of defect, let alone the straight out mutants that were there. odd definitely odd So for me, even from seed, the feminized option won't come up again. It's nothing but standard seeds from this point forward. I just felt that I should warn people of my experiences with them. I dont like feminized seeds however you did have a unique experience and it does not mean they are all weird .... drop me a line and I can have them replaced with normal seeds...
Mark, I'm having trouble deciding what height to bloom my plants at this time. In my past 2 grows I waited 'till they were about 1-1/2 to 2 feet 'cause I wasn't growing that many plants and wanted to maximize yield. By the end of the bloom cycle however, it was obvious my light wasn't reaching the bottom of the plants properly. (I use 2 x 400w - 1 HPS and 1 MH) So, this time I decided to go more for a SOG type grow ... I have a 5 x 3 space packed with 16, 6 inch plants at the moment. They are all touching just a little. I don't know how many of those will be male, so assuming 50% (although I'm sure it will be less as per past grows) that would leave me with 8 - 10 plants in a 5 x 3 space. I'm tempted to bloom now but am really not sure if 6 inches is too soon for this scenario. Many people say the plants will double or triple in height, other people say they will only grow for 2 weeks, depending on strain. If they triple in height, 6 inches is great for starting bloom, if they only grow for 2 weeks, I think they will be too small. I am growing White Widow short and bushy place right under the light and a few Haze tall and stringy place them around the light. Your suggestions would be greatly appreciated, thanks. given they are touching now I would bloom now.. but because of males you may end up with empty spaces...in the end I would grow them few more inches, that may mean 2 or 3 days (under 1000's), in your case 4 or 5 days? under 400W... in any case you should bloom very soon, they do double in size under a 1000W light, under a 400W they could triple in size... depending on species of course, but they do get big... now the good news is that if you have too many plants then you can always kill some to create space (totally and absolutely worth it trust me) ... but its hard to fill empty spaces .. if you have too many males... ultimately you need to keep a mother and clone...
HOW LONG BEFORE I SHOULD PUT A FAN ON MY PLANTS? WILL THE STEM AND BRANCHES HARDEN UP ON THERE OWN OR IS THE FAN A NECESSITY? please stop shouting :-) ....fan is necessary and I would use almost immediately after taking the dome off .... or as soon as they sprout.... fan is absolutely necessary for proper development of the stem... if you don't use it the stem will not be strong enough...
hey every 1...when do i stop adding kool bloom and when do i start leaching all together??? start in the 3rd week of bloom, end it at end of week 6, leach right after that for 1.5 weeks... harvest...
heh i have had that problem too in the past, im not too sure what it is, but if you didn't flush or didn't flush long enough, that might have contributed to there being a lot more chlorophyll in the drying buds. exactly perhaps a good "timeout" in the curing jar might help to solve the problem. good luck jar would help for sure...
hey 420,im 6days into drying my crop,it still has a strong plant like smell, cAN YOU TELL ME WHY THAT IS AND HOW TO AVOID THIS PROBLEM IF ITS A PROBLEM THE NEXT GO AROUND...THANKS first each species has its own smell, so I cant say its not normal... second proper leaching brings out more of the "normal" smell... I would cut down the bud and place it into jars and leave it there for a day or two, then air out for 1/2 hours, by then it should be bone dry, store in the fridge...
thanks gramps420 and as always than you mark :)
Gramps420 take a look at this http://www.endprohibition.ca/ I happen to be a member and we share your thoughts completely. Sorry to everyone if this is not appropriate for this forum. I am relatively new here and could not resist. I'm ok with politicking...
I am 60 days of 12/12, I am starting to see mold inside the flowers. I using a 400 watt HPS. I am closet, I havent this problem until I moved, i didnt hook up my intake and exhaust. Also the leaves seem to die fast and or turn yellow what causes this? 60 days into bloom means they are done, i.e. harvest time... this is the time when they would normally go yellow green, but I think in your case stale air from lack of ventilation may be the reason why you have the mold.... usually it happens when too much water accumulates on the bud... i.e. more air movement necessary... there is nothing you can do now other then cut them...
How can you tell if plants are stressed by too much light? I have my plants on a 24hr light cycle and they look fine....there is not much difference in the way plants behave on 24 hours light or 18/6... stress almost never happens because of the time cycle alone.... but stress happens if the lights are too close to the plant... stress means she will wilt and die if you don't pull back the light... sometimes (very often actually) the plants wilt for 24 hours, they adjust and return to normal ... If they ever do get stressed is it ok to change to 18/6 sure and then back to 24? sure, it does nothing to the plants...you can go back and forth every day if you wish...I have also moved my light 4' away instead of three. if they were ok (i.e. not wilting) then the distance was ok, 3 feet from the bulb is not a "killer" distance and they should be able to "take" it, but again with young plants and scared newbe, keeping the distance is not a bad idea... just in case... you can always move them closer later... I have been reading a few responses to my posts and decided to slow it down some. always a good idea for beginners My plants are 7 days old now and a few of my plants have stems that are 2 1/4" long. Can I add more Promix to the pots for more support yes because the leaves on some are getting big heavy making them lean to the side. use little stick as support or more promix, either way do whatever works. I think im paranoid. indeed, but it does not hurt to ask :-) Thanks to all who respond.
This is for everyone: Mark Emery's prospective plea bargain in which he would have served 5 years in a Canadian prison has been killed by our backwards-thinking, mindless Conservative government. He now (again) faces up to a life sentence in the U.S. Here are a couple of articles about the new developments: 1: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v08/n341/a05.html?999 2: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v08/n339/a06.html?999 You can also get even more information about the whole mess here: http://www.cannabisculture.com/ This is highly detrimental to all of us as Canadians; to think that the U.S. can step in here and lay its own laws on us disgusts me more than I can express. One last thing: EVERYONE NEEDS TO VOTE IN THE NEXT ELECTION AND DO NOT - DO NOT VOTE FOR THE CONSERVATIVES. Tell your friends, your family, do what you can, this archaic, American influenced party has got to go - for good! Please get involved somehow, it's our only chance. And believe me, this is not just about cannabis. Mark, I apologize but I think this is very important. Why do Canadians sit back and take this shit? NO VOTE FOR THE CONSERVATIVES.
Jimmy, don't worry about the time factor - go by the plants (their height etc) to decide when to bloom. If your 'batch' is at 8 inches now that's fine for blooming. I don't know what your height restriction is but I get the impression it's somewhat significant so you probably shouldn't wait any longer. agree
SO MARK ARE YOU SAYING I HAVE TO VEG FOR AT LEAST 3 WEEKS BEFORE 12/12? THE REASON Y IM ASKING IS SPACE IS AN ISSUE...MOSTLY HEIGHT... BATCH AT 8 INCHES you can flower earlier if the space is small... they will bloom just as well .... 3 weeks is a "suggested", by all means trip them sooner...
Hi. Long its been a while. I was wondering if there was too much c02 in the room would it cause the leaves to go yellow earlier than usual. it would be odd if that was the reason... plants absorb C02 best when they are hot, as in upwards of 30C or 85F....best at 32 or 33C... normally when there is too much C02 they should be able to ignore it ....when I set my co2 monitor up for 1800 it seems to go to about 2200 to about 2400 before it shuts off. Also would going to all hps cause them to yellow. Should I mix 1 halide to 2 hps to give some growth or is all hps good enough. Or should I use all sunmaster warm deluxe. I know the sunmaster are good for about 4 crops how long should I use the hps bulbs. same The instructions say good for about 24000 hrs. Halide good for 7500 hrs. I don't really pay attention to that all I know that every 4th bloom I change the bulbs, whether they are MH or HPS....One more question, are still giving free seeds to card holder if they never received any as of yet. free seeds thing is over sorry, cardholders can get clones so long as you can pick them up, mail wont work....I would like to get some good indica seeds if possible. Thank again Mark and you have a good day.
Hi Mark, Since returning to growing I had decided to try and speed things up by going with feminized seeds, for the first time in my life. This was before I read your entire tutorial, where you mention a dislike of feminized seeds. Anyway, I have to say that I'm disappointed with the results. Only three of the ten (Buddha) have become adolescent plants without severe problems (distorted leaves, and generally looking like mutants). I have significant doubts that these plants will survive, let alone produce very well. I would not want to clone them either, that's for sure. I just wanted to post this in support of what Mark said in the tutorial (assuming that I understood that correctly). Next time, no feminized seeds....you can not clone a feminized variety as the clones will be too weak... there is just no way to "speed up" unfortunately...
are carbon scrubbers my best bet for removing odor? i have a 12X8 ft room, thank you...ozone generators are 2nd best at 95% smell removal... carbon filter remove 100% of the smell....
I don't think that was clear ... what I meant by seeds being properly sealed with the shell is that, if the seed shell itself is sealed tightly it would conserve its own oxygen so removing the air from the bag might be okay. (Shouldn't take air out of the seed if the shell is tight.) in theory its a sound idea but I do not know in practice..
Just curious Mark, I've wondered for a long time if vacuum sealing seeds would be a good way to store them. Obviously it would remove all the air from the bag, but I was thinking that seeds that are properly sealed with the shell (outer coating) should be all right, but am not sure - I also don't know if oxygen is needed in their container, of which a vacuum sealed bag would have none. Now I realize there is any point for vacuum sealing seeds generally (since they keep fine in an opaque container anyway) but my thought was that it might be a good method for long term storage - but maybe not. What are your thoughts - just curious? I really do not know, in theory it is a good idea but I never tried it so I can not say....
I would like to hang my Can 33 from the ceiling. I have 2 thoughts. 1) Screw in 2 hooks into joyce and hang the filter from them be some sort of wire or straps. 2) Screw in 2 eye hooks, 1 on each end of the filter and use them to hang from the ceiling instead of the straps or wire going around the filter as in thought #1. Any advice or a different idea? .... you would need 6 x 2 or 3 inch heavy screws and 1/4 inch chain.. all for safety... and the screws have to go into the beam and not into dry wall... otherwise its safer to place it on the floor ... I would always emphasize safety... the filter gains weight as it works... and it can end up very very heavy...
medical patient witn exemption ,wondering what the chances are at getting bug free clones thx ,have a good day, never had a problem..well only when brought someone elses work home with me thats why am wondering...but would like something new, again thx.all.... the only solution is to become a hermit and never meet another grower ever again... mites can live on clothes and in fact exist everywhere, clothes usually... dogs have mites, you sleep on your own mites... or be ultra clean never learn to deal with mites and only grow from seeds... mites are part of life ... I spray every genetic received from someone else... I recommend everyone sprays my genetics when they get it... and repeat one week before bloom... as prevention....
Without remembering the brand I bought{but it was not a generic cheapy}....-----1000W HPS-----....I am doing my second crop....I am wondering at what point my bulb will have lost effectiveness??? 4 or 5 cycles of bloom and you must get a new one...Do these bulbs have to be changed at a per hour usage point????????????????? or you guy's get my drift??..I just want budding to have maximum light radiation possible ..if the bulb drops by ?40%? at a certain point...etcetc..I am 4 weeks into bloom so I want to ask out there...since buying a new bulb is so eas/cheap for say ( I don't know) ?20%? more yield etc verses weak ass fluff bud....etc....oh 1st crop I did 18/6 light for veg...2nd I did 24 hour light for veg....bud same 12/12... both (56-63 day) 8 week bud Indica crops... with 2 weeks veg'd from clones...for maximum efficiency replace the bulb every 3rd cycle...
guess I'll add my voice too lol, buddy, we've all been there, moving your seedlings too close to the light too early is a recipe for disaster, simple as that, give em the best start you can....
buddy...your plants will definitely benifit if you dont "love them" so much. your seedlings require very little light the first couple of weeks...even flouros work fine...
its not my situation but im always wondering....lol can i immediately put seeds in a 12/12 cycle ? i mean will this stress them out ?? you can not do that as the plants would end up may be 2 inches when finished...
To Buddy, don't take this the wrong way but I have some solid advice for you: BE PATIENT! You're working with plants, Mother Nature is very good at what she does, but if we stupid humans muck around with her too much she'll get pissed off and take her plants away from us. Understand? No offense, I was the very same way when i started, anxious, fussing all the time, always felt like I should be doing SOMETHING... but I was dead wrong. I learned the hard way, I don't want to see you do it too. Less is always more... Examples: Not enough nutrients is usually not such a big deal and easy to fix, too much is a lot bigger problem. Over-watering can spell disaster, or at least pathetic, weak plants. Under watering they can recover from. See what I mean? Good luck, and again, BE PATIENT PATIENT PATIENT or you'll mess things up that would have been fine on their own.
I ask a question yesterday about moving my plants which are 4 days old 3' from my lights. that's bad I also said that I forgot nutrients when I first put the seeds in the promix. that's ok I read your responce too late and I added half of the recommended dose for seedlings of Flora Nova to my plants. In your response you said not to add nutrients for the first couple of weeks because promix already has them. Should I not use nutrients the next time I water, or since I have started using them should I keep it up? if you continue feeding now they may die... do not put any nutrients until they are few inches tall and/or look like real plants, then give them 25% first then 50% then full strength nutrients... I also want to know if it is the temperature or the light itself which is the reason that seedlings shouldn't be close to 1000w lights? the temperature may or may not kill them as well however its not as bad as the spectrum... imagine if someone forced you to look atr the sun without blinking, you'd go blind... you/and the plants need to adjust first....that's the analogy...At 3' my temps are between 77f and 81F. overall the temperatures are ok...THANKS
i am growing ak47 for the first time,i'm in 56 day of bloom, when would you harvest? i am using 600 watt, thank you in advance. about at this time... the hairs should be mostly not white, yellowish/reddish, and the crystals should be opaque, non-transparent... either way its the right time to take them down...
hey Mark have you heard of a out door grow method..."tie down" were you tie down your plants so they are sort of stretched out along the ground instead of growing up....supposed to be a method for making plants less visable..but sounds totally 'foo-bar to me it works with sativa dominant strains or those crosses that have mostly sativa in them, those stretch and bend easily .... its a lot of work ... I would not do it since you need a lot of ground space.... its better to grow indica dominant strains which grow smaller and bushier...
hey mark,whats up?more problems!im 2 weeks in to budding and my babby buds are drying up and wilting.they are turning brown and look pretty bad.light is two feet away,using promix hp,1tbs and 1/2 tsp pure blend pro veg.temp has hit 83 acouple times.any help,will help mark.thanks for your time... they only die for two reasons ... over feeding or when you water too often... either pull back on nutrients or allow them to dry out promix longer... and they re-soak completely with a weak nutrient formula..
Thank again for your answers, it is most appreciated. I cannot believe that I come up with so many questions but here is another one. You may or may not remember but I have a 1000 MH bulb, a Can 33, an inline fan. Do I need to have the fan connected to the Can 33 all the time right from the get go or only when it is budding and smelly? this is really up to you, technically you only need it for the smelly part of their life like late bloom, but I ran it all the time... FYI my concrete floor is in the basement and I wonder how far my ballast must be in order to be safe from melting the poly....few inches away is ok... Will 1 foot do? sure...My room is this: an old wine cellar, not heated not air conditioned and it is in my basement. I divided it in half with a petition, so inside the petition is the grow room, outside the petition is the rest of the wine cellar and outside the wine cellar is my basement. I will be venting out to the portion of the wine cellar that is outside of my petition. The door from my basement enters the wine cellar in the section outside the grow room. did this make sense to you?...I think so... you may have a problem with temperatures since you should probably move air a bit further away from this place... but you will never know until you test it... there has to be a re-circulation of fresh air and may be this cellar is cool enough but again, you'll never know until you crank up the lights and try the ventilation....
I have six nl x buddah seedlings and that are about 1" to 1 1/2" tall.(three days old)Two of them still have the seed shell still on them which is preventing the leaves from opening up. Do I need to help the along and take them of? if it comes off easily yes, but if you have to use force do not... I started them off 4' from 1000w hps, but the ones that are opened I have moved three feet away. Is that to soon to move them closer? they have to have well defined leafs to be this close.. better to keep them 3 feet away until they are 4 inches tall...I have only watered the plants one time when they were seeds and the promix is still moist. Is that normal? yes, there is no roots yet...I forgot to put nutrients in the first time, but I am waiting on the promix to dry out and I will be sure to do it next time. for the first few weeks they need no nutrinets as promix has some small amounts...IT IS HARD TO BE PATIENT, but I don't want to waste my money. I have a fan blowing over the plants softly. Is it too soon to have a fan on the seedlings? its ok as long as its a gentle breeze...I also have 5 of your blueberry that I can't get germinate. I put them in water for a day until they went to the bottom and since I have had them in the wet papertowel fo about 5 days with no luck. Is this normal for this strain? ...no, if they went to the bottom they are no good... shit happens.... they could have frozen in the mail, who knows, contact me and I can mail you free batch.. The NL x Buddah germinated immediately. THANKS
If I were in a hydroponics store and did not want to tell them what I am growing and they ask is there something that is close that I could say, ie tomato, corn, beans LOL etc...why lie... they know what you grow but if it makes you feel better, tomatoes are the closest cousins to cannabis....
Does it matter how close my ballast is to the poly? ...yes, its dangerous, it could melt the poly if its too close... Does it create heat that could melt the poly? yes
is there any chance that you will get the "Heavenly Sweet" seeds back? can people request special orders? thanks... yeah I guess...let me see
hey mark,whats up?more problems!im 2 weeks in to budding and my babby buds are drying up and wilting.they are turning brown and look pretty bad.light is two feet away,using promix hp,1tbs and 1/2 tsp pure blend pro veg.....you should be using bloom formula by now so they mak be getting too much nitrigen...over feeding issue..., they need less nutrients if you have a 400W light....also as temperature increase you should decrease the nutrients....also make sure you let the pots dry out well before soaking them , this seems like a case of either over watering (or inconsistent watering at least) or over feeding... do you shake the nutrient bottle like craze before mixing? if not that makes the nutrient formula stronger which is bad.....temp has hit 83 a couple times. any help,will help mark.t hanks for your time
Hi Mark: I was at your time office about a week ago. Very pleased with the service once again. I had a few questions about your company T.I.M.E. Just wondering what is all involved in getting something like this setup. Can you give me any info? I lost your cell number. It would be cool if we could chat sometime soon. 647-835-4212 9 to 3pm and we'll talk... We incorporated with the federal government... we did it ourselves but you should probably get a civil lawyer.. $800.. we're cheap... register with PST and GST people... even if we don't charge PST as its exempt from medications... on all the forms we say that "TIME is a provider of organic cannabis, cannabis seeds, and cannabis genetics to Health Canada registered patients."...we are listening to Alan Y. (our lawyer) to make sure we are above the law .... as I know it we are the 3rd in Canada to do it this way.... 2nd in Toronto...
How many seedlings can I put under a 400w light and how far does it have to be away????.Maybe a better question is how big of an area will my for hundred watt light cover well enough.Thanks...the area is 4 feet by 4 feet ..... you should probably grow 10 seedlings in 6 inch wide 10 inch high contaiers.... you will end up with 5 to 8 female plants.. grow them no bigger then 1 or 1.5 foot tall before blooming.... plus read this...
what are some good strains our shiskaberry or juicy fruit crosses for outdoor use in southern ontario... actually anything works as long as its marked 8 weeks or shorter bloom for indoors ... but if you can find Freezland from Quebec bikers that would be optimum...
Thanks for the info with respect to the poly on the floor. My floor is concrete and I do not care about water on it or dirt as it is easy to clean anyway. I was thinking that the flat white poly might be better than the grey concrete thats all....place note that concrete sucks up water and will get damaged... in fact concrete is so porous it will leak downstairs if there is downstairs....
So what could be wrong? going on 3rd week of bloom and DP-ww has gone from a dark green to light green, and some of the leaves on the bottom half of the plant are yellowing, ...are you underfeeding them?... feed few plants more and see if there is a difference....but also may be because they are too far form the light and/or are not getting any light.... may be best to take cut them off as they suck up the life out of the rest of the plant, the tops buds get bigger....seems to be budding fine though. 400hps,promix bx, foxfarm big bloom, bud booster. waters every 3-4 days, 10% fert every other water. keeping at 26c, going down to 15c at night.
Ken, I don't know about other people but I put plastic down under my plants because, no matter how hard I try, some water always gets spilled. ;) amen 2 dat
I have two different thermometers and both allow me to measure temperature inside and out. I do not measure outside temperature with the outside wire attatchment, I have it inside next to the main part of the thermometer . On both thermometers I am getting two different readings from the inside and outside probe. Which one is more accurate? The probe that is supposed to measure outside temperature or the main part of the thermometer which has the display. The difference is sometimes 7 degrees even when I have them next to each other. The outside temperature probes on both always read lower than the main part of the thermometer with the display. my first though was the battery was weak.... but if that's not it, I would get a basic $10 manual non electronic thermometer and place it 3 feet away from the bulb (on the wall)... true that my temperatures change depending where you place the thermometer but in general you take the average... my in my case the difference is of 2 or 3 degrees and not 7, 7 degrees is too much so its may be a broken thermometer... I don't trust the electronic thermometers because they get weak batteries at the wrong time .... cheaper and more prudent is to get a cheap-O one... no batteries no problems...
Last fall I put some bud in a baggie not realizing it wasn't dry enough. When I went to get it, it smelled really musty... since then (last fall) it has been sitting in an open container, one, to dry out, and two, to see what happened with the musty smell. So, it's been about 5 months and it still has a bit of a funky, musty odour... I am wondering if it is safe to smoke... it must of got mouldy I guess, I don't know what else it could be, anyway, what do you think? I don't wanna be smokin mould but I hate to throw it out too. Guess it's better to ditch it than take a chance? What are your thoughts? Thanks.... I think you know what I'm going to say... mold can damage your lungs... you can not and should not smoke it no matter how tempting ... sorry... but you could probably cook it... take some peanut butter on a cracker, sprinkle a gram of this on the peanut butter and bake the thing for 20 min. on 250C in the oven... mold will die, THC will transfer into the butter...
mark,hows it goin.jus picked my one plant.i know it takes about a week to dry,im very anxious to just smoke a little piece.will i taste anything or feel any affects from it or will it taste like a plant with no kick until its dry.it has a nice pleasant smell but its not real loud,will drying it also enhance the smell and make it strong(bb x sk),thanks for your time mark.. dry it slowly and properly and it will bring out the smell .. . I would say that there is a different buzz from a properly dried plant and improperly dried bud HOWEVER its not like one will get you stoned and other will not... its a different high, badly or quickly dried bud usually would score 4 out of 10, when the same bud dried well scores 10... its like comparing fine wine to something brewing in your basement... both will get you drunk but obviously there is a difference...
I noticed in some of the pics that it looked like the floor was covered with poly. Is that a good idea? ... may not be the best for carpet but its ok... so long as you replace it every growing cycle... to make sure the moisture does not accumulate between the poly and the floor...
if im using the garbage bad method to dry bud,can you tell me the hours to have the bud tied up in th3 garbage and how many hours to open up bad and let them air dry,and for how many dayz ...this method is best done after the initial drying... i.e. a day or two or three of hanging upside down... the bud seems dry but ...you place it in a garbage bag for may be 6 hours or longer, but not longer then 24 hours... the bud re-wets itself.. you take it out of the bag and spread it on the floor for an hour or two or three depending how wet it is ... place it back in the garbage bag again for (again) 6 hours but not longer then 24.... take it out and for 1 or 2 hours.... IF the bud is not dry yet you keep doing this until it is... but I would say that after the 3rd day the bud should be dry completely... if you place is warm it should take 3 days but if its cold it can take a week ...
Hi Mark, During my present grow (my first), my plants (feminized Skunk) hermied at 5 1/2 weeks. What are some things that I can do so this doesn't happen again (I still have seeds left, and don't want to waste them)? I know one thing is that I probably let temps fluctuate too much. What is the optimal range? I also have some regular seeds that I will be growing at the same time (so far I don't like the feminized me neither). Thank You, Bernie...the best way I find is to hunt down and chop off every male flower you find while blooming.... and/or make sure the environment is better, feminized plants are very sensitive.... but ultimately I prefer normal genetics... I sell feminized because people ask for them but I never recommend them to anyone... they are what they are ... a bit of a freak of nature... but don't be discouraged, I just got some seeds from my regular plants and they are garbage... my one plant hermied herself because my light was off for few days, my bad... odd event that should not have done anything but it happened to hermie one plant...
hey 420 im only tryna grow one nice size plant,i smoke a lot so i would like her 2 produce enough to satisfy me for the time and money i put in,what is the best height to bloom her to get her max.400watt....grow to 6 inches high and pinch the top, allow her to get 12 inches high and pinch the top again... bloom after 2 weeks from that period...
i have heard that when your harvesting to cut leaves off and to hang bud upside down in a dark coo area for like 3-7days,does it have to be totally dark for those few days its drying, no, I often enter the room and check them, some ambient light is ok.... i also heard you can dry bud by putting it in like a garbage bag and tie it up and put in a cool area for like 8hrs and then open it up for 6hrs and do it over for like 3-4 days, yes, the garbage bags have the effect of re-wetting the bud... I prefer to do that after the 4 days of up-side down of drying... some people like to re-wet the bud this way many times, I do it only once......have you heard out that method or somethin like it,if so how do i do it and what are the hours, how do know when its dried perfect I take a grinder and when I grind the bud all the bud freely falls out of the grinder its dry... if there is stuff stuck in the teeth of the grinder the bud needs to dry more... or when the stem snaps in half without much effort.... when the stem is still wet it wont break easily and the bud needs to dry more...... bud is meant to dry completely while upside down but it can take many days... the garbage bag method speeds up this process a bit... it is ultimately debatable whether its better.... I use both, sometimes together sometimes one or the other method... I don't see much difference, but re-wetting the bud dries it a little bit faster...
im at the beginning of 9wks in bloom, about 70 to 80% of the hairs have turned orangish but most of my leaves are still green, they didn't get alot of light for 3days,had to get a new bulb,...did i mess her up? yes should i harvest now, yes or continue to bloom until most the the leaves yellow out, no, just cut them and dry, this is the end and there is nothing more you can do, they will not recover if you keep growing them but the THC will drop significantly... so there is no choice, cut them, half hour after light ON........... don't get me wrong she looks pretty and very tastey, she has alot of crystals i just want the best taste more potent smoke i can get out of her, any other tips on harvest, im new cut them 1/2 hour after lights ON, place them upside down in a dark room for 4 days... cut off the buds into a carton box for the next 7 days and shake them every day while opening the box every days for an hour.... transfer into jars into the fridge afterwards...
Thanks again. I have 2 questions. I already posted them but did not go through. #1 Currently my ceiling is flat white styrofoam. Should I leave it or cover it up with the flat white plastic no that you mentioned earlier. no need to cover it, styrofoam is already flat white... I still have some left #2 Would you recommend not using the 12 inch pots and using the 6 inch pots due to my height restrictions and/or it may be possible for me to raise the light a further few inches but with a lot of work. If I did get another 6 inches of height would I still use 6 inch or 12 inch pots. I would probably use the 12 inch container but fill it only half full,...the roots need space and 6 inch pot is very narrow and half filled 12 inch container is better... also, as soon as the plants look like real plants (few inches) clip the tops so they bush out...
Hey everyone, great forum, learning a lot. Mark, this will probably be one of the strangest questions you get, but, that's me I'm afraid. :o) I have a ton of old cds and dvds that I was thinking of putting on the wall to reflect light. I know that mirrors are no good cause they "eat" the good light but any idea about disks? The reason I ask is because putting anything on the walls, paint or whatever, is not really an option for me at the moment. I doubt anyone has ever studied light reflectivity or whatever it is for plants on cds/dvds but my strange curiosity has got me wondering. Something new to think about anyway. lol thanks man!.... all the surfaces like, CDs or mirrors or anything that reflects light .. reflect the incomplete and/or wrong spectrum of light for the plants, unless its flat white or polished aluminum (I'm talking about readily available stuff here I'm sure there is others)... so its not like the CDs will "not reflect" light, they will just reflect the incomplete or wrong or no spectrum of light..... I think if you used white sheets of paper that would actually be better....
So my 4 foot 40 watts fluorescent gro lux bulbs should be 2 feet away after two weeks never when using fluorescent bulbs the farthest you want to be from it is 12 inches and the closets is 2 inches.... with an HID light the farthest you want to be is 5 feet and the closets is 12 inches.... closer that means they won't try to reach for it and get tall and skinny? Just wondering if a person has a heated green house how early can a person put there plants in the green house out side in NS. thanks.
Oops... sorry about that ken, my head must of been in the clouds. :-) still, that only leaves 31 inches though when you take away the 12" min distance from the light.... don't know, maybe you'll be all right, wouldn't work for me though, too close for comfort. I'll use a calculator next time before if any math is required LOL
To skeeter. Thanks but the top of the pots are 43 inches away from the light, so, no need to take away 12 inches for the pots
hey ken, I was thinking about that 43 inches and that's gonna be tough. when you take away 12" for the pots and 12" for a MINIMUM distance from the light, that only leaves 19 inches.... if you bloom at a foot theres a good chance they'll still get taller than 19" in which case.... disaster! and that's if you have amazing ventilation, plus you'll also probably be limited to mostly indica plants which is ok, but it's nice to have a choice. :) at first I thought smaller pots wouldn't make much difference but now, man... you need every inch you can get! just trying to help buddy, I'd go crazy if I didn't have enough height.... you never know how those things, plants, are gonna end up. good luck!
i would like to know why some of your seeds have the flowering date labeled to be (for example): 7-8 weeks? does it mean; harvest no earlier than 7 weeks and no longer than 8? thanks in advance! because its not an exact science... the plants respond differently to different lights, nutrients or even the people taking care of them so the harvest time is estimated.... there is few factors that can narrow this down on this page...
So when using bud boost should it be given at full amount even on the days that only 10% water is being used? or should it be only 10% also...under 400W light I would use 10% when I use 10% of the regular nutrients .... but under 1000W I would continue using bud boost at full strength even when using less primary nutrients... HOWEVER when leaching stop using the bud booster completely at the end of week 6...
Ken, some thoughts ... first, read Mark's info about yield on this page: http://www.happygirl.ca/tsb_Toronto_Seed_Company_YIELD.htm (if you haven't already done so) as that will help you figure out how many plants to grow in accordance with the finished height you are aiming for - to get the yield you want. Keep in mind that if you want 5 female plants, for example, you should start 10 seeds to allow for a 50/50 female/male ratio, assuming you are not growing feminized seeds. Others can weigh in on that but personally, that's how I measure it. I expect 50% to be male and celebrate when there are less. :-) One last thought, if you go for a high percentage Sativa and grow smaller plants (which you are forced to 'cause of your height restriction) your yield will be nothing to write home about, in fact, you might be really disappointed. Just thinking ... good advice...
Ok, I'm not sure why it doubled posted there. Strange. But it does give me the opportunity to say "Hi" to Mark. I used to visit your shop in Kensington all the time. I was into DWC back then. Wow, that was like 3 or 4 years ago now that I think on it. Anyway, I lost someone very close to me and I backed out of growing and smoking for all of this time. I've decided to go back to growing and am following all your advice this time. It's kind of strange, with the new style grow, but I'm glad to be back...
I was wondering what your opinion was on using a standard 400W MH bulb versus a horticulture designed bulb. There's obviously a pretty big price difference between the various bulbs being offered. Is it worth the extra dollars for the horticulture bulb? Thanks. technically there is a difference and I still buy the expensive bulbs when I feel I have too much money but more often then not I still buy the cheap bulbs... I would say 75% of my bulbs are standard... so personally I can not tell the difference...
Well, thanks to a lot of your help my room is built and almost ready to go. I am restricted in height. Using 12 inch pots the top of the pot is only 43 inches from the light bulb. Does this mean instead of growing 5 plants, which was my thinking should i grow more but shorter? sounds right... more plants bloomed sooner, when they are few inches high...Should I only allow about a foot of growth before flowering? at best of course but they will be find when bloomed sooner.... but you need more plants to compensate for the fact that they are small...Should I get smaller pots? no smaller then 6 inch in diameter and 6 inches high.. Any advice or comment is most grateful. Now I just need to decide what seeds to grow. I like good yield but at the same time I think I would prefer a combination of indica/sativa.shiskaberry cross and the juicy fruit cross we have... I want my first grow to be the easiest and then I can progress from there the only plants for small spaces are indica dominant because they are small and tight...like ww xxx or kush... they are also the easiest to grow...
I hope Mark deletes these messages. Sorry for yet another one. It would be better to use this email address instead. ( seedtrader (at) trashymail.com ) The emails are deleted after 5 days. 2 hours would have been hard to coordinate. I will delete you email right away. Again, this is a public email so don't send any private info. Just send me the name of a forum you hang out at and your screen name, I will go there and send you a private message. Hopefully this is the last post. :) It is very late and I am tired but I think that covers it all.
Sorry for all the posts. The emails sent to that email address are public so don't include any private info. There are automatically deleted after 2 hours. So just tell me the name of a forum you hang out at ( Any forum ) and your screen name. I will go there and send you a private message...see this is a good idea...
Sorry. One more thing. Just post a note her when you have sent me the email.
Well. You can send me an email to my temporary email address. seedtrader at mailinator.com ( Just sub at with @). We can start there. We are only talking about seeds so there are no legal issues there. I would not want to give out my address either but we can work all the details when you send me an email. Mark, I hope you don't mind. You have done a lot to help everybody with you knowledge and I certainly would not want to do anything inappropriate. once , twice I will turn a blind eye but if I see people using this forum for this I will start deleting entries... I don't want to be mean but google forum was setup for this reason...
To seeds trader, I love that idea and have often thought about the same thing, BUT, I can't say that I really want to give out my address to anyone, so what do you do? Any ideas?... or if its a cop or DEA or some other common animal....
I have a few different type of seeds from a couple previous grows. I was wondering if there is a place like a forum or something where people like me who have extra seeds can trade them. I always like trying new stuff and I think it would be a good way to try different strains. I don't mind buying seeds but that doesn't help me with my left overs. :) Thanks Not that I don't want you to communicate and co-operate but the reason I don't encourage this is because people will start selling seeds to the states... and I can not allow to be the facilitator of this....
YES, please leave info on Niagara Falls march if you have it..it's my birthday and I want a weed march on my B-day ..ya ya ya...here it is
I almost wish Mark did have this site trackable b/c of these weirdo's.....unfortunately we have to put up with them.....just keep in mind..we forget about it 2 minutes after we are off this site, but the creep..he is with himself all the time![ and they are jailing them in places like Thialand...that's charma for you] Sorry Too for talkin politics...
A computer package selects at random, and without replacement, three multiple choice questions for you from a bank of 10 questions. Later you decide to have another attempt, so it again chooses three questions at random and without replacement. What is the probability that none of the questions in the second set are the same as any of those in the first set?
kinda hate to waste space on this but its a pretty sure bet that rick the dick is the spammer....it stopped right when he said he wasnt comin back, then he shows up again and so does the spam, and some of that spam was child porn. If dickhead posted that and he probably did it might be fun to spend some time with him in a back alley before he goes to jail. hehehe sorry that this is out of place but i would do anything to get my hands on those child porn morons, anything, are you listening dickface.............. sorry mark, no more i promise, it just makes me so mad me 2
Is the metallic silver duct tape sometimes called foil tape? I think so... its usually in the section where they have pipes, tubes, ventilation, heaters...It seems that the home depot guys do not know. No problem if it is or not I just want to know please? Ken
what are the specs for the next weed march in, is it on the 8th of may like last year, or whats going on, i heard from some ppl ir was going to be in April, i need to know!!! The MARCH in Downtown Toronto is definitely on May 3rd, Saturday.... there is another march on April 20... you know 420 :-)... but this is in Niagara falls and I can not confirm that this march is on... if someone knows let me know....
i like to know y i cant get more then a oz off my plants right now i got a 5 by 12 room with a 1000 and a 400 hps using fox farm soil and nut g.... 1000 can yield a lb per light so divide that by how many plants you have... 400 can yield around 6 ounces.... read this section to understand how difficult is to guess-timate the yield...
so much for not coming back dick, I mean rick, no wait, I did mean dick. What an idiot you are.
Yesss Mannn!!! im new in town and i would like to know if there is any reggae fests aroud here. Love from Brazil!
you gotta love internet tough guys. grow up and get a life rick.
Hey Help 420 why dont you start up your own Q & A, none of this is necessary..... please no fighting..
Is this the same stuff as foil tape? It is very shiny but very thin and does not stick as well to wood as regular duct tape. skeeter, thanks for that information about the pipe going outside.
hi Ken, I've been watching your posts and I don't know if you can do this with your room, but one thing I did was run a pipe from outside to let cool air in. It's just a simple plastic flex pipe an I love it cause for most of the year I can control the temps perfectly, especially from fall to spring with the cool/cold air. I dont have an intake fan, just out and the cool air is drawn in automatically. Just thought it might help cause those lights are damn hot an this way it gives you tons of options for keeping everythig cool. I've never had mites and I think this is why, cause I keep my room cool, around 72 and also my seedlings do amazing under a 1000 watter with cool air coming in. I close the pipe at night and the room stays really stable. Just an idea for ya, I know my plants like it ;)
hey mark.hows it going bud?well my plants are 7 weeks old with 1 week sexing/budding/12/12.im still having some yellowing.my question is will my plants still bud and if they do will the weed be smokable.the yellow isnt real bad,but theres some yellow.if the temp got alittle low at night would that cause the tops to turn yellow.IS IT OK TO TURN OFF THE FAN AT NIGHT? I would recommend that you do, but I do not turn them off sometimes out of laziness since I do not think it really make any difference... but save your power by all means....i think they might be getting a wind chil.the temp gets as low as 72/71 ...you should probably keep it off at night then... wind chill wont kill them but it will damage the leafs.. and make the plant look bad...oddly enough it has little effect on yield...at night,but then theres wind chil.my yellowing problem just wont seem to go away mark.my main concern is WILL THE PLANTS SILL BUD,AND WILL IT STILL GET ME HIGH.Thanks again for all your help mark.take it easy and stay high bro...the plants will bud and they will produce something... not as big or as perfect but yes they will get you high... you could switch to veg food for a couple of watering cycles... yellowing is a lack of nitrogen, although it can also be a million other things... under feeding, over feeding.... but if everything else is ok, then yellowing means its under fed ...i.e. it lacks nitrogen which you find in veg food...
lol ;-) yes Ken that's how its done, also, keep in mind that there are other ways of ventilating a grow room as well. but if your on a budget and you only have one extractor fan, then that method works very well! your not just stuck having to suck air through a filter either, they can have air blown threw just the same, depends on what you prefer and what works best for you. all the best with your harvest! I encourage testing... make a basic setup however you wish and turn on the light(s), if the temperatures are decent then its a "good" setup...if the temps are too high something needs to improve... each room can be very different so try it before you "screw" everything permanently...
OK, now I know how silly I have been. My understanding was that I blew the air into the filter and now I think that I turn the fan around, blowing the air away from the filter which will suck the bad air through the filter and then I can blow it out of the room. I think you are now correct but not that you were wrong before...works either way... I was thinking backwards all along. So now I will have the room air pass through the filter and blow out of the room. RIGHT? Ken... you suck the air through the filter rather then blow air into the filter... now technically you can do both and it will work... but I prefer that you suck it though it the filter and then out rather then blow air into the filter.....
High Again The reflector itself is easily assembled in that there are 3 holdes in each section of the top that lines up with 3 holes in each panel. When put together it forms an umbrella shape. If it were an umbrella it would leak a lot because there is a space between each sheet just at the top of each one. In other words they do not overlap right away but overlaps about an inch down from the top. I cannot believe that I put it together wrongly because I cannot imagine another way of putting it together but I am capable of doing that. you should double check with the store you got it from... each and every reflector is different...I thought of trying to bend it but I would rather wait until listening to what you have to say. On the Can33 issue. So, to use this fan I will need to buy a reducer of some sort? From a 6 inch flange for the Can 33 to a 4 inch on the fan. And when I do I just run the fan into the Can 33? ...to be precise .. you suck the air through the can and out the fan....outside... so the can is inside the room and the exhaust goes out of the room...Which means right now I have no air going out of the room and none coming in. I guess I was thinking more of air venting out of the room and into another room. I have not opened the box for the fan yet because I was waiting for your response but now that I have it will this fan (when I buy a reducer) will fit directly into the Can 33? you can/should get a reducer but the guy at the store should have given you a flange ..i.e. a sort of reducer.. if the can came with a flange then you simply place the fan on top of the can (with a flange in between) and tape it with some silver tape or even duct tape would work... you also need a exhaust hose...to direct this air somewhere. and is there an easy way to hang them both from my rafters? It is heavy. Thanks Ken
I'm 18 I love to smoke and injoy weed but I don't have a card, do I have to have a card to buy seeds from you guys? seeds are legal in Canada thus you do not need a card...
how long does it take for a plant to show sex outside?? around mid july or inside in veg stage??? they do not show sex when in veg, or to be precise you can sometimes see a female if you are experienced but you can never see a male when in veg........ 2 weeks into bloom on the average...
Ken, some info about starting your "baby girls" under the 1000w - in addition to any other advice you get. Yes you can let seedlings from seeds start out under a 1000w light. I do it all the time. Keep the light 4' away in the early days then slowly drop it down as the plants grow keeping an eye on the plants for a while after each drop. Think of it this way, in nature the seedlings start out under full sun and don't have a problem. I easily hit 18" in 30 days of veg starting seedlings this way (along with proper nutrients and correct watering.) The issue that does arise is not the light intensity, but rather heat. In other words, 1000 watts of light is no problem for them, the heat that a 1000 watt light puts out certainly can be. You have to consider how hot it is at the top of the plants, not just general room temp. It's possible for the room to be at a good temp, yet, if you hold your hand just over the plant tops it's hot as hell - which would kill your seedlings of course. Keep the heat away from the seedlings and the light won't be a problem at all.
Hey Ken ....I use the 33 too..unit works great as long as your room is not too big.... with ventilation> a little more than spec is usually a little better...you can do (2) things..1) use it as an air scrubber...which is put it in your room mount your "C.F.M" fan and just run the unit.....cycling the air in your room through the CAN.....now there are a lot more issues to ventilation than just smell( smell being the most minor one)....ie)humidity and temp/mites/mold etc...So (2)you really should use the can as it was designed..it is used "IN "the room...use "6 "inch flex duct to vent to "OUTSIDE"...do you need incoming fresh air...?? MOST people DO( use separate "6" inch flex duct to bring in fresh air I use a small computer fan mounted inside the flex duct as incoming pull)...for the same issues as above...season matters a lot too..winter grows not requiring as much as summer in regards to temp/ humidity /mites etc etc...TIP buy some "ONA" odor deodorizing blocks..they come in small(various size)plastic containers..place it (open of course) in the bottom of your CAN 33 before you mount your squirrel fan it adds an extra deodorizing effect on top of your CAN to your room exhaust...makes your exhaust air smell like a dryer vent....like a bounce sheet in with your cloths dryer..REALLY..works great[ and the block lasts for a whole grow veg to harvest, actually I have found that you only have to open up your Can to change it (2) times a year]....don't put your CAN in another room how could it filter the room you need filtered?....hope this helps.......
Hello again, sorry for all the questions but you do have all the answers. I will not be ventilating to the outside, I have the Can 33, I am uncertain about hook up. I could put the unit either inside I would put it inside the room and ventilated to the outside...technically CAN 33 is not designed to have air pass the other way but it does work in practice... or outside my grow room exhausting into another room its a question of what works for you, so if its easier to do it one way and it maintains the temperature and smell then its ok....or Would I put the unit outside the grow room. The only difference is a very thin wall that is really only a divider. And could I have used one of the filters on the link above? the filters on the page work ok but I still use and prefer Can-Filters like your Can-33..It does seem much smaller, easier and very about 20 pounds lighter. Your advice is most appreciated.
Hello Mark. I have made some changes to my equipment. I now have a 36" parabolic reflector. It was easily assembled but I must ask should there be spaces between the sheets at the top? ...I don't understand this question?...remember to take the plastic off of the reflector...I went to purchase a Can Fan 212 CFM but was not in stock so I purchased a Can Fan 4" HO 178 CFM (RS4 HO). The box of the Can 33 (which has a 6" Flange) it says the recommended fans are RS 6 or RS 4L so my question is should I return my HO 178 for one of the recommended ones or will this one suffice? ....you should be fine... the difference is minimal... but at the same time I would always encourage more CFM power.... And if so at what sacrifice if any? 90% of the time you will be fine but at the top of the summer you will wish (always) for more ventilation... Finally, I just want to be sure and that is why I ask this specific question: I have no flourescant light setup so when my seeds sprout can I or should I put the baby girls under my 1000watt MH but at 4' distance? I would, they will get bushier and healthier... or is that too early. its never too late to have a lot of good light.. but if power consumption is of concern then its ok to keep the small ones in the fluorescent light until they get 5 inches at least..I promise to read the grow guide again.
To help420. I hate google and do not want to use their site, sorry.
My plants in the vegetative stage are yellowing and spotting , any ideas? without knowing more, I would say underfeeding...
Ken thank you, your description was fine, I understood it perfectly. It is an idea I can use and there are even some old windows around here. Thank you again. For the guy who asked about storing seeds I remember Mark said to use a plain plastic container that doesn't let light in (oqaque) and store them in the bottom of the fridge. He said they will last for years like that...yes
I know this question was already answered but I cant find it, The best way to store seeds? best temps, humidity etc thanks.. bottom of the fridge (in the crisper) in a air-tight light-tight plastic container.... should last for years...
what would happen if in the last 3 weeks of bloom you moved it from a 400 hps to fluor? they would be very stressed and would take longer than the regular 3 weeks to finish? would it perform horrible? weak buds? some would die or get very very weak... all would yield fluffy bud...
To Mary Jane My cold frame is quite small but you will get the picture on its description.The measurements are not exact because neither is my memory. The sides: 18" high at the back sloping down to about 10" at the front. The experts will tell you that a 55 degree slope is the best for maximum sun but 35 or 45 is fine. Never measured mine. Join the 2 sides with wood at the back and front. The length is up to you, mine is about 4ft or so and the width from front to back is also up to you, mine is about a little over 2 ft. Place a window on top and put in a couple of nails or screws in fron of the window at the top of the front of the frame to keep the window from sliding down. A small space between the window and the frame is best to let air flow. This will get real hot in the daytime and you will need to lift the top (window) off at times but when the nights are cold it must be placed back to cover the inside. I do not have a floor on mine. I put small pots of everything that I want a headstart on in my garden. Normally if the days are warm and the nights are cold you might need to bring the pots inside but I never do as I just take my chances and never had a problem. I hope this will do as I am probably not good at explaining this type of stuff. The short answer is YES it is like a green house
Ken could you explain what a cold frame is for me? is it like a small greenhouse kinda thing?
Ken, you can post pictures at Mark's Google Group: http://groups.google.com/group/toronto420-discussion-board I'd love to see them.
To waynorth. I would like to share with you my outdoor experience and I do very well with it. Normally I would grow plants 8-10 feet tall with great yield. 2 years ago one of my friends stole my plants. So last year I had to change things up but that is another story. I can tell you that I did grow plants but did not let them get so tall and they were hidden in the rest of my garden. I live in the GTA and that is important to what I will say. I use a very small cold frame in the beginning. Last year I had my plants about 4 inches tall when I put them in the cold frame facing South. They were outside April 8 which may seem too early but it was not a problem. When it became much warmer I put some in pots with Promix BX and some in the ground with compost. There was not much difference between them and the seeds were not the same. This winter is different with all this snow. I have been growing outsided for years and to me the cold frame is the way to go. I did not use any lights, food etc. but I did use fish immulsion as I do with everything I grow. I guess there is no right or wrong but whatever works, works. Believe me I did not write this post to compete in any way with Mark, that guy is a growing genius in my mind. I wish I could share some pictures that I have. Ken http://groups.google.com/group/toronto420-discussion-board
Hi,would it be ok to veg under a 200w envirolite to save energy and then flower under a 400w hps. Thanks....I don't see a problem with this.. when you transition from 200W to 400W keep plants 3 feet away for the first 24 hours...
Hey Mark..do you ever pull off{cut/clip etc} broad leaves when you are in Bud/bloom ?? never like to let more like at your nodes/buds..??? never or is taking any leaves off that are not" sick "....BAD....it is bad like most will say....ie only if leaves are messed up ..crispy/dying falling off anyway..if they are very dead, then its an issue of disposal, by all means cut if off but do not cut off something that is still alive....BUT what about actual thinning of broad leaves on lower areas especially if it lets more direct light onto forming buds??? say by 20% ???? as base line...// your thoughts????? you can remove leafs from the bottom of he plant if they get NO lights, but otherwise do not remove any leafs ....
can a clone be taken in 4 days of bloom? clones can be taken up to 2 weeks into bloom .... but I would take the bottom branches and not the tops.. will that cause any stress to the mother or clone being taken? if you take the bottom branches neither one will be stressed out... if you take the top branches the mother will be fine BUT she will yield poorly.....
What would happen if i took a rooted clone from under fluorescent lights and put it under 1000w hps around four feet away for 8 or 10 hours (flower room) and then put it back under the fluorescents for the rest of the 24 hours, trying to keep it in veg? Would the clone get a growing boost? i do not see any difference... at 4 feet away the 1000W bulb is as good, not better, as a fluorescent light 3 inches away...
I had a 1000w hps run off a digital ballast. The bulb was in a 6" vented cylinder with no air running through it because i was using it to heat the room. The bulb has been through one flower stage. Last night it blew up. After scaring the shit out of me i realized that the eliment was still working. I also realized that the bulb, more like, shot off the end rather than explode. I'm guessing it's not a good idea to run the element without the glass bulb. no its not..Without the bulb there would be no High Pressure. So i guess that would make it a Sodium bulb. Ever used a Sodium bulb? I'm hoping it will grow the wickedest tomatoes ever. But i'm thinking it probably doesn't work like that. Just wondering your insight? Also any ideas as to why it would explode? Thanks...you rock! moisture accumulating on the bulb from some source... the cylinder?...and/or the temperature increased beyond its tolerance inside the cylinder ... either case its a write off ... you need a new bulb .... you should remove the cylinder when not venting it.... as well as check the base for burn marks, if there is any, replace it as well...
question i have is that im going to start my first outdoor crop, question i have is when should i start germinating my seeds, early April, but sooner is ok... i have 2 45w CFL's that i will start them off with just not sure when is the good time to put them in the ground...late May they should go outdoors but until then you keep them under the fluorescent , then once they get bigger by the window but indoors...and what should i be feeding the seedlings, very small amounts at first, like 10% or normal..... once they get 5 inches you can increase...i'll be using soiless mix as my base. im thinking just water until i transplant to pots,...sounds ok.. but i'll be using trays then cups then pots. so i'll transplant twice. man y questions i know but i have so many things to ask im sorry if it doesnt make sense.
Yes male sacks, can I do anything? Should I cut them down right now? yes I would... no sense them opening now and pollinating the rest of the crop Or wait two weeks and let more seeds form? if you do they will be hermaphroditic in nature i.e. they will be females with seeds and no males.... Like I said in the question before, 6th week of bloom starts tomorrow. I don't know what I did wrong! Thank You, Bernie stress causes feminized seeds to become hermaphroditic.. it could be wrong temperature, not enough lights, too much/too little water... stress... I am not a big fan of feminized seeds because they are susceptible to stress...
Hi Mark, While I was feeding one of my plants yesterday, and checking for mites, I noticed some sacks on one of my three (Feminized Skunk) plants. Can anything be done about this? spray just the leafs that are affected.. chances are they have not spread yet and you can kill them in their spot.. take this plant away from the light when spraying as neem or other sprays have oil, try not to spray the bud...Tomorrow starts the 6th week of bloom, and I want to salvage whatever I can (this is my first grow). ....sort of good news is that the mites wont damage the yield at this late point in bloom but still its a sign of potential future problems...Can I cut them down right now? wait a week and leach a bit longer, but I would just "put-up" with the mites for now... you can also spray the affected leafs with COLD ice cubes COLD water, daily....Or can I try to cut off the sacks ??? like male sacks?..before they open (looks like most are just starting develop)? There are alot of red hairs on one of the plants, and some on the other two. I don't know what I did wrong but I just want to make the best of a bad situation. Thank You, Bernie
Dwayne T.... look down thru this forum at Ken's questions and Mark's answers.. "Ken" is setting up a room and had the same questions you do. Everything is here and in Mark's grow guide etc onsite.
Hi Mark, I am just starting out a grow room in soil. I would like to know what the best lighting set up and ventilation system would be. The room is under a set of stairs, the height is 57 inches tall, you probably don't have enough room for anything bigger then a 400W IF THAT, you would be ok with fluorescent lights but I dont like them becasue they yield little, very little.. sorry...the rest is 67 inches by 78 inches. Is there some form of a filter that I can use to ventilate the room with and should I use a fan for air. Can you tell me what the best set up would be and what kind of yield should I expect? Thank You Very Much, Dwayne T read what is needed to setup a small 400W is here, with fluorescent lights its almost the same but I don't have a guide for it... you always need an oscillating fan and a out take inline fan for ventilating air....
hi. im 3 weeks into bloom and i have been feeding my ladies canna pk 13 14 as well as my regular nutes, now iv been reading in forums that you can stunt the budding by using 13 14 more then once but in some forums it says you can use it in every feed untill you leach. what you suggest mark? or any experience would be helpfull thanks I would add it all the time staring in week 3 and end it in week 6.... you burn them if you add too much .... ...
Hey Mark my plants are about 12-16 inches tall they are all in 10 inch pots right now so i have just being spraying them once a day and they seem to like that so i haven't done it more than that. I do have a 1000W hps for my bloom room just wanted to know if it was worth the money to switch that 400W MH to 1000W MH and would it make much of a difference in the plants? I would just assume that maybe you could get them to grow faster? technically the 1000W MH would create tighter nodes and thicker leafs and stems... they may be not necessarily grow faster but they would be bushier and a bit healthier...
Hello Again. I purchased some equipment and would appreciate your comments or suggestion on changes as I can exchange it. 1000w MH bassast set, 1000w MH warm deluxe reduced jacket lamp, horizontal reflector (there were many to chose from I took the cheapest $35.00, I would prefer a vertical one, a 36" or so umbrella is best, 42" is too big but its not like its a big deal...CanFilter 33 Carbon Air Scrubber 200 cfm which came with a 6' Carbon Air Flange and you suggested earlier to get a 140 cfm for ventilation, the smallest they had was a 200,with ventilation more is better so go with the 200 is that preferable over the 140cfm or does it matter much. What else do I need for ventilation? or ?? The above is to ventilate out of the room I imagine, and if so what do I need for intake air? you can start without any intake, intake can be created later in order to regulate the intake of air or increase it's flow... in the winter intake is often unnecessary but in the summer when its hot outside an intake can reduce the temperature by few degrees...Wow so many questions when I thought I was ready. Thanks again for your continued support.
thank you everyone for helping me out, i appreciate it! i am going to implement those ideas. i forgot to mention that the intake is the same size as the exhaust, and i do in fact have a speed control on the fan(even at lowest setting problem still the same). therefore i am going to double the intake and see how that goes as well. thanks again!
bernie, simply put, less is more
Hi Mark, This is my first grow and I'm in the middle of the 5th week of bloom. I only have 3 plants (growing under a 400W Hortilux HPS bulb) and they all look different, is this normal? Two of them the leaves are starting to yellow and edges are crispy, and the other one the leaves are green, but really curling at the top(like a Ram's horn)and edges are starting to turn crispy. What do you think the problem could be, too much or not enough food (I'm feeding them Pure Blend Pro and Kool Bloom, in Promix BX)? I would say its too much food...but at this point in 5th week of bloom that's actually what they are supposed to look like.. a bit overfed, a bit damaged... you should start leaching at the end of week 6 If I'm over feeding (this is my first grow, sometimes I may get carried away), how much does it hurt to cut back at this point of bloom? ..I would decrease the nutrients by 10% ..just in case..Thank You for always answering my questions, I really do appreciate it. Bernie
To help please. Mark is right you need to support the plastic sheet. Could also use a grid of 1x2 strapping its reasonably light weight or.. put doors back on and suspend poly film on the inside like a shower curtain that goes across the front and wraps partially around the sides. You may also want to use a ceiling fan speed control. It looks like a light dimmer but it's not the same internally and should cost around $15-20. This will slow your fan down to a more reasonable speed.
To Help Please: Assuming there is duct work (pipe) coming from your extractor fan, would it be possible to put some kind of adjustable valve over the outlet? It could even be something as simple as duct tape really. You could then adjust how much air is allowed to come out and set it right at the point where it stops 'sucking.' Not sure if this is appropriate but it's hard to tell from here. :)
To Germinator, thanks for your help
hey guys, im having issues with my grow area, its one of those closets that use to have those shitty, noisy, sliding, mirror doors. i have since removed those seeing as they were useless and alowed too much light to pass though. i have covered the whole opening to the grow room with BLACK/WHITE poly, it has a zippered opening plus an intake(passive) and outtake. the PROBLEM is that the extractor fan creates TOO MUCH negative pressure and its sucking my entire grow room SMALLER plus its tearing the thing off (held with tape)......... i am thinking i have to get another fan for the INTAKE if nothing else works, if so what fan would correctly pair with a 400cfm elicent? good idea but I think you need to get some wood (2x4 or similar) and build a basic skeleton structure to support the air ...or put back the doors which is probably cheaper and easier...... would you guys have any other suggestions? thanks a bunch!
Hey Mark just a question for you about plants in veg. You told me before you soak them down good so i have been doing that now for a week and a bit and i can see a difference they are really nice and perky when i go back in after the water has a dried up. My question is how many times a day do you do this? I just do it once a day for now but if you suggest more then i will. ....how small are the pots you have them in?.. normally inn the smallest pots I would not do it more then every 2nd day... in a beer cup container I may do this once a day because pots are small.... IF they dry out truly dry out then you have to do it once a day but not more often... you may have to re-pot into bigger pots ... in a 10 inch container you could water every 3 or 4 days.... I got 1 more for ya i have a 400W MH right now for my veg room. For the cost of buying a 1000W MH would it be worth switching it? keep the 400W for veg and get a 1000W HPS for bloom... is it worth it? is it worth it to you?
The second link (within the main text) didn't come out right. (It did it automatically but didn't do the whole thing.) You need to paste the whole link into your address bar or click on 'Home Page' when you get there to see the proper menu for light kits etc.
For Ken ... keep forgetting to mention this. I've bought a couple of light kits from this guy in Winnipeg (I think) because I found him to have pretty good deals, for example, 1000w MH complete kit ready to plug in for $279. He only charges $20 for shipping and is pretty fast. Just a standard bulb with the kit though, if you want that other bulb Mark mentioned you'd have to buy it separately. Don't know if it's the best deal around but thought I'd mention it cause I know you're in the market. Here's the link again: http://www.canadianwholesalehydroponics.com/products.cfm?cat_id=6&show_products=1&catpage=3 (No I'm not associated with them in any way.)
Mark, or anyone, as you may remember I made the mistake of putting a desiccant pack in the some seeds I was keeping ... I've learned now that some people use rice - they put a handful of rice 'kernals' in with the seeds to absorb any excess moisture. Just wondering what you think about this, or is it better to just leave them on their own and not worry about it? Thanks. it is best to place them in a plain ol' air-tight plastic container (light proof) at the bottom of the fridge.. they will live for years..
cooln down, thanks for the advise. sounds like its worth a try. with a 400w metal halide, and 2 48" fluors I'm just trying to keep rotation simple, easy, and cheap.
To 420 and the questions of sustaining a mother plant under floros..It's how I do it and it's easy . Question 1 "so could a clone from a strong mother plant grown off 400 watt metal halide live off 4 fluor 40 watt bulbs" answer YES I have this set up and I use 15% Botanicare veg solution at every feeding/watering.2'nd question: "and could that clone be grown off these fluors and be just a mother plant that is all ways trimmed to 1 foot? is that possisble" answer YES MY mother plant is about 28" tall with the lower 8 inches bare of branches.. light dosen't penetrate deep enough.I've chopped about a 1/3 off it once to prevent streching and to keep lots of new shoots on it then and let it come back. It's now 4 1/2 mos old in a 20l pot and I'm taking a clone and using it to replace the mother.I'll keep that new mother for 4 months or so and then replace with a new one again. Q3 "will that clone be a weak mother due to not enough light?" answer no it will be suitable. Q4 "or is it really just a waste of time trying to use fluorescent?: ans no(see the answers to your other questions)My closet is 48"x 30" I have 2 48" 40w fixtures I keep one mother and have enough room for cloning tray next to Mother and a shelf across the back for 4 or 5 rooted clones in 2 gal pots that get transplanted to 5 gal pails under the 400w.I run a 4 wk cycle.. every 4wks 3 or 4 clones ( about 6-7" tall) go in and 3 or 4 mature plants come out. This gives me a continual harvest of about 1/4 lb dry bud a month.Hope this helps.
when do the leaves start to yellow out,im in bloom 7wks and 4days under 400w,starting leaching at the end of 6wks,using flora series... I would expect the leafs to lose some if not most green by now, sort of 50/50 yellow green ...
Mark when following your style of grow & nutrients. Is my run off pH at 6.5 or is it at 5.2 - 6.2 Thank you. range for veg is 6.8 to 6.0.. bloom period is 6.0 to 5.2... but again I do not pH my water when in promix...
so could a clone from a strong mother plant grown off 400 watt metal halide live off 4 fluor 40 watt bulbs? and could that clone be grown off these fluors and be just a mother plant that is all ways trimmed to 1 foot? is that possible? difficult for beginners because you need to "understand" your plan ..but possible...they will be smaller and less healthy but they will be the same genetics as if you had a bigger light... will that clone be a weak mother due to not enough light? no, you can take a clone from a mother plant under crappy lights and place the clone under "good" lights and it will behave as "normal"..or is it really just a waste of time trying to use fluorescent? ....I try not to make judgment calls like that... I just explain how it works...
for clones...male/female, your not understanding, you said clones were only female, no one clones a male on purpose but its done all the time when sexing plants, really dont think you get it.... I red all the posts and every one gets it by now :-) ...
yes of course a clone is a cutting from another plant...male or female..but WHO would want to clone a male?............ I did once...
This should be of interest to anyone who has seeds that are hard to germinate. To make a long story shorter, I have a bunch of seeds from a grow I did last year and now couldn't get any to germinate. (Even though, right after the grow last summer, I was getting near 100%) I spent hours and hours on the net researching germination tricks for hard-to-germinate seeds. This was for plants in general, not specifically cannabis. Anyway, I tried many different things - probably went through 75 seeds with my experiments - but was still not getting anywhere. After still more research I learned that hydrogen peroxide is sometimes used for this problem. I set up 3 containers with about 2 or 3 ounces of water in each. In the first I put one capful of peroxide, the second, four capfuls and the third was straight peroxide. In the first two containers almost every seed has popped and is showing a good looking root after about 30 hours. In the third container (straight peroxide) nothing happened at all, not surprisingly. So there you have it, it worked unbelievably well. Keep in mind that I had lots of seeds to play with. I'm not recommending this to anyone for use on the 10 seeds or whatever you buy online; however, if you find yourself in a pinch, give it a shot. I can't believe how well it worked. (These were pure sativa seeds (supposedly) the strain being, Haze.) Maybe this will help someone out some time. ..
Hi Mark. I know that you say to use 50% of recommended dosage on bud boosters under 400W, I just wanted to be sure about that number. I have Liquid Kool Bloom, which says 1 - 2 tsp per gallon. At 50% of the low end that is only 2.5ml per 4l of water. I would use 1 tsp instead of 2 under a 400W (you could try 1.5 on a few plants, just to see if they can take it, in week 5 and 6) .... but yes, its a concentrate and you need to be very careful not to accidentally add too much and burn them...This doesn't seem like much...is this really all that is required? And should I be using 50% of the 1 tsp (5ml) or 2 tsp (10ml) recommendation? Thanks for your help!
After all the advice you have given I am ready to build my room and buy my stuff. The room will be 5x6x6 (feet). Right now the walls are concrete. If I could just paint them the proper colour (flat white) that would be real easy but if not I will use white paneling. What do you think? flat white, easier and cheaper.. If you were to put together a customized kit of everything I need what would you use? this is what I know so far. A 1000 watt bulb, MH SunMaster Warm Deluxe I think you said but I will look back on previous posts, 140 CMF for ventilation (from my room out?) a Can 33 Carbon Filter, a small fan to create a breeze, and I think you said I need ventilation in as well? I want to do this right, do not want to fall into buying something now and upgrading later that's it upgrade later..., and will not blame you if things do not work out as I would like, but eventually it will. And yes I love Promix BX for everything I grow. I can tell you that every plant that I grow in my containers for outside does. exceptionally well with it, I have compared. Thanks again, Ken
help420, you dont need to be feeling guilty, you straightened me out on some things too! but I understand what your saying..
Sure could, in fact, it's done all the time. You should wait until they root though, about a week or so, before putting them into bloom. (I, and I'm sure others, would feel more comfortable answering more questions at Mark's Google group. I'm feelin' guilty takin' up all this space. :-) No harm done though.) none
thanks help420...and i dont think mark minds the help...so if i take clones from a female plant hypothetically (don't think i would cause i wouldn't get much yield ) i could put those plants right into bloom??... alot of my questions are space related
Jimmy ... exactly. A cutting taken from one plant and grown as a new plant (the clone) is an identical, genetic copy of its parent. This, of course, includes sex. So, when you take clones from the plants you now have in veg and put those clones into bloom, you will be able to tell what sex each original plant is by the sex of its clone. Make sense? Whatever you do, don't forget to label the clones, for example, as suggested by the first person that answered your question, mark one plant as A, the next as B and so on. If you take two clones from plant 'A', they would both be marked 'A' also so you can identify which plant they came from once they show sex. Still make sense? (Mark, sorry for answering so much on this subject but it seemed required. Just trying to save you some typing.)
answering part of my own question ;P The clone you take should come first from the main stock of the plant and it should be at least 8 to 10 cm tall, so as long as the cuttling is 3 inches it'll be fine? exactly
This is for "clones??? male/female??" Since you may be responding to my answer I will explain. A clone can be either male or female..For example, when you remove a branch (cutting) from one plant and start it as a separate plant it is referred to as a clone, regardless of the sex of the plant it was taken from. It is common for people who grow from seed to take cuttings from the young plants (in veg of course) then put the cuttings (clones) into bloom to determine which plants are male and which are female. I suggest you may be thinking along the lines of clones you would purchase from TIME or CALM or other like-minded groups, in which case all are female for obvious reasons - and/or the clones you take from a mother plant to keep your growing cycles running, again, obviously all female. "Clone" (for our purposes) is simply a term used to describe the new plant that is created after taking a cutting from one plant and growing it as a new, separate plant. Whether male or female, it will have the same characteristics as its parent, hence the word "clone." Hope this clears things up
I just wanted to be clear about taking clones, now a motherplant atleast one foot can be finally cloned, and in the cloning location diagram you say to get a clone from a vegging plant toward the top of the plant, but also the cuttling has to be big and strong enough, so with that being said on a 1 foot mother where do you get a clone since the upper branches dont look totally strong enough , how many inches should they be? or should the clones come from the lower plant where all the strongest branches are? so if the cuttlings do come from the upper part of the plant how "big" do they have to be to be considered stable enough to root good/survive? tectonically 2 inch clone will live and root, but its best if the clone is 3 to 4 inches, 6 inches is too big... I should have said "preferably" take clones from the top ... you can take a clone any where there is a branch, tops, bottoms, side branches.....thanks for the help, great forum ;)also how long can say two clones live off 4-40watt flor bulbs? the healthier the plant the healthier the clones will be be so its not the best thing to take clones from a under nourished or under lit plant.. the clones from a "weak" plant will fair poorly, i.e. take long to root if not die in the process... but at the same time you gotta do what you gotta do .... as long as you keep the clones 3 inches from the bulb they should live until they reach 1 foot... that's the limit of this bulb...
Guys..clones are what you call cuttings from a mother plant..which is already female right..hence a mother plant...thus.... (all) clones are female[ exact duplicates of the mother]..you don't sex them...you don't have clones from seeds..feminized or not!!....you have plants, plants from seeds must be sexed.......just thinking someone has their terms a little mixed up....and for the other...you can't ..or I wouldn't ...go into bud from veg to sex plants then go back into veg..no way{ you "will at" least stress them into hemaphrodites or something}..you just have to put plants into bud and check them for a few days ..to pull males... all true, amen
Jimmy, unless I'm mistaken (and I certainly could be) it seems like you might not have understood the advice the others have given you so I'll take a shot also. (Their advice was perfect of course but your response made me wonder if you knew what they meant. My apologies if I am wrong.) First of all, what you are asking about is NOT recommended. If you put your plants into bloom (to determine sex) then put them back into veg, at the least you will be adding a great deal of time to your grow cycle as it can take a long time for plants to return to veg if they've been put into bloom then back into veg again. It is also very stressful on the plants to do this, and particularly with young plants, other problems can arise from doing what you are asking. Now, it is not that hard to start clones so you needn't worry about getting into it. In my opinion you'd be better off learning to clone than putting your plants in bloom then back to veg - way better off. So ... you should take one or two clone (probably two since you've never done it before) from each of your plants, give the clones a week to start growing roots then put the clones into bloom. Leave your plants in veg as they were - put only the clones you took from them into bloom. (Or visa versa as suggested by 'cooln down' - plants into bloom and leave clones in veg) As has alrady been mentioned, make sure you label each clone so you know which plant it came from. When the clones show sex, you can dispose of both the male clones and the plant the male clones came from since it/they will also be male. Keep the female clones and bloom with your female plants. If you already knew all that then please accept my apologies and just ignore me. You wouldn't be the first. LOL Personally, I don't sex my plants as I can pick out males before they release pollin; I just put my plants into bloom and remove the males before they get a chance to impregnate my ladies. :-) Watch the plants/clones you are sexing closely so you can learn what the males look like at the earliest possible stage. (Keep an eye out for those bananas!) Hope this helps jimmy. If you start a new topic in Mark's forum I'm sure there are many here who would help you through anything you need. Good luck!
is any one familiar with a strain called aurora indica??? i know diffrent seed banks sometimes label differently but ive been told this is one of the best indicas around...i know you have probably smoked it mark ...lol never heard of her .... there are many types, so many....
i thank everyone for their responses and of course you mark....but ive only been growing for abt a year now so im not into cloning yet...i will be 1 day though :) what i meant was that if i took plants grown from seeds (not clones) and veged them for only a few days could i switch to bloom find their sex pull the males and then switch back to veg??? or is this not advised??...its is of course do-able, but its not advised because some species will take 2 months to switch back from bloom to veg and that's just too long... i seem to have a green thumb when it comes to growing any thing so im willing to try new things....
A response to Jimmy's question about determining sex and the following responses. I have a 4x4 area w 400w hps and a seperate closet with 2 twin tube flourescent fixtures. I start seeds under floro and move plants to 400watt area when large enough to handle extra light.I take and label clones as indicated and put under floro with a veg light cycle. This is where I go 180 degrees from the supplied advice.My floro closet isn't large enough or bright enough to support 4 or 5 larger plants of unknown sex and I've had very little success getting sex to show on clones using floro.So I keep clones under floro on veg cycle and start the original plants to flower.Inspect them a couple of times everyday watching for male development.As soon as a male is spotted remove it and destroy it's clones. You should be able to get it before pollen is produced and released. Finish you remaining girls, then start the march of the clones. I've never bought seeds from Mark but if you are using his seeds and he says 90% fem rate, I'd bet you won't be pulling many males. btw mark thanks again for all your help....totally good advice..
Mark, you have been most helpful. NOBODY should blame YOU if they do not succeed while using your advice. One should do their homework (research) and after that use this research, formulate their own opinion and run with it. You have given me the tools (advice) and now it is up to me to make a decision. If I am successful I THANK YOU, if I am not as successful as I wanted to be, I will ask more questions and NOT BLAME YOU. Do you believe that using a 1000 watt bulb is enough to cause a noticeable electricity increase to flag the authorities? Even with a license who needs a knock on the door? Ken.... 99.9% of all the busts I saw, experienced and may be caused :-) was "Loose Lips" (as in neighbors or fake friends, etc.), nothing else... 1000W in electricity use is equivalent to a person moving into your place so generally 1000W is harmless, it should cost around $40 a month in electricity.... there is a list floating around with 10,000 possible targets by the cops in Toronto and they can not catch up with busts ... and NONE are under 6000W... this is purely from experience and I can not tell you the same will happen to you BUT in general a cop would not really care about A light... they would destroy your crop, break your bulb and probably not even charge you ... unless you do other bad things....
I have a couple plants(summertime budha) that are a few weeks into veg. I am using the recipe for success kit from here http://www.technaflora.com/ Used 20% solution when they were a couple inches tall, then 50% solution two feedings after that and then full strength. Feed them about every 4-5 days. Using 1000w in promix bx. Lights on 24hr a couple feet above, temp=24-26, humidity=30-38%, room is 5x9, ventilation is from me visiting the room a few times a day and an oscillating fan.(my first grow) They look like a good green color overall(a couple have very little yellow on the tips of the bottom leafs, i believe from before i switched to full strength solution). My real problem is they are curling up around the edges of the leaves. Another site says is lack of Mg, but I have been feeding the desent i think. Any help from Mark or experienced growers is apprecciated. this is hard to tell why... this can happen because you have a humidity problem or the oscillating fan is too strong... also I would immediately pull back on nutrients down to 25% for 1 or 2 watering and then return to 100% after... it is also possible that you need to feed 1 plant a little more then the rest to see if this is not under feeding which it could be... feed 1 plant 25% more nutrients and see what happens...
jimmy, let me be more clear..mark the growing plants ..A to whatever, then when ready, cut 2 clones off each plant and mark the 2 the same as the plant u took them from, switch the the light on the cuttings, saving the "mother plants" determine sex with cuttings then remove the males and happy growing.
sorry jimmy that was from me...typing and medicating ...see ya..just a helping hand
Just wondering how far from my sprouting seeds should my four foot grow bulbs be from them when they poke though the ground ...it should be 4 feet away for the first week but afterwards you can inch the light closer down to 2 feet away.. if they start wilting its not because of too much water but because the light is too close... pull back by a foot or so... happens rarely but it does....Because they seem like they stretch up alot at first or is that normal. pretty much normal... Just want to say thanks for all your advice and I sent my money order for my seeds .
In a (1) one litre bottle..combine 5 ml alcohol [70% from drug store ok] with 5 ml Hydrogen Peroxide...and 5 ml dish soap [ not microbial kind/regular] fill rest with coldest water possible..add ice chips/ semi-freeze, sort off...really cold water mites hate knocks em right of leaves.{their little feet let go } ...use good sprayer with good preasure...this combo works excellent spray underside leaves look for webs....better yet dont get them too bad...temp and humidity ( no or poor ventilation ) these are the main reasons for mites....all good advice...
whats a good insect repellent i can use for my plants.i think i may have a few mites ....EcoSense Insecticide or End All, both with 0.5% pirithrins.... but also, 10ml of regular dish soap also does the same trick... make sure you spray just before they go to sleep to make sure the temperature drops to below 24C after the spray (or they will suffocate)...
After two weeks I had a great looking plant. Bushy with large leaves. Now it has been under light 1000w for 3 weeks and the large leaves are drying up. They are going slightly brown and curling up. To hot? To close to the light? To dry? Any sugestions. Thanks...probably too much food... the big leafs do die off naturally but if its all of them all at once its too much nutrients... I would immediately go down to 25% of nutrients for 1 or 2 watering ... then resume feeding as normal....
hey mark...my question...plants started from seeds and after a week or so i turn back the lights to 12/12 in order to find their sex (and pull the males) can i turn the lights back to veg for a month? you can but I do not recommend that as this is heavy stress and odd thing COULD happen... some people do it but I prefer to take a clone, as in place the clone under 12/12, find out sex and then choose the females.... or would that stress the the girls into hermies??? there is a chance... as always any advice is welcome...thanks
so, a plant 5 weeks into veg, foot tall, 100 degrees for half the day "only one day" not flowering yet, gonna turn out hermie? ;( is there a chance it'll be ok ;( .....there is a chance they will turn hemrie but it down not mean they will .... with high temps the problem is mainly yield.. i.e. less yield, smaller buds.... since quality depends on genes that at least will not be affected....
Anyone know where you can buy gibberellic acid in Ontario? Seems like the hydro stores I've looked at don't carry it. I need it to try and germinate some old seeds, which I have learned is what they do commercially. Thanks for the help, anyone.
Hey I was just wondering what one of your strains wuld do good in Southern Ontario? Im having a hard time choosing :D ....they all do well, but summertime buddha is probably the best... even if that's debatable...
Thanks again Mark. Sorry for so many questions. I thought that the wattage was only related to size of the room. This is probably the last question about building my room and then I can progress to other questions. So, a 1000 watt buld is not too large for a small room? to make it work well you need minimum 5 x 5 space for a 1000W + whatever space for walking around (if any)... also wattage tells me how much you will yield.... a 1000W should yield a pound per cycle, 400W should yield may be half of that... 600W in between....I like the grow tent that you mentioned but my ceiling is only 6' and the tent is 7.5. If in fact the tent is flexible enough for me to use could I still use 1000 watts? I do not think its wise to get the tent unless you want to bend and cut the support legs yourself... 6 feet in height is do-able but limited...its not a question of whether you can or can not use a 1000W, its a question of "wanting"... you can always construct a dedicated room as you said before... in short a 1000W needs more ventilation both in and out.. where a 400W does not need an intake and needs a cheaper and smaller ventilation.. and no carbon filter.....It is 4.5 x 4.5 x 7.5 you are at this min-max point not quite big enough but not small enough to outright say NO, I have done plenty of 4 x 4 spaces with a 1000W but I do have more experience... problem for me with giving advice has always been that once you are serious about growing and go through all the mental BS to make it happen, a 400W or even a 600W is a disappointment compared to a 1000W, and cops cant tell the difference and they don't care whether you have a 400W or a 1000W... so 90% of you eventually upgrade anyways... but at the same time I can not tell you to get a 1000W because 30% of you fail or give up growing.. and I need NOT be blamed for those who fail, I hope you get my dilemma..... Thanks again, you are a tremendous help and you are probably appreciated by many far more than you know Ken you, my friends and my local durham police constable :-) ...here is for all the cops who grow weed CHEERS
If you do come back..your a goof..Mark doesn't need biz from or people like you....you guys are always soo tough on a web site you cant be tracked....
someone should report this spammer...it is child porn..... in my line of business no matter how legal seeds are or no matter how many permits I have cops do not help, ever.... also, in the same way you can not be traced by posting here they (the spammers) an not be traced either...
Hey mark,im 2days into leaching my plant.i should i feed it plain water or water with a lil nutrients,you start with leaching with a little bit of nutrients (I like 20%) but after a few watering cycles (2 or 3) you can go back to plain water.. the idea is to step-down the nutrients rather then withdrawing them suddenly. and should the water be cold warm cold is best or in between. hot water contains iron so I do not use it..how many days will i probably be leaching before i can harvest, minimum 1 week in dirt, 2 week preferably, 6 to 7 days in water systems last question is wats tha best wast way to dry harvest 1/2 hr. after sun rise, cut all plants at once and hang them up-side-down in a warm dark place, take down 3 days later and trim..... if still wet allow to dry slowly...
1ST question is about 5-50-17 fertilizer for flowering, its a very concentrated bud booster for week 3 to 6 on top of regular food.. I know a guy that swears by it, any good?sure I freely admit I use anything, but do listen to his advice because I never used it so I cant say anything. .2nd, grow room up to 100 degrees for half the day stress plant into male? oh YES...major stress,... would turn a female into a hermaphrodite...3rd is it true bushy plants tend to be female? mostly true but not all the time...last, ak a slow veger? no, she grows fast, mazar is a slow one...
We don't need a jackass like that on this site any way.Mark, I wouldn't be to worried about losing his business. no worries here
Unbelievable ...
hey----------- help420 ----I ask a question about increasing taste and getting better smoke >>>trying to get better............and your intelligent response is "if it aint broke dont fix it" that is a dumb uninspired, lazy, answer. If you had read the question and "UNDERSTOOD" it, your answer would probably..............who am I kidding.....it would have been the same. As of today it is the last time I visit this site. thank you And I will purchase my summer seeds somewhere else. again thank YOU Mark has lost business because of YOU. I will not be back to read your response, so when your mom gives you computer time.........type what you like. Thanks for all your past help Mark.
Thanks shy guy, I appreciate it. There's other people helping here too and it's got to make it easier for Mark, which is the sole purpose of helping in the first place. I know that Mark will add his thoughts when he gets time so it's all good, for most of us anyway. I am sorry but I had a little health issue but I am back.. and I spend an hour cleaning the spam... Thanks spammers :-(... the google forum was set up so multiple people can converse at the same time... this forum is mainly for quick inquires... please respond to each other however you wish... through this forum or the google one... the reason this one is so freaking simple is because its completely anonymous ... the google one is not...
mark looks like you need some help here with some idiots(spammmers)this is starting to get carried away..come on people leave this site alone
i want to grow Juicy Fruit x Northern Lights x Skunk out doors this year. any advice for me. things i will need to no ... this one is a heavy feeder.. I find outdoor it needs 20% more food then the other strains... other then that its the same as others... harvest early September...
keep up the good work help420. Im sure if your advice is not spot on you will hear about it from mark. although I suffer the same lack of credibility here also LOL, I have watched your responses and agree with your opinions...thus far :))
Mark, I have 2 g13xbudda starting, 2 weeks old and they look great. My question is, are these plants always so tightly packed, ...does not sound like the G13 and Buddha I remember.... most impressions are the very opposite... like, each new set of leaves is only a bit above the last set? They look great like that and now I expect to have a very bushy plant, does that sound right? bushy is not associated with a sativa dominant plant but it does happen that even in a sativa strain you get some that are more resembling the indica parent (G13)... the only way to get consistent looking plants is from clones... seeds, especially F1 seeds display a lot of variances...Big fat dark green leaves too, awesome for only 2 weeks! My only complaint is that only 2 germinated, out of 5 ? or 10? I have given free seeds before so next time your around let me know...I sure hope they're females. This is for rick.... you don't have to have credibility to have an opinion. Help420, you can answer my questions anytime. Mark usually adds his advice anyway, so great!..indeed... I appreciate when others help..
What is the legal age to buy seeds In Canada Ontario ? If you are under 18 could you still buy them?? not from me...
Rick - guess I should apologize for trying to help by offering an opinion. I didn't realize you had a sensitivity issue. I'll know better next time. I've been following this forum almost since the beginning and what I see is the same questions being asked over and over and over again. For Mark, this has got to get very tiresome at times - a little help can go a long way. An opinion is just that, an opinion. If you don't like it, ignore it. As for credibility, my first crop was 6 Panama Red plants, grown behind a false fireplace front with a 2 foot black light and a 4 foot fluorescent shop light in 1974. Needless to say, they didn't do so well but I was 18 and not exactly well informed about gardening. I've kept my nose out of the forum for the most part because it is not mine, but it is plain to see that Mark has a lot on his plate these days so I thought a little help would be a good thing. Apparently not everyone appreciates it. By the way, I stick by my answer: playing with the PH in Promix is a waste of time. Lights are the single most important element to a successful, high yield grow. If I decide to offer any more opinions, I will stay away from your questions. You are much too sensitive and frankly, those who don't appreciate the help don't deserve it.... don't take it personally .. every one always wants more ...
Hey Matt....your not supposed to hold your tokes for so long....LOL....ha..:)
I will pay anyone 500.00 if they can stop these Ad freaks from harassing marks site. Really !!!!
Hey all...here is the link to the Toronto Freedom Festival..come one ..come all...bring massive bud......again the link is http://www.torontofreedomfestival.com/ Cheers and Happy Dube Day see you there May 3, 2008 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :)
Is cheech or chong going to be at the weed march this year and if so will they be down for singing anything.
This is a response to HELP-420 about ph-ing. I asked Mark a question. The person I bought seeds off and a person who has helped me for a year. If I wanted someone elses opinion I would have gone to another site. You answered -if it aint broke why fix it. Nothing is broke. I am trying to improve my taste and quality as this is personal, yield is not an issue. If I dont keep trying to improve.......well, why live. Staus que is for lazy uninspired people. I know Mark can youse some help......but Mark has crediblity......you?....
Well I actually found my answer already and thought I would stop by here and let anyone else who wants to know also and found it hard to find like I did. March on Queens Park this year will be May 3rd 2008. Thanks for taling teh time to read my question anyways!
Just trying to find out the date for this years march here in Toronto Ontario Canada! Thanks to anyone that answers
YES!!!! Mites can ruin your whole day...you will have them... they are in the environment..but you CAN limit there existence. Most important TEMPERATURE...25 C is best...for the plants..mites will not reproduce well under 24 C....I can still find the odd few with my temp 22 C... Ventilation and fans thus important..too much humidity is also REAL BAD....more than 50/60 percent your asking for trouble if your temp is too high etc..perfect storm....spray ..YUP..teaspoon dish soap (not microbible stuff) 5 ml alcohol 70% from drug store stuff and 5 ml hydrogen peroxide....with REALLY COLD WATER( pack ice chips too) mites HATE COLD knocks em right off plant....(keep in fridg)1 litre bottle directions..spray underside leaves IF you have em...but LOOK..use mag glass if necessary ....but if you goof ..they can suck the life from your girls buds...note if you spray it can be easier to spot their little webs...look in the croach of the plant..at the bottom where she branches out ....if you keep your temps and humidity right you should not have to do more than spray if they pick up...I do not like Neem oils...and NEVER in bud..they make weed taste like..well street weed..
Hi Mark, I heard that spider mites can eat away at your plants and leave you with hallow Buds. They look good on the outside but they are eaten away on the inside. Any truth to this? kill all mites as soon as you see them... they will kill your crop and decrease yield by 2/3
I am about to purchase my first set of equipment and I really want to do the best I can with what I have the first time around. The space I have to work with gives me the choice of a room 4'4', 400W needs 50 CFM minimum or 4'x5' may be 600W needs 100 CFM of air movement or 4'x6' 600W or may be a 1000W or 5'x6' 1000W needs 140 CFM of ventilation.... and a Can 33 Carbon filter Please tell me the best I can do with these choices with respect to equipment....brands matter little, electronics ballasts are for rich people...little benefit in them... see this store.. I like them .. ps. use promix..Not that I am wealthy but I want the best I can have with the space I have and I do not care what it costs. What is the largest and the best light to buy for this size of room etc. Is a 1000 watt too big? Is a 400 watt too small? it depends on the yield desired...If there is something else, equipment wise that you suggest please do. Just start me off with the correct and best equipment please. Thanks, Ken PS, this might be answered in earlier questions but I posted this one before you had the chance to answer. I am ready to build the room and buy the equipment that you suggest.
Whoever is spamming this board move along cause no one wants your junk, Waste of valuable space you morrons!
all this spam makes my brain hurt...what a waste of space. its akin to telemarketers that call at dinnertime. they intrude without being welcome and ruin my buzz...
Hi Mark, This is my first grow, and I think that I may have a mold problem. Last week I sprayed for mites, could this be the cause? I am starting the 4th week of bloom, can I do any thing about this? One more thing, if my girls(I only have 3)are developing at different rates, would I harvest at different times? Thank You, Bernie it depends on what kind of humidity you have, hopefully below 60 or 50%.. generally with mold the air is stagnant and the mold grows... with heavy air movement the the mold usually cant hold...
Hey Mark...a quick Q about "blights"....I am aware of blights that tomatoes get so I am assuming MJ has some similar issues....I have noticed a few spots..or areas on the UNDERSIDE of the fan leaves..I am 1 week into bud...with the WS. While checking for mites...I see small little irregular shaped spots of black or very dark grey( remind me of blight on tomatoes)..not to over-emphasize these spots...they are few and far between( at this point) as are my mites as usual .... but wanted your opinion....I have been spraying ..more frequently than 1 x per day b/c of dry air...as you know I have terrific ventilation..I have temps from 22 C day to 18-20 C night...a little cooler- time of year....is this or can this be just a over spraying( water) issue....even though my humidity seems low most of the time??? After feeding the humidity does go to 40-50 % for a day or so....then settles back to 20-30%....Thanks call you this week...... call me and ask me
My mother puts her used coffee grounds into the soil of most of her plants.. her plants are amazing. Do you think this would work with weed or is it better to just stay away from things like this?..they prevent fungus gnats from laying eggs... its an old method.. it works.. paprica, tea leafs, neem etc.... but try on one plant for a week .. I am not 100% sure coffee beans are harmless to the MJ plant... just in case...
thanks for your advice help420....
Is there no one who has the hacking skills to send these advertisers THE BOMB???
Jimmy, I cut the main stem off just above the top of the soil and hang the whole plant upside down. If I'm not mistaken, I believe most people use a similar method. No need for the roots or cutting individual branches.
i'm not trying to piss in your pocket and tell you it's raining but you said the price's were the same i went to another site and found the same beans you have white russain 110 chronic 70 ak47 120 all pack's of ten i would love to order from you your close and funny i might add in your video's you had nothing personal i just woundered why so high and if you don't believe me let me know and i'll tell you witch site i almost drove 6 hour's to your place but i found the site mark sorry if you think i'm being rude not trying to be at all
Rick... if it ain't broken, why try and fix it? I've used Promix for years and have never tested ph and never had a problem either. It's your call obviously, but unless something is going to make a huge difference (which I doubt playing with the ph in Promix will) why change a good system? I know you don't need my advice but sometimes it helps to hear someone else say, leave well enough alone. There are better ways to make a difference, like lights.
KEN: I used a corner of an 8 x 7 foot room and hung 2 shower curtains to make a space that is about 4 x 5. Two of the walls (a corner of the room) are drywall painted flat white and the other 2 sides are created by the curtains. Inside I have 2 - 400w lights - one MH and one HPS. I hang them very close together and angle them up towards each other so that most of the heat will go upwards naturally. The reflectors look sort of like this: /\ with a much smaller angle of course. I have a small, 6" fan above the reflectors that removes the heat from the space. I use another fan for general air circulation - mostly to make sure that the plants are being gently moved. I'm not exactly sure what you mean by success rate but my plants do very well. The main problem with this setup is that you have to make sure the curtains cannot get to close to the lights. An enclosed space like you are thinking of building is better for both light reflection and keeping light out. I originally was going to enclose it but again, I just really like being able to pull back the curtains and have a full 8 x 7 room to move around and work in. Don't know if you're interested but you can by 4 x 8 hardboard sheets that are already white - I think it is actually called white hardboard - at any lumber store. The advantage over drywall is that it is very thin (1/4" - 3/8" maybe?) and you don't necessarily need to paint it since it's already white. Just another thought. Also, not that I probably need to mention it but, heat and ventilation are the main issues with an enclosed room like you're talking about. If you don't have a good method of removing the heat you will definitely have problems. If you take care of that, ventilation will take care of itself - hot out, new air in. Good luck Ken.
I have been growing for a year,personal, I have bought my seeds off of you and you have given me great advice on questions I have asked through this forum.........thanks.....I grow in pro mix 1000w. I constantly read about people ph-ing there water especially when they are leeching...in pro-mix. Now I never hasve done this because you have said that it is unnesascary in pro-mix. What about when we are leeching with 25% nutes, after 10 weeks of watering does the pro-mix magically adjust the ph ?????? please elaborate, before I go out and spend $ on a ph tester etc. etc. etc.Thank-you very much. I have had good yields recently not adjusting the ph......but you always want to improve ,right?... all I can say is that I never ever pH the promix... but at the same time I almost never give plain water, since even a little bit of nutrients brings down the pH... in the end of the cycle you are supposed to slowly withdraw nutrients so in the last week she gets nothing, but you can not one day simply go from 100% feeding to 0%..i.e. plain water, she will get shocked...... and yes promix does have minerals to bring down the pH of tap water..... I think it says so right on the box...
hi mark does it matter when your harvesting if you get the whole root or can we just cut each branch and hang it upside down??and whn i say matter i mean potency....all replies welcome
Which is better for veg, Sunmaster warm deluxe or cool deluxe? I have read that cool deluxe has more blue spectrum and warm has more lumens. Which is more important spectrum or lumens? more lumes for bloom and better spectrum for veg.
To GrowRoom I love that idea but I want to use the rest of the room for different reasons. I want my growroom to be sealed away from lutside light etc. All I really want is to make sure that I purchase the best material possibe for the space I have which can be 4x4 or 5x5 Money is not an object for me in order to do so. I really do appreciate your input. I must ask about your success rate and what you use inside the shower curtain. Size, lights, etc. Ken these people have a grow tent for sale, a sort of all enclosed room inside a room...... its a neat idea .....
FOR KEN ... I'll let Mark answer your question about building your 4 x 4 inside the other room but here's a thought ... my situation was similar but I didn't partition it off with a wall because I wanted freedom of movement - I simply hung cheap, white shower curtains to block off a corner. (Ventilation is still available because the curtains are 6' and the room is 7' high) I like it because I can just pull back the curtain and have room to move plants around etc. without being crowded. Just a thought ... I'm sure your idea might work a little better but I personally would be frustrated with the cramped quarters. Not everyone is me though. :)
hey mark,what would a old 400 mh do to the plants?the guy i bought it from SAID it was new,but you never know these days ballasts are meant to work for 25 years so old or new matters little, as long as the bulb is NOT older then 1 year... if you don't know may as well replace the bulb....And what is youngest size plant you can put under a 400 mh?...as young as a seedling but until they are 2 inches keep the bulb at 4 feet away from the plant... Thanks again for your help and time mark.your site is the BEST ive found.its grate!
I did ask an earlier question but after reading more of your page about yield I have to expand on my question. My top preference is quality but of course quantity is good. I could go to a 5x5 foot room and a 600watt but would that be much better or a little better than a 4x4 foot room with either a 400 watt or 600 watt. If the room is to be 4x4 what bulb would you use and if you had a choice between 4x4 or 5x5 what would you use. MMMMMMMM I don't think that I am thinking straight right now. Ken... the problem here is that I do not really like any lights below a 1000W because the plants develop a little differently, need less nutrients and look like miniature versions of what they are supposed to look like... so the bottom line for me is that if I want to develop top bud OR seeds I only use 1000W... 1000W is simply the closest thing we can get to a sun... 400W or even a 600W does not come close...
Here's a Black Domina description. The biggest problem with this strain is the yield is smaller than most. DESCRIPTION: Dark, delicious and devastating - Black Domina blends the world's finest Indica genetics into a rapid-flowering, crystal-coated hybrid whose distinct looks set her apart from the crowd. Four prime examples of Cannabis Afghanica have been combined in this fast and easy strain. Domina expresses desirable features from the elite Indica genotypes Northern Lights, Ortega, Hash Plant and Afghani SA, making her equally suited to the needs of cash croppers, ganja gourmets and first-time growers. Black Domina grown from seed will display favourable phenotype variation, always with strong Indica characteristics - speed, density, compact stature and amazing resin production - giving any Domina female the potential to be a rewarding, productive mother plant. The phenotype known as the definitive Domina lady can be spotted early in vegetation by her extra height-gain, black-green foliage and huge fan leaves made up of slightly elongated blades. Later in flowering, a massive, sparkling, nearly-spherical central cola makes this phenotype unmistakeable. Growers who are serious about cloning should select their darkest Domina females as 'mistress plants' to provide year after year of world-class cuttings. Be warned, it’s been observed that after their first meeting with Black Domina, many growers will start to spend even more time than usual in the grow-room - not for maintenance, simply to enjoy the company of such exquisite ladies.
Hey mark I've got a question some of my medical smokers are saying that.Black Domina is good for anxiety and stress at work. Mainly the stress but I need to find a good strain to get me back on track. Do you recommend this strain? Thanks again for time generally a heavy indica is good for stressed people like me.. it numbs your senses and you input less. thus feel less. thus feel less stress... but its not that BD works its that you should alternate between one strain and another... best if they are both heavy indica..
So far you have been a tremendous help. I always do lots of research before doing something new. Here is my story and would love your comments. I have a room in my basement that was once used as a cold cellar or wine cellar and it is not directly heated. It is 6' x 10 '. My plan is to build a room iniside this room to be exactly 4x4 with plywood and to cover the plywood with the material suggested, white side in. When it is cold I could put a heater in the larger portion of the room which will produce heat inside my grow room. I want to use 400 watt, MH Sunmaster Warm Deluxe Bulb. good bulb for both veg and bloom I could place an outgoing fan inside exhausting into the larger room and later I could probably if necessary vent it to the outside. Your input is very important to me. I am an experienced outdoor gardener of all types of gardening. I have done well with both yields and qualities until someone decided to take my plants. Need to go inside now. I am patient but also in a hurry. Already have doctors appointment to ask to fill outpapers for the TCC. Thas my story. One last thing I live in Mississauga and could vist your store. If I do would you be able to offer advice in person or is this the best way for me to ask? Ken..if you get a Health Canada medical license you can meet me and get more help... other wise this is the only way for now... you have everything right and I can add little to this ... but since you are building a room and spending so much effort why not go with a 1000W... its all about the yield... 1000W yields more but it also acts a little like a sun so your outdoor skills can be transferred easily .. with a 400W the plants behave like bonsai trees, small, less food, less yield.. etc... not that I am encouraging you to upgrade but if you are medical and you want to replace the dealers you need to consider the yield each bulb can deliver..
Hey Mark, any guesses as to what might be in the variety packs at this time? Thanks.
RedEye: White Widow XXX (wwxxx) are seeds produced by crossing the White Widow plant with the XXX plant - same as, for example, G13 x Buddah is G13 crossed with Buddah. Here's a quote from Mark's seed catalogue regarding the WWXXX cross: "Originally the union came from pure White Widow and an Indian Triple-X. This combination is 10% sativa to 90% indica ratio."
What is the difference in White Widow and White Widow XXX?
Hey Mark just a question for you about misting your plants. I have tried tap water and spring water when i spray my plants but i always seem to see these white spots on the leafs after i do. Doesn't matter if they are under floresents or HID they always get these marks. Looks to me that it's just water marks where the water has dried on the leafs. Do you get the same marks when you mist your plants? Will it be a problem? If so i just won't mist my plants anymore. I do not really mist the plants.. I soak them with a heavy spray of water, it perks them up, misting does little I find... in veg daily, in bloom never... there is some mineral deposits but unless its mold I do not care...
My plants have been in veg for like 5 weeks(Grown from seed). Some plants are obvious females and i'm assuming the others are males. They have some kind of sack. I Though you weren't able to tell sex untill they were put into bloom? not always but sometimes...But i've also heard of some kind of seed sack that females have. Is this true? Well, whatever they are, the sacks have opened. Do you think they are male plants? I would not be 100% sure unless I was in bloom, its true you can see a female in veg but you can not see a male... the plants you think are males may be females.... the plants you think are females are females...
Is the online store working properly? I ordered 5 seed packs of Shiskaberry X Buddha and Juicy Fruit X NL X SK over a week ago with no response email or shipment. Tried calling both phone numbers and the answering service was full. Can you check to see what happened? (Gettin spooked!!).. don't get spooked I was sick... check you visa and if it was charged the seeds are on their way... if it was not charged there was a problem and nothing was shipped.. usually visa over limit ...
Hi Mark: When its time for harvest what is your preferred drying method? Can you explain in detail. My sour diesel clones are in week five now & looking great. Lots of bud coming in. half hour after lights ON, cut all at once, trim them if you wish at this point but try to take less then 6 hours, hang them up side down in a dark closet without any ventilation, temperatures should be around 15 to 20C ... leave for 2 days at least, 3 if they still feel wet, cut all down into a plastic container, close the lid tight and leave over night, they should get wet again, open the lid and allow it to dry out for the next half hour or 1 hour.... if its still wet place the bud into a cardboard box and close it loosely but allow it to vent out slowly, shake and roll the box once in a while, once a day at least. until its all dry.... once dry place the bud in a air and light tight container at the bottom of your fridge, never the freezer....
Forgot, wanted to ask a question ... This has probably been asked before but, can pot size make a significant difference? Here's my thinking ... I'm pretty sure that with many plants, even some trees, the outside width of the plant is roughly equal to the width of the roots, meaning that, if it was 3 feet across (diameter) from the outer-most roots on one side to the outer-most roots on the other side, then the plant's branches/leaves would also measure about 3 feet across from one side to the other (diameter.) If this is true (and please correct if this is wrong or doesn't apply to cannabis) its true and totally applies to cannabis then a plant that is in a pot 20 inches wide should end up 20 inches wide because that is as far as the roots can go. If the pot is only 12 inches wide than the plant would also only grow about that wide. This is just approximate of course, and I realize plants grow farther out than the edges of the pot, but I am curious about this theory. I've wondered about it for a while but never tried it. Any thoughts or anyone that's experimented or had experience along this line? Essentially I'm saying that if you use wide pots the plants would grow wider, thin pots would mean skinnier plants - whether yield is any different or not. two identical plants, one transplanted in to big pot and other in a smaller pot, the one in the bigger pot will yield more then the small one.... but the actual size of the pot depends on strain and the method used... in a hydroponics system you can have a giant plant and a tiny root system...but in promix or dirt after many years of growing I use only two sizes, either a so-called 5 Gallon pot (10 inch) or a so-called 4 Gallon pot (8 inches in diameter)... anything bigger or smaller isn't too good...
Really appreciate you posting that info, thanks a lot. I'm going to work on a more aggressive feeding routine this grow and see what happens. do it to some plants and NOT all so if you learn through killing them you won't kill them all :-) I fully understand the dangers of overfeeding and am VERY careful about that. I always have nice green plants so I've never pushed it further than that. push them in bloom and not necessarily in veg.. I start pushing mine in the 3rd week of bloom and end it at end of week 6 of bloom Also I rarely top the plants unless one is way out of whack in height - this time I'm going to top them all, barring anything unusual. ..do that at least a week before bloom Thanks again - it's great when other people chime in with info when you ask for it. Doesn't always happen. :-)
Hey dude...I know what you mean by only getting 1 to 1 1/2 oz per plant..thats what I got with the diesel/ however I did not super crop those..which I mostly do...but I really think strain has a lot to do with it..what do you grow? when I grow them[ white shark/juicy fruit] 1.5 to 2.5 ft tall..yes closer to 2.5( in veg){ I also use 24 hour lights in veg) and I super crop so I get great bushiness and I also use an aggressive feed schedule ...which is really tricky for some people like newbies....if you use Sensi- Grow/Bloom ( which most people will tell you is too expensive and the same as other cheaper foods) they have a really aggressive feed sched. on the back and I get it up there to 3-4 times strength...this CAN BE DANGEROUS if you do not know what your doing..ie kill them all dead fast...are you using bud fortifier? this too I use aggressively...the only other thing is I use 1000W and (2) 400W is still (2) 400W...for these reasons I think that is the diff in our yields....
hi mark my ladies are 2 foot in the 2nd week of bloom lookin healthy with bud growin everywhere, i was wondering if you help me on guessing my yield of each plant? no two plants under 250w envirolite, good growing conditions plus im using biobizz nutes and canna pk when it is needed. im hoping for at least 2 ounce off each or am i being a little optimistic? probably thanks again ....I will guess 2 ounces total based on the light and your level of experience...... this light COULD get 4 ounces but with some experience ...
TO CURIOUS: I would love to hear how you get 3 to 4 ounces per plant. ....mazar takes 4 weeks to veg (I kid you not) .... while white shark vegges for 2 weeks and goes to bloom, Mazar yields MORE per plants (2 or 3 ounces) but veg time takes too long, white shark vegges quicker and yields less (1 or 2 oz) per plant but over all its quicker and thus more yield... I have seen people pull 3 lbs per 1000W ... BUT the problem is they veg for 2 months... its a law of averages... also, I weight my cannabis bone dry and no leaf... most people weigh they stuff too wet and too leafy.. that's why I do not pay attention to yield per plant, its supposed to be a measurement of yield per light per length of cycle.....My average is 1 to 1-1/2 ounces which I thought was good (putting plants into bloom at 12 to 18 inches.) I can't imagine 3 to 4 ounces per plant. For that matter, I can't imagine how you could get 2 ounces if putting plants into bloom at 12 inches. Am I missing something? I am somewhat experienced with 7 grows under my belt - I have excellent growing conditions though only 800 watts of light (1 - 400w Mh + 1 - 400w HPS) but have never gotten near what you are. 1-3/4 ounces is my best so far. If this can be improved upon without adding more light I would love to know how. (I realize more light would help.) What can of yield are the rest of you folks getting? Thanks for any tips you or others can give.
If My plants are REALLY healthy and bushy!!!!! etc...but are only 1 foot ( plus inch..) not 1.5 -2.5 and I go into Bud mode now...am I going to reduce my yield that dramatically????I mean the girls are exceptional in the bushy quick lots of branching etc...... I have had the crappy pop corn buds lower down as a result of too bushy..etcc... I only expect 2 ounces dry MINIMUM from my plants and normally get 3-4 per plant if I veg thoroughly which would be NOT what I am suggesting to myself this time...just wondered your thoughts Mark ?????? TX's there is nothing wrong with blooming at 1 foot as long as the area the light covers is properly spaced with enough plants... assuming you have enough plants and if you space your plants so they barely touch each others leaf tips then I would flip to bloom...they still grow for 2 weeks into bloom and they will take over whatever space is left ... if your plants do not cover the area properly then they will yield less, i.e. you need more veg time... if your plants are already touching then you must flip to bloom now...
Hi First, thanks for responding to my previous email. I am new to indoor gardening. I want to build a room 4x4 but the height is only 5' 10" I will be purchasing a 400w MH Light Kit. Do you recommend a MH Sylvania Universal Bulb it works or a MH Sunmaster Warm Deluxe Bulb....I like this bulb, does well in veg and bloom, more expensive but worth it.. I just want to make sure that I do it right the first time, of course Thanks Ken
hey buddy-thanks for replying to my post. anyway, i plan on coming when you're open of course. It's alright to call ahead of time to see if you are open, yes i have a list of your hours, but it sounds like those can change. indeed I probably will be in town for a few days when i come anyway to catch a Jays game and all. But the bottom line is: I can buy at the bank if i'm over 18. correct, please remember that cannabis is still illegal in Canada even if seeds are not illegal..So that's what all i needed to know, brother. I'm from NJ, USA so what kind of currency can i use or will you accept. I prefer Canadian dollar ... I think so does the other seed banks....
Hi Mark, Thank you for answering my last question. As I told you this is my first grow, and I'm in my 18th day of bloom. The leaves on my plants are curling down, but I do the dry and then wet method, as in your guide. And the temp. goes down to about 68-70F(20-21C), is this too low? .its ok ..15C would be low, 8C would be too low...... If so, what kind of heater can I use in my small closet? if you must get the cheapest one you can get, one with NO LED-lights, NO exposed heating elements or fancy knobs, set at low setting and place on a timer to kick in an hour after grow light off and turn heater off an hour before grow light ON. And will the light from it disturb my girls(only 3)while they sleep? that's why if you get the cheapest one - they emit no lights, have no switches, even the element does not turn red colour, its so FN cheap .. its so cheap its safe.. Thank you again for the help. Bernie
So what do I actually write on the money order???? Is it the same as where I sent it. So don't know much about money orders....leave it blank....
hi mark...ir a feminized plant goes hermie but with not alot of seeds is the strain from those seeds weaker??? yes, its a true hermie instead of a "feminized" breed.or is is just that the plants are more likely to suffer from stress??? ...they will get ill quicker them a "normal" seed would... doesn't mean they will die or yield nothing, some people still use them for personal smoke...
I found it ... this is a good article on seed dormancy for anyone that is interested. I may be wrong, but after reading everything I have lately, I now believe that some of our germination 'troubles' have little to do with the seeds themselves, but rather, the seeds may simply be dormant. I will certainly be doing some experiments to see if my thoughts are correct. Here's the link for anyone that's interested: http://cannabis-world.org/cw/showthread.php?p=66839
Mary Jane, thanks for the ideas but they do sound a little scary. I may try pinching some if I get really desperate. Right now I've soaked some in water and am chilling them for a week or so. Will let you know if it made a difference. Somewhere on the net is a method for artificially breaking seeds from dormancy (in case that's the problem) but I can't find it. (I have before) Thanks again.
hey mark,hows it goin?well about 1/2 my plants came back.i lowered my light and they came back.THANK YOU!i have another question.i have a 400 watt MH.my closet is 8 feet long,2 feet wide,7 foot high.i plan on getting a 6 foot light track.will my 400 mh on a track be enough to do 16 plants in 10inch pots? I would say go ahead, i plan on maybe using some fluorescents too. more lights is always better will it be enough? sounds ok thanks for your time.
I was the guy who called you about the fast pine seeds just wondering if this is the right address???yes Sublime Cafe,219 Augusta Ave. Toronto, ON.M5T 2L4 and we discussed the price but what about shipping there going to be sent to NS. thanks.Would like to send the money order as soon as possible. ...to make it legal you must add 5% GST but because you are out of the province of Ontario you pay no pst... add $4 for shipping anywhere in Canada, takes 'bout 2 weeks... if you want express add $15... its a 2 to 3 day service...
i'm coming to from the states within the next few months. Can i just walk into the seed bank and buy seeds? How does that work? Do I need a prescriptions or some documentation? I don't want to waste a trip. as my lawyer reminds me seeds are legal or not illegal in Canada... you must be over 18.. if you make it all the way here and we are closed (not often).. check out this place as well...
Hi Mark The sour diesel clones I got from T.I.M.E are doing very well. I was just wondering what kind of strain this is & how long is the flowering time? its a strange blend of sativa and indica.. smoke feels like a 80% indica 20% sativa but she looks like 50/50, v.good yield. I take them down on the 1st or 2nd day of the 8th week....in veg she likes regular normal dosage of food, switch to bloom food in the 2nd week of bloom ... increase nutrient uptake to20% of normal beginning in week 3... at the same time start adding a bud booster...on top of the nutrients... every 4th or 5th watering cycle go easy on primary nutrients but still add the bud booster... end the bud booster mid-week 6... start leaching beginning end of week 6 or right after you quit the bud boosters... this is true only if you have a 1000W.. 400W or 600W would need less nutrients...
I was wondering if you know somebody that will assist in the building of a closet/setup a kit etc. no, unless you have a permit. I think that I would want a 600 watt but I did not see any kits of that size, ask these people...only 400 and 1000. I need help. thanks
A couple things, first, I really like the idea of other people helping out in this forum. I know that's what the Google group was for but it just doesn't seem to be taking off. So as long as Mark doesn't mind, nope I think that would work out great. I also have a question, the post from The Germinator got me thinking about some seeds I had that wouldn't germinate. I did a bunch of research on the net about it but in the end I just left the seeds because I was too scared to try the things I read about. One method (for hard to germinate seeds) was to soak them for a day or two and then, if they haven't germinated, pinch them yourself until they crack. The other method was to use nail clippers and clip off a small portion of the small end where the root normally comes out then put them in water. Both these methods seemed to me like you were more likely to destroy the seeds than help them germinate but I just wondered what anyone thought about this? I also thought it might help The Germinator if he/she has enough seeds to dare and try these methods. Crazy ideas or could they work? all these ideas are theoretically correct.. but you want to try it as a last resort OR when you have a lot of seeds to spare... but sure they are technically correct... personally I soak mine in a glass container for 3 days and they mostly pop right there in the water...
just wondering in veg state how many sets of leaves should a plant have before you cut the top off or pinch your plant????.6 Inches I would say on the average ...but it can be smaller.. if she is bushy and healthy you can pinch a clone right after its replanted... but don't...
When in veg you want to reduce the plants touching as this(touching) promotes growth upward..stretching a possible result...thus stress sometimes too...as we want our girls to be bushy with lots of branching ..right...when in bud this is not as important yet one important factor when the plants are too crunched together is not enough light penetration to the bottom buds....thus those underdeveloped pop corn type buds( this goes hand in hand with the idea of not vegging your plants more than 1.5 to 2 ft before going into bloom b/c they still double in size[or more] when blooming )..not the greatest..right...I hope this helps you ...if Mark has more to add..he will...I agree... Thank You...
Mark, I wrote about storing seeds with a moisture pak in the container ... well, I realized I had some of the same seeds that had NOT been stored in that container and they will not germinate either. This is very strange 'cause I was getting close to 100% with them. What I am wondering now, is it possible for cannabis seeds to go dormant? ..I don't know.. I found seeds in a drawer after 10 years there and they still germinated... I supposes extreme changes in temperature would affect the germination rate.. but 0% is odd.. I have heard of this happening with other seeds and I THINK people soak them in water for a day or 3 then chill I don't know about that..them for a week or so to overcome the dormancy issue. What do you think? Thanks again. I would soak them for 2 or 3 days..
Hi Mark. Is it ever possible to have plants touching without side effects (stress) and of so at what point can they safely touch? Thanks!...when plants touch they "stretch" rather then grow properly....when they touch to the point where the bottom branches get no light because other plants are on top of it it will stress the bottom branches, which then will attract bugs (because bugs like dark places and weak parts of the plant) ... I do not let them touch until the 1st week of bloom ... after that if they touch its ok.... in general when growing, the idea is that you space the plants apart until you ALMOST run out of room at which point you bloom them, they still grow for two weeks after the switch but if they touch afterwards its not a big deal because they only grow so much... granted they grow more under a 400W (more like stretch) then a 1000W but its ok...
the white hair on my female look great and the crystals on her leaves look so good but the bud is forming a little slower then i thought it would,do u kno y,is it not close enough 2 tha light, 18 inches away from your light is best...is your temperature at around 80 F or 27C .... is there any light leaking from outside when the plants are sleeping?....im a beginner so i may not kno what im talking about,it may be growing at the normal rate and i just dont kno,what do you think,i been using jiffy mix 400w and the flora nutrient...I am not sure what to tell you but share your pictures on our google discussion board and see what others think...
when the leaves start goin a lighter green then normal in veg. should you add more nutrient to the reservoir,...and how much, using flora series n 400w...yes, you can add 10 % more then normal.... its hard to determine how much you should feed them as the lable on the back of this nutrient is written for a 1000W light (and you have 400W which is smaller) so to be on a safe side you should probably use 50% of what the recommend... but you are correct that if the leafs get too light yellow you may have to increase the dosage by 10% more and then may be 10% more after... as needed.... on a table you must be precise with your measurements....
in flowering, how far should tha 400w light be from the top of the plants.there a month old..18 to 24n inches but with good ventilation between the light and the top of the plants it can be as close as 12 inches... generally 18 inches to be on the safe side is ok...
Hi Mark, This is my first grow, and today is my 15th day in bloom. Why do the leaves curl under at the top of the plants? I don't think that I'm over watering. Thank You...you should tell me how you are watering and what light you have and how do you determine if they need water....but, how is your temperature during the night... plants do generally curl under or droop leafs when sleeping ... but if they do not come back to normal within an hour or so, then may be the night is too cold...
This is for Bloom - just helping because I have experience. Bloom: I won some of the Schulz Bloom Plus in a draw at a gardening center last year - used it and it worked okay, but, didn't notice anything special. In other words, it will work fine but seems to be just ordinary. My advice: If you already have it, use it, if not, buy something better. Since I haven't used DNF Fortifier I can't compare the two - Maybe Mark can help with how DNF performs. Hope this helps. I used to like PK-13-14 but once I started using the fortifier I switched... its very concentrated and it comes in smaller packages... stealth is important too... to be honest I could use any of the 3 bud boosters and have nice crop because its not what you use but how much of it and when... so you have to read the plant to know the given nutrient is not enough or too much... this is not easy for beginners ... it takes many crops to "read" a plant just by looking...
hey bud, how are ya, looking forward to seeing ya again, sent out my renewal papers (but not before your partner got a copy good, you should have a copy of it as well..) so just wondering if there is a membership card with time not at the moment....in time :-) or am i a member, you are a member because you have the Health Canada card period.....really you are a member when the doctor signs the forms but you know what I mean.. thx call u tomorrow.
To jkopp76, (Sorry Mark, just trying to help out :) ) Flowering at that height is ok but those things will double and can triple in size so you have to make sure that you have the 6 feet for the plants and the 1 foot for the light. It is better to flower sooner because at that hight the lower branches won't get any light and there for the bud will not develop. So there is no real benefit. If those plants are that size then go ahead a flower them but try no to let them get so big the next time. I hope you agree Mark :)...I totally agree and it saves me from typing :-)... do help more...
is 25 inches a good height to start blooming your female I would say that this is the biggest you want her to get to before blooming.. so flip to bloom immediately... see response written above...
Hey Mark...Q about ....girls are doing real well..growing like weeds LOL but noticing a slight yellowing [ like a v] at the very tips of otherwise very healthy leaves...is this too much nitrogen ? ... yellowing means its NOT enough nitrogen...if you are deep in bloom this is not a problem and I would ignore it... may be add more food over all...the regular food not the boosters...if you are in veg then definitely add more veg food.. say 20% more...once and see what happens...remember I received some veg booster. which we talked about...could this be a result..too much N..???? THx
Hey Mark. What do you think of using this instead of DNF Bloom fortifier. http://www.schultz.com/ProductCategories/GardenFertilizer/BloomPlus/ Thanks you... its a good product but I must say I have no experience with this brand so I can not tell you how much to use... if you have 1000W then you can probably use the same amount as the DNF Fortifier as they have the same NPK.. I believe 5 ml (small spoonful) per 20 L. of water... try it on 1 or 2 plants first before you give it to all of them.. just to check...
Hey Guys, My temps go down to 60 degrees lights off, they are 75-80 lights on. Due to smelly strain I need to keep the charcoal filter running all the time. I always do, in veg and in bloom, 24 hours a day for a year... I am 5 weeks into bloom 9 plants 1000w hps pro-mix. The buds look good and tight, I have read that you can get powdry mildew from up and down temps. Am I losing overall yield, quality or taste with the lights out temps going all the way down to 60 degrees 60 is not a bad temperature as you keep the mites at bay... over all I do not think this is a problem at all, the mildew may be an issue however if you keep the air in this room moving all the time, the mildew will not take hold... mildew dies off when there is a lot of air movement......................thanks. wwxx and n/l buddha strains.
Mark, I have a bunch of seeds from a grow last year. I used some of them to do another grow right after and had good germination rates - no troubles at all. Now, after storing them for only 4 months I cannot for the life of me get even one seed to germinate now. Here's the possible issue: I stored them in a cool, dry place in a clean, opaque plastic container. Should be no problem there I don't think, but, on the recommendation of an experienced friend, I put one of those moisture control packets that come in pill bottles etc. in with the seeds to absorb any possible moisture that occurred....and thus you took all the moisture out of them, its a desiccant that absorbs wetness..... The packet came from a bottle of aspirin so, since aspirin are consumed I figured this packet would be safe for using with cannabis seeds. Do you know anything about this subject? Is it possible the moisture control pack ruined the seeds? I think so The seeds 'appear' healthy but just won't germinate. Any suggestions? I'd really appreciate any help you can give me because this will be a huge loss if the seeds are no good. Thanks Mark. try placing some seeds in a glass filled with water, in other words - soak them. for may be 2 or 3 days... its possible some moisture will come back to some seeds.... stir the water well once a day but generally leave them alone in darkness.... kitchen cabinet is ok... I am hoping you will see some seeds sprout right in the water... if so transplant into another medium...
I am going to be visiting next week feb 25 (25 is Monday so we are closed, but for the rest of the week we are open 12 to 6 or 7) - 30 2008 wanted to know if the website is accurate on stock and what is the best time to visit and is your place easy to find...219 Augusta Ave... Sublime Cafe.. fairly easy I guess..
hey mark,im growing bb x skunk and juicey fruit x nl x skunk under 400watts,my question is when should i leach the plants,ad 5 weeks or 6 weeks,...start leaching at the end of week 6 and for at least 1 week till the end of week 7... week 8 is when you decide if to harvest or not (and you keep leaching)... do not let them go past week 9 as its a bit late..and when will i probably be harvesting? 8weeks or more like 9weeks I find most strains are ready sometime in the week 8...
is a month in to bloom to late to top the plants, do not, its too late....is it late to ad bud booster... you can add bud booster any time between the 3rd week and end of 6 weeks of bloom, so I guess its ok....
hey mark..i hav a small grow cab and i dont want to hav the same problem i had last time (my plants became too big under 400w hps that i had to trim them down in bloom...it broke my fU*% heart ...) my question is can i pinch my plants3 weeks into veg? NO, they will not recover when three weeks in to bloom...at worst you can pinch them 1 week into bloom but even then I don't like doing that.. and how soon after i pinch em can i turn my lights back to 12/12?? thanks mark ... its best to pinch them 1 week before going into bloom.... generally you could pinch plants twice when in veg ... at least a week apart, as it takes plants a week to recover form the pinch...
Idiots and their spam - f*ck off ... Mark, you may have to put a security code image on the forum post page to eliminate any automated spam - if that's what it is. Not that I need to tell you I suppose, but, these spammers are complete idiots. If only I could get my hands on 'em ... I am not sophisticated enough to make this happen so for now I am dealing with it....
Hey there. I was just curious about what happened to your Skunk 69 feminized seeds. Do you guys still sell them, and if not, whats the reason??..I sold out and I need to make a new batch.. but I have no time.... I am trying to secure an alternative..
yeah i just wondered if you guys were still kickin in toronto....trying to..
Mark, If I can only get one light which is better overall, MH this is full spectrum light so its best if you get only one light or HPS?..this is a red-dominant-spectrum light thus its better for bloom, not bad for veg but MH is better.... if you gonna get one light get the MH.....
hello mark this is just to let you know i purchased 20 variety seeds from you awhile back just did the last of them and every thing was great dont know what strain of weed but looks great this is the 4th time purchasing seeds from you and have been very happy each time but this time was exceptional great on strain and sex only 3out of 20{actually ended up to many females just about ran out of space}have way to many clones this time but will give some away to friends so thanks again mark and have a great day will be purchasing again soon stay mellow............kay
I had juicy fruit in my last batch..I think you would really like it..I understand all that you wrote sort been there so check it out....more of a Sativa dominant strain which is what you need[ but keep the wwxx for late nite!!... alot of the Indicas are like you say couch weed....and it doesn't look at all like commercial...
Mark, I finished growing your wwxxx. I had no problems durring the flowering cycle. The leaves were dark green (no black), The buds grew very large. So large that they bend down low. I had to support them. I waited ten weeks before I smoked her. There were crystals, but not white like the picture showed. The high is very strong. too strong. Very Tired High. Burned out after 20 minutes. I'm not motivated to do things with this type of high. Couch lock. It looks like commercial weed (brownish) in color? It is hard to tell the difference! It also smells like commercial. Does this have anything to do with how I grew her? However, I had 2 plants which came out exactly the same. I used 100% promix. I had 2 plants about 1.5 feet tall in flower. I used a 400 watt high pressure sodium during flowering. I used Flora Nova plant food, 1-1.5 tea spoons per gallon of water. I used bud booster for the last 3 weeks of the flowering cycle....actually I would start on in the middle of week 3 and end it at the end of week 6.. I flushed with 5-10% nutrient the last week. All the large fan leaves died while in the flowering cycle....I would say due to over feeding... but I can not be sure, because its not necessarily a bad thing... The bud got so big, so fast maybe they drained the food from the leaves? Anyway, I will not read the marketing add, and trust that anymore. I am going to tell you what I want, and trust your recommendation instead. I went to Amsterdam about 10 years ago. I got some weed that I will never forget. I did forget the name. It was light lime green, not dark. The buds were smaller but so sticky they stuck to the bag. The hairs were orange, not red and rapped oround the entire but. The smell was intense like pine needles. The high was very motivating. Certainly not a couch lock. The high lasted for hours. These people in Amsterdam thought I was nutz. I took a pop can and poked holes in it and smoked one little piece and I was wasted. The tast was so (not harsh) I barely new my lung was full. They were rolling joints (big joints, extra large) and mixing it with cigerette tabbaco. I though they were nutz, I can't hold harsh cigerette in my lungs like that. I never seen pot smoked like this in the US. It's nasty. Out of all your strains, which is most similiar to this type of weed? What about the juicy fruit? or budah? I want something that does not look and smoke like commercial?...this is a very large issue... there is a lot of strains out there and each and every one of them has different attributes... the weed some hate other absolutely love... HIV patients like 50 % indica and 50% sativa... artists prefer pure sativa and beer drinkers prefer a pure indica, but that's just my experience... but in the end you have to try it to see how it works for you.... I know my explanation sucks but its true that until you try the juicy or the shiskaberry there is nothing I can tell you.... because you will either like it or not...
Hey, thanks for your help in advance. Pro Mix is not available in my area. I even called the distributor and it will not available for 3 - 6 months. So off to plan B. Want to try CoCo Coir ...works well I tried it...from a good company like Botanicare Coco for example. After a lot of reading it sounds like the CoCo will be fine and act like Pro Mix as long as the water PH is right....as long as you never give your plants plain water, the nutrients you normally add to water will pH the water by itself...but it is a good idea to check your pH anyways ..just in case.... Do you have any tips or tricks for CoCo Coir????? you could also ask the garden store which triple-mix the grass contractors use (the people taking care of lawns)... that's the type you can use instead of promix... but coco works just as well...
For Theodore Sills ... No offence to Mark but I probably have more experience with LED's than most people. They work well but make sure you read EVERYTHING about the product before shelling out your cash. For $100 I suggest you will only be getting enough light to properly do a 1 foot by 1 foot area - really. They are not cheap lights. They work well, they have many advantages, but it takes a ton of them to cover a decent area - probably $500 for a 4 x 4 spot. I know of someone who is selling a 4 unit set for $200 that is supposed to cover 3x3 - I haven't tried them so I don't know ... you have to be careful 'cause many people are buying a bunch of LED's, soldering them together and then selling them as grow lights. Final thought: Should be great for the future, too expensive for me right now...my thoughts exactly..
I am from michigan. Coming to visit in spring. Are you seeds "scent free"? I have to worn you that it is very illegal for Americans to import seeds from Canada even if its legal in Canada... the seeds can be detected by dogs...
What's your opinion of using 120 volt Light Emitting Diode (L.E.D.) bulbs instead of halogen or incandescent light sources? I've seen some interesting recent advances in the solid-state illumination industry, and some manufacturers are now promising units that deliver an adequate dose of the right bandwidth of "growable" light, but with all the advantages of LED construction: very low heat, great longevity, and minimal power consumption. With bulbs that go for less than 100 bucks a piece, I would think this a great boon -- if it works. I won't link to a vendor; I'd like to know your experience / opinion generally...so far they are not powerful enough and not yet well tested... all the kits that were being sold for the last year or two proved to suck... may be the next generation of lights will be less expensive and better...
hi mark...when is the best time to water plants in veg stage?? lights on? just after lights ON...off? when off never and whens the best time to water in bloom stage?? on ? off?... thanks just after the lights come ON its best to water for either stages, veg or bloom...
Hey Mark. Was just wondering what you thought about adding DNF natural carbs formula for blooming? I just bought a small container of the stuff to put on top of my regular nutes (dnf booster also already included in the nutes part). It says that this shit makes fruits sweeter. Now I don't expect my weed to be sweeter, but it says on the box that this shit promotes healthy roots with some sort of micro and nano elements n shit. I already have crazy healthy roots. Now I know that plants convert light and create their own carbs, for whatever friggin processes they need to accomplish, so hopefully adding this shit on top might "fuck, I dunno... Make my weed all fucking Radioactive-fuck-you-up-Ohh-my fucking-God-This-shit-is-fucked-up-WOW weed, you know what I'm trying to say? ...maybe not, baybe just a little of that? What do you think?...it will make roots healthier and bigger and thus the buds may be a little bit bigger (little bit) but its the genetics that determine the taste, so in this context sweeter=meaningless.... I don't use it but some people like it.. personally I think its a waste of money...
Dude just check out the other seed banks...prices all the same or more...do you need seeds [in original packaging from Holland?-if so thats why..just like buying levis]...if you look at the same stuff from an Amsterdam site..prices are in Euro's 2 times here more than here.....same seeds....
don't you think mark that your price's are a bit HIGH??...then do not buy...
do u leach after 5wks or 6 wks into bloom, start leaching at the end of week 6 about when do tha bds realy form,..week 2 and 3 when they start appearing, by week 4 they should be 1/3 of their normal size co you still use neem oil in bloom. NOT after week 3 as it will coat the buds and make them smell bad...how much should mother plants get feed nutrient wise im using 400 watts n fora grow series..from 50% to 75 of what they recommend as the lable is written for a 1000W light...every time you water, when in bloom..
Hi Mark,this isn't a cultivation question but do you know what works to clean a well used bong? Thanks. find a descaler for water deposits removal... fancy coffee shops use it and some bong stores have Formula 420 for bong cleaning....
Hi Mark just a quick 1 for that. If you are growing in 5 gallon pails with promix but they wouldn't be full right to the top so probably talking more like 3 or 4 gallons of soil. How many liters of water would you pour through when you are leaching them?...to clarify: leaching means that you feed them with less nutrients but not literally leach the roots off because they are covered with bad things, so you don't need a massive amounts of water.... I hope that's clear.. but ... for 3 or 4 gallons of dirt I would generally use 2.5 to 3.5 liters of water with 20% nutrients mix... as long as a a bit of water drains form the bottom its ok...
I started this grow only filling my 5 litre pails 3/4 full[Promix]..then planting the clones b/c I have noticed how the plants seem to grow up when I plant the clones using the pails full( and a wasted space of some inches as they grow up and out/ and unevenness) .....and I thought by planting in the pails at 3/4 full I can add more Promix as they pop[ the BIG Q is I hope I dont stunt growth b/c of the amount of Promix under the clones is less??????]...thus stopping the plants from wasting space(in height) ..the streched start thing...and also keeping the general height of the plants down some 6-8 inches and more even..what do you think Mark? Can this help bush/ and manage the heights the plants as they grow up out over the lip height of the pails?..also a great equalizer for the plants as the clones can have a varied difference in height and stuff ... funny enough there should be no difference (or at least no major difference) .... your technique will not stunt the clones nor will it make them better.... I practice what you do as well but I fill 3/4 full because sometimes I am so busy that I have no time to fill the pots all the way... and I can always add more dirt later.... I never noticed any difference... the one with less promix need water more frequently but that's about it....
thanks for that mate, just one more thing. iv been doin 12 12 for a couple of days nows and when go to turn my lights back on the tops of my ladys are wilting along with the fan leaves is that normal? my first grow and im panicking lol there is the normal type of "wilting" when the leafs go down a little bit naturally for the night but if this is a serious case of wilting the temperatures at night might be too low.... lower then 18C (is that 60F?) ..
Where do you get b1 for spraying seedlings? a hydroponics store normally.... you can pick up superthrive at a hardware/garden store.. its basically a b1 formula...
just a quick one m8, i just started bloom everything goin well but im a little concerned about my ladies the fan leaves are different shades of green light around tips goin darker to the middle of the leaf, also the stems are purple an green is it something to worry about i dont want anything to go wrong at this important part of the grow. cheers I am not sure why the leafs are getting discolored but if the stem are changing colour it means 2 things... 1. too much food...decrease the dosage to 25% next time... or 2. you gave them plain water without any nutrients... give them 25% nutrients mix first before adding more food..
i am 3weeks in to blooming,wats a gd bud booster to use that not that expensive and works realy well,is 3weeks 2 late 2 use it...DNF Fortifier or PK-13-14, but to be honest any brand is fine.. add until the end of week 6, on top of your regular nutrinets... stop and start leaching after....
mark,forgot to tell you how much water i give them.i water until water comes out the bottom,then let drain.n thanks again! sounds right, bare in mind that when they are young it may take 7 or 8 days before the pots need water so let them dry out well, as they grow bigger roots they will be able to suck up the water quicker, so don't rush... usually well after the second week of their life they need water every 3 to 5 days....
hey mark, thanks for getting back to me so soon.this is what i did.i started the plants in little pods.all the plants came up and looked nice.they were under 2 75 watt fluorescents for 1 week....and re-planted them into bigger pots, like 6 inch diameter, 2 gallons big?..then under a 400 watt mh 4 feet from them....after 24 hours light should be brought down to 2 feet away from the plants they looked good for about 1 week..and nutrients should be added every time you water them, every 4 , may be 5 days at this stage.. then they started turning yellow .i put 8 of them back under the fluorescents thiking maybe its the light, but their still not looking good.their 3 weeks old today,so they been yellow for about a week. i put styrofoam insulation under them 4 days ago.1/2 are in pro mix hp and 1/2 in black gold organic poting soil.their in 44oz cups. i water every 3 to 4 days,about 1hr after the lights comes on.i use tap water, but i live in the mountans, so it shoud be good.i let it set 24hrs with the cap off.the pro mix i fed sence i put them in the 44oz cups.1/2tsp of pure blend pro for 1 gallon milk jug....you should shake this brand of food like crazy before using as it sets in the bottom..the black gold has only been fed once with the same mix.that was 3 days ago.the black gold was already yellow before i fed them though so i dont see it being the mix.im at a loss though.i have no idea what it is.i went and got a thermometer today ,the soil is 74-75 and the room is 77.5,gets up to 79 some times .what should the soil be? these plants have a really nice home,and this is the 2ed time this has happend.oh,the light is new.everything is new.thats pretty much what iae done.the plants are growing though.theyve goten biger.from 3 point leaves up is yellow with .any help you can give me mark will be grate.thank you very much for your help and time...........I think that removing them from the 400W was a mistake, its seems that you are not using enough nutrients, a milk jug is a gallon, thus you should probably use 30 to 40 ml of pure blend pro per jug, whish makes it at least 2 or 3 table spoons... when you place the plants closer to the light and feed more nutrients they should regain the darker shades pf green, i.e. look healthier...
i would like to order seeds online can i mail cash ? no money order ? yes, mail it to Sublime Cafe, 219 Augusta Ave. Toronto, ON. M5T 2L4.. leave the payer line blank...
How do I call that number you gave me from NS I tryed several different ways on friday but none worked. Please help 1-647-835-4212, try from 9 am in the morning to 3 pm eastern time...
I was wondering if any one in ontario has had success growing sweet purple and swiss bliss outside, if so some tips , thanks.
mark are you going to be around monday feb 18?? ..I am probably open ,.call me for details...
Here is a good ..stupid "Q"....if I use my grow room (2x1000w Can50!!! great vent etc..6'x8') to puff in while tending (or not..and no smoking cig's) can I damage my girls especially if new clones. NO, I puff all the time.... some say yes but I beg to differ.. ie it would bug me if I thought my second hand bud smoke coated my girls and did ANY damage no matter how small..but it is quite F$%$^%ing freezing outside right...smoke does tend to coat shit..just check out a smokers house...as for frequency well ya 10 dubes a day...so what do YOU think????...I like my cigarettes as much as cannabis and I smoke everywhere.... quite literally... never had any problems..
hey mark ,how are ya, just wondering how designated growers work, i mean the relationship with the grower and the patient, does the patient get the legal amount of medicine to last them from crop to crop or ? dont know just asking because i am getting a card to cultivate and the process is time consuming and if i changed the status of my card how long would it be before i got the card back it takes 4 weeks to change the card with Health Canada and would i have to wait along time again before i could get medicine...when you join TIME you get your medicine immediately and at any time you wish oh ya does it cost anything,..you are paying the wholesale price of cannabis which is $5/gram, we are working on cheaper but it will take time... the more patients we get the cheaper the medicine will be... thanx have a great day, gods natural cure to patients depend on it. the designated grower grows your cannabis for you but you still have to pay for it as its not free to produce cannabis... you can purchase as much cannabis as your permit allows (the biggest number on your permit) and technically speaking you do not need to designate TIME as your grower, you can join anytime and purchase any time, Health Canada does not need to know of this relationship if you do not wish to disclose it... you can grow your own, keep your permit and still purchase from us... I understand that not everyone can grow their medicine in enough quantities at all times... the idea here is to make sure that you have a permit and the type of relationship can be negotiated...
i wrote awhile back about yellow leaves. could it be the temp? its cold where i live and my floors are concrete with padding and carpet but its still kinda cold.i keep my closet at 78-79 ok day 71-72 night also ok but the floor is colder. when i last wrote i hsd 7 plants.they pretty much stoped growing and the tops were all yellow.i pulled them.they were about 2 1/2 weeks old.i started 27 more using BLACK GOLD on 23 of them and pro mix hp on 4.at about 1 1/2 weeks old they started turning yellow again.i went over everything i did and i can only come up with the floor is to cold.the roots must be getting to cold.is this a possibility? their only 2 1/2 weeks now.just babies.black gold potting soil already has nutrients and i gave pure blend pro to the pro mix ones. i just dont understand.ive now put down 1 inch installation .it seem to keep the floor warm but its been 3 days and not much change.do you hav any ideas mark?am i on the right track? would the roots getting cold cause yellownest in young plants?if this is the problem wiil the plant come back? how long will it take them? it takes a week before you should see recovery from any problem "THANK YOU VERY MUCH MARK" Concrete does make plants die.. there is some weird stuff going on with plants placed on concrete ... but I must admit I grew on concrete and my plants did not turn yellow and die.... so I can not be sure of this... theoretically as long as you place the plants an inch above the concrete it should be fine... a book or bunch of CDs would do it.... you need to explain to me EXACTLY how often you water them, how much water you give them, what is the exact method you mix the nutrients into the water and also the type and age of your bulb.... I have this creepy suspicion its something else... looks to me like possibly this is a watering issue.... specifically over watering or some kind of over feeding.... but to be sure I need to know what you do and how you do it... be as specific as you can...
Hey Mark. Do you know of any hydroponic stores in Toronto that carry grow boxes? I do not... at this moment at least..... every time someone tries to sell them they go bankrupt... because the boxes suck really badly..... overpriced and under whelming
scull master...You can tie them down, one way is called LST = Low - stress training. You tie down the main stem, bend them little by little & tie them over starting when they're young but can be done at several stages if need be. Don't do it after watering & be very careful until you get the hang of it. This way the side branches take off & you get several tops instead on one big one. Which again can be tied over & over. Another methods are topping, scrog, sea of green & using plants that grow short & bushy to begin with. pinching is the easiest method, everything else is a bit too difficult for beginners...me thinks.... but I am glad when I'm wrong...
help...The green earth is the veg feed for deltaman9. gokoin...check the link until Mark can further help you if need be. http://www.happygirl.ca/lessons/overfeeding.htm
mark on some of my plants the leaves aren't a regular green, there like a mixture of greens witch probably means a nutrient problem, does that sound like whats wrong and how do i fix that.. not necessarily, it could mean temperatures issues as well, like at night the temperatures drops too low, wont kill the plants but it will make the leafs look a bit weird ....also a high wind (oscillating fan on high setting) could also create this discoloration, of course if you are not mixing your nutrients correctly (possible to screw up only when using A and B formula or if you are not shaking the organics enough to mix them properly) it could also discolor the leafs... my solution to this leaf discoloration no matter WHY this is happening is to feed them more food... start with one plant and add 25% more nutrients on the next cycle, see what happens and repeat on all the remaining plants 48 hours after you see improvements on your test plant...
thank you helper, is the green earth response for me or somebody else
i would like to know how to keep my indoor plants short and stocky?... in VEG damage the top half inch of the plant, its called pinching... or cut off the top inch or so, or take a clone from the top stem, its all the same... the plant will stop growing up and start concentrating its growth on side branches... you should only do this twice in its life, at least two weeks apart .... always in veg and never in bloom...
The swiss bliss....is it the real deal? The #'s seem outrageous!?... it is indeed a crazy price as its the original packaging from Amsterdam... and I have 1 package... you are lucky I am not taking the highest bidder.... NOTE: I do not recommend anyone to buy this... the price is outrageous and I made it so only those who REALLY really really want it should get it.... is it a better yielder: NO, better smoke: debatable but I don't think so, better plant: NO... is it from AMSTERDAM: Yes........ you would be paying a price for a plant that's FROM AMSTERDAM, somehow from TORONTO does not have the same appeal....
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Hi, I would like to know how much would using a 400w instead of 1000w during the veg stage cut down on the max yield mentioned on your grow guide?...not much with some experience... I would be using 1000w for flowering. Would the plants grow slower with the 400w, yes they would and a little less bushy but I have done veg with fluorescent lights (but bloom with 1000W) and still got what I wanted, it does take more time ... nodes be farther apart, a little yes, but the plant compensates for this in the first 2 weeks of bloom, so it kind of evens out in the end..... or not much of a difference? ...I find you need a bit of experience to achieve the same yield BUT as long as you can "read" your plants you should be ok.. it does work MUCH better if you start from clones and not seeds...
I read online that Toronto420 seedbank located in the sublime cafe is no longer in operation...really? They are just using their online website now? Is this true? no, you can still get seeds at Sublime and at this place as well... it is true that you can not meet me at the store any more... I am working on TIME right now...
delta9man...'Muskie' fish emulsion by Green Earth. Canadian Tire or Home Depot....true ...it is a good product...
"there are white lil hairs" Congratulations, you have a happy girl.
my plant is 2weeks into sexing,where the nodes are on the plant..there are white lil hairs or part of the node that are sticking straight up, there are no football like balls anywhere on the plant, does this mean that they are female ...correct...from this description they look like females to me...
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Mark i'm curious about feeding my clones that are 1 month old, whats a good food to start with something basic, any veg food, Pure Plend PRO or Flora Nova , even 20-20-20 (at VERY low dosages) is ok. ...I'm growing in soil and just vegging till summer time. ... I would need to know what light you have to tell you how much to feed BUT in essence feed them so little that the leafs get a bit yellow, then give them a little more so the green returns... the problem is that if you feed them more they will grow too quickly and by the time summer comes they will be HUGE... if they get too big cut them in half.. I mean it... this will get them smaller but bushier...
First off thanks and any help will be appreciated. Ok here it goes, can I buy seeds in Canada without a permit..seeds in Canada are legal and anyone over 18 (my rule) can purchase them, you see I don't live there? I can only legally sell with in Canada and I don't wish to share Marc Emery's fate, so shipping to USA is out of the question, anywhere else is ok...I need to grow enough herb for three adults for full time use. Two with hiv and one dieing of cancer. I'm thinking sativa for the day and indica for the sleepless nights, also I'm new to growing so easy but potent plants would be helpful, any suggestions there?..with sick people I find that you need to grow 3 or more strains in order to find out which one is the one that kills the pain.. true that Indica has the best chances but I find people with cancer or HIV prefer a good 50-50 Indica-Sativa mix..the closest I have is Shiskaberry x Buddha and / or Juicy Fruit x NL x SK. Next I have a 12' by 18' whiteroom with heat and central air, assuming I will need to box it off somehow because thats too big, or can I just put the light and the plants in the center of the white room? sure Was thinking of starting off with a 400watt light first and after some experience moving up to a 1000watt for growing and using the 400watt for the clones..you have the right idea.. So how may plants (the healthy ones) can I grow under each after removing the male and unhealthy plants?....I prefer that no more than 10 plants per light but this number can be a 100 if you wish....but essentially you start with a 400W light in the middle of this room, and you probably will not even need any ventilation as the 400W light in this space is not enough to heat it up, ... you can start with 10 seeds and hopefully you will end up with 2 mother plants from which you need to take clones for blooming, you should probably bloom with the 400W two times before you get yourself a 1000W, you need to learn before you spend the money... but when you get the 1000W the room needs to be divided if you are planning to have both a 400W and 1000W in the same space... the bloom would be on 12 hour ON lights and 12 OFF so NO light should be getting into the bloom room when the plants are sleeping (NO LIGHTS WHATSOEVER) .... remember that a 400W light can only support a 3 x 3 feet space and a 1000W can do a 5 x 5 feet space...
Hey Mark! Great Bank........ will you be getting any auto flower strains because they are greatly beneficial for stealth and outdoor because for people who want to grow in back yards it's only a 9 week cycle and it will automatically flower regardless of light...... ? no, I had a bad experience with those seeds... primarily because the plants never did what they were supposed to... had a lot of returns and complaints and I had to nix them.... Theory is also wrong for me.. the fact they auto flower means its a rutheralis plant (like sativa or indica or rasta.. there is 4 over all types) from eastern Europe, crappy smoke, so growing those genes does not inspire me at all....
Will clones from an F1 plant experience "Hybrid vigor"? NO, it only applies to the plants from seeds specifically... the clone mimics the mother so it will be the healthiest clone you can create but it will not grow as fast as the seed...... not that you can tell the difference tough... we are talking about very small differences...
Hey Mark Q # 2...I know we have talked about [light on ] 24 hr veg vs 18/6 but does it stand to reason if you veg with 24 hr light you get 1/3 more growth in the same time span vs 18/6 ?? by cutting out the sleep ours (6) you automatically get that much more growth time...???? ie better when cloning and stuff??? personally I completely believe what you are saying and I always keep my lights ON for 24 hours when in veg.... I do think that I get much better results with 24 hours of lights... but from what I read it says that plants simply "choose" when they sleep..... so technically they still "sleep" just not when you want them to...
well sum of the leaves are sparkley on top but i don't see any seed to determine its a male and no bud 2 determine its a female... that's not the way to tell... males create so-called balls (because they look like testicles hanging down on the plant)... and females 1st make 2 white (or green) hairs that look some what like vagina hairs sticking up... you need to read this section...
Hey Mark...Trev[grow it all] gave me some new VEG fortifier....what do you think?? this is an old gimmick, a nitrogen booster (as they used to call it) there is NO VEG FORTIFIERS per se, if you think your plants get a bit too yellow give them MORE food, that's it..... not that I doubt Trevors intentions, he is a good man, but from experience I can tell you that there is nothing that makes ANY difference when in veg (other then proper feeding)... B1 is ok but I gave it up once I put 20 plants without B1 against 20 plants WITH B1.. because there was NO difference.....save your money for bloom fortifiers.. now those are important... very important..
Hi! Please Help! Thank you! Growning indoors need to produes at least 3lbs every 60 to 70 days Things I need to know? -size of room I need? ( I have 7 ft high to work with) -How many 1000 do I need? -Seeds what to use? MUST KEEP SMALL DOWN ( I will have a good filter system) -I am going with pots Maybe soil? -What size of pots for final growth? -How many pots per light? ***Thank you for all your help*** ..IN NO WAY can I ever explain in one posting how to do this, I would need DAYS (that's DAYS) to explain the details required for you to succeed...also a dealer needs this much weed and I do not feel comfortable teaching someone this method without a medical license.. got one?.... if you do contact TIME...
Mark, I feel compelled to respond to the post from Feb. 4th in regards to the cost of seeds. I too wonder why some seeds cost so much. When I started to grow 4 yrs ago, I used bag seed and worked my way up to willy jack seeds, I can get 10 for 50 bucks. After 2 successful grows back to back, (to me a successful grow the plants look lush and healthy at harvest) I felt I was ready to spend some big money on Dutch seeds. So you must think I'm like out of this world FN crazy cause I bought really expensive seeds from you and they were in "unmarked" packaging....I do not think you are crazy When I would plant 10 willy jacks I would get 10 plants, 6 would be female. Of the 6, two would be awesome, "premium" plants worthy of mother plant status, 2 would be fair at best, and 2 would be runts, not worth a dang. When the 10 would be in veg state, it looked like I was growing 5 different kinds. thisSo I got some SS AK47 from you last October, planted 10 seeds got 10 plants. Nine were females and all nine were premium females worthy of mother plant status. The whole time they were growing they all looked real similar, the heights were the same. My problem now is next time I get seeds from my xxxxxx keep using this term and the homeland security will pick me up with their "smart" scans....FYI A r a b i c = Communist these days friend, the coffee guy, I can't decide if I want Chronic or Bubblegum. Thank you for the great seeds, (yes I took some clones) but most of all, thanks for all the wealth of knowledge on this web site. I just had my most successful grow thanks to Toronto420. Now, if you tell me I would achieve the same amount of success with T420 seeds, I'd be happy to try them. ....you should have the same success with ANY seeds... it really comes down to taste... I should also say that driving a Chevy gets you from A to B but some people prefer buying a Lexus... still gets you from A to B .. but who am I to judge the taste...
Hi All Im new to this is there any Plaint that has no odour or all most none. I would like to grow it inside. any names would help alot... there is no such thing... G13 x Buddha has little smell but there is no such thing as NO smell... you need proper ventilation with a carbon filter in order to remove all smell...
What is the yield per fast pine plant out side?....depends on so many factors I do not know where to begin... how does 1/2 lbs sound? .. that is if I do it.
if you see lil sparkley crystal like things on the top of some of the leaves what does that mean.i know good bd has crystals,does this mean my plnt is a female or do both of the sexes form crystals on the leaves
Webmaster: ..I would say a female produces crystals primarily but by the time you have crystals you should definitely know its a female (or male).. did this section help?
if i order seeds online, how much trouble can i get into. just want peoples advice with experience on this subject ty
Webmaster: .. in Canada its technically legal so as long as you do not sprout the seeds you are legal... in the states it is illegal to possess seeds and that's why we do not ship there....
after a week of sexing should i still be feeding my clones a 1/4 of the 3 nutrients or 1/2...if they are a bit yellow you can give them 1/2 but if they look green, even light green is ok and I would stay with 1/4...
which plant is more potent......bb skunk or juicey fruit x nl x skunk,which has more thc and a stronger high I don't like getting into this type of discussion... its so very personal... juicy is technically stronger indica...
what does it mean when a few leaves start forming a sticky substance on then, on the stem or on the leafs?... mites? how can fix that and how can i prevent it from happen.will trimming the plant once a week produce a lil more yield trimming it once or twice in the veg period is ok.. more then that and she will yield less...
how many inches or feet shld u grow plants before bloom..12 to 15 inches, taller if you want but.. not bigger then 24
so my clones wont show any signs of there sex until bout 2weeks + depends how good you are at seeing the sex... sometimes you can see it after 3 days.. so you never know...
I will call you on friday because I wook alweek and I can't call long distance from work. Thanks
Hello.......... I noticed some strains cost way more than others and significantly way more............ does that mean they are way more potent or something? absolutely not, its a simple issue of economics, I only have VERY few seeds that are in their original packaging from Amsterdam, the rest I breed myself.... in fact I do not recommend anyone buy seeds for this price its FN crazy, but some people simply MUST have their seeds in original packaging so I tap the market For example: WW Buddha I a lot of it, because I breed it vs N.Y.C. Diesel? I have ONE pack of it Also whats the most potent strain that you will have that will do well in ontario outdoor ...ww xxx is the most indica that does very well outdoors.. its by Ontario's Best and they had this strain outdoors in Ontario for years.. climates and are you getting any more feminized seeds and time soon? I may but it takes time ... will see..
Hello....... I have some of the Skunk 69 which I got a while back and am going to sprout them..... is this a very potent strain and would you be able to to tell me how much % THC? there is some kits on the internet that can tell you but they are expensive and of dubious quality...Also it was said that this is a Skunk No.1 X Skunk No. 1 and 75% Indica and %25 Sativa....... this confuses me because the "Skunk No. 1" is opposite and it's 75% Sativa and %25 Indica? ....yes I am confused about this too but I label my strains based on how it smokes, how it feels, pretty much a judgment issue.... I confirm with 5 other people before I give it a description.... the only explanation is that over the years I chose the clones that were shorter and bushier (indicating indica)... in short I bred out the sativa... I tent to delete tall and stemmy plants (indicating sativa), because the yield on a sativa is poor or poorer then an indica... I have a huge chip on my shoulder about how other people label their strains, but I really don't like getting into conflict with anyone... cannabis plant is very complicated and we are just scratching the surface of what is really is in relation to our brains......
i asked you a question about feeding my clones, my clones are about a week old now, how much nutrient should i give them in feeding,400w jiffy mix, bb skunk n juicey nl fruit,do i feed them the dosage that i would a seedling/cutting yes. or the dosage you would in bloom no....but it does not really matter which formula (bloom or veg) you use as long as its very little of what's normal... if you see them get a bit yellow give them a bit more nutrients ... i think within 2 weeks you should be able to tell the sex if not sooner....
How many? how much. Or do you mean you have alot. call me at 647-835-4212 Monday to Friday from 1 to 3
I remember you saying that nute directions are meant for 1000w lights. Could you please tell me the percentage to use for 600w from 75% of recommended but 600W is so efficient that sometime you can even give 100% and 400w? 50% to 75% depending on strain Also, can I mix my nutes with my water and let them sit until I need to water my plants or do I have to make a fresh mix each time I need to water? normally 24 hours is ok but longer then that you may want to add a little bit of fresh water as the old water loses oxygen when left alone.. not much but still..If I can or can't premix my watering solution would putting an airstone in the water to oxygenate it help in any way, or is it a waste of time? very good idea... then the water is good for days and days, a week at least...Thanks for everything!
i mark just wondering if you know any where to sell my old equipment craigs list or ebay, you could call some hydro stores but they will rip you off... 25% of purchase price at best...
How is this setup? 1000w hps for flowering room and 400w mh for the veg. room. I decided to have two different rooms since you said that switchable ballasts are unreliable. Will four hundred be sufficient or will that cause too much stretching (I could get 600w). no, 400W is plenty..Can I also use the 400w for clones if I sit them a distance away from the 400w its ok as well as long as the clones are 4 feet away at least, not farther then 6 feet..or will I need fluorescent directly over them?.I still can't believe that you make time to answer all of these questions. You must really love what you do and helping others. Thanks again!....i am crazy
are plants the healiest when leaves are regular green or more darker green..depends on the strain really... but bare in mind that LESS IS MORE...
how do you harvest bud(whens the rite timeand whats the process)how to you dry bud to get the best bud possible upside down in the dark at around 25C for 3 to 5 days.... trimmed into carton boxes semi open and tossed around for a week or so... bagged and fridged... not freezer..
Can plants touch while in bloom, they can but not too much.. how tall do u wanna grow plants in veg. to try n produce 1lb or 2 per/female plant per plant? not possible...
420 Whats goin on.I have a quick question.I have a 400 watt hp light.,is there anything i can do to get around a pound or more from each plant,is there any nutrient or nutrient booster i can use or can i trim it to make the plant grow more branches to provide more bud.What things can i do to make my plants grow more yield there are no miracles... a 400W light can technically get a pound total yield maximum with all the luck... pound per plant can only be achieved outdoors...
I was just reading some old articles and was wondering if you made a deal and sold all of your old fast pine seeds if not I'm very interested....I still have a lot ...
hey mark,first time grower trying to find a good seed to try out,i wanna ask you since your a pro.....what is the sickest best seed in your eyes thats on the market,i know you you prolly know a whole bunch of seed strains but if you had to choose a seed with the highest thc,longest and heaviest dumb founded high,nice smell of smoke(doesnt have to be a fruited strain)nice appereance and the buds smell strong which one or two seeds would you pick,which one would you crown champion of all seeds... ww xxx is what you think you want... but this question is so personal it can not be answered quickly... I like variety.. if I had to smoke one strain only I would get bored...
whats a good bud booster to increase yield, DNF Bloom Fortifier or PK-13-14..what other tricks can i do to increase yield, leach it well at the end..growing in dirt 400w,what can i use to keep my plants more healthy n rid of pest,is it pest when see a few wholes in a couple leaves, i heard of using nem oil,is there something at walmart i can get that will solve those problems you can apply neem oil to the roots as well, since some flying insects lay eggs in the dirt... but I like neem very much, its organic.. but you can always buy Dr. Doom spray...
if u needed to store bud for bout a month or two how would u do it so that it doesn't rott dry out mold or lose thc and potency.. cannabis must be BONE dry to be stored for a long time... in a air tight, light proof container at the bottom of the fridge...
hey mark,i have cloned my two mother plants and the clones have survived and roots growing everywhere,i took one clone from each plant and am now trynin to sex the two clones.they have been getting 12hrs of light for about 3 days now,my question how much nutrients should i feed them,im using flora series and a 400w light,growing in jiffy mix.how much of each of the 3 nutrients(flora grow,flora micro,and flora bloom) the exact how much should be on the label, 1/3 of the normal dosage.. should i feed the clones im trying to sex, I would start adding 10% of nutrients only after a week and a half after taking the clones, more only of they go a bit yellow.. how often should i feed them,..when they go dry, every 3rd day may be... are you re-planting them into some bigger pot? roots should not get exposed to light..how long does it take for clones to show there true sex, do clones need any other special treatment ...12 to 18 days but it could be longer
Can you still make hash from the leaves of the plants if they are totally bone dry? of course..Like sitting around for 4 months? does marijuana loose it's potency when stored for long periods of time?..not really, as long as its bone dry it actually improves... especially in low temperatures...
Hi Mark, I have been told by a few personal growers that that it is a good idea to run water through every 3rd feeding.. I am not against using clear water but for beginners who believe that "more is better", the plants seem to develop nutrient lock, a problem beginners seem to ask me about on this forum...but it is true that I never every give my plants just plain water... other then at the very very end... ....I understand you like it at 25% nutes, compared to just water. I have 1000w hps pro-mix 5 gallon pails great vent. 78 degrees lights on 68 lights out. and........... experience. I grow 9 plants veg them for 2 weeks and then go 56 days......your n/l buddha........I use a ppm so i know what is going in and out at every feeding.To make sure that the pots are,dry,.....actually it is scary just how lite they can get.....I water every 5-6 days in 42-48 days that is only 7 waterings before flushing..........that means i am giving them just water when they are beginning to develop buds........that scares me a bit. I have had great results after learning that LESS IS MORE, but I want to maximize and am always wondering ..the only thing I can can say that bud boosters used from the 3rd week of bloom to the end of 6, is the thing that makes them bulky and dense. + good temperatures...............thanks you rock, and your N/L Buddha does best when it is "slightly" underfed.Over feeding causes this plant stress, unlike the ww xxx that LOVES over feeding. there is many many methods and each grower is different.. if your friends pull out a great crop I would just copy them, I prefer to see then to read, so its hard for me to convey my thoughts on line....
Hi Mark. What is all involved if I were to get a designated grower through Time.
Webmaster: .. we just received the incorporation papers .... so much to do ..... bottom line at this moment its $150/oz organic white shark or sour diesel.. we hope to get this price down even lower to around $100 ... as it should be...
Can I grow outside in Toronto.LMFAO. What kind of question is that? LMFAO How will you grow cannabis in the winter? Just curious lmao. :-) magic?
hi mark for some reason i am getting lots of smell from my room... i am running a 1000w HPSEN bulb at 18 hrs you are in veg and for some reason they are smelling quite a bit now i do have another light @1000w MH which is a much whiter light and the smell seems to disappear...MH is better for the veg period...but i prefer the hps and so seem the plants.. is the other bulb old may be? over a year?..but if they like HPS keep the HPS, its what the plants want.... have any ideas as to why this might be happening and what i might try other than going back to the mh for it seems to kick my breaker every now and then when it starts up thx with smell its all about the ventilation.. to have a 1000W light you should have a 125 CFM Fan....
Hi Mark, I am sending my papers in for renewal to the government, do I have to give them back my card at that time OR do I give them the card after I get my new card? I never returned my card?.. by law if you keep a copy of your documents that's as good as the card itself... And you said owing the government money would not prevent me from getting my license renewed....the card and your debts are two different things...
hi mark...whats the male to female ratio for seeds in general??? im reading 7 females out of 10... is this correct??? im trying to get away from feminised seeds now as im becoming a better grower thanks to you .....:)
Webmaster: ..7 out 10 is the average.. the closer to their optimum environment you get the better this ratio...
Can I grow outside in toronto
Webmaster: ...legally without a permit ?... no....
Hey mark, I am wondering in Toronto when do we start outdoor and from "your catologue" what current strain would do well out door? summertime, or juicy fruit cross, or early girl which we have in the cafe but not online...or fast pine... in the store, not online...How big will plant be by harvest time, since its outdoor I dont want a gurilla lol! By the way I am using promix for outdoor, how many gallon pot do I need and do I need nutrients? depends on how early indoors do you want to start the plants... if you start in early April (indoors) and do not trim, by the time it comes in July they will be 8 feet tall.... if you trim once every two weeks, till end of june, you can keep the size under 3 feet tall before they start blooming late july, ... you will get a nice bush (rather then a tall plant), ...you should start the plants indoors and transplant mid may, you should use the same nutrients you would use indoors, they actually need more food, depends how cloudless the summer is...
hey mark me again, sorry forgot to mention that well i guess u know the process they have my card (health canada) until they receive my renewal forms..thanks again..oh p.s. did great with the h.p happy girls last time.
hey mark, just wondering, i am a member of the t.c.c and have been cleared, i am know waiting for my renewal from health canada, had it already before but expiries and waiting for ddoctors is proving time consuming, so my question is ..am i eligible for medical clones from somewhere or do i have to wait for my health canada card to come through..paper work is in process already... thanks have great day.
Webmaster: ...contact TIME for details, but by law as long as you have a copy of the documents that the doctor signed and I assume you mailed to Health Canada, you are legal to possess and consume cannabis and thus buy clones from TIME or CALM, if you did not keep a copy then you have to wait for the card.... FYI: Health Canada technically registers you, but it can not deny you the permit once singed by the doctor...
Hi Mark The clones I have look abit yellowish. What does this mean?
Webmaster: ...normally it would be under feeding, but I hope its not some root issue, will see when you increase they EC...also make sure your pH should be between 6 and 6.8,..6.4 best... if you have a 1000W they should be getting a full veg nutrient dosage by now.... also make sure your bulb is not older then 1 year.....
I have a question about mother plants. What type of fluorescent or hid set up do I need to keep up the plant 80W of fluorescent bulbs is enough for a couple of plants, you'll need to trim the mother so they never exceed 2 feet tall...and what is the minimum light duration that I need to use? 18 hours a day ON. Thanks!
I was looking for a quality ballast. What brand and mOdel ballast do you recommend, either digital or magnetic? I want to run a 120 volt 1000w switchable and I am looking into digital. I know your not a fan of digital, but I think I will try one. I have heard from others that Infinity ballasts are not reliable. What about ballasts made by Sunlight Supply? I really appreciate the information and the time you devote to helping others. Keep up the good work.... I know that the switchable ballasts are unreliable because of the "trick" they use to do the switching, sometime a piece inside burns out and you spend a week replacing it... I am ok with electronic ballasts but I find them expensive... they do save about 100W of power overall... so that's good.... I cant say anything about brands and brand names because I know how the older type of ballasts are made and I can tell you there is no difference ..... zero...
im into my 5 week of veg and the tips of my leaves are slightly burnt also pointing down is that a sign of over feeding
Webmaster: ...over feeding yes, but this can also happen when you water too often, when using promix (dirt)
Hi Mark, clones are doing well. My last grow the buds were quite light and fluffy. I did have a heat issue. I would love to have good solid buds, any ideas on how? Thanks
Webmaster: ...in the 3rd week of bloom I add DNF Bloom fortifier (brand is less relevant then what it is, its a bud booster, Kool Bloom is one of them, PK-13-14 is a good one for water tables)... small amount at first but on week 4 at full dosage every time you feed them until mid 6th week, on top of your regular nutrinets .... on a hydroponics table you can extend this for another few days, but in promix you need to stop sooner ... don't forget to leach at the end...
Hello Mark: What is the date and time of this event, I definitely want to be in the march, so if I know the date and time I can mark it down on my calendar. Thanks..
Webmaster: .Toronto, Queen's Park, 10am - 6pm May 3, 08, www.cannabisweek.ca , picture gallery from 2005, 2004,
hi mark, using a sensi a and b hydroponic solution in promix just a little worried about nute deficiency after reading the forum and grow guide, should i never water with plain water??? always 10% - 20% even on off days???? ... I never water with plain water... I always add a little bit of food... for me no less then 40% of normal dosage but for beginners like you who are worried that they need plain water I say that you can cut that to 20% of normal if you want... when you give your plants 0% nutrients they sometimes go into so called nutrient lock, ... they keep all the remaining nutrients in the stem, stem goes dark, leafs yellow a bit and/or they burn.... it takes a plant a week to recover, no problem in veg, deadly in bloom... nutrient lock does not always happen ... but it does often enough... you can avoid it by always giving them a bit of food... ALSO when you add 25% of regular nutrient dosage it is actually a leaching solution, it leaches old nutrients out better then plain water...
hi Mark i've been growing the same indica strain for a couple years now with all three phases...time for something new...i've heard feminized seeds are no good to start a family just wondering if this is true ...true, they are not good for mothers.. feminized strain are weak ...and if yes why? ...compared to regular strains they are more susceptible to becoming hermaphrodites, so its not that they will die or something but when stressed a feminized strain will go hermie and a regular strain would not...also how long does it take for male plants to interrupt the flowering process if placed in the bloom room...thanks ... males usually pollinate the females in the 4th to 7th week... so you must cut them out before the 4th week...
Hi Mark thanks for the number i found this site that has everything you would want if you are looking for pests natural predators. Here is the link if anyone else here is interested. http://www.natural-insect-control.com/ ... yes its a good company, I used to buy stuff there myself...
Mark, I hope you don't mind this too much .not at all.. As a Canadian I am really pissed at the Conservative party's stand on cannabis. Their uneducated, US-influenced position is nothing less than ludicrous at a time when science has shown over and over again that cannabis is an extremely safe, non-toxic substance - far safer than both alcohol and tobacco, both of which are legal. I am asking everyone that visits this forum to write a short, to the point message to the conservative party about your feelings on this subject. THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT. Polititions react to public input - "IF" they get enough of it. Keep your message short and include one or two important points. DO NOT write messages like "Weed Rocks!" or "Legalize it Baby!" - you get the idea. Responsible, articulate messages can be effective, juvenile messages reinforce their beliefs. Please, please, please take a few moments and write them. Do it once a week or once a month. This is the only chance we have. Their plan is to increase penalties for marijuana offences, an archaic and ludicrous position given the facts available today. Here is the website link: http://www.conservative.ca/EN/4799/74614 Thank you.
what's the highest yield you've heard of when using time release ferts and water retaining x-tals and all that jazz for a guerilla grow
Webmaster: .highest, 2.5 lbs per plant outdoors ..... and highest yield indoors 3.5 lbs (unconfirmed, I average 1.5) per 1000W light with 80 plants
Got a relative who suffers from depression, smoking pot helps it incredibly, do you have recommendation of a doctor that could help get him a permit ?>
Webmaster: .he/she needs to be referred to a psychiatrist... if one psychiatrist does not understand this issue get another.. its all in persistence...
For the guy who asked about sugar ... some people use molasses successfully and there is info on the net about it. I gotta wonder though, why bother? Why add another risk factor for a slight taste change, if you even get it? ...organic cannabis means you add nothing more then what you absolutely have to.. to me those sugars change something... for street buzz it may be ok, but I could not call my stuff organic...
Hey, I'm interested in setting up a small grow in my closet. My closet has a 2x4 floor space and it is 8ft tall. I was wondering if I would be able to grow 5 plants in there and what wattage HID I should use. ...I start at 400W but you can go smaller... smaller means less yield from your plants...If I can't grow 5 plants, how many do you think I would be able to grow. ..its easier for you to work with 5 plants but you could have 20...I just think its easier and safer with 5 or 10.....Thanks for you help.
also i heard from someone that if u add lemon juice or orange juice to your water in the last week of bloom your weed will have that flavor...is this true??? and have you ever sampled weed like this??? :) :).. never tried this...
i have 2 plants both started the same time and the same strains....at this writing 48 days into bloom 1 plant looks like its ready to be harvested and the other looks like its 1 to 2 weeks away....is this possible mark??? stress does this, ... if you under water or over feed a plant even once in its bloom life cycle the hair may go dark early... its not that she is done, but actually a bit stunted... the only way to tell is to see trichomes under a microscope.. if they are opaque plant is ready...
ok well i have heard from some experienced growers that it makes it sweeter... I have heard that too but I can not teach you something I don't do myself ...also what is a good bud booster DNF Fortifier or PK-13-14 and when should i start using it, start slow in week 3 and heavy dosages in week 5 and 6..i am in week 4 of bloom and i still have no smell coming from the plant, is this normal ?..not surprising..
G'day Mark I'm looking at running a 1hp portable air conditioner in my flowering room. I never had to run an air conditioner before so i know nothing about them...the portable a/c are weak and break easily.. they still need an exhaust... Do you still need to let fresh air into the room? ..not really, as the a/c would provide this function....I'm not running any Co2 systems, will i need to run one? no, co2 is used in the summer when you have high temperatures ..like 32 or 33C...that's when co2 is optimized and makes a difference. Will the air conditioner remove the odour from the room? NO, only a carbon filter used as a scrubber or as exhaust can do that......Can you give me a rundown on how to use one. Thanks ...you need 4000 BTU of a/c for a 1000W light... more is better... when you install everything you need to play around with the settings and see at what point you get the right temperatures... may be with exhaust OFF and a/c ON you get best temperatures in the winter but exhaust ON and a/c ON during summer... each grow closet is different...
Hey Mark i was wondering if you you know of any places in the Toronto area that sell ladybugs or other pest predators? I know there are some online ones but like to buy my things face to face. try grow it all hydroponics, tel: (416) 588-9595... they may, but I'm not sure...
I got some blueberry skunk seeds, what's the best way to max the yield out, Like a scrog or buckets. Plus what the best nutes to use for flower? And have you notice that this strain is hard to grow? Thanks again
Webmaster: ..they are all good methods, but you need to be good to use them .... any nutrients is ok as long as its from a hydroponics store and not a hardware store.... blueberry is average, I would not say difficult...
Hi Mark, In a small closet(with only 4 plants), can a ozium generator is ok, but 0zon generator will kill plants so it can be only be used to clean space outside of the grow room but not inside ..or a time mist release system be used for effective odor control? generally safe and good for 400W may be 600W, but nothing beats a carbon filter and proper ventilation.....I live in an apartment, and just got a inline fan (6" Vortex, didn't know it was that loud) and filter, but would that be overkill. ...for anything bigger then a 400W its overkill ... . I plan on using the fan on my next grow of about 10 plants (moving to a house). Also what is a good booster that would go with Pure Blend Pro? Thank You, Bernie
Mark, happygirl website dosn't give you those instructions, it says to just add water. I also did some research on soiless mediums. This is a link to a Ohio State University study of soiless mediums. Micronutrient Disorders, HYG-1252-98 It says you that the soilless mix works properly when the ph level is 5.5 to 6.2. Otherwise you will have micronutrient deficiencies or lockout. My tap water, which is ph 7.3, even when I include the liquid feed, which brings it down to 6.7 isn't enough for it to be effective. As the medium gets dry, the ph level goes up in the medium, and that's why I would end up with a run off of 7.0 or thereabouts. I will give a watering from now on with a small dose of nutrients, but I will also ph down the watering to around 5.9. I've done the flush yesterday, two of the plants look happy today, well the top half of the leafs are, the other one, I just gave it another flush, because the run off was still over 7.0.
Webmaster: ..I am all about learning ... the only difference between you and I is that your tap water is higher then my tap water (7 even) ... I am very glad its a problem you referenced and its fixed, and that's the only thing I care about... I just never pH water when using promix... I do however add nutrients always (different dosages), since nutrients have pH buffers, they bring down the pH of water...
Hi, I use strictly Pro-Mix, I have my plants under 1000 HPS. From what I could gather, it appears a few of my plants have developed nute lockout. Potassium deficeny in some plants, and Iron deficiance in a couple of others. I use tap water, the ph on the tap water is 7.3. I never measured until now, but after putting in the nutrients in the water, the ph would drop to about 6.7. My runoff would come in anywhere from 6.9 to 7.2. Thus I conclude that I have nute lockout. I was told by the guy that sells me the Pro-Mix, that I need to take the water ph level down to about 5.8 when using Pro-Mix. He said that it would then rise during the period to about 6.2. I was always under the impression that you did not need to treat the water when using Pro-Mix. But clearly with the run off coming close to or over 7.0 there was a problem. Your feedback would be greatly appreciated. Thank you
Webmaster: ..I do NOT pH nor have I ever pH'd the water when using promix ... nutrient lockout happens when you give plants PLAIN water right after feeding them heavily with nutrients... when you give them plain water, plants may assume that (oh my god) there is no more food coming and they retain whatever nutrients they have inside, thus nutrient lockout ... the solution is to 1. never give them plain water and 2. always mix in at least 20% of regular dosage of nutrients.... to recover from nutrient lockout you feed them with 20% nutrients dosage... usually for two watering cycles, on the third one you can give them a full dosage of food...
Hi Guys ... My grow room, which is in the basement, partially flooded in that warm thaw we had ... it was an unfortunate fluke due to unnoticed snow buildup - the water couldn't run away as usual. Luckily I had nothing growing at the time. (I stopped after my last harvest to do upgrades to the room.) I have the room fully dried now and have bleached the floor (cement) and the area where the water came in etc. I am just wondering if there are any other precautions you think I should take regarding mold or what have you? Just want to make sure I don't miss anything before I set up again. Thanks a million.
Webmaster: ..if the wood on the walls was exposed to water the mold may grow there rather then on the floor.. so inspect frequently... the only way I know to get rid of mold is to have ventilation twice as strong as needed... so if a 1000W needs about 125 CFM fan for ventilation then you should have 300 CFM ventilation... mold can not live in a place with a constant movement of air...
hi mark.... what is a good 400 watt hps light to use in the bloom stage?? thanks
Webmaster: ..I like the Hortilux Brand or Plantstar is ok as well....
i was just wondering if i fed sugar every other water cycle with regular a and b bloom formula, would it make the final product taste better ? more sweet ?
Webmaster: ..if you are talking about regular sugar, then NO, it will make no difference and I do not really know weather you will damage the roots... there is sugar-like products that claim that they will make the bud tighter and bigger... but frankly I have my doubts... using the bud booster in the right period of bloom make all the difference.. sugar is a gimmick...
Will one still have to PH test if this mixture is used? Thanks for your time Mark. 2 parts Pro-Mix 1 part Perlite 1 part Vermiculite. 2 tbsp per gallon - Bone Meal 1 tbsp per gallon - Blood Meal 1 tbsp per gallon - Dolomite Lime
Webmaster: ..if you use promix then you do not have to pH the water... it is also pointless to mix promix with vermiculite and perlite as promix already contains these things in the right proportions... its just a waste of time ..
Thanx for the quick reply, I'm the one that asked the latest question, I forgot to ask some more things.... sorry lol...... yo mentioned 4X4 but forgot to mention the "height" 6 feet tall is minimum but I find that 8 feet is best for comfort and if they stretch then its a good thing to have that extra 2 feet.. and one more thing, I'm going to do 10 under 430W HPS.... are 3 gallon buckets fine for pots? no problem I read your grow guide and Im confused on what sort of ventilation I need for 430 HPS.... how about just putting a normal oscillating fan right under the lights and it will blow the heat coming down maybe? Thanx!... on the cheap and in the winter a 430W does not really need any ventilation other then (like you said) an oscillating fan.. HOWEVER you probably will have to keep the doors to this closet open and growing in the summer is out of the question... its always better to have an inline fan sucking air outside, so you can close the doors and generally have a better way of ventilating it...... the bottom line is that as long as the temperatures are below 29C then you could be ok without any fans... if your temperatures are above 32C then you need better ventilation...
Hello, thanks for taking the time....... I have a 430 W (HPS)...... I have 10 of your (Skunk 69 feminized)..... I have a couple of questions, under that light using pro-mix (it's in a white bag I hope thats okay..yes) what should the dimensions be of my closet for that light no bigger then 4 x 4 feet and can I possibly grow all 10 under this light they should fit but their individual size should not exceed a foot before blooming, if you grow them bigger then they will be over crowded in the 4 x 4 space because I read that the more plants the shorter the cycle? true, because they take over the space quicker, so you end up veg-ing less, bloom period is always the same ..If not how many can I grow max under the light and what type of yield am I looking at (after drieing/manicuring)? Thanx.
Came downstairs this am and plants were all flopped over. Watered for 30 mins and perked up. Whats the problem with them? I am watering every six hours. ..there is something very wrong with this... in promix: are you soaking them enough to leak from the bottom? even on a hydroponics table every 6 hours would be too much, they should be ok for 24 hours..Thanks Will you know be offering medically cleared patients clones? yes 1-647-835-4212 Monday to Friday from 1 to 3
Hello Mark A little about me I am 58 years old and retired. I have severe degenerative discs in my back, as well as osteoarthritis in both knees. I have been told that I will need a knee replacement not too far off. I asked my family Doctor if he would sign a medical marijuana permit for me and I got a flat NO....change doctors or ask for a referral to a specialist.. I don't even speak to doctors who are not aware of cannabis as medicine.. its a shitty doctor anyways...So I want to grow my own,I can build a small 4x4x7 box in my basement, I would use a 400 watt mh. My question is can the police detect light from a house with 400 watts, flat NO, being "ratted" out is the only way to be caught I will only grow about 4 -5 plants. If I got caught what kind of penalties might I be looking at. ...most cops will destroy your crop and break the bulb... I know plenty of stories where a cop just "warn" the owner they "know" something and they will be back, they never are ... eventually I live east of Toronto in the Durham region. .very anal region of Ontario, from personal experience.. the only way to make sure you don't lose your house or go to prison is to make a copy of every medical document you have and place those documents above or around the bulb , clearly marked, ....
what can i do about huge amounts of salt deposit/build up in my hydroponics set up? there is actually build up that is coming out of spots, on 18 of my master kush ladies, where i pruned can someone please help? when you prune you need to decrease the nutrients levels as the plant can not process all that food with out the foliage you cut.. generally I give them half of normal few days before i prune them and for a few days after ..Is there something i can do besides use epsom salt?
Webmaster: ..epson salt to fix salt built up is not a good idea... but spots on leafs does not necessarily means its a salt built up issue... in either case the only thing you can do is leach out whatever nutrients the roots have and supply a new fresh batch of nutrients..... on a table leaching is usually 2 to 4 days .... if they are heavily damaged the plants may not react for a week...
what can i do about huge amounts of salt deposit/build up in my hydroponics set up?
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