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ya kingston...if you nyc types are this stupid stay in the US..ps no one would lift a hair for your stupid 1/8th..no..you cant be THIS STUPID...really!..no..really? and deliver it too huh? I am laughing so hard pee just came out ! they write it because they can not because they think it will work

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the leaves on my mother are wilting ever so slightly at the tips...a small curl under...minor..but why? nuts good...ph good...etc... a bulb older then 1 year would do this... watering too often or never allowing the medium to go dry would do this as well.... overfeeding would have a similar effect.... leach for 2 water cycles and make sure the medium dries out completely before watering again...

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Reformed Aerogardener goes 4x2ft T5 lights with 6" by 8" promixed pots but still constraint to small closet 24" H by 30"L 12" D. Mark at what height do you suggest I switch to bloom stage? Your guide says between 12 24 inches. Do I bloom at 7inches is that Ok? you can actually bloom at any height you wish, so 7 inches is ok... with the aerogarden you have to bloom at very short height as T5 can not penetrate past 1 foot into the canopy How much bud will a 14" plant support Do I "Pinch" the plants first... when and at what size? I think you mean "topping", this is pinching, you top once only, in veg only and the latest is 1 week before bloom, at any size Right now I'm still testing my kit and skills growing one no- name seed I had around b4 buying G13. Its about 3inches seems happy and was only thing that survived the Aerogarden experience. Hoping to learn more about sex and feeding, pinching etc with this plant b4 sprouting my G13 seeds. Thanks for your advice in advance I like my new setup and use the aerogarden for sprout and seedlings-- PH not a problem at that stage is it Mark? pH should be at 6.5 and if its not the stems may go dark and/or leafs would curl  Thanks I would just bloom at this height just to see how this bloom process works... 

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im a beginner, just got my card, what would be a good strain for a beginner to start out with?? join one of the compassionate clubs and get clones as this was its the easiest.. if you still want seeds get anything feminized as its the easiest for seeds.... AK-47 is easy and good

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thanks for the help..fallow up..my freind will water will it stay in bloom under under fluorescents for ten days thanks again..peace if he maintains the 12/12 light cycle and you withdraw food for the period down to 25% maybe then they should survive and maintain bloom.... hopefully, since its a big step down from HID light to fluorescent

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Im in 2nd week of bloom but i have to leave for ten days. If i put it beside the window will it survive survive yes, continue to bloom? no , im in ontario or can i put under a fluorescent light because i have to switch my 600w off please help thank you...Pease none of this is really a good idea as the plants will revert back to veg cycle due to uneven light cycle outdoors and street lights and cars that come on and off (outdoors), this means she will get "stunted" and the full recovery may take 2 months .... the problem is also that going from 600W to outdoors + fluorescents means she will burn, as in overfeed (if this was summer it would be a different problem)..... you would have to withdraw nutrients prior to making this switch and hopefully transplant into bigger pots to allow roots to roam... give a nice does of B1 + very low nutrients ... bigger pot would allow them to be at least wet for 10 days and not die from dryness...

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took some clones a while back and just left them in red cups i think they were root bound there was not much growth at all and the stems are very dark got them transplanted in 5 gallon pots now are they going to make it or should i start over? only 1 of the 5 are just starting to perk up its been a week since I transplanted and I took the clones sept 28 dark stem can mean overfeeding and/or bad pH... usually so long as they live they will recover, B1 is good, low nutrients for 2 waterings... I would take new clones just in case but a week for them to show some signs of life would be normal and after 2 weeks I would expect seeing new growth for sure ... if not then they may be too stressed out... it is not unusual to wait a month for a stressed plant to "recover"... it is a "weed" and it will grow but it may take longer then just taking new clones and rooting those....

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I have a issue with my leaves yellowing, not sure if it is from over fertilizing or under fertilizing I water use sunshine 4 and add perlite I keep my room at 80 to 82 degrees, co2 at 1600 ppm my understanding is that you need to be at 86-91F in order for CO2 to be properly absorbed by plants, if temps are lower plants either ignore CO2 or ... it may be damaging in some way but I do not recall whether it was burning or some other issue... ONLY with CO2 would you want high temps like that, otherwise your temps are pretty good, humidity at 45 to 50 percent check, running seven gallon pots six hundred hps bulbs I run a ph of 6.4 to 6.6 that is a veg pH levels ... in bloom the pH should be at 5.5 since the range is 5.2 to 5.8 ... average 5.5 ... but that would not damage the plants per se, I am curious whether you actually have to pH UP since the nutrients would normally bring your pH down to about 6.0 and if you keep it at 6.5 that means you are pH-upping which may mean a problem with ... too much of a particular chemical found in Ph UP .... I would use potassium silicate as a pH UP, not that you need to use pH UP IMO  and keep my ppm around 1400 when mixing nutrients that is low for bloom .. I would be at around 1800+ but not over 2200 as the norm, I water 40 containers with 15 gallons of solution every 4 to 5 days, My nutrients are dynabloom 1/2 tsp per gallon protek 1/2 tsp per gallon koolbloom 1 tsp per gallon maxicrop 1 oz per gallon molasses 1ml /L is the measure I know, 3x more is ok too but I do not know what 1 oz of molasses is in terms of CC 200 ml for 15 gallons then I run either open sesame or beastie bloomz elaborate on this pls depending on which week i am in I am running four different strains headband, purple kush, god, lemon skunk the headband seems fine and all the others are having yellowing leaves. all of them are yellow, uniformly? would mean that combined with low ppm at 1400 is a problem of underfeeding ..... IF only the fan leafs are yellowing and its 5th or 6th week of bloom then its fairly normal, I would actually remove the fan leafs .....  The soil is very dry on the top couple inches but the container is still a little heavy so I have been holding off on watering. I have only been running soil for alittle bit and do not have alot of experience with it yet. Please Help simple test is to feed one or two plants at 2000 ppm and see if in 24-48 hrs they get back some of the darker green colour, if not underfeeding is not the problem but you lost only a plant or two, if the green returns feed all of the rest with higher ppm ..... IF your problem was over feeding the stems would be purple or dark in color, are they?

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hey , i am growing your northernlights budda .I'm in the 6th week of flowering and some of the fan leaves are turning purple almost blackish .i have read your overfeeding section and dont think its that because it never came in spots. it seemed to be the worst where to leaves overlapped each other. i have flushed and spkiped any newts for a watering cycle.hasnt got worse or better. in bloom even if you flush they will not "look" better, they will not continue to get worst (hopefully) but definitely not "look" better any thoughts would help thanks ... it is most definitely overfeeding.. and to make sure I would go down on nutrients by 50% for 2 watering cycles and if this means that leaching is followed then so be it.... salvaging whatever is here is better then overfeeding and burning them (cant smoke it)

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hey, just curious about what sort of packaging the seeds will be arriving in. is it a padded envelope? and does the letter say anything on it that could raise a brow ? 

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I smell a cop. cops have licenses and grow as well, so do firemen, soldiers, theirs moms dads.. etc... some very interesting people smoke weed

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Aerogarden guy again. My closet is 24 inches high 30 long 12 inches deep. Should I skip Aerogarden and grow with 2 foot T5 and promix in my closet. Would the results be better. I`m a recreational user older now and wish to be self sufficient I think 100g a harvest more than plenty. Am I realistic here... the problem is with the nature of the water-system this water garden is... its a finicky one, watch that pH go up and down, and plants stretch in it (why?)... if I did it from clones may be it would work, if you try from seeds you will get 100g of sub par stuff.. even a T5 lights are a step down for me and T5 lights may be all you need in your space + 6 inch pots and some promix... PS. don't use the aerowhatever

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Hi, I'm going to be traveling to Toronto on Dec. 6th-7th from NYC and I'm staying at a hotel in the downtown area. I need a about an 1/8 of your best 420 to last me my trip. Can anyone on this message board please find me a deliveryman (or woman) to deliver 420 to my hotel room w/ bring papers too? I would really love to see what Ontario bud is like and would really really appreciate it if someone could get me in touch with someone that could service my need. Feel free to call or text me if it's easier. My email address is kingston2317@yahoo.com and my # is 201.753.0862. all the best, Kingston gee wiz can't you be more direct? would you like a blow job with that sir?

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Hi guys; i just found another place for seeds .it is also advertised on high time maagazines.they have 14 seeds for $80.tax included,well, they gave extra seeds just because i asked for a deal.Check it out if you want.Seeds are amazing. http://ontarioseedbank.ca/reg.html ..... you know what I am going to keep this ad on the forum in fact PLEASE Go AHEAD  and shop there, I wish you luck .... and good luck with the quality too 

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Hey Mark, took a year off and see your sites totally different. Simple question "Is Fast Pine a thing of the past ? or will we see it again come March/April". you will see her in March

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Thanks a lot for such a great guide! I've expanded my knowledge greatly when reading through your site about marijuana. At the moment I have an area of 16" wide, 19" height and 8" deep which is very small for the plant to grow in. But it's my only stealthy space and my question is: Is it possible to grow in such a tight space? possible yes, worthwhile I don't know really... you would need T5 lights as HID would make this space too hot, bloom them at like 5 to 8 inches tall.... yield would be counted in ounces (like 5 max? if you do it well, 1 if you screw up) I heard about dwarf plants and auto flowering designed for outdoors only, indoors you would lose the ability to have any control over their cycle as they are "auto", outdoors this is an advantage, indoors its not plants which maybe fit for my problem. Can you give me any hints? the only way to do it is with 1:  bloom from clones at 5 inches (need mother plant and another closet and/or buy clones from friends) or 2: start with feminized seeds and bloom them at 5 inches (downslide is bad yield) hmm .. I would be happy to have round 100 grams each month :) you could do it with a couple of T5 bulbs but I would really prefer a 250W HID 

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I am a Cf member who did my last tour a year back...I brought home seeds....the weed in Afghanistan grows in a sandy soil...basically the whole country...:) I have read a lot here, obviously I am a newbie... the promix bx system seems the way to go it is.....My Q is should I add some sand to the promix BX to more closely match the original soil the weed grew in???? As for feeding well, over there they get goat crap for nut's.....so what would be the best food match?? maybe organics? :)......I am told since this will be a first generation afghani HERE I should try to match its last environ's as best I can. difficult question... the problem is not their environment... after all its a "weed" and it will grow anywhere, I would argue that it is not necessary to duplicate exactly their environment to make them "happy" so adding sand to promix is a waste of your time... the problem is that they are naturally designed to grow huge, and I mean like 12 feet tall, they were bred in outdoors environment... so if you are thinking of growing indoors these plant will overgrow any closet very very quickly and .... more bad news... they may not even yield any significant amounts until they reach a certain size.... that may be 2 feet or 12 ... who knows (realistically 6 to 8).... the only way to "develop" a plant from this strain that can be grown indoors is to sprout them and "chose" the sprouts that resemble something short and bushy (you don't need to be experienced to compare one sprout to another and choosing the one that is physically smaller and bushier) .... then grow ONLY that one plant and take clones only from this one mother/plant.... the offspring from this plant should be small(er) and bush(yier) then the original strain

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Hey Folks, I just got AeroGarden VeggiPro (firsttime grower stealth a must) I'm hopin to produce maybe 8 ozs a year is that realistic with AeroGarden and what seeds would you recommend to start? I'd like to learn on the aerogarden even one plant at a time and really need that first-time success story to really believe this is worth while before going serious into it. Any help would be great. Thanks .... I would love if someone would pay me money to warn people about crappy systems.... aero garden has an issue with pH changing... so pay attention to your pH levels, you may have to adjust often.... I would start with feminized seeds... do only 5 (just in case you kill them have 5 as back up).... keep pH at 6.5 in veg and 5.5 in bloom.... do not use organic nutrients as they will clog the pump and stop it and kill your crop..... 

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Hi, Just discovered your site and I think it is an awesome one. Background information: -I don't like smoking, I prefer edibles, or vaporizing from time to time -I am borrowing only a tent (2.7' x 2.7') and lights kit (400 watt with ballast kit and hood etc.) (ie no filter and using a cheap cdn tire oscilating fan) -I don't want to spend too much money on something that I may have to tear down early due to various circumstances, might be moving in 3 months or less, might be going on vacation in December, and I may also have landlord issues but I would never be evicted would just be told to tear it down. Question: If I use only an organic blooming solution and introduce it to the plant after 1 week will this kill the plant even if used in small dosages? should not kill And will the results of the flowers be poor? poor yes, there are about 5 other ingredients you need to add to bring out the "real" flavor of cannabis, so if you only add 1 then the plant wont be as strong I am only using the resulting product for cooking any ways. wont be strong but if you have low tolerance you probably will be fine (as in stoned) .... you could even cook a male plant and extract THC so even crappy bud is ok for cooking.... again depends how you tolerate your pot.... I may have to eat 10 of your cookies where you eat one...  BTW i only plan to veg the plant for 2-3 weeks? and bloom for 7-8 weeks and only expect to harvest 1-2 oz of dried flowers. you may get this amount with zero effort ... since you should expect 6 ounces from a 400W Thank for your help and your hard work in making this one heck of a site. btw i got your JF triple parent seeds and I plan to grow those first.

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hey mark how bad is this I am in week 8 and have been flushing for a week and got a little worried the buds are very tight and forming good but the calix havent swelled yet and all the trics are still clear (some milky)no amber the pistols are a mix of dying and alot of new pistols most of the fan leaves are droopy and wilting even the very green ones so I fed them a 25% base A&B 100%over drive and bud candy and folic acid thinking of letting them go 10-11 weeks did I do this right or should I have just been patient and just kept flushing until finnished ? once you set your mind on flushing and harvest you should not re-introduce any nutrients.... if the trichones were in fact milky that means you were a week from harvest ..... if you keep feeding them you need to stop and leach for at least a week before harvest otherwise nitrogen will make buds impossible to burn.... leach leach leach 

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Hello Mark, Curious if you know if HamiltonMM is still going? I have tried calling them several times and just get voicemail and no return calls. I tried emailing and the email bounced back with a "Mailbox quota exceeded" error (from their mail server, not mine). Thanks! the guy is just busy, just try till you get him... he is one man helping the whole of Ontario..... he should get a freaking medal

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Hi Mark, Me again. Just read over your Grow Guide. I undertsnad the leaching process of 25% nutrient versus staright water. DNF sells a product called 'DNF Clear' which is suppossedly all you have to add. Can I just use that? YES What is your experience? it works but it costs money so my method is just cheaper but the product works fine I mentioned before I got 2 lbs of crap off 6 x 1000W for white shark on my August/September crop. I believe my problem was Summer heat making them too tall and lanky. any temps over 31C do that  The tops burned on the lights (bulbs in ventilated boxes) and the bottoms never got enough light due to canopy being too thick. The bud was not dense and THC was low. that's what high temps do You indicated WShark was a big yielder and wanted to know what nutrient schedule I was using. I used standard DNF schedule and add Overdrive and Bloom fortifiers starting in week 6. Rather then 2000EC I keep it around 2500EC after week 2 as they are heavy feeders. big error, with high tenps they are unable to absorb the food and they often burn, with heat you should have been at 1400 My problem is once again the plants are 3 feet tall and hitting the lights and burning. I made sure they were not crowded in there this time so they are doing a little better. did you top them? Is it normal for this plant to be so tall? from seeds or from clones? but no it should not I start them on the beds rooted in 4" cubes. Plant is only 8" tall at best when it hit the table. I think (know) the height of the plant is choking out the light for her neighbors. then some should be removed to allow other to have space  Should I just find a shorter plant that is a big producer? you should do this from clones and not from seeds, seeds need certain size before they bush out, clones do not, especially in a water system which was designed to work with clones (so a closet with a mother plant is necessary) I am ready to start the beds with all Green Crack and hoping to turn my luck around and finally get the elusive 1P per light I used to get in soil. Any thoughts on what I am doing wrong? Any recommendations on another short'ish plant what has large volume and decent THC? Mucho garcias, Problem Child I need to know your temperatures and humidity because white shark is known as a short and bushy plant and ... what you are describing either means it is not white shark or you have heat problems OR you are having major pH issues.... with pH I need to know about How you feed, and what kind of plastics you use since plastics leach acids and change pH ..... in other words give me more details

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Hello, I am starting Green Crack viet favorite in a couple weeks. I understand it is not a heavy feeder so I will scale back the nutrients. Can you confirm it has a seven week cycle? yes Vietnamese growers would not grow anything else :-) Do you have any tips for this variety? no its an easy one, so light feeding over heavy is better What are your thoughts on the new induction lights for flowering? I do not like new tech as it always proves to be crap (so far) Can I achieve a decent harvest? with green crack? yes Lastly, I hear a lot about molasses on this site which I understand is a carbohydrate. I have been using Carboload. Is this essentially the same? same thing, but molasses has a fairly distinct flavour which I like but it is the same thing as carbo load, I do not know about carbo load but you can even leach with mollasees at 1 ml per L. Is one better then the other? no its personal, again I like molasses more, but am not sure why Do I use both in conjunction? that's a NO for sure Much appreciated, Problem Child

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What requirements are there for anyone interested in starting their own seed company and producing their own seeds? can anyone do it? How do all the other companies breed seeds legally? you need to be a little crazy, but other then that ... just some lawyers, balls, connections, inner anger, determination and ..... an inherent inability to understand "NO, YOU CANT DO THAT"

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also Mark i use 1000w lights

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also Mark i use 1000w lights

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i grow in pro mix bx biofungicide and id like to know the correct feeding application rate from your experience with sensi grow A & B and also connoisseur A & B. i use blackstrap molasses also. i dont know where my girls are underfed or what. when i read the bottle for sensi grow it says 16 ml/gallon for a&b. Then ive read the EC of your nuts going in soil sould never be over 1.0 or this can cause toxicity in you soil. and what PH sould i have my water and nuts for veg. and bloom. the sensi grow A is 3-0-0 and grow B is 2-2-5 and they contain good amounts of micro nutrients. Im so tired of guessing on whats right and whats wrong i need your help. Also very important question the owner at a my local hydro store told me that i dont need to used sensi grow, just use connoisseur A & B at a low dosage starting at 1ml/gallon of A&B and working my way up. Is this true?  can i use connoisseur for veg and be successful? If so i could save alot of money. and connoisseur A is 4-0-4 and B is 1-5-6. And it also contains alot of micro nutrients. and all of the nutrients in connoisseur are chelated which is great and the all of the nutrient ingredients in sensi grow are not chelated. Please help me , Thank you

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if i use promix bx is it not a good idea to ph anyway.....even if adding more dolomite to promix...i know the idea is to not have to but what about yield ... you may not "have to" pH the water with promix but you will get better nutrient uptake thus faster growth thus bigger yield ... "better" as percentage wise is an allusive number, its not that there is more yield per se but the end product is slightly better.... promix buffers against mistakes and its a wonderful product but if you want to achieve those top levels of quality you need to pay attention to pH because of the various number of nutrients used in the bloom cycle which can alter pH one way or another (but usually down)... .... not pH-ing is for beginners and mid level growers... when you get advanced you need to pH or at least pay attention to pH ... also most nutrients are actually pre-pH-ed for you which means that as long as you add some to the water the pH will be with-in range ... check it yourself... it may not be in the range where I want it to be to be perfect but within range means that the plant will be fine and dandy

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My cousin claims that if you put human hair around the base of the plant (Dirt level) ... this will deter insects (including spider mites) from going from soil to plant. Is this Czech farming technique viable? no way, otherwise Czech farmers would conquer the market on organic produce... sorry just a myth ... I come from that region of the world and believe me they don't have any farming secrets

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hey I mark I was wondering about seedbank.com don't know I love your genetics but the more the merryer I used to deal with these guys but they got busted a couple of years ago now I see there back just wondering if you know anything about them as they are in toronto and the seedexchange is legit 4 sure as there genetics as well as yours just wondering kinda rambling my point is there in TO your in TO thought you might now if there legit again or just some one using there site to scam

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Hi Mark; I hope it is not early to ask but do you still accommodate MMAR clients? no, I am sorry we are full If so when is good to call and see you? try in a month or two members come and go, for now there are other clubs to help you Thx

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I have two different medical problems, Both somewhat minor. I have a growth on the joint of my wrist which causes a lot of pain when im working out or wrestling and I cant really do either without smoking a joint before I hit the gym. I also have minor anxiety problems which I previously took medication for. Would you say this is enough reason to apply. Also I do not turn 18 for another 5 months do I need to be 18 to get a mmar card and can I apply and get accepted now and if I need to be 18 just wait and instantly receive my card then. there is no age restriction on morphine (or whatever) as long as a doctor supports the usage, same with cannabis ... if the doctor signs the MMAR documents your age is not an issue

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Hi mark; Forget the seeds ,how are you doing?? I hope it is not serious. it is shame that you have to get harassed every time.I contact you later if OK with you. Hey, don't worry sometimes in life Sh*** just happens. I'm not even rattled... indeed shit happens... 6th time 

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Hi Mark; I hope everything OK man, but it is hard to take a day off work and drive from Mississauga and find out that you are not showing up.Plus; your partner was unhappy and doesn't want us to come there to see you.I hope everything is OK.Good luck I got detained by York cops for 12 hours ... I don't know what to say, I am sorry .... you can have the seeds for free if you want to make the trip

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Is it ok to tell hydro that you are growing medical cannabis?? if you do, it will do exactly nothing ... and you most likely (as in surly) will be labeled as a "grow op-op" on their system (as in anyone who calls hydro about your address will be told that you have a grow op, seriously.. )... whether they will or not call the police is not clear as hydro has no administrative setup to deal with legal grows... none... in a beaurocracy it means that you will get inconsistent results... each department will behave on its own... Toronto may be more advance then lets say Barrie .... or Hamilton... BTW this is the same for cops... you can go to your local division and they will visit you and be nice and all that... 2 months later there is new rotation, new cops, no one knows again, as if you had to do it all over again... just no consistency in their behaviour...

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Hi MX - I am trying to quit using opiates for my arthritis pain and migraines. I dont smoke alot of mary J but it sure helps when I do. then I dont end up taking as many pills. I would like to know the best surefire procedure to get a mmar card. I'm rather nervous bout going to a doctor for being laughed at... no one is going to laugh at you but they may look at you as a "drug seeker" which means its a good think to have all your documents proving your illness + a letter from the doctor that you seek less opiates .. making clear you don't want more opiates ... anyways please contact these people they should help you  Thx man this is a fine webservice :-) Bless .............

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where can i purchase edibles? with a permit don't have the time to make my own and do to my condition can't inhale section 56 or calm

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I see that M-39 x Freeze Land and raspberry are not in stock are they not going to be in stock any time soon? not until feb/march next year when we restock

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Hi. I was just wondering how long the process is to receive a designated growers card. Sent forms in with patient 11weeks ago. I heard that if you call them you will be delayed longer. Is that true? the "truth" is that they do not respond to anyone but faxes and/or lawyers, I had one designated application sent 2 years ago and ZERO response as to why it is obviously denied, I just let it go... you have to keep calling and find out what is going on, its possible a picture is missing? or pages are not signed, they wont let you know unless you call them.. and hopefully they will call you back

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Hey Mark, I was just wondering what the perfect ph is to have your water when watering your plants... I've heard so much, 5.8,6.0, and 6.5. for veg the range is 6.8 at minimum and at 6.0 at max (lower number means more acidic, 7 pH is tap water and its also a pH neutral acidity for humans) for bloom the range is 5.8 to 5.2 .... in general in promix best to keep steady 6.5 in veg and 5.5 in bloom... in water systems it should be 5.8 week 1 of bloom, 5.6 week 2 of bloom .... 5.2 week 4 to 6

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Hi mark. Hello have we met?

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Hey mark just started week 6 when can I trim ALL the fan leaves off the girls to get more light to the bottom or should I leave them on all the way to the end? I have a split personality on this... technically it should be safe to remove fan leafs at the 3rd or 4th week of bloom but I wait until the plant tells me to remove it by turning it yellow/light green.. which is usually in week 6 and/or never in which case I do not remove anything... so its your pick when you do it... if you have so much foliage that there is branches that get no light may be its better to just cut them off ... see a post 2 postings down from bobsuruncle... cutting off the bottom branches may be more beneficial then removing fan leafs...

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hello mark i just got my papers singed by my doctor for a mmar...i would like to become a member of Time. what do i need to do to become a member..also how long does it take to here back from heath canada? call me and make an appointment ... it takes HC 2 to 3 months to get the pink papers to you and another 4 months to get the picture ID... contact me when you get the pink papers from Health Canada... I would also call them a month after mailing the documents to make sure they actually received it... because if you made a mistake or there is whatever error they will not contact you.. ever

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Hey again Mark ... lookin' for some advice . Got a little greedy this grow ... too many plants in my closet ... lots of buds sites , but the canopy is thick and the ones below aren't getting alot of light . Otherwise everything looks good and healthy , third week into flower . Should I count my blessings and leave it alone ?.absolutely positively NO... take off (as in cut off) any branch/leafs that gets no light, I mean be brutal, remove a good bottom 1/3 if not half of the foliage from the plant .. this will allow the plant to fully concentrate on the tops and its the only way to not get a shitty yield... if you just let it be the plant will produce lots and lots of pop corn size buds, spongy at best, super light at worst.... the foliage that gets no light is pretty much taking the resources from the the tops... .. trim away some of the leaves or ?? Thanks in advance .

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Wow, how do you tolerate that taste of the straight butter? makes me gag, I chase it with a polish pickle or coffee or just smoke joints until the disgusting feeling is no more... but I need large quantities to get where I need to be and its a pain in the ass for sure .... the glycerin is easier on the palette I understand the need for a chaser for sure. I would really like to sit down and pick your brain sometime over coffee at your cafe.... you seem to have a great deal of knowledge and a lot of patience. What are your best days....T. no hours, call that number up there and make an appointment BUT you need a permit to have a full and open conversation with me ... otherwise I will give you the media friendly version of truth

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Hi Mark, You say you put 10g in each cookie? My tolerance for edibles is very high. Can you give me the recipe that you use? Thanks Tracey 220-400g of bud/leaf, 2 sticks of butter, set slow-cooker on low and leave for 12 hours.... or Vegetable Glycerin cooked for 1/2 hour on low... I no longer bake cookies as flour and sugar and other stuff is just a filler anyways.... just drink either 3-4 table spoons of butter or glycerin chased by coffee 

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Hi Bloom, there is no need to ph run off if you are using promix and pureblend. The Ph of runoff will always be wacky because of the nutrients reaction with the soil. If the soil is good (promix is good), and the nutes are good, then the run off pH is unnecessary.

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Hello Sir, Hoping you can help me out. I have been growing hydroponic White Shark for 2 years now and it keeps coming out crappy. The weight is not there and my quality is mediocre. 2 pounds off 6 lights! I know the summer heat slowed them down but they had a decent September. Is this common to this strain? I should note that I have a top notch system. Great ventilation, enclosed lights with ventilation, reservoir heater, heated tables (for winter), and super environmental controller. Fairly sure my problem is not environmental (except for summer heat) as it is always stable. Two years ago I switched from soilless to hydroponics. I switched to White Shark at the same time. Since that change my product volume and quality has sucked. I am an experienced grower with 12 years of soil under my belt. I have a good dialogue with the local hydro stores and as far as I can tell I am doing everything right. I understand there is a learning curve with hydroponics, but I am fairly bright and have tried everything. I could try to help you but I would need to know the pH levels during veg and bloom, you know all the details of what you do....  the type of nutrients, how you mix them.... anything that is possibly important to see if anything went wrong along the way AND ... white shark was my best yielder for 8 years running  Is this the White Shark or am I missing something? I am switching to Green Crack to see if my problem is strain based. I understand it is not a big producer but I am hoping for some stellar quality. Do you have any tips to make this strain AWESOME! Any help/tips are appreciated. Lastly - any thoughts on the Federal Law that is going to make possession of more than 6 plants an offence that carries a 6 month mandatory sentence? Harper is insane? just a thought  Thank you, Problem Child

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Hi Mark....Do you check and test the ph of your run-off water after you water your plants!? no, I am not sure what this tells you as plants "get rid" of acids and salts and those may show up in the run off.. but I do not know what that tells you... I use Promix bx and I add all nutrients,  then mix and then ph my water to 5.5 for bloom that is correct After watering the plants i take a reading of the run-off water and I noticed that the water ph is 8.0 Is this O.K. or.., do I need to adjust the soil ph!? If so....How do I do this to insure the uptake of all nutrients absorbed by the plants. Any thoughts or advice will help!!Thanks. (Bloom stage 6 weeks in) Every single person who checked run off pH and consequently freaked out over the results ended up getting an amazing crop... run off measuring is a false measure... in other words it tells you nothing, just scares you

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Hi you said on an earlier post that if i wanted to grow outdoors i should use top soil is that it or should i include other stuff? If i just top soil they will grow well right? cannabis will grow well in pretty much any soil so long as it has no restrictions on roots ... but I pretty much said to use promix as a initial medium to sprout and then transplant outdoors into a big hole...

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hey mark i got a few indicas (sensi star) among other paradise seed gear but it is the sensi star that I might be having a problem with I am in the middle of week 3 and am having alot of yellow leaves with the star starting on the bottom of the plant one day I will pick off all the yellow leaves then the next day I have like 20 or so that need to be removed the other plants seem to be fine(no yellow leaves yet) this seems to be a little too early to be losing leaves ? NO? yes, but not really, if the bottom parts are just too far away from the light (is she a tall one?)... the plant may just give those leafs up to concentrate on the tops... in any case it is not a problem if the Bottom leafs are yellowing.. if tops or mid leafs went yellow I'd be concerned... do you see any problems with any other leafs on top? The others are white berry ,nebula and acid so i got 2 sensi star 2 white berry 2 nebula and 1 acid a good mix of sativa and indica but wonder why I have yellow leaves only on 2 plants(star) Can I give them some grow A&B to get some more nitrogen in them or is this ok? they are only between 24-30 inches tall and have been feeding them 80 % then 25% I am now afraid of over feeding as the last crop was burnt and it all went into the bubble bags yes i am new at this and have only had 1 good crop it is getting frustrating? also the PH thing has got me worried I read alot of mixed info on PH.Is pro mix considered hydro or soil 5.5 or 6.5? I have been keeping it at 6.0 because I am not sure I am only feeding once a week so far. in veg the range is from 6.8 to 6.0.. I keep it at steady 6.5.... in bloom the range is 5.8 to 5.2 and I keep it at 5.5.... promix is a buffer and most if not all nutrients are ph-ed for cannabis.. so as long as you add some food to tap water and water promix, the promix + ph-ed nutrients should protect the plants, I still add a minute amounts of ph down to bring it to my desired middle ground but trust me when I say this, I grew for years without checking for pH... the difference is that now I want perfection, before I just needed quantity, pH-ing the water allows you to get get that extra 10% .... so you may have some minor issues BUT you are not having a pH problem per se... incorrect pH would be obvious as the leafs would curl and burn and probably die very quickly ....  

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I am an american from Texas. My wife and I will be flying to Paris, France on June 18, 2012 and have a 20 hour layover in Toronto. We really have no idea what to do for 20 hours, but we are both stoners and thought "hey, while we are in Toronto, we should get baked"! Is there anywhere that sells high quality bud or anywhere to score some good green? sorry my friend but bud is still illegal to non medical persons, its no Amsterdam... if I was you I'd vacation is Holland 

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I just got some jack herer seeds(rare earth) from sublime cafe and I was wondering how long is the bloom for this strain. I have read 9weeks from some websites and 11weeks from some other websites. 8 to 9 weeks , 11 weeks would a pure sativa, and Jack is not a pure sativa Also would this be a good strain for a scrog setup. it should do well, its pretty bushy  Thanks

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hello my plant is just way to tall right now i alreadyy topped it once but its still to tall..its about 1 foot tall would i be able to just top the plant in half instead of the very top ill do it right in half and use the top half for a clone? could i do this to get the plant more bushy in veg you can cut the plant in half if you wish and make a clone or several clones and the bottom part will re-grow bushier but sometimes stretching is an indication of another problem, may be you should bloom them sooner

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Hey Mark ... on your grow guide you talk of fulvic acid as a foliar spray every day as of the forth week of flower I would prefer to spray once every 3rd day at most and not spray , more like MIST the bottoms of the leafs and not the buds, a bit tricky, and if you do not want to spray/mist then add 1 ml per litre of water in 3rd to 6th week of bloom . My question is when is the best time to spray ? when they wake up from sleep, mimicking the morning dew... ie just after lights on / just before lights out ? My only concern would be mould on my buds if the spray sits too long ! mine too and if the humidity is too high then I would NOT spray at all, adding it to water seems to do the same thing Also should you use Carbo Boost week 3 to 6 of bloom on top of all other nutrients at the beginning of flower or ?? Thx as always

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Hi mark thanks for all the advice but I have another problem I am in week 3 of bloom and have found some odd bugs(not spidermites)they are tiny flies almost like fruit flies but smaller and there larva are crawling on the leaves. fungus gnats I do have neem oil but is it too late to use it and if so what can I use? mix the neem and spray the bottom 1/3 of the plants as well as the medium .... if you use promix the bugs will do no real damage to the plants since promix is a buffer ... if you have any other medium the bugs will damage the plants... neem should help at any point of bloom... 

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Hi Mark, can you recommend a good organic ph up and ph down nutrient buffer product?! I don't want to use the aquarium/fish tank products that are sold in pet stores!! What are your thoughts! THX. I do not trust the products they sell in a pet shop... you need to find yourself a hydroponics store and/or get it online from a hydroponics website... hydro stores sell only pH designed for cannabis cultivation...

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Hi Mark, can you recommend a good good organic ph and ph down nutrient buffer product?! all hydroponics nutrients are adjusted for pH, for example Pure Blend Pro when you feed at normal full dosage will adjust your water automatically to the upper pH level of what the plants need, in veg this means 6.8 (range is 6 to 6.8 but I prefer 6.5) and in bloom down to 6.0 (again is 5.2 to 6.0 and I prefer 5.5) ... so technically if you use promix and feed with proper hydro nutrients you should not have to pH the water ... but you may want to What are your thoughts?! THX. i think there are only two kinds ok ph Down/Up, one is 33% (heard of it) and the other 85% (some kind of) acid, the 85% is what u get at any hydro store... i do not believe it matters that its organic or not, or at least I've never seen an "organic" kind... is acid organic?

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Hi Mark; What do you recommend for heavy stone <mind and body> and a great high <laughing and all>? I have had your NL X skunk, WW triple, NL x Buddha, what else would you say is good to try? I like chemo but ... its very personal so I do not really get into recommendations of strains Plus; I got my Med. Card, finally!! And I was wondering if you are around the cafe; you could give some advice regarding the card and etc??? I also appreciate everything you and others have done to make it a bit easier to get approved. Keep up the good work. Also; is there a protest going on next month? I heard on Bay st. but need to confirm. Thx. protest against what? after all cannabis is legal :-)

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Mark...Can you comment about using fine dolmite lime to correct ph of soil when using tap water that has a ph of 8.0 I do not know, I would in your case adjust each bucket of water back to  6.5 pH for veg and 5.5 for bloom, I would not transplant this late in bloom, I would closely pay attention to my pH levels How much do you use when your mixing with soil in a 3 gallon pot. I seem to be having some sort of nutrient "lockout" I'm using the pro-mix bx but I starting to see some light-green coloured leaves. (2 plants in 6 weeks of flowering using DNF bloom A-B with bloom fortifier, big bud bloom powder & 3 tbs of blackstrap molasses I find better results with molasses at 1ml per L. ph of 6.5 to 7.0 range. Thanks I think you are having amore "classical" sign of overfeeding... and I would argue incorrect pH level... in deep bloom you should be closer to 6.0 pH and I keep it at 5.5 pH throughout bloom .... and even if the plants are ok with the pH you keep, the discoloration is most likely from excessive feeding... you are at week 6 which is almost the end so I would immediately step down to 50% less food and then just continue leeching as its almost the end anyways....

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Hi Mark; Have you heard about dry months? for the past 10 years December, June and July... but this year there was a flood of weed from BC and ... there was no dry months I have heard ppl talking about months when marijuana is high in prices and hard to find. Thx.  good quality weed is always somewhat hard to find $2200+/lb but shwag is everywhere and is cheap... $700-1500 per lb

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Hey Mark, I used to post a ton this forum, answering other people's questions and what not. You even offered me the opportunity to be a moderator. Remember me? indeed I do lol. I was flattered, but now I have a question for you. What is the best way to prep a room between grows? The space was used successfully for 3 years, and has sat vacant for the past year. It has not been thoroughly cleaned once. It is a cement root cellar type space. concrete is porous so it can keep some eggs alive for a while but it is not really a hospitable environment to bugs per se... bleach works very well I was think about bleaching the walls, floor and ceiling. yep that works What do you suggest?

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hey mark I have been reading here for a while now and see you like the strain ICE but you only have it in clone form will you be making seeds? if I did I could only make a feminized kind or a mix with another male and I don't have a ice male And will you be coming out with any stronger strains? stronger is not easily understood to me... some like chemo the most (the physically sick) and some like ice (mentally sick)... and then there is anything with Kush, everyone loves kush (not I)...  As for the ICE what seedbank would you recommend I see that Royal Queen seeds has it in fem form would this be a good choice or is there a better company for them? to be 100% honest I can not verify that what I have is ice... I got it as a clone from a street-source, so I know its a kick ass plant but I do not know that my ice is the same ice from another seed bank  AS for my last grow every thing was light and airy (not dense) what would cause this? lack of bud booster (PK-13-14 or DNF Bloom Fortifier or Kool Bloom... or not enough of it in the week 3 to 6 in bloom) grew the same strain before with much better results, they seemed to be ALL HAIR with no weight and very little trics. another reason would be heat... temperatures above 30C would do this, as would humidity over 60% thanks

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If I am growing outside in pots, would it be a good idea to use promix and blood meal? most people do, you get better results 

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hey mark! regarding the A nd B feed formulas, I remember reading somewhere that you need to put the A portion in the water before you put the b portion in (rather then mixing A and B before the water), does this hold true for all A/b feeds? NO, you can mix in any sequence you wish... next question would it be ok to pre mix the A/B formula with a portion of the additives and boost that are potentially used for a simple clean two bottle daily A/B mix, having space issues in my watering area it would be cleaner for me to pre mix a week worth of feed separated into daily containers to add to the water and then do the remixing for the next week after that week is finished, IF its an organic then its a NO, if its NOT an organic then they usually can be kept for a while, BUT generally this is not a good idea because you do not want to be the first one to find out that (for example only) this nutrient does not sit well with that additive over a period of more then 48 hours... 48 hours because its the longest you can keep any nutrient pre mixed and have no problems... after 48 hours you should get an aquarium pump to aerate the water, if you do not aerate the nutrients will go bad would l that have any detrimental effects on the feeds? thanks phil

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Thanks Mark mike

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what are your thoughts of LST? im going to give it a try for my next grow also one of my plants is curling its leafs down.. they are staying green not yellow. should i flush? ive been doing a cycle of 2 plain water feedings then nutrient feed you are experiencing either a problem with pH and/or a nutrient lock (from what you describe)... I do not recommend watering with just plain water... promix buffers against incorrect pH but it means the plants wont die but they still may not thrive... nutrients have pH correcting ingredients, which means that with even 10% mix of nutrients the water is properly pH-ed automatically... when you water with just tap (un-pH-ed) water you are making them suffer..... even if you pH the water (and zero nutrients) then you are risking a nutrient lock... either case the solution is to mix 25% of "normal" nutrient level and feed them for 2 water cycles... then I would return to whatever you are doing BUT instead of giving them plain tap water, mix 25% mix of nutrients....

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Is it 100% necessary to leech for the last 2 weeks of bloom for the plants to absorb all their nutrients before harvest? yes it is 100% necessary Does this make the buds more potent? no, but it makes it burn well and leeching removes nitrogen (green colour is primarily from nitrogen).. with minimal leeching (1 week) you get so-called street-quality bud.. 2 weeks of leeching removes all the crap from the roots and makes it better quality....

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Any thoughts about AK-47 or white widow ? nothing unusual, bloom time 56-63 days Are they good indoor both good indoors and outdoors, although I would think for outdoors I would choose plants with more sativa in it since sativa gets bigger, and outdoors you want bigger plants plants are they really strong smoke ? that's personal, I like it, AK-47 is our best seller

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hello mark you might remember me from few mounths ago in october i plan on comeing to your shop picking up the replacement bbk should i bring my brown package they came in? please also do you think you well have Juicy Fruit x Northern Lights x Skunk in stock? its in stock as always thanks alot mark we are all thankful for your work

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Hi Mark I am using massive as a booster, I want to use blackstrap molasses look at ingredients and make sure there is NO other ingredients but blackstrap molasses as a booster instead. molasses is not a booster per se Is this a good idea, or should I use both in combination with the DNF. both in week 3 to 6 of bloom If so how much do you think 1 tablespoon of molasses per 1 Gallon of water I should use. Thanks Mike

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Hi,Hope you can comment on my plan. I am locating several outdoor locations to have 4-6 plants in each. I plan on hauling in some real good quality potting soil this fall so I will be ready to go in the spring. I plan to use 1-10kg bag per plant, dig a hole mix in soil with native soil add lime and bonemeal then transplant my babies end of May. I will start them in mid April in small promix planters. I plan to fertilize every three-four weeks. Would that be sufficient seeing as the soil I am importing to the site will be nutrient rich. All but 1 site are in clearings in forested area, they will get at least 8 hrs direct sun. I like to make kief so with that in mind What type of seed do you recommend. As far as critters like rabbits and deer go which are plentiful in my grow areas I was thinking of putting lots of dog hair around each plant and maybe scatter some doggie poop in the area as well but dont want to get it within 3 feet of the plant as I dont want my pot tasting like it! What about using fishing line and rig up some sort of fence around each plant, fencing the whole area is not practicle.Any other ideas for critters. One of the spots I have picked is a utility corridor that has 2-3 foot high natural vegetation, dont want anything taller than that what do you recommend for this area or do you think pinching is the way to go. Thanks  everything you describe sounds good... the only thing i could add is that if kief is your priority I would spray/feed with this type of product (called gold, or fulvic i think) starting a few weeks after they start budding... humic acid would help as well but given costs and quantities needed (gallons?) .. gold/fulvic is all i would spend my money on

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I have 3 different stain mothers growing under 300watts MH in an Airoponic/Hydroponic setup i've made and they are producing more clones than i could ever use at one time. Is it better to just keep trimming them down to around 1.5 feet tall this is best (if i let them grow to tall the underbrush dies off that is why you need to keep trimming them down )or can i try to slow down their growth with less light/nutrients? feed them less aggressively for sure, but there is not much else you can do ... #2 If i was to make a mother plant out of a clone will the end result be the same as a clone from a seeded mother or will the taste/production weight be less? technically speaking a clone is a 100% genetic replica of the original mother plant... there is always some genetic drift but over a span of many (like 10 or 20) years .... so I prefer to refresh a mother plant every year or so... by taking a clone and regrowing it into a mother... so far I have killed mothers because everyone got sick of smoking her and never because of genetic drift... I get bored with a strain after a year or two anyways...

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hey i've tried a few soil grows and now i want to try something new, a dwc grow from seed. the main question i have is how do i go about it when i start from seed? does it get put into rockwool instead of the soil after it germinates? and when can i put the rockwool into the pot of hydroton into the dwc bucket? as soon as the roots grow more then an inch away from the rockwool cube  only when the roots start to penetrate the rockwool bottom, correct? pretty much if i want there to use no rockwool at all but have it go straight into a dwc bubbler, is it possible? possible? yes... but doable by you or me? not really.. the rockwool cube method of germinating is the best or do i need it? please explain cuz i just wanna learn more about every way to grow this plant its so interesting, and the free smoke is a good reward too after taking care of the plant a few months first you germinate the seeds in rockwool, then you place the rockwool cube with plant into the bubbler or whatever dwc unit, rockwool can be placed with any other growing medium.... 

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hello if your growing 2 different kinds of strains and 1 takes more nutrients then the other should u also so add more bud booster? I adjust the level of the main nutrient but not the boosters ...... the booster, the sugar, the humic and fulvic stays at the same level

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Sorry about the multiple posts, was having an issue posting. Clicked post and it took me to a blank page and a box popped up telling me I needed to log in and a password, so I closed the page and went to re-post assuming it didn't go through. its ok :-)

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Heyy Mark, how you doing? I have a question about cloning, basically looking for some knowledge about handling them while they're in the humidity dome. I've done lots of research to learn up about it first, now I'm trying the hands on experience, I've taken cuttings a few times now, and I'd say over all the times I've done it I've had on estimate a 1/5 success rate. I'd like to try and better that of course, I've taken the cuttings (at a 45 degree cut), removed the lower fan leaves, dipped it in cloning solution, then put them into oasis cubes (soaked cubes first of course), and set them into the humidity dome (under a 100w fluorescent light), some of them look as they did when first cut, others the tops are drooping over and going limp, is there anything I could (or should) be doing to have better success? I never let them dry out, should I maybe remove the humidity dome and give them air (I've had a couple come through without using the lid for it at all)? Leave the lid on and see what happens? Or what? Thanks, I appreciate you taking the time to read/answer this as I can assume you're probably fairly busy seeing all these posts lol. 3 things... 1. clones need 100% humidity only in the first 2 days ... then the dome should and must come off.... if they wilt a little the first day the dome is off spray them and put the dome back on for few hours and then take it back off again, do this for a day or two until they don't wilt and stand on their own...  2. allow the medium to dry out .. a little.. not completely but allow the clones to feel like they need to release the roots to "chase" the drying water.. keeping it wet all the time makes them unwilling to make roots.... 3. rooting clones is best done under less light then more (common misconception being that more is always better) .... so if you have T5, keep clones 12-15 inches away, with T2 fluorescent bulbs 2 or 3 inches away is ok, HID light 4 feet away

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hey mark, phil again, one of my mothers that ive been taking cuttings from has developed an odd mutation (i think?) it went from growing 5-7 petal fan leaves to growing a single super fat petal as the fan leaf (well not really a fan anymore now is it..) only the top four inchs of the cola stalks are doing this (the mother is at about 2 feet tall not counting its 5 gal pail) the leaves them selves look healthy other then the fact that its jsut a single petal apposed to a full fan. the single petal is about as thick width wise as about 3 petals in your typical indica dom hybrid. so my questions start with, #1 is this a mutation that will effect the clippings taken from that area? if so, is it a good thing or bad? #2 if this is a negative mutation would i be able to stop the growth of the mutation by sniping the stalk just below where it started, also any kind of alternative treatment that i can do to fix this if it needs fixing. thanks again phil just like with any mutation its up to you to tell me what it does... if you wish take a clone off the mutation and develop a full mother, then bloom some clones off of that.... or as you said, just clip off/destroy the mutation.... most likely this is a no good mutation and both the mother and the clones should be killed off... but it is not back and white... there is few reasons this happens... 1. rarely, you come to the end of a particular genetic end 2. likely, seeds were not what they were advertised, as in hermies or outdoors 3. likely, the grower can add stuff inadvertently and incorrectly, cheap plastic buckets change pH, badly mixed food etc... 

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Hi Mark, I'm using about 4,000watt worth of lights in my house with 3 bedrooms without accounting for the fans, ballasts and pumps. Is it too much *doubt it or will I get busted if you get busted it will not be because of hydro, because it never ever is  from using that much? If so what amount should I tone it down to? Will adding CO2 to the tents make my plants grow any faster? overall, to keep it short... Co2 is a waste of time .... I see no point to bother at all...  or just stronger uptake of nuts?  Thanks dude, you the man.

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Hey Mark ... I have read good things about " bat guano " as an additive to soil . I use pro mix and was wondering what your opinion is on adding this shit ( literally ) to the soil . Thx as always I have little experience with "this shit"... the people who get good results make 'tea", instead of mixing it into the soil/promix... it works from what I see but the problem is that I have no idea how to gauge the level of nutrients... would that be done with a EC pen? or by feel? may be that is the reason why I'm reluctant to try it myself...

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Hi Mark with the question about boosters, i forgot to mention i'm growing in Pro Mix no change, but as a side note pro-mix tents to hold nitrogen (or salts) so you may want to pull back on A&B mid week 4 or 5 for one watering cycle or may be two (down to 50% of normal, but continue full dosage of additives).... do this preventatively even if no apparent overfeeding happens....

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Hi Mark, i'm about to switch my plants to bloom and have been using DNF A&B, Bloom and was wondering if you can use a booster as well such as Molasses. Will this make for larger buds or is it a waste of time. If i can use a booster what would you recomend or should i just stick to feeding them with the DNF only? Peace and thanks for you time ! I would argue that a booster like PK-13-14 (for small growers) or DNF Bloom Fortifier (large growers) is a necessity of you want weight to the buds.... I can not make the same claim about molasses, it seems to add flavor and crystals (which is all good) but weight? I don't know..... I start molasses in week 2 of bloom and booster at the beginning of week 3 (all together with regular nutrients) ..... and I have to add that even if I leach in the bloom cycle (or just feed less) I only decrease the level of A&B but not the booster and molasses...  final leach starts at beginning of week 7 ... I step down the A&B for a week but completely withdraw the boosters or sugars...

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Hi why do u add bud booster in week 3-6 why couldn't u start using it in day 1 of bloom?? you could, its a fairly safe product.. technically you are supposed to start adding it when you see flowers being created first (so-called on-set of bloom)... with some (most) strains its week 2 and with others its week 3 (I do it at the beginning of week 3)... the manufacturer wants you to add it from the beginning because you will buy more and the plant will mostly ignore it (no buds no need to absorb it) in the first two weeks of bloom...

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Whats the flowering time for ice. 56 days

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hello i set me timer wrong first time using one but it turned my light on a hour early..my light time is still going to be only 12 hours but im wondering if this going to effect my plant..(1 month in bloom)  I think that if there was real damage you would see odd behavior already... I'm assuming you are not seeing anything out of the ordinary so I would say its ok... by odd behavior I mean, watering cycle got longer, or leafs got darker/burnt/yellow/curled/.... of if serious damage was there there would be fresh new leafs growing right out of the buds...

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hi i just went out and bought a timer..but im in bloom and my plant got a extra hour of sleep 2 times in 1 week about 6 days apart is this going to effect my plant? yes, a bit, its hard to predict anything, since if it was less then 1/2 hour then it would be ok... may be you'll get some seeds??? hard to say

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Hi mark if i let me plant grow for a extra week in bloom so thats 9 weeks instead of 8 (growing ice) what will happen..would this make for packed and bigger buds?....And what are your thoughts on flushing do u like to flush 1 week or 2 weeks b4 harvest? I step-down nutrients in the 7th week and zero nutrients in the 8th... if you let ice longer ... specifically 4 days longer ... some people claim its actually better i.e. stronger, but I don't think so ... technically what happens when you go longer by a week .. is that the smoke has more sleepy effect.. which some people like a lot, again not I... so its all personal

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Hi Mark, if i were to get busted running four 1000's, in my house what would be the penalty? thanks depends on the jurisdiction... in the GTA without prior, probably no jail, outside of GTA that is probably not true... see latest 

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Hi M., Jim here in Vermont requesting actual topping pics before and after pics and video if possible. Want to get it right the first time so actual live pics and video of what the top of a 6" looked like and a pic of what came off etc. The more detailed the better, THANK YOU, Jimmy follow the links I gave you below and see if there is more details.. this is all I got

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Hello M, Jim here requesting a link on topping a 6" plant. and in addition see pinching Please provide a link or site with actual pictures of before and after both the plant with the top on and pic of plant with top off and the piece (topping piece) after it was removed that would technically make it a clone, no? . And what was used to do it. Maybe a video clip as well showing all the little details so I get it right the first time. THANK YOU, Jimmy by removing you mean to actually take a clone rather then "top" per se.... there is NO difference as to what happens to a plant when you TOP or Take (1) Clone from a plant.... technically to "top' you can do it a bit sooner then if you wanted to take a clone, since the plant would have to be a bit bigger if you want to cut a clone off the top (like in the video)... so the only advantage of topping vs. cloning is that you get to do it sooner 

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HEY MARK i am growing m39 and white rhino outdoors.I have been feeding them DNF bloom 5 ml per liter and monster bloom 5 ml per liter as a booster apparently it is made from bee wax r something also keeping my ph levels at 5.5 to 6. feeding bout once a week would like to feed twice a week with nuts but its been raining at least once a week.Was fhinking of goin back to using bud blaster as my main booster.Was woundering if you had any better solutions as i want to get the best yeilds i can.Was also woundering is ther anything i can add to my waterings such as damp off r somthing to help pervent bud mould as i have taken the m39s outside in buckets of course at the beging of september so they will not be done till the end of october. thanks in advance Mylar. add ZYM-type product.....its meant to be added to prevent roots from rotting with too much moisture (+its great for problems)... the brand is either Canna-zym or Sensi-Zym (get one not both, they're the same thing)... both expensive but I like what I see with the roots.... also I would be adding a Sugar-type product like black strap molasses (20ml/G) ... by brand its Botanicare Sweet or Adv.Nutrintes Carbo-Load... you could (not have to) add Fulvic (any brand name with GOLD on it) and/or Fulvic (any brand name with Black/Diamond on it), these are for production of trichones/crystals.... you have may be 1 more week of feeding before I would start to leach out an outdoor plant so hurry... in the end I would recommend only doing some zym, it may be too late for all the other products by now....

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@ inexperienced,,,, WAY TOO MANY factors to be considered on that size of consumption. let me outline my thoughts of this and im sure mark will get the fine points pointed out when he gets around to it. I WOULD NOT ADVISE WHAT YOU ARE OUTLINING #1)you don't know how long your lease/rented house has been empty, the hydro company will most likely has suspicions ( let me be clear, hydro company will NOT notice the cops of patterned usage, but i would not be surprised if they took note and forwarded information to authorities from a 2kwh/month to a 400+kwh/month) {P.S. THIS ONLY HOLDS TRUE TO ONTARIO other countries that might be reading this might not have the same regulations and guidelines) #2)this point is based off of #1, this is a HUGE risk for just personal stash, this will be a blimp on the radar for the first few months, this is border line mass grow op. (which is generally something the local authorities and communities frown upon, greatly) #3) I've quite a few landlords in the last year or so that insist on using their right to inspect the property given the required notice (24 hours) and for most leases of that long they will normally want to check up on the house periodically(maybe not in down town, but i've noticed this north of the city) #4)this one ties in with point 1 and 3, if you planning something near the size you are mentioning it would be more advisable to live in the house for a few months before you start such operation( scope the community out and see where the risk lies.) #5) this amount of light would take alot of modifications to the house to accommodate them. first in this the landlord might not be to impressed with this give you issues, the citys ALWAYS require building permits, house insurance companies too, and if you do the modifications anyway you might have mosey people next door calling the city because they hear constant banging and no building permit. #6) the INSANE running costs, factor this, (rent) 2500-3500 month, electricity (basic) 150-200, power (grow) 400-600, water (50 +), +food for the plants, + you general cost of living per month. you'll be spending Close to $5000 if not more a month to run such a operation. #7) the only benifet from splitting the lights up is less of a hot spot on the cop cameras , consumption wise, doesn't make a damn bit of difference (three wires are powering most house, two phases of power and a neutral, only the total power is measured, they cannot measure different parts of the house separate without separate smart meters.(SMART METERS ARE JUST A TERM FOR METERS THAT CHANGE YOUR USAGE COST RATES BASED ON THE TIME OF DAY AND SEASON, JUST BECAUSE IT IS A SMART METER DOESN'T MEAN IT IS OVERTLY INTELLIGENT, ITS STILL A GLORIFIED COUNTING MACHINE IT WILL NOT TELL ANYONE WHAT YOU ARE POWERING AND WHERE< I PROMISE YOU THIS> to summarize, this idea is illogical, your grow room would cost you way to much, only a very experienced grower would be comfortable with this. VERY VERY VERY high payout to wait to reap the benifeits one 1000watt light will cost you $1.90 a day if ran for 24 hours, $1.20-$1.30 if you run it 16 hours. for a single DAY, so if you ran all 6 for 16 hours the lights alone would be costing you $7.10-$7.50 for a single day. your fans will end up drawing just about as much as half of that if not more. so add another $3.50-$4.50, so your lighting and fans will cost you $10.60-$11.90 PER DAY, the costs keep adding up. thats the big picture you kinda need to look at. so i wouldn't suggest doing that. rent a farm.. do it outdoor in that mass amount.. much cheaper if you are targeted and or busted, and don't hack into the powerline.. BAD BAD BAD idea, VERY VERY VERY VERY illegal , not to mention EXCEEDINGLY dangerous PPS Mark if i am bothering you by butting in like this again let me know, i figure its good karma to share information where information is learned.  Some things can not be learned by reading... they must be shown by an experienced person and whoever asked this questions does not have one, and if s/he continues unaided this may be his/her quick way to hell... not many people would believe me that despite having a cannabis empire i do not drive a Mercedes... if anyone thinks this is done for money solely is foolish.... in addition I would not feel safe teaching someone something THIS DANGEROUS.... 

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Whats the best way to store cannabis without it smelling up my room? glass jars are the only way, since glass wont let cannabis smell though.... you could get heavy duty plastic containers with a snap on lid (not really 100% smell proof)... you could triple bag with zip lock bags...

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From all that I've read in this forum, it sounds like 6,000w per house is OK for cautious gardeners doing their due diligence in keeping indoor gardening a private matter. Is this correct even if one were to lease a house for an entire year and immediately start with 6,000w with new electricity bill under person leasing?? With the electricity companies now converting their tracking system to smart meters, does it make a difference if one were to run 6,000w in one room vs. 3,000w in one room for 12hrs and another 3,000w in another room the other 12hrs of the day?? Which would be safer?? It seems to me the few hundred watt to a 6,000w spike would be too suspicious on their computer screens, correct? Thank you! I can not imagine how to describe the problems associated with what you are contemplating.... the bottom line is that I teach only what an average person can do in their closet ... a comprehensive description of running an underground facility flawlessly is impossible without ..... quiet frankly someone shelling out a shit load of money... then giving me 50% of the take for the first 2 grows and ... it would take 6 months but you would learn... I will not even try to explain HOW DANGEROUS what you want to do is.... you MUST have someone who has already done it... to teach you, there is no other way

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Do police Helicopters have any technology to help spot outdoor grows besides their eyes? thx infrared (for detect ting plants in fields) and heat seeking (to detect exhaust from houses) lenses... 

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Every time I see a video of a grow.. large or small they seem to have plants all crammed together [ even some under 20 -1000 watt bulbs ]and I thought for yield they should never touch* I say this to prevent people from cramming plants together, plants can touch a little, this "a little" is dependent on strain and your abilities... the point is that they should not have to be so-called "crammed" together... In general I let mine start touching in the 2nd week of bloom, at this point they no longer grow (buds are starting to form and she starts building buds instead of vegging) so whatever touching happens is inconsequential, the time of on-set of bloom is a bit of an art... if you set it too soon the plants wont fill in the given space, and if you set it too late they may over grow the space and you may end up killing some which is a waste.... also remember that a lot of grow-ops shown on TV are failures.... I often wonder and discuss how I would improve a poor guys grow-op based on his bust on TV... but the one that are the most efficient are the ones that have 15-20 plants per 1000W in a 5x5 space (times 20 or 30 lights of course) ... clones are pre-vegged to 10 inches, replanted under thousands, then plants are vegged for a week or may be 10 days and bloomed... no topping, no pinching, just 20 uniform colas per one light, all bottom fed... all the side branches are stripped off and all you get is a straight up stick with a giant cola....this can only be done with clones of an indica based strain... usually a grower has a dedicated commercial strain just for this type of setup... like ice... not all strains are good for this... but all strains can be grown like that, you just won't max the yield... ..why do especially the large grows do this...especially if they know plants yield better if touching nothing...does the massive quantities of plants make up for or out weight this yield concept??

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Hi mark. im going to call health Canada and have them mail me the forms..when i get the forms im going to give you a call on the number above we can make a date and time to meet so you could show me what papers i would need to give to my doctor...thanks. cool

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Hey Mark, thanks for all the advice, I had 5 different spots with 5-12 in each. each spot was separated from one another by at least a couple km. i know for a fact it was the cops because i saw their copters with infrared imaging cameras looking for grow ops almost every week. is there nothing i can do to prevent this or camouflage them? thanks again ur my hero man problem with camouflage is that if you cover the plants against choppers, light wont get in as well (which is a problem).... but for temporary hiding a regular camo net from army supply store is also heat proof (heat seeking camera wont see through) 

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Hi im in bloom about 1 month in i plant got a extra 1 hour and 30 min of sleep if this going to effect my plant? not a problem, if it was extra LIGHT then its a bit of a disaster

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What am I doing wrong my last harvest was very light as in not tight enough? (which is booster issue) or not enough weight? weight is BTW exaggerated by everyone on all forums (blinded by growers pride), you should be able to get 1.5 lbs per 1000W and ariy my temps are good under 30degs and i am feeding big bud candy aka sugar, read about molasses to reduce costs  and the last few weeks over drive and i harvest when the trics are milky growing all paradise seeds gear Nebula bad yielder in the first place , white berry ok yield and acid any insight would be great thank the booster you are using is the overdrive but I think you are not using enough of it... I would start using it at the end of week 2 and end when leaching.... and add 50% more then recommended in week 5 and 6 of bloom.... i would also switch to DNF Bloom Fortifier as I find it works better (for me)..... in the end: you seem to be doing everything correctly

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Hi I'd like to know what kind of soil mix would be good for growing outdoors instead of indoors? if you plan on using tap water you are limited to Pro-mix BX or HP, but if you will not use tap water... you have well water or river or stream then you can use any type of soil, top soil being best... however promix is the best soil I know of for cannabis and I would use it with tap water or not....

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What's the ratio of satica/indica for fast pine. it is about 70% Indica Thx

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re: smart meters these smart meters are just a way to balance generation and consumption. if you smart about your consumption, you can save some money. the avg per hour rate pre smart meter was 7.3 cent per kilowatt, this system was just total estimation, only one of the two leads going into your residence were metered, which ever is the highest use. (not all houses are balanced electrically) so one leg might being using only 30% of your total power while the other side is drawing 70% of your energy, the power company will then bill you for 140% of your usage. based on your 7.3 per kwh. smart meters break it down into 3 sections off peak, mid peak, on peak. 5.9 kwh, 8.3 kwh, and 10.3 kwh. off peaks are from 8 pm to 8 am, and depending on the season the mid and on peaks changed but both are 6 hours in total each regardless if your worried about detection, and super paranoid, have something else on a timer that takes up as much power as your light when its off so instead of the power company seeing an on off pattern it just fully on. also: FYI on a smart meter running a 1000w light for 24 hours will cost you. $1.89 a day thats just the light cost., your 400 watt light costs $0.79 to run for 24 hours 1000w light running for one hour equals one kilowatt hour .... good explanation.... I must add: no one has yet been busted because of Hydro "checking" power usage, ever, ONLY IF you have 12 lights+++.... the cop has to literally stand in front of your house for hydro to get involved, and when a cop is looking up your place it is NOT THE HYDRO that brought him there...

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Hi mark. I have a spinal disease and my doctor has no problem singing papers contact me and i will show you which documents the doctor has to sign.... there is no forum to join TIME, just call me at the number above (because I am TIME) ..i am part of several compassion clinics in Toronto.Im not sure how or what to do when it comes to a mmar you need the health canada (so-called MMAR) documents/ID to join TIME (or to be legal in the first place, being a member of a compassionate club does not per se make you "legal")...what are the specific forums you mean FORMS i would need to get singed by my doctor to become a member of time ..and what forums would I need to sing....and where would i be able to get the specific forums online maybe? two ways to get the forms, call Health Canada (see page) and they will mail them to you... or download forms, print all of them, bring them to me and I will show you which one to use

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Hello Mark, I posted about the strain that did not grow, you offered a replacement and I called you about it a month ago, I texted you all of my information as you asked, but I have not received any replacements. If needed I can call you again with all of my information, let me know please, thanks. its in the mail, was delayed due to supply issues, I rec'd ur txt w address

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Hi mark i think my plant is turning herme is there anything i can do.... unfotunatelly no... you could remove the male flower so it does not actually pollinate itself

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Would it be a good idea to transplant a female in Pro-mix and bat guano? A 1/3 mixture in the middle of vegetative grow cycle. if its in veg then Yes, but if its in Bloom then I would not transplant... when plants are in bloom transplanting can be stressful... but in veg this is all beneficial ..... its good to add B1 or ZYM product for roots

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Hello Mark Chemo clones doing very well. Like the plant. My ? is if I have 5 plants between 3/4m and 1-1/4m high when finished, in 5 gal. pots under 1000 watt. What do you think my yield should be per plant? Thanks Mike I get from chemo 1.2 lbs per light total (1.4 lbs. if you count shake) .... and the yield is measure per light and not per plant.... 

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Will you ever have M-39 x Freeze Land back in stock. how would you compare it to fast pine? I read on the site that massive yields can be achieved. If both fast pine and it were grown outside in the same conditions what would the differences be in the end. How does it smoke? both have similar yields... both are designed for outdoors which presumes BIG plants.... I prefer Fast Pine... but that's just a "feel".... we will be getting more of both in March

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next year I'm looking into starting my plants earlier inside. I have limited space to start and found a spot but its only 27' wide. I was thinking of putting in 3 Sunblaster 24w (2') T5 High Output Fluorescent Fixtures. Will that be enough watts for starting plants or can you suggest another fluorescent that will fit within the space. Thanks a lot great site you got here. those are surprisingly good lights... just remember that the tallest plants under T5 should be 2 feet... anything taller and the light wont be able to penetrate the canopy.... the only other way is to get an HID light... do I think T5 will do for you? Yes

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stopped by rona last night to try a new soil, found the pro mix you recommend but the HP/BX only comes in huge bags... I found a small bag of "pro mix vegetable and herb soil" so i bought that ... Have you used it before? thoughts ? still need to provide nutrients right away ? you MUST get the big bail sorry... its the bail that has the correct pH levels not the small bag.. which is completely different type of soil BTW

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Hello if i was in bloom and i put my light on 12 hours and 20 min of light ON and 11 hours and 40 min OFF would this effect the plant or the yield at the end ? this would do nothing ... no stress or benefit .... just odd

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Hi mark you said that 5 min off or min on doesnt harm the plant it takes 30 min or more to mess up the plant not that i should be careless...i still havent bought a timer to busy and low on cash....im all ways within the 5 min sometimes on sometimes off but within the 5 min....2 times this week my plant got extra 20 min of light like 6 days a part....(in bloom 2 week)is this going to effect my plant growth or yield the end? nope or at least it should not

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I started using miracle grow moisture, and noticed some yellow tips on my 3 inch plants.... is this soil the cause? should i flush or change soils? this brand of soil has incorrect pH for cannabis... you must use so-called triple-mix...by brand its: pro-mix BH or HP or SunShine Mix No.4 ..... at this point may be transplanting would help

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Mark, been following your site for a long time, thanks for all the great advice you have given me on my grows. I read alot of post here over the years about power consumption and being noticed by the power company. Your normal answer has been, dont worry, you keep paying the bill, they don't care, just keep your mouth shut and no problems. So I been doing alright with my 2 t-5s, fan, and either a 1000/hps for 12/12 or 400w/hps for 18/6. never both big lights at once, I'm thinking I'm good. u r And its all been great since before you had your video section of you and Dan talking about promix. I come home the other day I got a letter from the local power company telling me they will be in my neighborhood in the coming weeks installing smart meters....everyone by law needs to have one installed by end of this year? I think I'm thinking this is the worst day of my life. not really We will now have 24hr access to your power consumption. I cant move. What to do? nothing... because nothing has changed... I would advise to keep it on a down low when they actually install the meters (just your basic precaution) ... but given what you have in your setup it is still pretty invisible to the meter man... I do not actually care about ANY electricity issues... because I know what it takes to get busted... and never ever did the danger come from the power company... let me put this another way... if there is any other government department that employs people like u and me I am not aware of it :-) .... i would venture a bet that everyone at hydro smokes... i have yet to meet a power worked who does not.... and from another prospective: even if the hydro people did look into your case (lets say) ... you would need to consume 2 or 3 TIMES over what the condo/house next door consumes to even be eligible for a closer look (not even a warrant yet, just a snoop around) and you consume as much electricity as a person and a half (so its you=1000W + light=1000W + a kid=400W...that's how much you consume) .... AND LET ME TELL YOU .... 2 or 3 times would have to be 10 or 20 times over the average for a cop to pay attention.... I know this because they have a GIANT list of ALL suspicious places ... and at the rate of 3 house busted EVERY day by 3 SEPARATE drug teams they would have to spend the next 20 years just paying attention to those suspicious places.... so in the end.... the only way for you to be busted is to .... be ratted out by a g-friends or a friend.... forget about hydro

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Hey mark, im writing to you very angry because i lost dozens of plants in different places this year to the 5-0. They were all flowering nicely and the next day they were gone. I am wondering if you have any advice on outdoor growing, because infrared cameras kicked my ass this year, and thats a lot of hard work down the drain. the only way to have something in the end is to have more gardens spread out with less plants per garden.... 5-0 is just one problem... animals eat it, bugs consume it, children steal it.... so if you want something .. anything you need to have 3 or 4 gardens spread out sufficiently enough so at least one survives in the end.... stealing is the biggest problems... cops .. are rare

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Last light cycle i notice my HPS taking forever to light up and once it did it wasn't as bright as it used to be. I am in my second week of bloom, i switched back to my MH, am i likely to see any ill effects because of this? i've also noticed that you use 3 MH and one HPS in your room, why this combination? all going at the same time on the same area? I don't think you will see too many problems, if the light/bulb was "no good" the plants would have most likely burnt already, if not, no problem.... I have this MH-HPS ratio because  some people swear by MH in bloom many others stand by HPS so I more-or-less decided to use both in various ratios... 1 MH to 2 HPS is just a "feel" I have other places with the exact opposite ratio and it is all the same in the end (yield and taste)

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Can I use the male plants for anything like cooking? yes, but the THC levels are pretty low, I would not bother Or do they not contain enough THC? Thanks

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Could you tell me some characteristics of the high and how summertime Buddha grows. Also when it finishes outdoors. this year looks like early October... harvest outdoors is almost entirely dependent on weather ....  How often do you have fast pine in stock thought the year. we still have old stock, new stock comes in March Thanks alot

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what type of clones do you sell? scroll down on this page and how much? $5/clone

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Riddle me this Batman. Sorry, you probably don't get this. I'm a lot older than you are. The plant needs a different suite of nutrients through its life cycle. Those nutrients are more or less available depending on the pH of the grow mix. Shifting the pH before the bloom cycle, (seems to be the result of the fert change)causes the nutrients required to be more available to the plant and therefore to form a bigger bud. If these nutrients are in the media already and made more available to the plant by the lowering of pH, do we really have to shift nutrients? Or should we just shift pH? just shifting ph is insufficient... we switch nutrients (from veg to bloom) because you want to get rid of nitrogen which in bloom can make a plant smell/taste bad...

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Because I'm away from my garden and they are ready to harvest, I had my wife cut them at the bottom of the stem and hang to dry. They are hanging in the grow cabinet which has a ventilation fan.....my problem is she forgot to unplug the lights which are on a timer of 12/12, and she is also now away. It will be 5 or 6 days before I return. Will this harm the drying process?? light prevents them from curing properly... the smell will be gone and the smoke will be weaker... as in uncured

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HI i dont have a timer and sometimes im 5 min off sometimes the light is on for 5 min to long and sometimes its off for 5 min...is this going to effect my plant (in bloom) no, ... you have about 20-30min window either way (late or early)... not that you should be careless but the plants will be fine

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Hey Mark, Just getting into growing... i only want to grow 1-4 plants at a time and have limited space (dont have use of a whole closet) If i wanted to use CFL, what type of fixtures should i use? me, not a big fan of CFL, just not enough lumens compared to HID types .... 400W light is what I would use as my first light .. however if you insist on CFL get the one called "T5", good lights they are .... 

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Hi Mark. I need some clarification on when to flower. I've been told by numerous sources that I should wait for early signs of sex before switching to 12/12. Plants are around a month old, no signs of sex bad advice, only advanced growers can spot sex in veg and even then its not 100% true and are about 1-1.5 feet tall perfect, bloom them...healthy and bushy. Is it okay to flower now? you can flower at ANY POINT you chose, even if they are 2 inches tall ... even if they just popped from seed, even if they are 1 foot, or 10 feet tall, the on-set of boom is arbitrary (up to you as you wish).... only SOME strains show sex early on in veg so it is wrong to wait for this to happen to set them to bloom (just not a valid advice).... in general terms i recommend bloom when they reach 1 or 1.5 feet tall... any taller and the plants get too big for the type of light we all use...

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Hi i been having the same problem.... Its now day 5 of bloom and temps been at 35 degrees Celsius since day 1 just got temps down now :)..i'm curious to find out whats going to be the damage done? stretching is the damage, stretching means they get taller but get less yield, if the temps recover to normal then the bud itself will not be affected (there may be may be 10% less of it) but if the temps continue the bud will be fluffy and there will be a severe decrease in yield..... with high temps you must feed far less (half less if not less) thus the longer the heat persists the longer they get less food, the less bud you end up with  Am i going to lose a significant amount of bud in the end? less yield yes, but significant? as in half less? no, 10% may be 20% less would be my guess (provided you do not err again :-) should i just start over again???? no, if you did fix the temps then the buds should be still good quality (little less of it but still pretty good)

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whats the best temp for the strain Ice optimum 25C (range is 22-29C)

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temp has been 32-34 for the first 4 days of bloom is this going to effect the out come am i going to lose any bud? they are going to stretch but wont die, yield may be slightly smaller (because of stretching)  .... when this happens its best to add B1 to water and decrease their normal nutrients by half, see also cannazym, good product to revive stressed roots ..... B1 and canna can be used together with whatever other nutrinets

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I have been in the greenhouse industry for many years and have developed a soil less, organic potting mix I'm looking for people to try and comment on. I do not grow cannabis myself, but my results with tomatoes is outstanding. May I call you to discuss further? you did :-)

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I have indoor small hydroponic setup in tent. What plant would be considered a high yielder of bud and still have good potency? predominantly indica strains thx. 1000 watt light X 1 10 plants hydroponic setup (using rockwool cubes) this setup is meant to be used for blooming from clones.. as in, you should have a separate place for mother plants where you take some clones and bloom those under your tent.... if you start from seeds (with your tent) its probably best to stick to feminized strains since you wont have to separate any males (and thus lose plants) .... the tent may not be tall enough to accommodate the strains grown from seeds which are not feminized, yes it can be done but they end up somewhat stretched ....  feminized strains can be bloomed quicker (smaller) and they are all female

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Hi Mark. Got the Diesel seeds, and WOW, thank you so much. I received a package of 10 seeds that had about 15-16 seeds in it (quick glance not really counting) i can not give your business any higher recommendation. ok, onto the question, above is a link to my photo albums. three of my girls are really tall and not all that bushy (am i male album) and the others are bushy as hell (am i female album) they are at about 6-7 weeks veg under a 400w light. is the tallness and strectchyness a male attribute? yes in general, however I would never ever chose/kill a plant just based on that... sometimes a tall one ends up being a female and a bushy/short ends up a male, this is especially true with F1 seeds (Toronto420) where the offspring can have ANY attributes of the parents and the more varied the parents the more varied the offspring, this is less true with F3 seeds (Green Earth) because they are more similar in the first place, if you are wondering Amsterdam seeds are F2 (unless they are feminized which makes them F3)...  thanks Phil

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hello mark your saying you can get 1 and 1/2 pounds per 1000 watt light kush is 0.75lbs/light and Ice is 1.48lbs/Light, yield depends on strain and your growing in soil?.....what light do you use hps or mh? mostly MH with some Hortilux HPS..also is this for every strain...what does kush or ice produce whats the best yielding strain you fancy I smoke Chemo, medium yielder (1.1lbs/Light) .... i make cookies at 10g per cookie and consume about 3 to 4 cookies + smoke (constantly)

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so my problem is while i working my wife closed up my grow tent wrapped it with a quilt as i do turned off the fans assuming she turned the lights out as well 6 hours later i found the lights had still been on. the plants sustained alot of damage but have not died what should i do ....any light during bloom will screw up the plant, unless its ONLY in the 1st week of bloom then the damage is minimal if any.... any time later then that and (sometimes, its not a given) it will develop/become hermaphrodite.. or reverts back to veg period then back to bloom, which may take 1 or two weeks to complete this cycle.. it may gets stunted (just stands there and does nothing) .... I do not know what the answer is for you.... I would kill the crop ... I just can not tolerate sub-par crop

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hey mark Im the guy with the fast pine problem I sent you an email I only reply to emails if you call me first ... just call me with my address and such maybe I sent it to the wrong email any ways just wondering the best way to contact me is to call me you for my replacements?

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hello would it be ok to grow in 3 gallon bucket in 4 months veg...4 months is a long time .... if this is a correctly measured 3 Gal. bucket then it may be too small ... not that they will die or anything and if you are worried for space then 3G is ok... but I would prefer a 5 Gal. bucket for such a long period of veg.   for 2 months and bloom for 2 months? the difference in growing in a (too) small pot vs. (too) big is that the plant in a bigger container will be slightly bigger and have more branches ... smaller container will cause the plant to restrict growth ... so the there is fewer branches, they are less tall ... etc.. also a root bound plant tents to consume more water/nutrients and it can be a pain in the ass as you have to tent to them more often... 

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thanks again for the advice, i've flushed them with 20% feed today this is what the bushiest one looks like ( i'm 99% sure this is one of your strains)

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Hey There. Long time fan. Hoping you can help me out. There has been a lot of buzz recently about inductive lighting. Boasts energy savings, less heat, long lamp life without degradation. IndaGrow USA is selling a 400W for $700. Home Grown HQ in Toronto will be selling ones for $1100soon. Inda grow says you will see a 10% reduction in weight - but not quality. Home Grown says they are great. My local store says inductive is garbage. 'You just can't get the necessary lumens unless you use HID'. this is unfortunate but its true... if heat is an issue the next best thing is T2 (thin) fluorescent lights... BUT its no HID light .. lets say 2nd best choice ... and there is STILL NO TECHNOLOGY that can replace a 1000W bulb .... or especially what you want to replace I have been searching for an answer desperately. My hydro bill on six lights (and peripherals) is $650.00 a month not a heat score, unless you live in a poor neighborhood, poor hood - 3 lights, middle class - 6-8, rich hood - 12++ and the heat basically killed my last crop (2.5lbs.!!) I was hoping to switch to inductive wait for someone else to test "new" tech.... never be the 1st one to try anything .... its all just marketing.... there is always a problem.... example: roto-wheel only on its 3rd generation became usable (ask those who bought the 1s and 2nd gen)... LED lights on their 3rd generation are still useless, save enough kilowatts to finally run an AC unit to keep summer heat in check. PLEASE - what is your experience? Problem Child for summer kill two lights and run an a/c unit instead of running the two lights, that is the only way my friend

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Hey again mark< sorry for the long winded questions!! anyway, i'm curious about the effects of my feeding habits. 98% of my girl have very dark green tips, clear sign of over feeding but the new growth is a bright more vibrant green, after about 3 hours after feeding the get pretty uniform and by the time the lights are back on the next day its back to the brighter new growth and darker leafs. (17/7 why? light schedule... odd i know), is this a good limbo to be sitting with? or should i up the feed a little bit and wait for more signs of over feeding (the other 2% are perfectly overfed tips are they tinyest bit burnt and the rest is a deep deep green) also is there any down falls to feeding everyday with small amounts of nuits?? (FYI: 400w mh and hps, they get switched every week,. I don't know the logic but the plants like it, withing a day or two after each switch there is a noticeable difference in the leaf size and stem thickness, in my opinion for the better) this is the thing... in majority of strains over-feeding is not the key to more yield... from experience its better to feed a plant with in 80-90% of what she considers "normal"... then to feed until they get burnt tips.... only few species (anything with white in from of its name, white shark, white rhino, etc.) like getting overfed and its true they get good results.. but the moment you have a bit of sativa in the mix of genetics the strain will not respond well to overfeeding.... I think you are overfeeding your plants... they are not dying because you are taking them to the limit and you are staying there, but I fear that you may be at the end of it and the next feeding or the one after will start a chain reaction of burnt leafs that can not be easily stopped... in fact in bloom seriously overfed plant can not be recovered.... continuous feeding is what I practice and I prefer to give them 80-90% of normal feeding every time they need water.... but once per cycle I will leach them, just so to remove potential salts accumulating in the soil... and the types of nutrients you are using are heavy in salts so I would suggest you leach them once (water + 20% of your normal nutrient mix, not just plain water), then go back to what you did before but after I would feed 25% less then what you feed them now...

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question about strain cloning here... in your experience are certain strains harder to clone then others? yes, there is a big difference ... but this difference manifests itself by how long they take to root ... easy plant (usually an indica) roots in 5 to 7 days .... hard (a sativa) may take 12 days ++  reason for asking being, i was given some Jack Herer clippings. out of the 9 i started with, 4 have withered and wilted to death (well ones still in limbo) they are kept within a small area with a florescent light within a few inches from them,T5 fluorescent (thick) should be 2 inches above the clones, T2 (thin) should be 12 inches away after the rock wool was soaked in water, I applied rooting powder (i bought #1 for soft wood, #2 is the correct one, but it should not kill them, may be delay them by a day or two thinking this might have been my mistake) i took off the dome at about 28-30 hours, one slightly wilted but sprang back to life after a quick misting of water they have been kept damp ish (trying to follow your instructions to give the roots reason to search for water) so you should allow them to dry out a little, so keeping them always "damp" may not be best... again this would delay them but not kill them but, none of them seam to be rooting, its been about 8 days. it will take longer, 8 days is sort of "best case scenario", at 12 days i would worry other points of interest: i have a feeling these came from a feminized plant, here may be your problem... technically a feminized plant is a F3 strain... F1 is what we have from T420 stock, F2 is from Holland mostly and F3 is from anything feminized... again not that clones from a feminized strain will die or anything but the clones are definitely weak and tricky... F3 represents a level of in-breeding... F1 is not inbred thus fairly unstable but great for cross breeding, cloning, F2 is a little inbred for stability, ok but not great for cross breeding and F3 is seriously inbred but its feminized and lousy for anything else really also a plant that has started to bloom (sex is obvious they are all girls) does the fast that its been sex'd effect the rooting process? should be ok if done with in the 1st week of bloom, after it takes a bit of skill and time to re-root a clone... example, IF the clone is taken after the first week of bloom it MAY take even 2 months to root.. if it lives thanks phil p.s. also I Haven't received those replacement seeds yet, should i be concerned? canada post is still technically on strike and they wont guarantee any shipments in retaliation for being put back to work... give it till the end of this week and if not call me ... Tuesday

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Good Day Mark.. Like too know if can get some Strawberry Cough. no sorry, call these guys and ask or know were i may find it..??? thank-you for your time!! ..Keep It Green.. Dont forget puff puff pass.-.

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whats the difference between blue berry kush and blue berry skunk blueberry was a mother and skunk as father, its in stock ....  from you store? i cannot find blue berry kush anywhere on the catalog we do not have bb/kush ...... bb/kush is .. from smoking it ... a predominantly kush smoke/feel/high with a little hint of fruit (blueberry influence).... bb/skunk is the same ... 80% skunk smoke + some fruity add-on flavour from bb.... 

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Thank you mark i well be coming into you store within a month or so to grab some replacement bbk also just to let you know the 1 bbk and 5 stb that popd are doing so very well and thank your for my light question answered Question. i have shattered knees * not fun feeling at all* any strain you recommend me to grow that well help with the pain and keep me awake well doing so. thanks again from seeds its summertime and Juicy Fruit but the strains that are "proven" are the ones i keep as clones sold only to medical patients... if you start from seed it takes too long to stabilize the strain .... as clone its chemo i prefer .... 

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first sign of burn i would flush my plants this says before harvest 2 weeks prior to harvest you should withdraw food from the plants thus flush but im sure it well show you how to do it http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=34ur18O9ZyA 

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I burned my plant a little bit some of the leafs just starting to show sings of nutrient burn (i think)umm...would it be ok to take a cutting even if the tip or side of the leaf might be a little bit burned? in veg yes, in bloom only up to 2nd week of bloom, even burnt a little the clones should not be too affected... but If you take too many clones from a plant that received too much food the rest of the plant then could die outright from over feeding (because you remove the foliage as clones and the plant has no way to process the given food and she burns more) ... it would be better to flush her prior to taking clones

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I've seen lots of positive remarks about this place, so I picked up 10 ww xxx, and unfortunately they were a disappointment, I've had a few years experience in this field, and I'd have to say they've probably been the worst seeds I've had yet, I've never had a batch that's given this much of a hard time before, and shown very little progress for that work and time, not to bash the owner, but I believe I should post fair warning about the seeds! Out of 10 I had 4 come through, only 1 is left standing, and barely. Started them off under fluerescents after sprouting until they're first set of 3 bladed leaves came through, then they were moved under 250w HID, but they only continued to weaken from then on, so I moved 2 under 400w HID to see if the extra light would help, but they still continued to weaken, as did the ones under the 250, temperatures and watering cycle are fine (the others that are thriving assure me of that:) ) I've never had to give feed to them that young, but as a last resort I tried it, gave a very small dose (0.25ml) of feed in there watering, to 2 of them (1 under the 400 and 1 under the 250) and sure enough they didn't take well to it, so they croaked. So I've stuck with straight water since, but still they weaken and I've yet to see any reason why, the last under the 250 died, and the one under the 400 still stands (barely!) it's about 6 weeks, and looks the same as it did when it (should've) finished it's seedling stage. About 3-4 inches tall, and just has it's 2nd set of leaves poking through, so my last conclusion - POOR STRAIN. I've sadly had random found seeds, turn out far more progressive. I don't know what to say, because you can freely criticize the smoke, the finished product or that its difficult or easy ... but from what you describe it may be a disease of a sort, but if other strains right next to her grow well then I have nothing.... I have never met a strain that simply did not grow there is always "something".... they may be weak or stretchy or stubby or whatever but in the end its a weed.... weeds grow no matter what .... call me and I give you another one on the house assuming you want one I guess 

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Hi i was veging with 24 hours of light for the first 2 weeks then i bought a timer for my plant so i could put the light on 18/6..but it stoped working like 2 weeks after i bought it... so i had to go back to 24 hours of light...is this ok?..should i go buy a anther timer and go back to 18/6 this change back and forth (in veg) does not seem to affect anything so .. as you wish really ....but I would get a timer just to test it for a period of time (because if this happens in bloom you are ... screwed ... so the timer better be reliable)

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Hi mark when cloning with a deep water culture should i be using a humidity dome.. the dome should be on the clones only for the first 2 days as they only need 100% humidity in that period (this applies to all methods of rooting)... they may wilt a little after you remove the dome but .... placing the dome for half a day for few days and spraying often helps... it is important to make clones adjust to outside temps and humidity ... otherwise they will be really weak if you simply keep the dome on them for the entire rooting process... And should i ph my water or would it be ok just to put tap water and leave it? you should start with pH of 7 which is a "normal" tap water ..... IF you chose to add B1 pH will drop to .. 6.8 may be (check) ... which makes pH-ing unnecessary... some growers like pH anywhere from 5.5 to 6.8 (yet they all have the same results so that is why I somewhat ignore pHing when rooting)... I would argue to be at around 6.5 .... BUT here is the theory which I use.... if you pH the water for them there is little incentive for the plant to create roots, they sit there and grow without creating much in roots (remember that you do not want them to GROW, you want them to root)... proper cloning is an "art" of stress... some stress is good like un-pH-ed water or see the dome ON or OFF which is also stressful ... without this stress.. like when you pH the water and you keep the dome on them for the whole period... then the clones take (seems like) forever, but realistically it take few days longer.... in the end I do not like the deep water culture because its too difficult ..... rockwool is best and fastest and most forgiving for rooting

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do i need to use nutrients when i clone with a deep water culture system B1 is the only "nutrient' i would want to use but tap water would do just find as well ... B1 gains may be 2 or 3 days and also do i need a humidity dome? the dome should be on the clones only for the first 2 days as they only need 100% humidity in that period... they may wilt a little after you remove the dome but .... placing the dome for half a day for few days and spraying often helps... it is important to make clones adjust to outside temps and humidity ... otherwise they will be really weak if you simply keep the dome on them for the entire rooting process...

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@Skippy McHippy http://www.happygirl.ca/tsb_Catalogue_old_strains.htm scroll down (under afghani gold)

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In the Phil B.M. post of July 11, sour diesel was mentioned but I don't see it in your catalogue its on this page, i'm getting lost with updates so it may or may not be on the man page , can you please elucidate on availability? its available Thanks much!

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how are you doing mark . love that you are makeing meds easier to get for people who honestly do need them. im a first time buyer at your store i got 5/STB 5/BBK from you not to long ago the STB came out fast and are going great but the BBK not so well only 1 out of 5 was wondering what i should do from here for a return...call me if you bought it online or come to the store if in person... have them call me if there is any issues one other question. i use around 15, 26 wat cfls would 1, 250 or 400wat mh/hps be must more costly for electric bill? I think if you have a proper computer it consumes 400W of power (that's may be $30-40/month) .... technically you have 380W of CFLs vs. 400W HID?.... HID will consume may be 25% more power..... I think that's worth it because the plants will respond better to an HID light.... BTW a basic cheap A/C (window shaker) takes 1000W to 1500W 

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when cloning with a deep water culture is the cutting supposed to be submerged in the bubbling water ? I thing a clone is inserted into a plastic/foam insert which allows the bottom exposed stem to hang in a middle of bubbling water... so unless its a air-o-ponics where mist (not water per se) surrounds the stem then yes (as you said)

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Hello Mark. I am a faithful reader now but still a little confused. When growing out side if plants go into bloom when 12 hr cycle triggers it then around here that is in late Sept. 25 Brantford area Sunrise: 7:11am Sunset: 7:15pm For widow to finish then end nov ? I know people who grow around your area and yes, it may take up to end of October if rains delay the bloom cycle, but what if frost hits unexpectedly (i don't have answers for that, it may mean the crops goes to s#@t..) .... but a lot of things can go wrong outdoors.... too hot for too long stunts their nutrient uptake (as in they don't eat)... too cloudy and they stretch to high heaven... then there is light pollution, cars, flush lights, moon too can create light... none of this stuff is easy.... there is a reason why people grow indoors... simply you have more control of the environment That seems really late am I confusing terms here, budding with bloom. Judging from grow photos and info on forum plants stop growing paired shoots and instead stagger them when in bloom cycle, plants are doing that now. We are still at 14 1/2 hours Sunrise: 6:07am Sunset: 8:49pm ... its not the same thing... indoors you artificially impose 12/12 cycle on the plants .... outdoors there is a steady decrease in light and increase in darkness... it is this decreasing light that triggers a bloom for plants.... this means that outdoors cycle is much longer ... bloom indoors on average is 7-8 weeks... outdoors its 12 weeks ++ .... some growers fit two cycles outdoors by manually covering the plants every 12 hours thus you could fit 2 cycles in the summer... it is a lot pof work so not too many people try it

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Hey, I've got 2 White Widows about to go into week 7 of bloom. I've heard conflicting things about ideal harvesting time. I was going to give them 9 weeks. Any Advice? Also should I add molasses during flush? molasses should have been added in week 2 to 6 of bloom only, i have flushed with sugars but i find it is not as clean as it could be... so i would not recommend it... if unsure about harvest, chop at the end of week 8 which is standard for 80% of plants .... when not sure, I look for 75% change in trichones (cloudy) and/or hair (from white to dark shade)... the 8th week is really when you harvest majority of strains... kushes at the beginning and white (widow, shark, ..anything) at the end.. generally.. you may chose to be in the middle..

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I just germinated 5 rare earth chronic seeds. Any tips for best yield? Strain specific quirks? chronic is easy, don't overfeed, i feed in veg at 60% of normal and in bloom at 80-90% .. there is no quirks that i can see .... 

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quick question about some of DNF's formula's would both DNF black and Gold, be safe to use in addition of normal feeding? yes, in week 3 to 6 of bloom (following label directions on When to add this formula {diffrent weeks of the cycle}) they seam fairly low of the NPK numbers so that is the reason i ask :D thanks one is a humic and the other is fulvic acid (in essence, the rest of incredients is crap/filler)... both are needed by cannabis in low low dosages... so adding these products all the time is pointless (IMHO) but adding them every second or third watering cycle is ok.. alternating between the gold and black

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just wondering if i can switch nutrients half way through bloom? i am running out of nutri plus and want to try advanced nutrients. i am in week 3 and have about enough to get me through week 4 maybe 5 I do not find that switching nutrinets at any point makes any problems, in theory you should step down old nutrients and step up the new ones but I switch back and forth and there is no real problems with just switching at any point 

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hello my temp got up to 31C yesterday for 1 day only a week is a potential problem (stretching, bugs, less uptake of food) but not one day ..im still in veg is this going to effect the plant or am i going to lose any bud in the long run? this should not be a problem, but remember that when high temps happen lower their food by half

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Hi Mark, great site you have here! I was just wondering what the difference between the serious seeds, rare seeds etc are. hype and marketing is the only difference Are they harder to grow or are they higher in thc or both? nope, they come from growers who have a rep so they charge a lot (serious) .... others are 'coming up' (rare) so they charge less.... in the end its just hype and what you prefer

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Hi Mark, i have a huge problem, i have over fed one of my plants, im not sure how but the big leaves are all wilted and look burnt, even the small ones tips are burnt. HELP PLEASE what do i do? i am freaking out, i dont know if i should water it or not? its been a day, and its in pot and soil outdoor, and in its second week of bloom. HELP!!!!!!!!!!! by the way great web site :) for future ref: call me for urgent problems like these the forum is too slow ...when over fed there is not much you can do... you can take her into a bathtub and run lots and lots of water through the roots to flush out the nutrients/salts.... this may save a plant in veg but not really in bloom.... in bloom they never really recover..... then you wait and see

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Hi mark how do you feel about super cropping could i super crop my plants after i already topped them? would this make for more bud?.in veg up to a week before bloom may be, but it has to be done for a reason, as in lack of space or lack of cannopy or to get her bushier... the one in this video is an indica and I would not really super crop her but its a choice..  I would watch this

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could i top my side branches after i already topped my plant or should i leave the side branches alone I would leave the side branches alone if they are shorter then the top branches... but if they are as tall as the big branches then they can be topped as well at any time (in veg yes, in bloom NO)

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hello mark i topped both of my plants 2 times but there still getting a little to tall still how could i keep them short and bushy could i top them again or no? im veging with a 400 watt mh ..Also 1 of my plants only has 3 new shoots instead of 4 is this ok? yes.... try this only for the tallest branches

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Hi Mark. Mark i was having a hard time starting up my seeds, i have tried about 10 already in various methods but none seem to work. I tell you im ready to give up and start from clones, clones are better ALWAYS but i like growing different buds and comparing the grow methods and what not.Anyway can you please help me get my seeds germinated? Thank you for your time. take a glass of water and strir it with a spoon (to add oxygen), put seeds in it and place in dark place... stir with spoon the next day, and the next day... 2, 3 may be 4 days and if they dont pop then they are duds (and if they are mine call me for replacements)

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hi mark, sorry about that. i have tried to germ some seeds ive had for some time and they are not doing anything. i have tried the paper towel on a plate, i have tried right in soil cups, i have tried tupper wear with paper towel and covered with foil, right now i have about 10 or so in paper towels in cups with a little water at the bottom, and i have had zero success. please help, let me know the best way to start seeds. thank you. take a glass of water and strir it with a spoon (to add oxygen), put seeds in it and place in dark place... stir with spoon the next day, and the next day... 2, 3 may be 4 days and if they dont pop then they are duds (and if they are mine call me for replacements)

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hello again :D I've previously purchased 10 seed from you (5 NL/skunk, 5 NL/budda) , and also posted previously, the seeds yet to pop are on day 9, and I've seen no change. on the other hand the ones that did pop, wow, they are growing fast. so my updated count is 4 budda, last one didn't fully pop, and two skunk. . kinda hoping for a male in the budda so i can cross it with the mother skunk for next crop. fyi: just a heads up before I call about getting replacements :D OK on to my question, in your yield explained link, you mention that with mass amounts of plants you would force bloom at a shorter height. what height would you end up with if you force bloomed at say 6-15 inches for an indica hybrid and also for a sativa hybrid I would not change the height but I would "top" the sativa twice in veg cycle to stunt the tallness and indica only once or may be no at all (i didnt buy any of this yet but figured i'd ask for the rest of the people here) next question: what are the pros and cons of CFL's both in 2700K and 4200K spectrum? my light hasn't been shipped yet and i need to do a late night Walmart run, results are impressive in my mind. right now i'm using a pair of 40 watt 4200k's equal to about 300 watts of power, they pump about 5200k lumens together so the next part of the question would be, set up in an array (electrical college background not a hack) would 6 of these bulbs equal to about 1200 watts, be the equivalent or greater then an 1000w HPS bulb? also another part (sorry!!! its a good question i think) would an array of CFL's be safer to use heat wise in a smaller confined spaced then a HPS bulb? cheers phil CFL lights have one big issue .. they can not penetrate the cannopy as deep as the HID lights ... so a CFL light needs a larger area to accomplish the same results as an HID light... so if a 400W HID light is for a 3 x 3 foot space then you would need most likly 6 x 6 or may be 8 x 8 with equivalent wattage of a CFL light .. the tallest plant you can do under a CFL is 1 foot, may be 1.5 foot finished... any taller and the underbrush  will die off.. if I were to use CFL I would use the T5s not the T2s

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Should i use a cool mist humidifier or a warm mist humidifier to raise the temp? why would you want to do that in the middle of summer... warm mist I would guess .. again why? temps should be around 22-28C at 40-60% humidity

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Hi Mark Tkx for the great webset.. Can u supercropp this you mean? your plant when 12/12 say like week 3 NO, too late, you do that and they wont recover, I would do that the latest at least a week before onset of bloom ???? Tkx... you can do this to a big plant if she is too tall

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Hey mark. I started a garden with 7 seeds. 3 seeds are purchased white widow. The balance are from seeds from my last crop which were hermi's. I have had one male for sure and has been destroyed. Today I removed a few pods from another plant, and I am not sure if it is a female or another hermi. The rest of the plants I believe are all females. Please have a look at the pods I removed and the plant I removed them from....is it a female or hermi?? Should I destroy it? http://daffy.imgur.com/my_garden

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hello.... still gather supplies. Just wondering... if I have a closet that is 3x5x9 ft. and I put a tent 2.7x2.7x5 (lxwxh). Lets say i get a fan and filter, now i vent it into the room (not outside) room is fairly large 10x20x9. Will the temperature of the room be affected? humidity will increase greatly .. temperatures as well but humidity will be evident... cranking open a window usually is enough, having a cheap fan by the window is better  What is the possibility of mold issues? none really so long as you open a window, if you do not open a window then yes mold will be created... mold is created when there is no air moving, when air moves mold won't hold  I will also have a mini fan circulating air inside the tent. good Is it absolutely necessary to vent air outside the closet? no, but see humidity.. some air exchange has to happen but some not a lot thanx in advance

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Hey mark i have a small outdoor garden that consists of about 8 plants, 3 of which are older than the others and have been in veg for about 6 weeks now. I have been doing a lot of reading up on when it will start showing signs of sex, many people say mid to late july in ontario I would agree and some say that by the time it starts flowering it will be too close to october/november that would be the end, as in harvest and you will not get the harvest you want due to the cold weather. Others say that you should force it to show signs of sex by giving it 12 hours of dark manually in late july or early august for a couple weeks. But even if i did that, when it shows signs of sex and i put it back outside with normal light cycle, will it start flowering or go back to vegetation? Will the pistils continue to form at a fast rate? Or do they stop growing and plant starts growing again as if its in veg? Hopefully you can help me out with this, thanks when/if the plants do not seem to create florwer/pistons by now (in the season) then may be you have some kind of a light that interupts their sleep cycle during a night (lights from a street light or a cottage or ??.. not the moon) ... I dont like moving plants from outside to inside but from inside to outside is generally ok, and when you do that they will revert to whatver the season is outside which is bloom (or not IF you have some light there).... in Ontario the harvest time is usually mid-october ... becasue late rain in the seaon usually delays everything.. some people take them down at the end of Sepetmeber to prevent potential problems of mold (rain in October).. but I would wait to make up my mind when the time comes .... the only way to "speed up" anything is to cover the plant with a non-transparent cover for 12 hours every night.. this would make sure there is no light when they sleep...

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Hi Mark, I'm not sure what I need to feed the auto flower plants veg food untill you see flowers being created then just switch to bloom food, it is tricky beacsue there is no set time when this happens so you have to observe them, good thing is that the plants are forgiving so whether its bloom or veg food she will be ok...... or when to switch auto flower flowers all by itself and there is nothing you can do from veg to bloom. Please advise, thanks!!

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Thx Mark.

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Hi, Mark. About 3 weeks from chopping girls outdoor. Used bloom builder 10-54-10 during 4-5 week of flowering. Anything else i could do to add weight, more potent? Use H202 with watering? your opinion is appreciated. I plan on flushing in arond 10 - 12 days. isnt this too early, outdoors harvest is around the end of September... you could be adding a 'sugar".. brnad is Carbo Load, or Sweet from Batanicare... or mollasses (fancy) at 1 kg per 50 gallons of water... BUT IF you are hgarvesting so soon then just start leaching soon... Thanks. 

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Hi mark. Would you recommend leaving 75% sativa plant in dark for 48 hrs before 12/12 cycle? some people do that but I am not a big believer in that... you can not "trick" a plant into bloom... it generally takes about 2 or 3 days to see the subtle effects of bloom ... so leaving it in the dark does nothing IMHO

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what's the perfect humidity levels for marijuana plants. 40-60% and how would i fix it if it gets to high or to low I generally do not pay attention to humidity, its temperatures you need to keep in check, at 27C and never above 30C... temps you can control but humidity is hard as it is what outside humidity is...

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Hey Mark! first of i'd like to thank you for putting together such an informative and detailed website. You don't seam to get enough credit for it. now moving on to my questions ( I hope i don't ask too many, and if i do please forgive, i'm a beginner ) Ok, I've purchased 10 seed from you (5 NL/skunk, 5 NL/budda) and they are all germinating in the same container ( its be almost 3 days now, not worried just curious) should each strain of seed pop along the same timeline no, its a variable, no more then 7 days, may be 10 ? 4 of the budda's have popped sprouts and the 5th has just cracked its shell (no white tip yet), while with the skunk only one has popped and showed a sprout. so really my question on this one is, do seeds that are going to pop, do they do this at random (under correct conditions OFC) or in this situation would this lack of sprouting be an indicator for dud seeds? (i'll defiantly wait until 7 days passes to be concerned) .. like I said may be 10 days then call me for replacements Next question: When topping a plant, would you be able to use the part of the plant that you cut off as a clone? topping is not (technically) the same as taking a clone... when topping you "damage" the very top of the plant (see the video).. when you take a clone you take the 3 or 4 inches off as a clone (from a bigger plant then on the video)... effect on the plant is the same, she bushes out instead of growing upwards... for you taking a clone is better .... topping is just more convenient  Last question, i promise: Is there strain info available about your Sour Diesel? regular feeding through veg period, but it can take 10% more food then normally given in bloom, top her twice, once when young and second time one week before going into bloom... "Sour Diesel is a tall, thin plant suitable for sea or screen of green. She stretches in the first 2 weeks of flowering. If you dont clip her one week before going into bloom, by maturity she can reach a daunting 6 feet indoors in a slender version of the classic Christmas tree silhouette. Her foliage gets dark green as it ages, and commonly displays pink-hued pistils. The buds are loose and spear-shaped. Her regular flowering cycle is full 8 weeks of bloom." (i.e. the sativa/indica percentages, general growing tips? any other useful info? thanks again, your website sold me on your brand of seed :D Cheers phil

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Got 4 out of 5 seeds going indoors (ak-47+lowryder2 from rare earth) under 8 26w cfls, 20/4 light. At 2 weeks I brought 2 outside and they stretched like crazy (I suspect the change in light freaked them out)Now we are at week 7 and they are very spindly and not many buds, even though a couple of orange hairs have started to show, I am hoping that these will just take longer to fatten up than the recommended 70 days. What do you think?? I don't really know, I would need more info about circumstances... how you grow, medium, etc... I am also not an expert on lowriders

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hello what's the difference between a pvc pipe Ez cloner and a DEEP WATER CULTURE Ez cloner? ez cloner makes cloning a very difficult endeavor... it is not that difficult .... I am not really a big fan

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hey mark, when approximately do males pollinate females? from week 3 (in bloom) onwards When should I get rid of the males before week 3 ends  immediately after they show their sex sex should be determined around week 3 and I guess week 4 MAY be ok but I would kill them before week 3 ends or can they wait a couple weeks? Thanks alot :) 

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Hello Mark. Still love your site. It has been about 5 months since I asked you for some good advise about a potential bust. Thank god I tore all down but am still under the po po's eye. Had undercover cops on my flat rooftop at nite looking for evidence and looking thru garbage. They were surprisingly young and came as a pack of xxxxxxx in a xxx model xxxxxxx ride. Caught them late as heard them on roof and ventured out to see a come up my wall and one sketchy white dude keeping six. Asked whats up and was told to bugger off and mind my own business. Told him was my place and what he is doing ( should have known better if was a ripper would have shot me right then and there ) he said some bs story and said if I dont like it to go call cops. So I looked up on roof to see if anybody there and see dude on ground phoning somebody. Next x white more youngish cop looking dudes come downstairs. I ask whats up they tell me same bs story and say dont worry and dont tell anybody they were there. So as Mark says 99% of busts are from rats you know. In my case was my buddy and his girlfriend who I was friends with. His excuse, he didnt want to pay me back a measley $ 200.00 he owed me. WTF ? Right now he is up on charges pressed by his ex gf for assault and threatening. So now I am sitting on sidelines this year waiting for heat to die down. Have a friend on TO force who told me they are still getting anonymous tips about me and said to find another address and lay low for about a year. Shit, your friends can be your worse enemies. Next time I am going to keep my big fat mouth SHUT. Thanks for letting me rant Mark and if I put in too much info that could get me zeroed in on can you delete please. Thanks again Mark.

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If im cloning with a easy cloner would i need to grow hydroponic or could i grow soil im asking because what would i do after i see roots how would i be able to plant the rooted clone in soil the rockwool gives a little bit of stability for the little plant when you plant it in soil.. this does not so what would i do just dig a hole and plant the rooted clone in the soil..?? exactly, after rooting the clone can be placed into either another rockwool cube or dirt/promix/soil .... 

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mark how would i go about cloning with a ez cloner do u add a nutrient NO, zero nutrients or a rooting aid NO to the water thats getting pumped up or do i just stick with the rooting gel yes, only rooting gel...also what do u think of easy EZ? cloners? I take a rockwool cube, wet it under tap water, stick a clone into it after light tab into a rooting powder or gel, then place this clone under a dome for 24 hours, after 24 hours remove the dome, ... wait 2 days usually and re-weet the rowckool cube with tap water (re-wet when dry when necessary)... that's it.. it takes 7 to 14 days to root and is easy.. what can be easier

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I'm new top the whole growing thing and I'm interested in the auto flowering Ak-47. A couple questions, how tall do they get and just how easy are they to grow as I want to start easy and add to my setup as I become more advanced. Thanx J they flower usually around 1 to 2 feet and they do it all by themselves, I personally do not like this as I feel I have no control over the bloom cycle... auto flowers are good for outdoors when you are late to the season .. like now... start now and by the end of September they should  flower.. but indoors they are a pain as they flower all by themselves...

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Hi Mark... I am reading your page "How to choose the right number of plants?"... http://www.happygirl.ca/tsb_Toronto_Seed_Company_YIELD.htm but still have a few questions... please help me to figure this out... here is my closet's Grow Tent: Assembled 90cm x 50cm x 160cm (36-Inch x 20-Inch x 62-Inch)... http://www.amazon.com/LED-Wholesalers-GYO1001-Reflective-Hydroponic/dp/B00283Q59M/ref=sr_1_14?ie=UTF8&s=home-garden&qid=1310001982&sr=1-14 Lights: 2 x Penetrator 84X-PRO (12" above the plant) = about 2 x 400W HPS, but no heat... http://www.hydrogrowled.com/Penetrator-84X-PRO-P84.aspx QUESTION: [1] With the floor space of 36-Inch x 20-Inch (Height 62-Inch)... the light equivalent to 800W HPS... growing Medijuana (25% THC medical Marijuana)... using eight 8" pots... at what plant's height I should start bloom in my case...? [2] Can I get 25% THC Indica strain such as Medijuana from you...I do not have the ability to test for percentage of THC so I do not know, I do have 2 or 3 strains that are heavy indica, so yes feel free to call me (see my phone on top of this page)? Strain information : Climate: Indoor/outdoor Yield : up to 550 gr/m2 indoor Height : up to 45 - 75 cm (18 - 30") Flowering period : 8 to 9 weeks Harvest : end of September Stoned or High : 100% all natural pain relief-stoned THC level : strong 25% Grow difficulty: easy - moderate [Good for beginners] tights space, if you start from clones then I would bloom after a week of veg (2 would probably be too long, but may be 1 and a half weeks at best)... so they would be at 6 to 10 inches at the point of going into bloom, they would still finish at anywhere from 2.5 to 4 feet tall at harvest ... problem is that with 400W lights the plants will always stretch, no matter what you do, you have 800W so they would not stretch as much but they will still stretch.. normally plants under 1000W stop stretching in the second week of bloom, under less power they still grow (as in stretch).... NOW, if you start from seed then you need to get them a bit bigger then 6 to 10 inches... and then you still need to check for males and remove them ...... if you have a card contact a compassionate club and get clones, it is a ton easier.... 

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Hello again Mark. Firstly thank you, this forum and the links have been most helpful (out of five seeds 1 dud and two males) I am not by any means a green thumb type but my plants are thriving I have even taken clones from the two female blueberry and they are doing well so far. I moved the females outside in June. I also got five ww buda seeds and all five are healthy and now about 24 in tall. I have them under 18 hr lights My question is if I induce flowering by 36 hr no light and then put them outside would that flower stage continue when the light outside is now still 15 1/2 hours? Idea is to harvest early Sept. if you did this in late July may be this would be a good idea but at this point it will have zero effect... the plant will just adjust to whatever cycle is outdoors... BTW it is not really too late for them to start blooming now, you are only 2 weeks late.. in outdoors terms that's not a big deal..

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Hey mark I have soom bloombuilder 10/54/10 would this be good to add during flowering with my regular nutes. I am currently using a bloom A/B and i am 3 weeks into flowering.. Thanks in theory you can add this on top of (together with) your regular nutrients 2 or 3 times in 3rd to 6th week of bloom, I would prefer you used something like pk-13-14 or kool bloom or dnf bloom fortifier as its tested for cannabis... 10-54-10 is very very concentrated and its easy to overfeed

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wow Mark!!!!!!! The NL/buddha seeds you gave me for free, 8 out of 10 all female,are the BEST.(2 seeds to go)!! Thanks for your generosity!!!!The Chemo babies were great too!! Its sad more people dont know how marijjuana helps sick people. It makes me SICK, when your family is ANTI-MJ,AND TRY TO PLAY MIND GAMES TO MAKE YOU THINK ITS BAD.It wont work!!!|It will make you smoke more from this attempt to make you stop MEDMJ. Any suggestions on how to deal with a non-Compassionate,anti-medmj family(she-J.B.S.) that likes to play head games as a strategy to try to make you stop ? to keep the family happy I simply do not raise the issue unless its brought to me... I find that its impossible to change someone unless they change themselves, so just being an example of a good person is enough Thanks again, for your compassion Mark. p.s I am sure they( my anti-mj family) will read this,so I say f-0ff to them!! you would think a very religious, Catholic family would understand what COMPASSION is!But no,they have their own definition of sympathy and that includes trying to stop me from taking my mmj when I AM A.T.P. p.s.s they(she J.B.S) are also on the side of law that is anti-medical marijuana. Please pray for them. I will

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Looking for a caregiver that will help with the growing of some Summertime Buddha and hopefully Shiskaberry . Underage but have parental permission to grow and consume cannabis. right now the MMAR are being played with by Health Canada so its difficult to find anyone... try SEC 56 in Toronto

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I have a mmar card. I am wondering if you have purple kush clones and if so how much are they. Mike yes, $5/clone and you should call me 

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Hi, I was wondering where I can get some weed in Toronto. I am underage and do not have any license to get it legally. I want 2gs and would like some quality and strong marijuana. Please give the price as well. HI MATTHEW!!!! I would like to be a responsible citizen and inform you that you need mommy's or daddy's' permission (and doctors) to receive cannabis from me... and its called cannabis... I am not entirely sure what marijuana is.. some Mexican stuff... but as I know you are a child you still need a lesson or two (or three or four... but who's counting given the enormous amount of fun fun fun we are all having)... run and play with the toys ta ta Matthew

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Thank you Mark and happygirl for all the info you give to the people in need... I have to make Medicinal Oil (Rick Simpson's "Run From The Cure" - http://www.youtube.com/chrychek#p/search to win the battle with cancer... Could you let me know where I could buy FEMINIZED Medijuana seeds (for indoor closet)..the entire line of seeds from Rare Earth are in fact feminized.? This Indica has 25% THC... it produces the highest density of Cannabanoid Receptors in Medicinal Oil that patient ingests... -Thanks

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can you look into release m39 or freeze land as separate whole strains no, too much work to start that again

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Hi, I have some plants outdoors. It's been cloudy over the past few days, but I've been able to keep the temp around 30 by using some plastic and making a greenhouse this probably increases humidity which is not the best, just let them be under direct sunlight as much as possible and the overall wind will take care of the temperatures and the humidity.... I am trying to say that you are probably doing too much around them. Is that ok? Is it the direct light is the best itself that's important or is it sufficient to have the right temp with overcast daylight? you mean your temps are over 30C when the day is cloudy? Thanks man!

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Hey so i thaought id tell u the reason im so paro even tho im kinda embarrassed wen i was young n dumb i i threw some seeds i found in bud in some soil under a sunlight desk lamp 4 survived so i bought two 150w incandescent grow bulbs from home depot and had a 500 watt industrial light i threw in the bathtub with the plants and othr 2 lights= 800w so i was running those 24/7 to veg 4 plants i kno stupid as fuk but yea they got preatty big and then my dad came back from india an the electric guy was chekin the meter and he went up to my dad and asked him why the thing was spinning so fast he sed iuno i jus came from india lol so my dad told me wat hapn n i got rid of everythang n da next day my bois told me there were mad cops in the hood and the electric meter was replaced with a digital one tgats y im so paro iuno if i shud b but ye so i dont like to make purchases online i will come into the store when i grab seeds but the thing is there is this led light im really interested in but its in america only and i would send a money order but i dont think its smart to get it delivered to my house it say it gives the equivilent of a 400w hps http://www.homegrownlights.com/100W.html thats the link ive read a forum where there was a full sativa grow done with the procyon and the yield wasnt too bad i was thinking of supplementing it with flouros to widen the spectrum the low heat will reduce smell + less power consumption etc my parents already arevery behind on electric payments but i cant orderit to me an have no relatives outside my house i can order it to so i was wondering if there was a place or store that could order it for me or i could order it to for a extra fee or something if u have any ideas how i can get that light or if my fear of ordering it to my house is stupid just tell me i trust yur opinion and i read u got yur card for mood swings or something mayby anger management i dont remember it was way down in the forum but i have both those problems and add and i would be willing to pay alot for a card i saw it costs 600 something but thats nothing if its the price of freedom ijust dont wana waste time and money if i have no chance so tell me wat u think ps ima b bothing u alot on this forum cuz yur soo informative and quick to answer if friends have questions i will be referring yur website so i apologize in advance and u shud get paid for this but u dont and u help anyone so just maaaaaad respect 4 wat u do n how u help people thanx I appreciate your enthusiasm but you need to ask me more specific questions.... adding more lights to lights always works better but at what cost... if you gonna get one 400W don't bother adding more lights it should be enough...

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1. There is postal strike so whatever was mailed is stuck 2. If u live in mississauga come by the store to pick it up

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WHEN WILL MY SEEDS BE HERE!?!?!? I ORDERED 5 JUICYFRUIT X NORTHERN LIGHTS X SKUNK ABOUT 2 WEEKS AGO AND I WANT TO RECIEVE THEM. I LIVE IN MISSISSAUGA

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hello i got some seeds that i put in 1 inch rockrool under 24 watt t5..right when they popped out the rockroll like half a inch still have the seed attached but its bended like a 'L' is it normal for a seedling with the seed still attached but popped out the rockrool...to be bended or twisted it should shed this "shell" soon enough, is that odd? it happens, not too often, I do not know if this speaks of the quality of the seed

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not happy with fast pine I bought a 30 and so far non have popped Im down to my last 5 please help contact me and I will send you different seeds as replacements

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sorry mark i meant 4 cub. ft. weight - not lt.

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Yo Mark hope you're well. I was wondering what you think of those new smaller ($6.99) bags of promix avail. at Rona? plants will "live" but will not thrive as this soil is only good for seedlings... somethingwith pH is incorrect with it I figure the "potting" mix would be best (I can't store those huge 4 lt. bags of soil man). Thanx again!  it has to be Pro-Mix BX of Pro-Mix HP... specifically BX or HP labled... BX or HP does come in smaller bags.. but as far as I know only this store sells it

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very humid down here loosing my biggest and best buds to mold. no mold on them while growing i see it a few days after harvest is there any safe way to use them like bubble hash or honey oil? would hate to through out 1/2 a pound of grade A bud. the humidity levey goes from 40% to 80% any given time ...I do not know really, in theory nothing you do can make it "safe"... in practice I smoked moldy stuff and that was a mistake but I made cookies out of it and/or make bubble hash and no one was the wiser... but .. mold is still there ... theoretically

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Thanx 4 all the info i really appreciate it when u said itll only smell as mach as blazin a joint and leaving the window open were u talking about g13xbuddha or just most plants and what feminized strain(s) would you recommend I don't recommend, they all have merits and its a personal thing in the end that will grow well in that situation and smell as much as blazing a joint and leaving the window open like I said, start small and learn, upgrade later price dont matter thanx again for all the precious info and if i hired a handy man to help set up the ventilation and an electrician for the electrical would they get suspicious n snitch or should i just put in the work and figure out how to do it myself this is a great forum 

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Hi, do you think it's necessary to treat plants against mites even if the plants live outdoors? Thanks for all the great info! its prudent to be vigilant and not allow an infestation BUT in nature rain/wind/storm will usually knock out the bugs.. but you should still watch them

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Hey Mark, are you Dutch? nope, polak

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High i've never grown plants properly just messing around vegged some till they were about a foot and got too paranoid and got rid of dem them got some of yur g13x buddha jus threw em in a ghetto hydro setup and never really took care of them so they died but now im serious about growing a small cycle crop just for personal use as i cant afford 300 to buy an oz of gud stuff everycouple weeks anymore but im practically shittin myself now cuz harper has majority and he's likw hitler if weed were jews but i found a small spot in my basement its aqwardly shaped though its measuremeants are about 3 feet wide about 8.5 or 9 feet long and about 5.5 to 6 feet tall but its under a stair case so it kind of a triangle just think of me as a total noob and very lazy not a handyman at all first off i was thinking of a procyon 100 led light i kno its expensive but moneys not an object for me when it comes to being dlo i dont wana get my dads house raided and i heard cops look at electricity bills for spikes when wantin to raid someone so im scared of gettin an hps but i couldnt find a full grow forum wth the yield from a procyon only grow what do you think about them and im alwase blasting dr greenthumb and fuck the poliece blazing in my room and have had the cops called on me a nymber of times for my music and ive noticed people in cars watching my house then driving away when seen mayby im just paro but would adding a 400watt hps spike my electricity enough for them to notice poliece... a 400W light is like running half a vacuum or half a blender... so the power spike is ... nothing.. when news/cop mean "power spike" they mean "in comparison to your neighbor" ... AND you need to run at least 2 x 1000W to be noticed are pretty much my main and only concern but i really want to live free and would the procyon or the 400 be enough for three or four plants in this room and since i dont kno anything about venting and prolly wont have any unless u say its necessary then i gota find a way buth with that setup and no vent ..IF you can not ventilate at all then go with a fluorescent lights ... 400w HID needs some ventilation as it runs hot... would it get to hot or make a thermal signal for the cops dont worry about that shit man, a nosy neighbor or a rat is still 99% of all busts in Toronto or in Canada to raid me and it says g13xbuddha doesnt smell during flowering with that set up and no vent would it still not smell and how tall do they get and will yhat light penetrate the leaves enough to get to the bud and if i wanted to do a cycle grow to stay consistently high would three g13xbuddha plant give me altleast three ounces of good strong bud per cycle (2.5 months) to smoke while the next crop is growing i will eventually addventilation and a carbon filter when growing Smellier strains but i just want to grow atleast one crop myself before getting into all that i probably wont be using any nutes or anything thats not organic and one more thing i want a medical licence ive been diagnosed as a kid for add and have developed backpain from working and self diagnosed depression im in my early 20s what do you think are the chances of me gatting a card in your opinion i hate treating a plant that heals me like an illigal drug any help on any of my questions would be greatly appreciated and any other tips on staying dlo sorry for such a long question i kno buzzkill and a half but i really really really appreciate any help you can give me with love (no homo) prince you have a lot of (unjustified) fear so I would recommend that you try first to grow any feminized seed (quicker cycle and no males) under fluorescent lights (and it can be used as a veg light later when you get the HID) under those stairs... if you like it you can always get more stuff ..HID light or ventilation, carbon filters... etc.. with a fluorescent light (procyon or whatever) you can learn the cycle of growing, costs little to learn, you can see if you can tolerate the "fear" associated with growing and re-use it later .... with a fluoro the smell from the plants will be no more then a blazing a joint at home and opening a window cures that ... if you get a 400w then you must get a carbon filter and proper ventilation... in the end, in 99% of police cases/busts its the neighbor or angry gf that calls the cops ... only on CSI they do things like "investigations" .. please... 

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Hello mark if after 7 days and my seeds do not sprout can i come and replace them not alot very little but i see on our website that i can.? indeed you can, bring back whatever packaging or un-sprouted seeds

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do some of your strains sprout faster then others? yes, but if its more then 7 days you got a dud

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hello im going to start growing with seeds..how far should my 400 watt be from the 1 inch rockwool when the seedling pops out the rockwool.3 to 4 feet away, when the seedling develop a proper looking leaf then you can slowly over a period of two days bring the light closer to 18 inches away from the plant .also should i put a dome over the seedling when it pops out or no? not really necessary unless its below 20C.. normally the point is to get the plant used to "normal" temperatures.. if you use the dome too long the plant will get "used to" the high humidity under the dome and ... die when you take her out... so its ok to have a dome for a day or two but after take it off.. and when should i start using my heating pad. the pad can be used if the temps are NOT over 30C ... anytime really until the plant looks like a mature if not tiny plant... then the heating pad is not necessary.. also if the DOME is ON the the pad should be OFF

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Hi, Im thinking about picking up some seed and giving it a try, What I have at this point is 2 90w calnursery led lights and 2 48x24 T12 with grow bulbs. Q.Is this stuff of much good to me and what set up would one use with it. it will work but your buds will not be very big or tight... but they will grow.. the best lights are HID lights like the 400W or the 600W or 1000W... fluorescent are used for vegging mainly.. you can of course use them to bloom but the yield will be low

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when do the days start to turn to 12 hours light in Ontario you mean outdoors-bloom season? thanks early July

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what does feminized seeds mean the plant that comes from this seed is a female and females produce buds, males do not

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Hello. Found your guide very informative. I'm a beginner and would like grow outdoors. What would I need to do differently vs an indoor setup. Also looking for a seed recommendation that will endure a novice grower. thanks in advance! you may be too late for this season... seeds should have started in May and end of June is the latest you want to take something outdoors ... for outdoors you need a pot and some promix + some nutrients... how you feed them does not really change ... easy guide: start seeds early May indoors in some cups and promix.. take them outdoors after May 24th, feed veg food until early July, then switch to bloom food... harvest late September or early October

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hey. I have a few plants outside about 10 yards apart. I was wondering if a male popped up would it pollinate anything at that distance? males can pollinate females miles away, with the right wind... you have to kill the males as soon as you determine they are males.... and you should know around early to mid July... and this is before the male can actually pollinate the female... but if you let them live then yes they will pollinate your females

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Hello Mark, Do you know which cannabis strains are good for arthritis pain, either through smoking of the buds, or by grinding the buds into a paste and apply topically to the affected joints? Arthritis Cure Seeker no, because everything is pretty much dependent on the individual person so in the end you may end up to be forced to try few strains before you feel relief ..... from what I know you are looking for a plant full of CBD and not necessarily THC.... most "commercial" varieties have pretty much 0% CBD.... the strain you want is Lebanon (that I have, its unlisted on the website because I don't have enough)

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Ho long do the roots on my clones have to be before they are ready to be put into veg IF you see a single root she is ready for transplant....some people prefer to wait until they have a giant root ball since they will take off a bit faster after transplant (but not by that much) ... I transplant as soon as I see anything resembling a root ?? I have mmar license and im doing hydroponic method indoors.

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hey mark. I have a guerilla grow that I'm only able to visit every few weeks. Would you recommend using a slow release fertilizer? no, yes, may be... generally you would need water to "activate" the slow release fertilizer so if it rains it may help BUT if it rains the roots will/should find their own way for both water and nutrients, so it may be a giant waste of your time... I would prefer to come over once a week with some water and nutrients and feed her once a week...

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Mark, firstly, your shiskaberry is outstanding, like pouring a fine olive oil into my joints. Thank you so much. Secondly, as an experiment, after harvest, I put three back under T5s at 18hrs/d, and started feeding low veg nuts (25-50%) week later. I had cut off the top two thirds at harvest, but the bottom third (approx 1' stump) had little blooms where I had trimmed the veg in about week 3. Two plants died, but one is revegging, its come out with all sorts of shoots, looking quite vigorous (took 5 weeks). Not really sure what to do now, should I take off the little blooms which are turning brown and papery, and/or should I put them under the HPS at 18hrs to develop more? its really up to you, its strange how hard it is to kill a cannabis plant when you're trying :-) .... its all up to you, I would never re-veg post-bloom since it takes too long and clones develop way faster... Really, all I want is to cut some clones, not too sure about timimg etc, I imagine they are a little sensitive. I would wait until she recovers fully to take clones which should be soon if you see shoots Your input is appreciated as always. HD 

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how are you keeping mark? herd there was a bad storm that hit toronto? no sun means no need for a/c, means its all good here

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Will the water from a water softner ruin my plants? I do not know, generally I think it would be ok but ...?????

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hello mark if i were to top my plant 2 times how would i go about doing that 1st time when they are about 5 inches tall and 2nd time when they are 10 inches high and/or two weeks after the first topping ..if i top the plant once i have 2 or more  new little babys growing outta the top...if i were to do it second time would i cut both growing? yes, then you need to top each separate branch

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mark how much more bud would some1 get if they were to veg with a 1000 watt mh instead of a 400 watt (bloom 1000 watt hps) you end up with stronger and less stretched out plants .... so slightly healthier and bushier plants can produce may be 10 or 15% more yield

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hi you said 5 plants topped and 10 plants not topped to get a lb in a 4x4 space..how tall should the 5 topped plants be b4 u put them into bloom and the same with the 10 not topped..and what if i were to have lets say-6-7 plants..what should i do if have 6-7 plants to get a lb or more? number of plants does not determine the yield... its a lot more complicated... what determines the yield is the wattage used.. so a 1000W is expected to produce a pound (for a beginner) and a 1.5 lbs for advanced.. but this assumes many things like ... you bloom from clones not seeds and you grow an indica dominant strain .....when it comes to number of plants and when or if to top them it depends on the strain... IF I grow a kush (tall, skinny, bad yielder) I would probably top it twice in the span of a month it would take to veg this strain to get good yield... but if I grow ICE or chemo (short, bushy) I would probably top once but some plants not even once...  this all depends on the characteristics of the plant and the space.... so if I do not top kush I would need to grow 10 kushes in a space of 4 x 4 but if I top it I can only fit 5 in the same space... 10 untopped plants need the same space as 5 topped plants... yield will be better for 5 topped because its kush.. its not true for ice which I would prefer to not top and grow 10 in 4 x 4 ..... the thing you need to remember is that plants do not like touching each other so every time your plants start touching you need to space them out.. since you have only so much space you may have to kill some to make space for other... that is why its hard to say 5 plants or 6.. you start with 10 and you kill as many as you need .... when in veg these plants take over this space then you bloom, often they are 1 to 1.5 feet tall

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hey mark whats going on, i had some plants outside for a couple days after starting germination and seeds indoors. By this morning most were around 5 inches in height and had their fourth set of true leaves starting to emerge, they are 2 weeks and three days old. My question is with the harsh weather today (temps reached 15 degrees Celsius and it poured rain) rain is a problem because it could physically break/bend them so help them with a steak/bamboo support, they can easily take temps of 8 or 9C without damage, only freezing temps would actually kill them will my plants die or just slow down growth? slow down due to over watering, but when the temps return to normal let the pots dry out completely before re-watering  the leaves had begun to droop because of over-watering so i put a roof good idea over them to stop them from getting anymore water. is there anything else i can do? unfortunately no unless you can bring them indoors temporarily ... but in the end they are "weeds" so they will return to "normal" thanks a lot your time

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Hey mark and everyone else that can help me out :) iam on 12/12 about 5weeks in bloom my lights turned on 15 mins earlier today, anything i should worry about? no, half hour either way is ok, plus most manual (i.e. cheap) timers are only accurate within 15 minutes anyways 

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mark why is hanging a light vertical better then hanging a light horizontal this is from practice, a vertical reflector is used for large plants (like 4 to 8 per light) since this reflector type spreads the lights wide(er), on the other hand the horizontal is used on a 4 x 8 table usually as 2 x 1000w per table or 3 x 1000W per 2 tables since this reflector concentrates the light in a tighter space *(100 plants per table) ..also what's the difference between using a 30" for giant plants when you want to let the light go really wide usually you would suspend this reflector among/in between plants (1 plant being 4 or 6 feet tall, but also 4 or 6 feet wide) vertical reflector and the a 36" I like since its the middle of the road type, and you can always get them cheap used.... the 48" are meant for concentrating the light specifically in a 5 x 5 space and personally I often go into 6 x 6 space so this reflector is a bit too "specific" for my tastes.. when u grow many varieties you want to have a reflector that can handle all plants (tall/wide/short) well.. vertical reflector.. Would hanging my light vertical instead horizontal and using a 36" instead of a 30" give me more yield in the long run? don't change anything now ...in the end, you can only see the difference in yield when you go past intermediate stage ... as a beginner it would be a total waste of money to switch from one to another... in other words the first step is to get a pound out of a 1000W light (or abouts half from 400/600w) .... if you can do that, then the next step is to get 1.5 lbs.... then if you change the reflector you will get 1.6 lbs... but if you still get 1 lbs then changing a reflector would do nothing since it means you still do not "get" the cycle fully... learn more before you waste money on reflectors .... and BTW you should be able to get a pound out of a 1000w with tin foil as reflector or cardboard painted flat white ... and a FANCY reflector would improve reflection ... by WHOLE 3%

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over 2 weeks no mark is all ok medical issues, and summer season make me super busy, I' sorry

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when drying my marijuana bud i left the light on for the first 17 hours...is this going to effect the bud at the end of drying? yes read post below,.... 17 hours MAY not be enough to "destroy" the smell.... but its not good in general

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what would happen if i dry marijuana buds in the light.. the sugars do not convert to ... starch? and the smoke is "lacking" something... i.e. becomes a street bud that lacks smell and proper taste ... good for smuggling bad for connoisseurs

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is it normal for seedlings to droop down a little in the first week of sprouting? it may indicate lack of light OR too much light (same dropping effect) ... if its on the window then pull them back ... if they are away from light place them closer to light ... try with one or two then with the rest

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can i use a 24/0 light schedule under 32 watts fluorescent light for first week of seedling stage instead of usual 18/6, you can... for the entire veg cycle if you want  or will this not make plants strive? I alternate between 24/0 and 18/6 as its convenient to me and it has no effect on the plants.... when its really hot then I prefer 18/6 thanks

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can you put 2x 400 watts in a 4x4 space? you can but it will create a heat issue.. so you would have to make sure your ventilation is strong... minimum 300CFM fan at least

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mark would adding some cheap floros t5s in a 1000 watt hps grow room help in any way? ahh, no ...  1000W is so much more powerful I doubt this will do anything or even in a vegg room with a 400 watt would it help in any way in a veg room with a 400W yes... 

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Grow Light Position: Horizontal or Vertical?

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1. I HAVE NO PROBLEM GERMINATING SEEDS. WHEN GERMINATED I TRANSPLANT TO ROCKWOOL AND THEY GROW TO 4 INCHES TOPPLE OVER AND DIE. THIS HAS HAPPENED 2 TIMES. $300 but some "cheap" seeds first OUT THE WINDOW. ANY IDEA WHAT I AM DOING WRONG ? THE TEMP IS GOOD AND THE SEEDLING IS ABOUT A FOOT FROM THE FLUORESCENT LIGHT. CANT FIGURE IT OUT.... something about the water pH... you need to tell me more about how/when you water them and describe the process as best as you can.... I suspect your pH is doing damage but ... is it the water or is it something your doing?

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can i clone a clone? yes when it grows up a little

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what will happen if i cut my plant 3 days early or 2 days late...(56 days on flowering) 2 days? nothing, a week early the high may last a little shorter... if you cut a week later then cannabis becomes more sleepy 

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Hey mark hope all is well :D Have a quick question about ventilation. I have a 400w running with low temps in the 2nd week of bloom. I have a carbon filter setup in a tent and the air from the tent being blown into a good sized room where the tent is, i also have a window open for fresh air to come into the room. Is the air from the tent that is being blown back into the room ok? so long as you do not mind slight rise in humidity than its ok  Or should i vent the air from the tent to the window? IT IS always better to blow outside because you have better smell control (it all goes outside) but in general if you can maintain the correct temperatures then you are ok, plants do not care how you maintain temps so long as you maintain them  Thanks for the time and all the help in the past and now! 

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mark whats up.....4x4x6/5 1000 watt how many plants how tall how many times toped what would be the best reflector to use in a space that small with a 1000 watt hps 10 plants NOT topped.... or 5 plants topped once .... that's in promix.... in a water system it would be a lot more .. 30?

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Hi mark i cut 30 (clones) i started in promix hp, under (8) t8s in 16 oz cups.3 weeks later i transfer to 1 gal under same t8s. 17 day later they are at 12 inches with around 15 to 16 nodes.I plan to transfer 30 to 2 gal, place under a 1000 in a (5Lx5Wx6.5H) space,i would like to sog them.When is it better to cut bottom branches off in veg or 2 weeks into bloom?.when doing sog how much do u remove. if its 1 foot with 16 nodes do u keep the top 4 to 6 nodes that leaves a 4 inch plant the top plus 4 nodes under in a 2 gal pot.do u think if all is ok i can get 14/15 oz from this? thank u for your time anything that does not get any light can be safely cut off... in general this means the bottom 1/3 of the plant can be chopped off.... but with large plants its best to use bamboo stakes and spread out the branches so the light can reach into the canopy better... then few days later take off the underbrush.... a pound from a 1000W is expected

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Hello i been a reader of the site for a while now. I just recently read the biography and i like the fact you served in the cf. here is my problem i was medicalreleased after several years due to torn rotor cuff and depression which was later changed to bipolar disorder. After giving me a cocktail of different meds oxycontin, prozac, seroquel ect i complained that the pain meds were not helping me and screwing with my head so they switched me to methadone. Needless to say i am trying to get off the methodone without having to take anymore meds and the only thing that really helps me without haveing bad side effects is pot but my current doctor is old and dosent support medical marijuana. Im sure i can get all proper documentation that a doctor would need but the only problem is i cant seem to find a doctor that is a supporter of medical marijuana in the toronto area. I dont know if you can help but if you know of any doctors in the gta area any help would be much appreciated. this place ... may be expensive

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Mark, don't know if this may help you or anyone else but the habitat for humanity store in Barrie has quite a few all new 400 watt mh ballasts, both indoor at two for forty dollars and sealed outdoor single units at forty dollars ea. I also bought four 400 watt mh bulbs for 6 bucks ea. They have quite a few, and a complete used 250 watt hps unit for 30 dollars. They had three more of those. They also had a few 1000 watt bulbs mh for 16 dollars and quite a few complete metal fixtures for hps units (looks like they were made for yard lighting) of varying watts. No hps bulbs though.

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i am going on week 3 of bloom when should i do the second pruning like all the suckers and some fan leaves plants are very big like 5-6 feet from top of the soil and really bushy.did i veged too long or is it the20 gallon pots that i have them in week 2 to 4 of blooom is the time to prune the bottom 1/3 of the plant

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what is the best reflector to use when growing with a 1000 watt  I use all 36" or 48" round vertical.... horizontal reflectors are best for tables and rockwool setup 

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can t8 32 watts fluorescent lights be used to begin the seedling stage instead of the recommended t5 fluorescent lights? yes, if someone "recommends" a particular light for sprouting they are probably selling them, for sprouting any light works Is there a significant difference or are they relatively the same for this stage of growth?...its all the same but technically speaking with a more powerful light they stretch less... but until they are 2 or 3 inches tall its hard to tell thanks

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hey mark one last question, when should i keep them by the window when they are sprouting till when? ...after May 24th is warm enough and you can place them outside when is the time to expose to sunlight for first time? ...first 24 hours outside place them in a shade first, then afterwards place them in full sun... if they droop a bit place them back in the shade for another 24 hours in the shade, then try again.. at first full sun may be too much for them but they will get used to it  thanks alot :)

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hey mark, just a couple of questions on what to do in the seedling stage. After germination which sprouting method should i use? should i use the dome method or what im really unsure on which actions should be taken during the seedling stage. Also, is promix a good soild for starting off the seedlings, or should i use potting soil? use promix (or any other brand I don't want to seem like I'm plugging pro-mix the brand, there are other, and all hydroponics stores have them) because it has correct pH for the type of seeds you use.... thanks for all the help all methods of germination work, this is a professional way here, ...like I said in post below.. get some promix (or similar), get some beer cups (red ones are good), and place seeds 1/2 inches below the surface of the promix, wet it with tap water, place it on the window and wait for late May, you may or may not have to get some nutrients before they go outside, if you see the leafs turn yellow, it would be a sign of underfeeding

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You say to put the plants outdoors on the 20th, So what should i do before then other than germinating? get some promix (or similar), get some beer cups (red ones are good), and place seeds 1/2 inches below the surface of the promix, wet it with tap water, place it on the window and wait for late May, you may or may not have to get some nutrients before they go outside, if you see the leafs turn yellow, it would be a sign of underfeeding

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when is it too late to start cloning, can i clone after bloom/flowering? or only when its in veg? take clones in veg only, but if you must clone in bloom, clone only in the first 2 weeks of bloom and then only the bottom branches.... if you take a clone off of a plant in the 3rd week or after the clone will most likely never recover and if they do, it may take a month(s?)

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Hey Mark. Thank you for your useful tips for germination. I just wanted to let you know I had great success germinating seeds and the seedlings look thick. How much does White Widow X Buddha yield for outdoors on the average and when is her harvest time? yield is notoriously hard to predict .. anywhere from 1/4 lb to 1.5 lbs depending on the summer sun, rain, your skill, conditions, luck, more luck etc, etc.. if I get a 1/2 per plant i would be relived, more is a blessing... harvest is late September or early October, but we will all be waiting (here and other forums) for the perfect week to do it... it depends on how much sun there was and how cold Sep. gets... 

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lol sorry for the inconvenience mark I meant to ask when does it harvest I assume you mean when/period to harvest the Summertime.. end of September or early October for harvest outdoors, late Sep IF its a awesome weather (i.e. sunny) and early Oct if the weather sucks (i.e. rainy)... I did not read the Q correctly not yield, lol and thanks for all the advice man!

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when does summertime buddha yield outdoors? a pound without too much trying... less with bad weather and is it bad if some ants get into the soil outdoors.. ants should not really damage the roots, unless you planted right on top of a colony... thanks a lot :)

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Site users like Highguy and Pot4Sale have no right on this forum. This forum was set aside by Mark to assure that people who need meds for legit reasons are not bullied by those enforcing unjust laws and attempts to entrap the users of this forum who are trying to educate themselves on a safer way to get there meds. Chill out and let Ottawa run it's course the war is OVER ! thank You

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hi, be honest with me if you can, I have no intention of buying seeds, I casually walk around your store can I score some weed? no

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in first week of flowering 3 days to be exact, do you think topping now would cause hermi or even males? it would retard their growth .... first 2 weeks of bloom is when plants still grow, after that they produce buds ... if you pinch them at any point now they will become a bit stunted... not damaged just .. stunted for a week and then they will resume, but its not a good thing... I can not say for sure if they would become hermie or not... but pinching should be done a week before going into bloom.... if you have space problems its better to get some bamboo sticks and force them side ways with some creative staking...

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would i get the same yield if i veg with 400 watt instead of a 1000 mh    1000W makes plants a little bit more bushier and less stretchy then a 400W... so it would takes some skills to make a plant yield the same vegged or bloomed with a smaller light then a bigger one...

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when do my hairs start to change color on my weed plant week 7 in 80% of cases .. but not on all cases... some can be week 8

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Hi Mark. I am making the switch from regular to organic nutes. I have decided to go with Botanicare's Pure Blend Pro line. Do I need to mix worm castings and/or extra perlite in with my promix when using organic nutes to have a successful yield? there is never any need to mix extra stuff into promix, extra perlite would let more water through ... may be in winter to allow quicker aeration but definitely not in summer... Nutrients you want are great (just shake them before using as it settles on the bottom).. I would still add a bud booster (PK-13-14 or DNF Bloom Fortifier) from week 3 to 6 of bloom AND some form of sugar (Adv.Nutr. carbo load, or Botanicare Sweet) for weeks 2 to 7, all on top of your regular nutrients..... assuming week 7 and 8 is your leaching or can I go without? you can simply use only Pure Blend Pro... with the sugars and bud booster the yield is better and they end up a bit tighter but you can definitely go without the additives I hear alot of people do this when using organic nutes. Thanks organic means using Pure Blend Pro because its organic and never spraying it with pesticides (for bugs)... sugars are organic but bud boosters are often non organic 

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hey MARK CAN YOU TELL ME WHAT IS MAKING MY LEAVES TURN YELLOW ON THE EDGES. I THINK ITS FROM LOW NUTRIENTS , ALSO WHAT METER WOULD YOU RECOMMEND FOR TESTING THE NUTRIENT LEVEL. you would need to tell me what it is that you are feeding them now... if nothing then they are turning yellow because they need food... how much food depends on what kind of light you have

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Hi Mark, thanks for the tip, I used the heat mat just for warmth,it is the kind that come with the jiffy kit for seeds, My home is very cool and the closet where I tried this is on an outside wall. usually < 65f I thought that would be too cool to germinate. you have the right idea ... if it feels too cold for you its too cold for seeds.. its best to sprout them in the kitchen to maintain right temps

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mark would it be ok to buy a clone and put it under a 24 watt t5 for about 3 weeks then but it under a 400 watt light sure that sounds ok...what is the max space a 400 watt can do? 3 (feet) x 3 but 4 x 4 would work too.... for clones you could probably get away with 6 x 6.. but remember that they will stretch and not "grow".. which then can be fixed by cutting the tops off and/or pinching the tops

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mark what do you think of grow tents? they work.. problem is that you can probably build one yourself for less money from some wood and B/W film

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Hi, I thought I better ask at this point what I am doing wrong. I bought 5 summertime /Buddha seeds and followed your info on sprouting. I got a heating mat for jiffy pot for constant low heat why? if that's my instructions, I never said a heating mat? jiffy can cook in that put a plate in the planter placed a square of paper towel down watered that till moistened, not real wet, and laid in four seeds. I covered that with another paper towel square moistened but not real wet and covered that with another plate. I also planted one seed in a jiffy peat pod as my son said that worked for him. I did check to see they did not dry out excessively over the next week and nothing happened. at all. I returned with the packet to store and got a replacement packet no problem. This time after reading more on the net I did all the same things with the addition of saran wrapping the plate to keep moisture in..same results. I also got 5 blueberry skunk seeds last time I was in (I got the Summertime for wife she is dealing with long term pain issue) I thought that maybe the summertime seeds were older seeds so I have started the blueberry two days ago, Now I am getting worried as I see no change in them after 48 hours, What am I doing wrong? jiffy pots have bad pH, the dry out quicker then you think and usually people leave them exposed to light (tiny light is ok, sun is bad) some people are lucky with them but I could have a long argument with them.. anyways ... the easies way is to 1. take a glass of tap water  2. put seeds in water  3. stir the water with a spoon well to add oxygen    4. place in dark place... 5. check daily and if a seed "pops' transfer it into a pot with Promix exposed to small light (or behind a curtain but not in direct sunlight)

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Hi Mark, I have 4 SHSK mid week 6 of bloom. I have noticed onne in particular has decreased water demand, ie the pot is still very heavy and dark. The others are lighter and almost ready for watering on schedule. The plant looks very healthy. Is this something to be concerned about? most likely they are just different, but in the end there is nothing you can do.... you still have to wait for her to dry out so plan accordingly.. and flush her sooner then the rest... often something happened in her past (some stress who knows) and she never recovered...  How should I flush if the plant is not using any water? just flush sooner that's it.. if you flush all plants at week 7, try flushing her at the end of week 6 (as example) Much appreciated as always. HD.

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what would be better for growing outdoors in Ontario fast pine or summertime Buddha? since we are out of fast pine, summer time is better :-)... seriously, its a personal call and I do not get into endorsements... summertime is easy, good and forgiving.. all good qualities.... and its a favorite for many return customers which one produces a better quality smoke? Also can i put these seeds on hold and then pick one up at the store? sorry we are not organized enough to do this... potheads we all are you know

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mark what would be the proper forms i would need to have singed or get my doctor to singed for me to get a mmar license...would i need to get all forms singed from form A to form F? i do not know of any specialties that would singed.. there for i can not get all forms singed so i just want to make sure that all the appropriate forms are singed so i dont have any unnecessary delays....1.  You sign form A,    2. then EITHER a regular doctor signs Form B1 or a specialist signs Form B2...      3. then you need to EITHER fill out Form C (to grow your own, even if you do not want to grow fill it out) + Form F (consent of landlord) or Form E1 (buy pot from HC) ..... Health Canada will delay your application if you do not do step 3.... I understand that asking for the landlord to sign Form F is often impossible .... if landlord wont sign I would fill form E1 even if I would not smoke their garbage .. remember you do not need to buy their pot..

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Where can I buy Superthrive? I live in central ontario... I have been using b-52 by advanced nutrients but I've been told superthrive is a better and cheaper b1 supplement. In the States I'm pretty sure Walmart and Home Depot carry it but here in Canada I don't think they do. Or is there any other easy to find b1 supplements you can recommend? Thanks in Ontario only Hydroponics store sell B1 and then they all sell different brands... BTW superthrive and B52 are both severely overpriced... also BTW B1 in general is a waste of money during regular growing/blooming cycle... B1 is only for stress and/or transplant and/or rooting... added at any other time is a waste of your money 

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mark can you tell me what Form B1 does for me if i were to get a doctor to singed it...also is there a second part that comes with the form for me to sing...or the the b1 application for the doctor?.. YOU fill out FORM A and sign it, the doctor can only sign FORM B1 -  IF you have one of few listed problems.. IF you do not have those few big problems (listed on page 2 of B1) your doctor can not sign it... then you need FORM B2 and a specialist needs to sign it

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when should i start growing outdoors? start now indoors as it takes few weeks to get them big enough for outside, and take them outside only after May 20th

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Where can I get hooked up with compassionate doctor around the GTA, that could guide through mmar application with high success? Much love good news see this clinic.. bad news.. $650

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hi mark i have a space that is about 4 and a half feet deep and 4 and a half feet wide and 7 feet tall...would i be able to grow in this space with a 1000 watt hps with the same results if i were to grow in a 5 ft by 5 ft or 6 ft by 6 ft.....if so. how many plants would you grow and how big would you grow them and how many times do u top them (meaning cut off top half inch)? in a 4/5 x 4/5 7 ft tall space to get 12-16 ounces of dry bud? your problem may be ventilation, smaller spaces hold more heat, so a fan rated at 250CFM minimum I would get and 300+CFM is probably better... there is no real difference in how you grow other then you physically have less space and 4.5 x 4.5 x 7 is perfect... for plants I mean not for you to feel comfortable or anything.... your yield may be smaller then if you had .. say 6 x 6 but ... but we are only  talking about an ounce or two.. I would grow the standard 10 plants, eliminate the males, pinch twice once when 5 inches tall and second time when 8 or 12 inches high, then bloomed at .. around 10 -15 inches... I can not be specific because out of 10 plants you will get 10 different types of tallness and bushiness so one plant me be pinched twice BUT some other may never be pinched ... the rule being, if its too tall pinch it more 

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when u 5 feet by 5 feet how tall should it be ? a 1000W light is ONLY good for 3 feet away from the bulb therefore a plant taller then 4 feet is too tall as the light can not reach the bottom foot...and what about 4x4 with a 1000 watt...would a 1000 watt would ok in a 4x4 space? ok yes, smaller spaces also have problems with heat, as in they need better ventilation.. heat accumulate in smaller spaces....also what are the advantages of using lets say 5x5 or 6x6 then if i were to use a 4x4....would i still get the proper amount of bud? it all comes down to experience, in a smaller space they still grow well compared to 5x5 or 6x6 but in a larger space your yield will be slightly better... by 10 or 20% may be tops... 

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hey mark hows it going, I bought a few hundred dollars worth of seeds earlier in the year and I just opened the summertime buddha pack and there were only 4 seeds.... Can i come into the store for the fifth one thanks yes

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Hey, mark i am only growing a small 3 plant grow area and i was lucky enough to have all 3 become famales on my first grow. But i am now 2 and a half weeks into bloom and noticed the 2 healthier ones now turning hermie as far as i can tell with my limited experience of looking on the internet. I picked off the balls like your suppose to right? NOT all plants become hemries just because there is a ball or balls... ...I just have a couple questions about hermies, will they continue to keep growing more balls all the way through bloom? so i will keep having to pick them off like weekly? and also I'm wondering the main causes of stress that turn females into hermies? a hermie is created usually because temperatures are over 30C constantly and/or overcrowding and/or ... feminized seeds which were really hermie seeds in a first place... or .. rare.. watering too often... doubt this one in your case... often plants actually have a few "balls" growing under each bud, this is not a male flower, I am sure there is a name for it, but I don't know it... you may chose to remove it, I would not, what I would be looking for is an actual honest to goodness flower.. a fucking flower opening from this "ball"... if I see this then its a hermie... no it wont pollinate everything, its usually pollinates in the vicinity of the "flower".. removing THIS flower then is the priority... if no flower, this ball is normal.... with 3 plants this should not be a major bother to check them once every couple of days.. or why not daily 

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Mark. would you have a link to outdoor growing , in particular feeding schedule ,outdoor additives to increase yield,etc for sunshine mix 4 ? I have heard of injecting food colour?? into stem to change colour of plant. never heard, but I am a "conservative" as in if it isn't broke don't fix it, so "new" things don't interest me too much Questionable very I will try grafting in piece of an old ink cartridge? lol. Have learned ALOT from your posts.When switching from veg to bloom outdoor, is it necessary to flush medium ? no, but step-down from veg is preferred before adding bloom food 1mg/l is not much food. They would have used it up,no? assuming you mean 20-20-20-like nutrients, then Yes I will go by your strict 1mg/l method. Feed when watered always. my method prefers more expensive food ;-) but bare in mind that 1mg/L is for mature plants and seedling need less No thrive while in bloom. B1(thrive) is good only for transplanting, root problems or young plants, after that B1 is useless Take bottom 1/4 off, if needed, when switching to bloom to minimize stress.20-20-20 instead of MG. those two are the same thing only re-marketed under different names I used 10-60-10 this is a "bud-booster" (for pot, for other plant its a primary nutrient) .. meant to be added ONLY during a specific period in bloom usually on top of regular food .... so as a primary nutrient it would be insufficient to sustain a plant through the entire bloom period... having said that pot is still "weed" so its not like she dies or anything. one year to bloom (Schultz Ultra bloom). No wonder it wasnt good smoke.Thanks, again and again.

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Hi, Mark. I have never grown cannabis plants before; I am really thrilled to germinate them soon. I hope it would easier for me to tell female from male... I am wondering what kind of stage I should tell female from male cannabis plants at least. Should I wait to detect them by the pre-flouring stage? the only time a plant can tell you her/his sex is around the 2nd or 3rd week of bloom indoors or mid July outdoors... most people grow plants (on veg cycle) and take a clone or two from each plant .. then put the clones under a separate small light on 12/12 light cycle (i.e bloom) .... within a week or 2 (3 at worst) the clone will tell you the sex of the plant it came from... but to avoid this we carry feminized seeds... plant them and no need to sex

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have a good 420 =)

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HAPPY 420 EVERYBODY!!!!! WHOOOHOOO

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what is the best space for a 1000 watt hps by the book 5 feet by 5 feet, I prefer 6 x 6 ... 

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if i am starting a grow in a 5x3 foot closet with a 400w hps, is it necessary to have ventilation, growing just 4 plants yes and no, if the temperatures stay with in 20-28C then you need not ventilate, but come summer you may have to rig something up... in addition, ventilation is not just for temperatures, its also for re-directing the smell away from your neighbors... but if that is not a concern then the temperatures is the only factor to set up ventilation

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Hey mark its been awhile since i have needed your support. thx a million for helping me get this far. K so i have had my mothers growing for a couple of months now, i took clones off them and rooted them and i have switched the light cycle to 12/12 on the clones for the past say 7 days i took several pictures of the same plant and was wondering if you could help me determine the sex. i think its a male but i dont want to through out a healthy mother if its not male.. thx mark hope the photos are clear enough. looks like a male, but give it another 7-10 days to make sure... .. but from the picture its a male

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Hi mark. Thanks for the answers. Nice to know there is someone out there like yourself willing to respond to anyone...they are trimming us down like trees.. You say all little branches should be cut off bottom bottom 1/3 (or those branches that get no light) of plant. Can you do this during veg if wanted to keep in veg to cut more clones? of course, in veg you can cut anywhere you wish, if you want the plant to end up tall, cut only the bottom branches, but if you want the plant to bush-out cut the tops off.. What are the little white bumps on the stalk at the base of a mature plant?..I would need a picture Can a mature male plant pollinate a full blown vegging female? NO, even IF the male was blooming it would not be able to pollinate a NON-blooming (i.e. vegging) female plant Will a male clone produce pollen? IF bloomed YES, in veg never Can i put it with female clones and not worry about pollinating others? yes you can, as long as they are all on veg light cycle, both will grow and not pollinate each other Ever tried dying your plants to hide? ??? Are there actual female seeds, or just feminized? I can tell , regular seeds, by the shape of the seed if a male or female with a magnifying glass.Funny?Bout 80 % accurate. 80% is about the ratio of female to male germination in most gardens done by a mid to advanced growers haha. no joke. If a feminized seed hermies and you pollenate a clone you took off the same plant earlier, result is a freak of nature? you will get 75% chance of hermie plants, because the father is already F3 strain and now that it was hermied on purpose the offspring will most likely just hermie itself one way or another Maybe thats how you get the crossings to produce ultra high CBD and other cannabinoid levels? actually, I just learned about CBD/THC and its not something you can discuss without proper lab testing .... on the other hand we all developed brain-buds to taste for CBD or THC ... and that is a long discussing  Have to do it to find out i guess. Can a male plant be reversed into a female? no Part of it? never seen it, theoretically not possible as far as I know Ever grafted a marijuana plant? yes, but its a one time thing and the clones are not what the cross would imply so it led me nowhere Thank you for Your time. :-)

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10/4 Mark... I will keep it on 12/12 not going to f*** it up now to close to they end. Thank-you sir for all your Help. Keep it GREEN ALL :-)

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Hi Mark, I was on the Green House seed company website and they were talking about the White Widow. On her last week thay put her on 8/16 I thought it kind of strange, I just thought I would ask you I just never heard of this ... I've seen "darkens for last 2weeks", "darkens for 3 days in the end", "timer on 13/11 for sativa" .... not this particular combination... I guess they are trying to duplicate the decrease of light at the end of a season which I guess makes sense... but the only way to make sure this really works .. is to run 2 grows next to each other .. one on 12/12 and one on 8/16 ..... then compare yields, taste etc.... it is really difficult to do this objectively .... in the end people always come up with new ways of doing things, but its what sticks around that is the one to follow and 12/12 cycle is with us from the beginning and I would not experiment with it

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how big and how packed should my buds be 1 month into bloom using 1000 watt vague question, depends on so many things ...

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my plant just got 4 hours of extra sleep in bloom ....what is this going to do in the long run extra sleep once does no damage

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I will try to grow Marijuana plants. I would appreciate it if you give a piece of advice about when the best time to germinate for outdoor? Now or in late May? the plants can survive outside after May 20th, so you can sprout them indoors first 2 or 3 weeks before that date and keep them on the window until then

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Are you all aware that the Conservative party leaders would very much like to impose mandatory sentences for even the possession of small amounts of pot. So far they have been unable to get the other parties to agree to sentencing for less than 6 plants and have stalled passing of bills because they think it is inadequate. It is imperative that we all get out to vote and support the party most likely to over throw the conservative candidate in your riding.

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Hi Mark I'm 3 weeks into bloom and for the last 5 days my temp keeps going up and down from 25-35 i would say 31-35 degrees for about 2-4 hours every day for the last week what is this going to do yield lost? if so how much the plants process less food when at this heat and generally the buds lose tightness (they get fluffy) ... its hard to say how much yield is lost, 10-25%?? .... 

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Hi Mark what do u think of cutting the light cycle back to 8 on 16 off in the last week. of bloom??? WHY WOULD YOU DO THAT? 

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IF MY SEEDS HAVE GERMINATED BUT ARE NOT GROWING INTO SPROUTS CAN I RETURN THEM? IF NOT THEN HOW CAN I GET THEM TO GROW INTO SPROUTS /PLANTS FASTER I can only guarantee sprouting... in general, but we already spoke on the phone

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Hi again. I have just read all posts on forum. I disagree with you about cloning feminized seeds. Done it many times without any hermies or variation from mother plant. SensiStar, Rocklock, Super Lemon haze,IAF,all feminized and all direct from company. can vs. should.... you can but should you? feminized plants are essentially F3 or cousins, inbred on purpose so you do not spread proprietary genetics... if you are good you can of course take care of inbred clones and they will make it with care... but my goal HERE is to teach people who just want to get some smoke, and if they are gonna take clones its best to take it from a F1 plant , then F2 and ... for you F3... (ps. inbred is not a negative word, its just genetics)  Have had personal conversations with actual breeders,shantibaba,doc gt, felix kautz, all say fem are clonable. never had a hermie clone. I take small clones, too. Thanks for letting my 2 cents worth in. I also didnt realize you can use rooting (10-52-10)food as a bud booster in soil outdoor.How? Add with bloom or instead? instead, but I find this to be a bit too ghetto for me (you need to know your plant because the dosage can be tricky) so I only tell this to those who are excessively cheap Half and half? Would ,once outside and big, it be possible to force budding by giving them 30-36 hours of darkness, fed bloom food, and put back outside? I have no opinion on this as I find this method un-provable, in the end the plants self-adjust to whatever time cycle the outside cycle is .. so I do not belief this does anything, but lets say you have a plant that is late to the game (mid-July), than it may help to speed start the bloom since the outdoors is in mid-bloom already, but again I am working form a theory not practice I have had clones that started to bud instead of regrow under 24 hr light.?? do they have rutheralis mix in the genes? the only other time this happened it turned out the timer was broken Should superthrive be used during watering? I use B1 all the time Like one drop per gal? sure, superthrive is nothing but B1 so 1 drop per Gallon or 1 ml per litter is all good Any way to force early budding on outdoor plants other than light cycle? I do not know chemically? don't know Can you reuse soil if flushed and dried? I know people who do and they seem fine, I don't cause I'm lazy, it involves sifting to remove roots, just too much work Add anything to it, like manure(1-1-1)? I have no experience with manure

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Hey Mark, Great site, great work. Wondering if you still have any Fast Pine it is sold out / Summertime Buddha is in stock in stock?  Looking to grow outdoors this summer. Thanks, Fraser any of the Toronto420 brands will do well outdoors in Ontario because they were bred here

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Hi Mark. A few questions. Have 12+ yrs experience but you the man so here goes. IAF from doc greenthumbs growing under 24 hrs light. Just cut clones, less than fifth of plant.Plant is big (2 months old). how soon can i feed plant after cut clones? immediately but at a much lower dosage, lets say half of normal or a bit less, but you should  not just withdraw food (as in, no plain water)... when you cut then give plain water its like a double stress, its always best to mix at least 25% (of normal) of food (at lowest) ...  How soon should I remove sucker leaves from remaining tops I want to regrow? I do this when I take clones, removal of any foliage or clones should be done all at once as "cutting" anything is stressful so you want to do it all at once, once a week if they regrow (and they should)  What is the best powder food for outdoor soil? there is only one kind (20-20-20 for veg and 10-30-15 for bloom) sold under multiple brands, careful as they are very concentrated and its easy to make a mistake.. start off with 1 ml/G and add more only if the weather is awesome (sunny)  Grow and bloom for some reason I can not find the standard 10-30-15.. may be its seasonal, but I am sure a hydro store has it or has similar powder ,please. If exposed root from coco pellet starts dying, will other roots grow if planted in soil asap? YES Why do roots out of rockwool NOT die like this? its about exposure to light, I think that even in rockwool they would die if there was light they seem to grow exposed to O2 and strong light better that any pellet. I have no answer as I have grown promix next to coco and I saw no difference in how both behave, but cover them up anyways as its not good for roots to be exposed even if they look ok, its still stress You dont use superthrive Or PH you water in you cloning section? NO, when cloning you must expose the cutting to some reasonable stress and pH at 7 (which is normal) is this kind of "stress", the idea is that they get water BUT with wrong pH they develop roots first (to look for proper water).. when you pH the water for them there is NO INCENTIVE to create roots so you may see something weird, like a cutting growing (slightly) but there is no roots.... Thank you for your time. Will have more questions in depth questions soon.

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can i use regular potting soil instead of promix or will this damage my crops regular potting soil has incorrect pH ... so the plants will live but they will not thrive and will look small and stretchy compared to plants grown in promix or similar

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hello im about 3 weeks into bloom my plant got 12 hours of about 33-35 degrees is this going to effect the yield is so how much 12 hours may damage the leafs and its prudent to leach them for a water cycle or two, but the overall yield should not suffer too much so long as the leafs don't look damaged, in order to affect the plant this heat would have to last for a week or so .. may be less time with 35C (that's pretty high)... again it depends how the leafs look, are they curling? drooping?

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I am still a newby but have had 4 successful crops (by my low standards ) so far mostly with P.K. and Northern Light/ buddah. I am currently waiting for medical exemption...should be mid may according to Government. My question Mark is can I purchase clones and if so what should I expect to pay. I will be allowed 3 grams per day ( 15 plants ). once you get the permit, clones are $5/clone, Purple Kush, OG Kush, Chemo, and Ice available

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Mark, I have 4 nice Shiska/Buddha in week 5 of Bloom. I mean really nice- they look very mature for their age, and you note in your description 7-8 weeks to harvest, could these be 'mature' by week 7? by the end of week 7 yes, beginning of week 7 NO...  I have a good magnifier and will be watching the trichs develop, but am planning on your standard 8 week harvest. I find that most plants smoke better when harvested at 56 days BUT this is a preference and you may decide to cut at 49 days Also, what are your thoughts about distilled water for the final watering (or 2). technically its ok but I never tried it so I can not say for sure, personally its too much pain for me, and from what I see distilled water make no difference as far as I can tell when it comes to smoke Very hard water north of the city. then it may help indeed but you should try this on ONE or TWO plants for the entire cycle... I am not sure there is any point using distilled water just for leeching, but it may help to use it through out the cycle (again on one or two plants first and compare)  As always, your experience with these plants is invaluable and much appreciated. Thanks again, HD. :-)

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Good Day ALL!!Hope u are all keeping it GREEN. Mark should the Oscillating fans be turned off when in Bloom Cycle too ?? Like when lights are off. best to turn it off when they sleep I do keep my inline fan on thow right inline (out) fan should be ON 24/7??? !!Tkx Smoke One For Me!!

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my plant got 2 hours and 30 min of extra sleep. it's better if they got too much sleep then light, so they may be delayed but they are probably not too stressed out, but there is nothing you can do other then continue the cycle as is (with proper timing) ..is this going to effect my yield yes, less yield, as in smaller buds im 15 15 days into bloom..also when should i start to trim my bottom 1/3 after the end of the 2nd week of bloom

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Hey mark how`s it going, seeing as I live with my parents I can`t start the seeds inside, so could I place them in starter pots outside until they reach 5 inches then plant them directly into soil? thanks until May 20th (or so) the outside temperatures are too low and your seedlings will die, that is why you must start it indoors first.. or plant them after May 20th.... I have no solution to your parent problems :-)

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Mark, reading some of your posts..you seem a bit edgy, you should smoke more or try being a little nicer to your customers.. if you mean the post about "whether the seeds are real" then how would you respond 1. They are fake (seriously?) or 2. they are real (trust me?)... so I get pissy..they might just go to the seed bank down the street that sells YOUR seeds cheaper than you do.... Just a suggestion. Cheers! sorry I found only 3 seed banks you could go to, go ahead and let me know how nice they are to you, oh, yeah, ask them how to grow, they will help you... come back when you are ok with my mood swings (I am a medical user after all medicating specifically for mood disorders) ..... 

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After germinating can I plant seeds directly outdoors in soil, or should I do something different? sprout first indoors, transplant into promix and keep indoors, allow them to grow up (5 inches is ok) before taking them outside... the time to take them outside is around May 20th

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okay so i have purchased Afghani Gold and Purple skunk and i am planning on planting them outdoors. i have held off planting them because of the cold weather and i am wondering if it is warm enough (in souther Ontaio) to plant them now. Also i am planning on planting them in pots with Topsoil mixed with cow manure, is this ideal? you have to sprout them indoors first in promix (or similar), get them to about 4-10 inches tall and then take them outside around May 20th, it is too cold to simply leave the seeds outside un-sprouted

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Hey Mark, I was wondering if this type of soil is good to be used for outdoor planting; Gro-Max: formulated for optimal root growth with a blend of compost, aged bark, peat, sand and topsoil. It is balanced for pH, water holding capacity and air porosity. Thanks I really do not see any advantages over promix (or any triple mix) ... not that its not a great product.... problem for me is that I prefer to add the nutrition to the soil rather then soil having already mixed stuff in it... for beginners, I guess may be that is the way to go

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I bought 25 seeds 10 days ago and none have sprouted fully do I just come into the store with the seeds and envelopes for an exchange? make sure you bring the seeds and the packaging

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I am going to be growing outdoors and I don't want to use any feed or fertilizer, what is the best soil to use you should still use promix unless the plants will be watered with well/outside water (not tap water, promix is for tap water), then you can use the dirt outside... if you do NOT use any fertilizer then the root system must be connected to the ground so the roots can tap into some underground nutrition...

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hello everyone one. is a sun blaster cfl blub its good enough if not very weak, the problem is that your plants should not really get bigger then 1 foot tall as this is the limit of CFL... I mean she can be taller but only the top 1 foot of the plant will get strong light and not really anything below that good to keep a mother plant under and which spectrum red is for bloom are blue is for veg for one mother plant to take clones from. this might even help my friend bonez who has the post before mine. thanks again!

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HELLO MY FRIEND I WANA ASK ABOUT KEEPING A FEMANIZED PLANT IN VEG MODE SO I CAN TRY TO TAKE CLONES. CAN I PLACE THE PLANT UNDER FLOURSENT LIGHTS IF YES HOW MANY WATTS AND WHAT SPECTRUM LIKE DAYLIGHT OUR SUNSHINE? IN MY GARDEN I USE METAL HAILDE 400WATT BUT WANT TO KEEP A MOTHER PLANT IN ANOTHER ROOM TO TRY CLONES. THANKS YOU FOR THE GREAT CUSTOMER SERVICES BOTH ON THE NET AND AT YOUR STORE THANK YOU its is not recommended to take clones off of feminized plants... feminized plants are F3 (3rd gen), which means they are cousins.. the clones taken off of these plants will be very weak and .. most likely will die... the best mother plants are made off of F1 seeds which are never feminized... the purpose of feminized seeds is to avoid cloning and sexing

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Just wondering about my order...the email you sent me stated that I should receive my shipment about a week after my credit card was charged and it's already been 2 weeks. I tried replying to your email but it bounced back saying it was undeliverable. What gives? 3 weeks is not unusual if on a long side of things as I take my "sweet" time to make sure your cc is not stolen ... I also say that I don't do emails very well (bounced? mark@toron**420.com) that is why there is a number up there (647-835-4212) and you should please call me to check .... 

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mark im 8 days into bloom i dont have a timer so im off on 1-3 minutes sometimes its 1-3 minutes off and sometime 1-3 min on..but today i forgot and my light was on for 28 extra minutes.. ......so is this 28 extra minutes  no problem .... but only technically speaking another 2 minutes and you may have (some) damage... 1/2 hour or 30 minutes short or late does not seem to make any difference speaking from experience, although try being on time (more or less) consistently going o effect the outcome of the yield

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what are the best inline fans to use...is a Inline Fan (Active Air) 6" 400CFM worth 150? it is worth the money as you will have a hard time finding this cheaper (new)...i see bustin has two kind vortex and active air what is better? as long as it is NOT this (booster fan) type but THIS type (this is a proper typical boring reliable inline fan) .... all inline fans are the same, as long as the fan you get is inline and not "booster" or "squirrel" type then brand comes down to marketing.... some have metal blades some have plastics, I like all metal everywhere but I can not say I ever broke ANY inline fan EVER, I still have fans from 15 years ago and they work 24/7 ... with breaks of course, I get busted too often :-)

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I meant to say 6 feet tall. ....just on the edge of what I consider to be too small, but it should work

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Holla. I have a grow space that is ten feet wide by 16 feet long and approximately 6 and a 1/2 inches tall. What size exhaust fan would you recommend? this depends on lights used, this space could have 6 x 1000W at most so the calculation is something light this - every 1000W needs 150 CFM in exhaust power, 1 light 150CFM fan + carbon filer, 2 lights 300CFM, 3 = 450CFM, 4 = 600CFM, but in general I would get one size bigger then necessary, since in the summer more ventilation is paramount I also have a dehumidifier unless your humidity is over 75% (and then u have house foundation issues) I would not use it at all ever So I know I'm going to need to purchase one of the contraptions that you plug the exhaust fan into and a dehumidifier. Something that will automatically control the climate. there is nothing out there that will "automatically" keep this going for a type of grower I teach on this forum, for serious professionals (and that's not even me) this is the stuff you want, I really know nothing about it as its meant for a custom setup, in my setup the exhaust fan is ON 24/7, and I manually regulate the intake air or A/C, its too simple to automate  It's my first grow and I'm just wondering about how to control the climate and what size/make exhaust fan I should purchase (one that has a 120v cord and ready to plug in . Thanks. you should start with a 400W light first, learn the cycle of this plant, see if this works for you (as there is nothing automatic about it) before you take off on an expensive journey thinking it will bring you a fortune

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Hi there. Looking at buying some Serious seeds. I was reading on Serious's website, and they say they do not ship to Canada, and that if anyone is selling their seeds, they are fakes. I noticed a guy asked about some seeds he bought, and was concerned. I want to spend a lot of money on seeds, and want to know if your Serious seeds are the real deal. Can you guarantee that they are genuine?? like I said before, if you think they are fakes do not buy them, I honestly do not care, and as to the legality of serious seeds coming over to Canada, I have a lawyer who is taking care of this and I will not reveal anything to you or cops reading this site

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i ordered some m39/freeze online and all went well with the visa, but i see now on a different page that those can not be ordered on line.$ came out on 14th mar. should i reorder? thx no, I always have some limited stock .. sort of just in case, like in your case

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you say to use the promix that comes in the black bags. On the rona site, they come in the white bags. Is it okay to use the white bags from Rona? yes, promix changed their packaging a year or two ago... just make sure its says pro-mix HP or BX

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hello mark.. i let me plant get about 24 hours of darkness before i put the plant into bloom.. and after about 7 hours with the 1000 watt light on it burned out so my plant got another 12 hours of darkness...now my plant is drooping pretty bad is this cuz of the 24 hours of darkness then 7 hours of light then another 12 hours a darkness..or would this just be shock of changing the 400 watt mh to the 1000 watt hps..(I'm going on day 3 in bloom).....is this going to effect the out come of the yield? if you switch from a weak light to a strong light you need to give them 24 hours to adjust to the new light, so its best to keep the 1000W 3 feet away from the plants (for 24/36 hrs) .... its also best to give them less nutrients if you have light problems, without a proper light a well fed plant could overfeed itself, but I think your problem is with the weak/strong light transformation and the lack of lights per se would not really create big problems .... I would just continue as if nothing happened because the stress already did its damage (minimal I think) so from now on just make sure the light cycle does not change again

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How long does auto ak47 take to Finish from seed? 50 days indoors, end of Sep. outdoors What is the potency compared to the serious seeds ak47? How's the average yield outdoors? feminized variety will never be as big or as potent as a F1 variety.... in order to make something feminized you must inbreed the strain (F1=pure, F2=inbreed, F3=very inbred)... so the bottom line is that in order to get something feminized you need to compromise on quality and/or yield (not a lot but still) ..... as an example, the feminized varieties can not be cloned, not because you shouldn't buy because the clones will die... that is the nature of feminized seeds, inherently weaker then F1 or even F2 strains ..... fem seeds are meant for beginners and those who just want to grow without the hassle of learning to clone, bread, having mother plants etc.

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@ Disco any time after May 24. correct

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when is the best time to plant afhgani gold outside? may 20th in general

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k got two mothers, lemon skunk and a bubba kush, bought 1 year ago. i'd like to cross the two. is there a way i can get a clone to male up so i can cross them and which one should i use as the male....there is no way to induce a male or a female ... it's a lottery.... it may not matter which male you chose as the offspring will resemble both mother and father in varying degrees .... its up to you to chose the traits you like...

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Hi Mark, Thank you for answering my previous questions. You indicated that DNF Clear was not that useful in week 8. 1) What do you recommend for week 8 flush? flushing begins in week 7 by stepping down nutrients beginning in week 7 down to 20% of normal and plain water in week 8 2) What is your best quality and quantity strain for hydroponics? white widow xxx 3) Below you mention light in the bloom room during night is bad. ANY, I mean ANY light (during their sleep), the tiniest amount will cause problems However I have been going in the room room for the past ten years. Usually 5 minutes in the morning to check the tri-meter values and adjust and 1 - 2 hours once a week during reservoir change. How much damage can I be doing? Thanking you in advance, Problem Child in a perfect world, when they sleep they should get ZERO light, if they do get light the plants tent to stop (not stop-stop, but interrupt) creating bud and start growing towards the light thus stretching, this stretching causes decreased yield... also when they get interrupted for more then 15 minutes they can revert back to veg (granted not likely but still possible)... and more important they could become hermaphroditic, the level of stress may be indicated by the amount of seeds... 1 or 2 seeds, small stress, 20+ seeds and you have a problem.... I do not doubt your experience and these plants are pretty bloody resilient, but the point is to remove any and all forms of stress if possible and light during sleep is just another stress (wont kill'em but stress anyways)

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I'm a double transplant patient on ODSP. Because of my special clinical circumstances, my doctor recommended that I get a Health Canada Medical Marijuana possession and cultivation cards. I now have these. The marijuana is a godsend, but the cost is killing me. I'm getting the run around from Health Canada, ODSP, Trillium etc. about whether there are any public assistance programs for persons in exceptional medical circumstances. Any info, advice or leads would be much appreciated. contact this club and ask them, they may have more info, but in short there is nothing out there that will help you officially..... 

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Hi mark. Just curious why the catalogue says the Rare Earth Rosetta Stone Feminized seeds are Outdoor only. What would go wrong if grown indoors under cfl's? nothing per se... a plant meant for outdoors tents to get big, I mean BIG, so indoors it will look like she is growing rapidly but not really bushing out.... to properly bushy-out she needs a lot of light .... so she will grow and bloom indoors under fluorescent but she will be giant, and stretchy and ultimately yield less then .. say another plant meant to be smaller and bushier 

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Bought some serious seeds today. Says they are in original packaging on ur website. Just wondering why they weren't vacuum sealed, and packed like it shows on Serious's website. I like to trust people, but just have to ask. Dutch Passion is in a funky special looking container, serious comes with a glass/plastic vial/container (vacuum sealed? I don't know) and a yellow card attached...... I am sorry but in the end if you have any doubt as to their originality, just don't buy it

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can i pre trim most of the fan leaves in week 7? plants are realy dense with foliage and light is being blocked to lower buds yes you can, should be done a bit earlier, say week 4 or 5

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one of my plants is in week 7 so i am starting to flush but it seems weird there is new growth (shoots) coming out of the buds this is supposed to be a 9 week finish plant what is wrong with it and what should i do? this is supposed to happen in the last week, it means they are ready top harvest, there is a technical name for this but I forget

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Hello, 2 questions for you today. 1. have you ever of heard of botanicare power series. It contains a veg formula, bloom formula and a high potency plant stimulant. this formula seems to be for outdoors as you can not vary the amounts of food, even as a beginner you must have total control over HOW MUCH you give them, when you have veg AND bloom together, there is always something that the plant wont need  I'm wondering if this would be a good set of nutes for a beginner. never heard of it but from experience there is nothing easier then their Pure Blend PRO series, one formula for veg and one for bloom 2. I was reading a previous post that said u got busted 4 times, but never convicted. I'm just wondering (I don't mean to be rude at all) why you weren't convicted. because I have a permit which is ALWAYS disregarded by the cops (so I get arrested) but respected by the crown (and not prosecuted)....  Did u have a license to grow? for the past 7 years Or during ur trial did u provide reasonable doubt. no, I have a permit which cops DO NOT respect, as in, just because you have a permit it does not mean shit in real life, all it means is that the crown will not go to trial I'm just wonder how you were able to not be convicted? great lawyers, permit and shit load of luck (plus balls of steel and a loving wife) Awesome site and community I love it keep it going.

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do you guys got lemon skunck x kush or ashole ....seeds see this page... if its not listen we do not have it

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thx for ur help mark first of all. this is regarding my post you answered (about 2 posts from the top) So im growing in a 4X4 tent with a 600w MH my temps are in between 25 - 27 degrees Celsius right now, my light is 1.5 - 2ft above plants proper distance is 12 to 18 inches away from the plant, this explains the slight overfeeding which is not really overfeeding but the light being too far... I think you should continue whatever you're doing but bring the light closer.. i posted three more pics.. So you already explained the reason there drooping is because there indica dominant strains, but i noticed on some of the plants new growth on the top, the very tip of some of the leaves have a little discoloration, did i over feed? I think once you bring the light closer this "issue" will disappear... right now they are getting proper nutrition but because the light is too far the plant can not process it correctly and this appears as too-dark green on your leafs... BUT you are not actually having any problems, the discolorations are just part of these plants growing... what I was looking for was the difference in green color between the fat/big leafs and the inner leafs closer to the top... your plant is a little too (dark) green... usually its overfeeding but in your case its the light that's too far...  what should i do? if a flush is required what should i do to the tap water because i don't have a ph tester and is there anything else i can give to these plants jst to keep them happy? so long as you always put even 20% of normal food/nutrients in the water then your pH is correct for sure, and even if you just water with plain water the promix adjusts the pH for you anyways so pH is not an issue for you... I hope this is enough info for you to give me a helping hand.. Thx again mark you have been a real great help through all this.. !Peace! Y... in the end, bring the light closer, mix about 10 or 20% less nutrients next time you feed them, leaching is unnecessary but after a week or two you can return to whatever you were feeding them before... 

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Do you have any good outdoor seeds at the moment? the entire Toronto420 line of seeds is bread for indoors AND outdoors... BUT its just the reverse when it comes to yield.. for large yield indoors what you want is a heavy Indica (like NL/Skunk or Blueberry Skunk) but for heavy yield outdoors you want a heavy sativa (like Summertime, or Shiskaberry) .... all my seeds are bread/selected/crossed indoors but when it comes to making quantity of seeds it all goes outdoors... so they are all good for outdoors within Ontario and indoors anywhere

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Mark can you put white Russian for sale online seed-bank please? can not, this strain technically is not available online...  the bloody seeds are too expensive to be mailed and I have an agreement with my supplier not to undermine others selling the same thing... so they are available in store only...

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hi mark.. got a question. My plants leaves are dropping downwards umbrella like?? what's the issue? and how can i make these plants happy again.. im not budding them out there my mother plants and i want to keep them healthy because i want to pull clones off them in the near future.. what do u think is the problem? I took some pic's it might have been from over feeding i noticed a little discoloration in some of the tips of the leaves of the new growth. there about 4week old plants in 5 gallon containers.. what should i do? flush them? im in toronto and i use the tap water should i use ph down or what.. im growing in pro-mix too... thx so much mark hope u can help me.. drooping hope all is well take care.. there is nothing wrong with the plants per se.... the leafs do this so-called- drooping because they may be too far from the light and/or too cold... please tell me more about what type of light you use, how far this light is and how much you feed them (and if you want too get me a close up of the very top of one plant, I may be seeing something but it may be just lack of focus on your picture)... on the surface they look good and I think you may be panicking too soon... many heavy indica plants behave this way so it may be just the strain type you have and/or when you feed well (well = just on the edge of too much but not too much) they tent to droop too... 

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wondering if i ca use rooting/cloning hormone on my germed seeds? i got this idea and was thinking it would help the seeds root faster but maybe not...? don't, the hormones needed by a seed are different then hormones needed by a stem of a mature plant..

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Hi Mark .Do u know when the fast pine will be back in stock?? hopefully a week or .. 

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do i need anything to buy seeds? 18+

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I am currently trying to do a little genetic research on a strain called auto Affie and guerilla gold. I remember seeing a starin called Afghani Gold for sale up on the site. i am just wondering if you could please tell me the genetics of this Afghani Gold strain or just the two parents that produced the seeds. Thanks Alot, Garrett I don't have this info, I did not bread this strain

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Just a quick question the yellow and dead fan leaves are they ok for making bubble? everything is ok to make bubble hash or cookies because everything is covered with tricones whether you can see it or not...

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Hi there. This past fall I purchased a pack of 5 (Toronto420 Seeds) Blueberry Skunk. Last week I started to germinate them using the exact same method recommend on HappyGirl.ca. Today is now the 5th day and not a single seed has sprouted. Using said germination method I usually have over 90% success rate. The seeds were purchased at The Sublime Cafe near the end of August & they were stored alongside my other seeds. (dark,dry,airtight container, back of fridge) I didn't receive a receipt of any kind although I should be able to dig the small manila envelope out of my recycling as proof of purchase yes if needed. Can I possibly exchange these? we'll just give you new once, bring whatever proves your purchase, packaging, seeds and come by the cafe

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Hello again Mark. Thanks for the quick reply (serious seeds white russian and bubblegum). Can you tell me if these are fresh? Is there any way you could hold a package of each for me until I get there next Friday? I will be coming for sure, and would hate to miss out, as I did last year with you. Mike seeds can stand in packaging for years at a time... these are less then 6 months old... but in the end you are taking your chances AND I must add there is absolutely nothing special about them to justify the price... I have them at this unreasonable price is because people ask me for them by name, I must pay shitloads to my supplier and u are willing to pay the premium, but I repeat, nothing special there

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Hey there. Big fan. I am hoping you can settle a long running debate between my friend and I. He insists that DNF Clear in week 8 is unnecessary yes and actually hurting no the plants. I figure the good people at DNF might have done some research on the matter and probably know what they are talking about. What is your expertise on the matter? Thanking you in advance. clearing solution is nothing but low nutrient water... this is the principle: when you mix 25% of regular nutrients, the water  dissolves salts accumulated on the roots better then lets say plain 0% (nutrients) water ... I am sure that "clear" claims to have some better ingredients then just "low level" nutrients but I find it to be absolutely useless product...

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I have noticed the new seeds from I believe rare earth. I am currently growing your NL x Buddha and I like the yield potential. Do you know if the rare earth chronic would be a bigger yielder given the same growing conditions of the NLxBuddha? rare earth are feminized therefore they are not the same genetics as T420... feminized are a bit more finicky and the t420 are more forgiving... remember that you should not clone off of a feminized plant... but in the end when everything is equal both will do just fine, but I never grew them side by side...

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Hi Mark. I will be in your area on March 17th. I would like to know if you have Serious Seeds White Russian yes and Bubblegum yes, as well (like 2 or 3 packages in stock in both cases) in stock. I know it says it isn't sold out, but want to make sure this is correct. I want one package of each. I also assume these come in their original, unopened packages? yes, and there is no warranty, in a sense that, if it does not work out for you at best you get me to replace it with our own brand and not another package of serious If you could put these away for me, it would be greatly appreciated! I will be coming for sure, and my name is Mike. Thanks again.

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Hey Mark ... can you give me your opinion on the use of molasses during the flowering stage . I have heard it increases the density of the buds . Could you tell me what kind ( black strap molasses ? ), how much and for how long you should use it or if you use it at all ? Thx for your continuing help ! I like so-called sugars added from week 2 to 7 of bloom, molasses is just another form of sugar... molasses (any pure black strap molasses at 2-4ml/L) = the following products: sweet or carboload ... so don't mix molasses and these products at the same time.... and I myself have mixed results, I prefer the commercial products I linked to then pure molasses 

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seedlings are about 2-3 " tall but there almost touching the top of the incubator. when do i take them out and place in normal pots with out a lid?? anytime, but chances are that the seedlings are used to the high humidity under the dome and they will wilt immediately after the dome comes off,....  take the dome off for an hour every day for two or three days and each day for a little longer, and spray a lot when dome is off ... this way they can gets "used to" the low humidity in the ambient air... then after day 2 or 3 they should be ok for transplant to a proper pot

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I jst posted the other day.. its about the plants sex.. The plants i have growing are my mother plants. so your saying that i wont be able to tell if there female or male until i switch them to bud? correct ... and to do this you can take a clone from your mother and bloom the clone, if the clone is female the mother is female as well... it is not recommended to take a plant into bloom and then reverse the cycle back to veg... this will screw up my hole plan i want to take cuttings for this summer if i switch them to bud im going to run out of time?? take a clone and bloom a clone ... under any light without any nutrients, should not take more then 2 or 3 weeks  are you sure there is no way in telling there sex well there in veg? unfortunately no thx.

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Thanks Mark for your advice on a possible raid. Nothing happened so far but I did notice last fresh snow fall a boot print at my garbage can that was not mine and I check all the time. I think I am going to try outdoors , less stress. Found a couple of good sites for a few minis. Any recomends on what you might have for a good outdoor strain and if you have anything in stock ? Thanks again Mark. good luck

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Hey Mark how many weeks should it take to figure out the sex of your plants from seedlings. My seeds popped and have been growing for about 3 weeks, there looking pretty bushy when will they choose there sex? you know that in order to see sex they need to go into bloom which is 12 hours ON and 12 hours OFF

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I need your help Mark I'm looking for what you would recommended,,,,, I need some top quality heavy yielding rare demolishing high and short plant seed for indoor anything that says "heavy indica" is what you are referring to, but which one is the one for you? I don't know, everyone prefers something else....Like I mean some mean green hardcore amazing shit that no ones got and even u would lick your lips and finger tips for.... from your online bank...What would you set aside for this occasion?... And if you wouldn't mind some input on C02 controlled environment. my input on Co2? don't do it, too complicated to use successfully...Would you endorse the process.... I don't do Co2 and I know no one who does, everyone who tried it gave it up due to complications and ... lack of results

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Nope, I do not peek while they are sleeping...never have. I patently wait for the lights to come on...but I have had a few male flowers (which i tried to remove all) on some of my hindu kush in week 4. I'm pretty positive I don't have any light leaks, I think it might be from overcrowding stress. I believe some pollination occurred :( very disappointing, because i'm starting to see some calyxes splitting and seed formation, I hope my crop isn't too ruined! I think the hindu kush pollinated some of my white widow as well. I have about 65 girls under one 1000 watt light and its a jungle (I know i overdid it-- didn't think my clone success rate would be 100%). In my flowering room I use a 5x6 ft wooden grow box lined with plastic and filled with promix...so all plants are in the same bed of soil with no real drainage essentially. But I have gotten over a lb using this method before so it works for me. no doubt this method works, personally I prefer 50-75 plants in 4 to 6 inch individual pots on same type of bed .. water is "bottom fed" by filling their bed, instead of watering each plant separately Daytime temps are 24-26 degrees and night temps about 14-16 degrees (basement gets colder when lights are off)...my humidity is 70% when watered and 50% when dry. I water/feed every 3-4 days. you are not doing anything wrong and you are getting your base minimum weight/yield so its all good, but I think having less overcrowding may help your overall yield... overcrowding means stress and this means less tight buds which means less weight... consider removing some plants that are "in the way" to lessen the crowd

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I have a question about your thoughts on the dosage strength of DNF a+b formulas. On most of your guides you state to feed at 100% continuously during bloom under 1000W light. The DNF feed chart: http://www.hydroponics.com/nutrient/images/nutrient%20feed%20schedule.pdf states that 5ml/L is full dosage but in a soil/soiless mix it is to be used at half the strength (2.5ml/L) I do not use DNF (other then their bud booster) but (so u don't blame me u know) I would stick to what they recommend, but I must admit that this is something that is contrary to what I know of plants/nutrients... soil/soiless is inherently (like a) buffer or (like a) barrier where a water table causes roots to be directly exposed to water/nutrients (so no barrier)... so theoretically you need more nutrients with soil/less and not less nutrients then a water/hydro table, if you want to achieve the same level of nutrition... I see it two ways 1. just follow the label, its DNF after all, modern technology, meeh or 2. the label is wrong (seen it too many times) ... may be worth checking with the company rep if this pdf was updated recently or not Do you recommend using 2.5ml/L during bloom unless told otherwise by a company rep that the pdf is wrong - yes ... you may try 5ml/L on one plant and see (and let me know) or do you think the plants can take the full 5ml/L? I have friends talk about DNF and I definitively heard 2.5 so stick to 2.5 I am growing the 420 hindu kush and your white widow. Also, during bloom is it common to only see yellow/brown tips on "new? "new" would mean that its not over-feeding per se growth/bud sites/small bud leaves" or would i be seeing it on all leaves if i was overfeeding exactly, such as lower leaves/fan leaves, etc? I just began week 5 of bloom you are a week away from leaching so at this point stay on course (its now that they need the most food, and some leafs will naturally die off) and if you are worried that it is in fact over feeding then I would decrease nutrients by about 20% ... its still better to have slightly less cannabis then burnt cannabis (burnt=dead), plants look a nice medium to dark green but I have had yellow leaf tips on new growth sites since I started bloom nutrients in week 2 of bloom. Any suggestions would be much appreciated!  I do not know why but I feel like you look inside when they sleep - do you?

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how many weeks does FastPine take for flowering? this strain is for outdoors only so I do not know how many days/weeks indoors this plant can bloom, outdoors she will finish at the end of September

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shot in the dark... bought a mix pack last april, any idea what sativa dominant strain with very thin leaves may have been in it? anything with Buddha in it, G13/Buddha, NL/Buddha, Shiskaberry/Buddha 

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hey whats the lowest temp the room can get to when the lights are off.. will 21 degrees celcius do damage to 2 - 3 week old plants? from seed they stand at about 6 inches tall..? thank again sorry about all the questions Mark.. when young temps should not be lower then 15C but when mature, plants can take 5C-9C (not recommended but they wont die)

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Thanks again, Ok im using a 3 part nutrient mix by Holland Floratonic, Grow 2-1-6 .7ml to liter, micro 5-0-1 .5ml to liter, bloom 0-5-4, .2ml to liter, Its my first week of feeding, i will gradually increase the amount of food i will feed. See i actually gave them just plain water before i posted my last question because i was worried about over feeding them. i also lowered the light last night and to day i noticed that some of the plants are drooping a bit, why? too much light too soon, they need to gradually get used to the light (means they were a bit too far to begin with) ... pull back the light back up to its original position, then the next day lower it back down half as low as before What should i do to make these plants happy again? i thought it might have been from the light being to close, but i guess its from the plain water i added. I dont understand what you mean by feeding them at 60% every time, because im following the feeding guide that came with the nutrients. this link here talks about the fact that nutrient manufactures often (not always) use a 1000W as a base line for their ML per Litre calculations... so if you have a 400W light then you may over feed your plants today will be the second week so i will increase my dosage to: Grow .8ml to liter, MIcro .5ml to liter, and Bloom .3ml to liter... So thank you for your response to my two question.. -Feeding guide for week 3 and on would be = Grow 1.5ml to liter, Micro 1ml to liter and Bloom .5ml to liter. So when you get to week 3 and on i guess you mean always feed the plants at about 60% of that dosage and never give plain water.. Thank you so much mark.. one love 

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Hey Mark, As a struggling student Im a little low on cash, but high on anxiety. Is there any way I can buy singular seeds? they are all prepackaged at 5 per seed, if you have a Health Canada license I would just give u a free pack, no license ..  sorry

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Hello once again.. First of all i appreciate your public forum and i find it of great help and i respect you very much for taking the time to answer everyones question like we are your best friends.. thanks Im trying to get ready for the summer so i started some mothers so i can get some clones off them for an outdoor crop. Im veging so i run my lights at an 18h on and a 6h off. i have them in disposable cups (as you can see in the photos) i will transplant them in 10g pots in the next couple of weeks. I wont be budding them out in my house. i just wanted to know how often should i give my plants nutrients? i know when there dark green and there leaves are pointing in an upward direction there happy and when there a lighter green they are lacking nutrients. So my question is how often should i flush the mother plants??  And another question is i notice two of the plants have kinda wilted leaf on them, i have seen this before and never knew what this is caused by and is it a sign of stress that the plant has obtained? thank you very much.. IS this a 400W light? read this first... in general you should water the plant WITH some nutrients ALWAYS present in the water (this is to make sure the pH is correct + the plants could get nutrient locked if you just give them plain water.. yours are big enough to feed but I would lower the light down to 12-18 inches), the lowest amount of food should be around 20% of normal.... soooo you should water them only when the pots are clearly dry, then soak with tap water + nutrients ... I prefer to feed at 60% every time they need water... some people like 20% then 80%, then 20% then 80% etc. etc. .... the leaf discoloration probably comes from when you fed them just plain water ... pH imbalance.. best to increase nutrients a bit (and lower your light) and never feeding with just tap water... would help to get some B1.... keep asking I'm not sure I answers it all..

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Hey Mark hows it going. Im a new grower and i wanted to be sure not to get busted like every grower out there. I noticed you said in one of the post's i read that you have been busted 4 times.. zero convictions What pointers besides security and word of mouth can u give me so i don't get busted. Like what's the maximum amount of lights to run a grow show without any problems from the pigs and staying off the radar?? Thanks one love!!!! the maximum amount calculation is as follows: each person living (and using normal electricity/showering/living) is equal to a 1000W/month therefore a place/condo/house can have as many 1000W lights as the place is designed for. Example: an average 1 bedroom apartment can handle 2 people comfortably therefore 1 person living + 1000W light would be undetectable (2 bed = 1 person + 3 lights, house = 4-6 lights) ... since if you check electricity usage the used power would be equal to your neighbors ... cops compare electrical usage of you + your closest neighbors.. if you are way over what your neighbor is using then you are a grower... but again IF cops are checking electricity they were tipped to do this by an informer.. hydro does not give a rats ass how much you are using so long as you pay....

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Thanks Mark, I value your opinion...sticking to the 12/12. and complete darkness (no peeking ever)

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Ok I am confused about ph what should it be growing in pro mix? I put it in the plants at 6.6 but when i measure the run off it reads 5.6. I seem to lose a full point with the runoff. when should i be concerned before i put it in or the run off? do not concern yourself with a run off, promix self adjusts pH to around 5.5 which is perfect for a blooming plant... also all nutrients have pH down in them so as long you mix even some food with water you adjust the pH of water anyways... you could even feed you plants with plain tap water and promix would adjust however I don't recommend this (look up nutrient lock)... you can keep tabs on your pH and make sure its always around 6.5 in veg (5.5 to 6 in bloom) ... but as long as you feed your plants at around full dosage the pH should always be correct...

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Hi Mark.. My MMAR license papers arrived in the mail so im good for another year. They just got renewed but my actual card hasn't come yet because they r back logged. Is it still possible for us to talk on the phone too possibly arrange a meeting for seeds availability?? Im a MMAR license holder.. thanks Mark .. same thing applies, I need a copy of your driver license + copy of your paper permit with matching address (it goes to my lawyer), call me make an appointment, will meet at sublime and talk

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Hi Mark, long time lurker and trust your opinion. I just got a call last Friday from my " so called friend's " new girlfriend. She called to give me a heads up that he ratted me out to crimestoppers and various other gov entities. I tore down my setup and disposed of all plant matter/soil far far away. I stored all my gear on site as it would fill totally a from top to bottom 8x8 ft room including 6 still unopened bales of soil. My electrical consumption was not much and is in line with my yearly avg.'s and is similar to my neighbours use as I was only using floros and a 800w heater. I assume the po po are checking my hydro usage and checking garbage, condensation on windows, flir and any priors on my CPIC (clean record ) before they get a search warrant ( waiting is killing me ). The questions I ask is can they nail me for having the equipment no, all hydro equipment is legal ( can always say I buy and sell the equip ), any old seeds from years ago, mj books or grow guide pdf's from the web, can they upon finding no plant matter seize my computers with grow info ( no pics of my grow but of other peoples from the web ) or do they have to find something illegal to take the computers. cops kind of do what ever they want.. nothing stops them from theoretically taking your computer .. but I have been busted 4 times and never did they even look at my computer, nor look into it ... nor have I ever ever heard of cops giving half a shit about anything other then DRUGS, that is all they are looking for if they actually believe your friend (which I highly doubt) .... this is how it works in the real world (if you are in Toronto)... if you rat on someone they put you on a big list, the big list is prioritized, you are somewhere near .. I don't know, I guess no. 20,000 ... because she probably described you as a closet grower, ... IF she had said the magic word (G.u.n....) then you would have a swat on your door in 24 hours.... it is possible that (depending on how the big list is prioritized in your area) you may see a strange character snooping around your place in the next month? two? they look for signs of BIG grows ONLY which would trigger a warrant and pretty much auto-bust BUT if they find or suspect that you have a closet grow they would literally knock on your door and ... kid you not... tell you "that they will be back in few days with a warrant".. they don't because they know you just shit your pants and stopped whatever shenanigan you were up to... my guess, you won't be worth their while .... having said that, you should still not resume anything .... like I said, the list may be big or it may be small.... you may not be worth 6 hours of investigation but this can happen tomorrow or in a year from now... no one knows ... I'd move if I wanted to continue growing    If you have anything to add on how to prepare for a possible raid it would be much appreciated. Thanks.

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Hey Mark, When flowering the plant indoors, 12 hours light and 12 hours dark is the standard lighting cycle during the flowering phase. However, 13 hours light and 11 hours dark will increase flower size (larger yield) while still allowing the plant to flower. But this will lengthen the time needed to harvest the crop. What is your opinion on this theory? I would never try this because I keep hearing this theory but it only applies to a pure sativa and .. to find a pure sativa is not easy since 90% of strains I know of have indica in it one way or another .... normal plants will stretch under 13/11 and/or start stressing... or not, depends on how susceptible a strain is to stress 

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Thanks for the help on this one. I've decided to use this as growing experience and continue the grow as an experiment for me. I've chopped the plants back down to accommodate a new stretch (as well as get rid of the new growth and new leaves that are at the top of the plant). Wish me luck, hehe. good luck

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Tkx Mark. Thank you for the quick reply....I am coming down tomorrow (weather permitting) to exchange some seeds (that did not germinate) see you tomorrow.

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Ok never mind the temp is still high 30 - 31 degrees Celsius when the lights on.. What should i do? read post below And another question. Im running my light 24-hours right now but soon im going to set for 18 on and 6 off do u recommend my oscillating fan to be at the same settings or leave the fan on 24 hours? when lights are off best to have the fan off as well, but you should run your lights at 18/6, 24 and 18/6 is the same thing, its all a veg cycle, 12/12 is a blooms cycle, ... turn lights off for 6 hrs from around 3 to 9pm because its the peak heat time and peak electricity time... Thank you very much mark sorry about all the post i just dont want to screw this up.. appreciate it..

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took some clones at the end of week 2 it has been 8 days now the upper stem and leaf stems are purple and no roots yet i just used nutri + like this? start no rooting gel this would only delay rooting ... but would not make the stem purple, purple stem happens only if you overfeed or its below 15C do they just need more time or are they going to be garbage? got them under 2 t5 at 24hours of light.in rockwool I recommend to use nothing other that plain tap water for clones, if nutri+ is what I think it is they are simply overfed and probably dying.... the theory of clones is as such: if you give them ANY nutrients they will not root because you just gave them food so they have zero incentive to sprout roots.... but if you give them zero nutrients then they need to LOOK for food thus they create roots... 3 weeks would be the longest I would wait for roots, but at this point it may be too late, take new clones if you can and wait for those just in case they do recover (it happens if you flush them with tap water)

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Does anyone know if they are opened tomorrow? we is open

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Hi Mark u guys opend Monday 21 Thats Family day ??? we are open, I mean I am forcing the staff to work on family day of course, the bastard that I am

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Hey im getting some mothers started. i have 8 seedlings about two to three inches in growth in disposable cups in a fairly large closet about 4X6 by 8 feet tall with a 400w MH. I have to keep the closet door closed most of the time because of light exposure and due to my kitten screwing around with my plants.. My temp is a little high around 29 degrees Celsius, how can i bring the temp down to the appropriate temp for my soon to be mothers??? is 29 - 30 degrees to high? yes and no, you are at the upper limit of what is "normal", literally at 31C mites strike and the plants stretch instead of growing, this temperature level is good for immature plants, clones, seedlings etc, but more mature plants prefer lower temps, around 24-27C, personally I would open the door to the closet, fan it and put a mesh-like door to stop the cat but keep the air flowing ($20 in parts at home depot plus pain in the ass installation I gather), and/or install proper out-take ventilation if possible should I worry much what options do i have? I have an oscillating fan in the closet what can i do to bring it down to 24 degrees Celsius??? Thank you so much in advance...

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Hi, About my previous post; if I were able to re-bloom them, after this accidental re-veg, should I top them really low? They'll need to be topped if I continue the grow, as they're already at the height I wanted them at in the first place. Also, the explanation for allowing this to happen, I feel the need to explain, was running two separate grows at the same time. I was paying more attention to the 1000w grow than the 400w grow. In the end it is my fault... even more than the faulty timer.  I think it would be safer to take a clone (or 20) off of the plant and discard the actual plant (the clones then will probably re-grow quicker then the mother but then again I don't know how badly she is affected, pictures?), once a plant is stressed out it often becomes a hermie, not always ... but at the same time there is no guarantee that the clone you take wont be another hermie (its a genetic copy after all, but my bet is that the clone wont have the same ..... genetic memory? like the original plant) .... when I make feminized plants I often stress the females to become hermaphrodite by screwing with their light cycle in bloom, its not easy or difficulty, just hard to predict, not all plants behave the same under similar circumstance...

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Hi there, Something really annoying happened with my 400W MH grow box. The timer went out on it but I don't know when. This is embarrassing but I'll admit that it's likely been fucked for up to 3 weeks. So, instead of 12/12 I ended up with 24/0. There is substantial new growth from the, what I assume, to be the flip back into veg growth. I figure it's too late to salvage the grow but am wondering if I can flip them back into Bloom and re-start at day 0? Or are they garbage now? unfortunately yes, you would probably end up with hermaphrodites, seeds, who knows how many, may be all seeds, may be no seeds at all, most likely somewhere in between, I feel for you (and for the plants)  Thanks. SirriS

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The light i use for veg is OTT-LITE 25W=75W 6400k, For flowering i use a Sylvania 40W=100W 2700k, thie's are CFLs. your food is somewhat too strong for the type of lights you have (its really for a 1000W light or for outdoors) W, I think that overfeeding may be a problem and/or nutrient lock, nutrient lock happens mostly to people in your position, where you feed her once a week because your food is too strong to feed more often but at the same time you probably feed her plain water, this switching makes the plant think that there is either not enough light or food so she goes into this conservation mode where she retains all the salts/nutrients "just in case" there is no food coming, the solution would be to at all times to add some nutrients to water and never give her plain water, but first you should get some organic nutrients (they are very "weak" for the type of lights you have) or get a bigger light.

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Thanks for the feed back,as for the Ph no I haven't had to adjust it when feeding a high dose when i feed 25% I bring it down a bit.also she was getting too big for my space so I hope I didn't kill her I crushed and folded over about 16 inches off the 4 main colas they are bent at 90'so that my light can come down a bit the temps were too high 36'.any tips on how to keep it healthy from the HST? I think you said you used some form of B1 (thrive I think) + Paroxide, which help root bound roots (I bet she is root bound), other then transplanting not much I could do (which I would not do at this point due to size, etc) ... are you supporting the stems with bamboo stick, the buds get bigger/tighter since the plant does not waste its energy on building up the stock and can build up the bud.... I would also pull back on nutrients (25% less for sure), and also I must add that plants in bloom will not "appear" to look better even if they actually may be better (on a flip side they may be dying when you presume they are ok) so on a side of caution I would probably start leaching her sooner then other plants... sort of just in case.. I would rather have less bud then lots of burnt bud (burnt is 100% loss)

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I am a license holder to produce and have weed. If I bring the proper documentation (valid MMAR card + Drivers License or equivalent as 2nd ID) is it possible to obtain clones for growing indoor. ? I have no experience starting from seeds. thanks for your time.. Are u still accepting medical applicants?? I would like to talk to you first but yes in general you can purchase clones from me ... call me for an appointment

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ive just toped my plant 3 days ago and its about 3 weeks old and some of the bottom leafs are going yellow and dieing and some of the upper ones are drooping do you no why this is? I would need to know what you fed them, when you fed them, what light you got.. etc..  

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can i get some pics and or specs of rossetta stone. when does it finish outdoors is it stable and how does it yield? I have no images of this strain, but because its feminized I recommend it only if you know what you're doing, its not that its a difficult plant to grow, it is not but.. feminized varieties are susceptible to stress ... not average normal environmental stress, but big stress, like over feeding or over crowding, which beginners tent to do ... this plant calls for moderation ... when you overfeed or over crowd a feminized plant it may become hermaphroditic.... also, feminized strains are F3 which means they are very stable 

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do you guys have m39xfreeze no, I need few weeks to re-stock or fast pine yes for now available at the moment?

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on your page its says fast piner are out of stock but it says past pine are back so just wondering witch one it is if there out of stock any chance of you getting anymore???thanks I got about 400+ seeds so I changed one page but not the other... it is back in stock for now

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got a problem with one of my girls she is about 5 feet tall in the 3 week of bloom the leaves are clawing at the tips and all the edges are folded down and they seem dry I am useing Nutri + plus products and here is the NPK of all the products Bloom A 6-0-3 B 1-4-8 blossom plus used once at the start of week 2 0-3.9-2 just used bud plus at start of week 3 0-15-40 also use thrive 1-1-2 black 0-1-2 and gold 0-2-1 also use carbo max from grotek i treat water with 27%h2o2 and try to put water in the plants at a PH of 6.5 growing in pro mix...isn't the water at pH 6.5 automatically after you put all the nutrients in? I mean do you actually add any pH Down? my other plants are doing fine but they are more indica anywhere from 2.5 to 3 feet tall water twice a week under 1 600 watt hps and 1 1000 watt hps the sativa is the only one under the 600 watt. my immediate reaction would be to leach her for 2 watering cycles to make sure that whatever problem occurred it is flushed-out first, then resume feeding at 80% of what I gave her before... issue 1: 5 foot tall plant under a 600W means that bottom 1/2 of this plants leafs is probably dry/yellow/dead since the 600W light has a fairly limited penetration of light... 1000W is better for this big plant.. try taking this plant under the 1000W, this may improve things somewhat... issue 2: if this plant is a sativa and the rest are indica this means that it should be fed far less the the indicas... so overfeeding may be your primary problem if you are feeding indicas the same amount of food as the sativa.... I would feed a sativa (generally) 1/4 less then an indica....

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Are you getting new outdoor seeds in March? I wanna drop in get some, just wondering if I should wait until then? I would wait as we will be getting non-feminized stock specifically for Ontario.... should be early March .... now, we have some like A.M.S. (feminized) or Rosetta Stone (non-feminized) which do just fine but I can not say personally anything about them

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Hey man. I see you have a lot of interesting new strains from Rare Earth Botanicals on the site. I had a search and couldn't find any information about these breeders. Can you give us a bit of background on the beans, where they're from, they from other breeders seeds etc. cheers man! Seeds originate from a company from north of Spain, resembling the climate of southern Ontario, they re-bread the known strains at a discount, see ex. chronic at 11/$250 from Serious and 5/$80 from Rare Earth

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what's the recommended age for toping a plant? see the video, but it shows that you can do it anytime really... I have a fast pine going and its almost 3 weeks old.

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hey mark, when do you think is the best time to start germination for growing outdoors this year? depends on how much artificial lights you have, with some basic indoor setup you can start as early as mid march, but if you only depend on the outdoor light then you should probably start late april ....plants should/could go outdoors after labor day weekend, or around may 20

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Hey, FOR THE SPAMMER THAT KEEPS SPAMMING I WISH YOU WOULD JUST STOP CUZ U MAKE IT INCONVENIENT FOR ALL OF US. I'm hoping mark will eventually delete this bull shit. On a more serious note I have a question for you. So I got a tent some nutes light soil pots i got it all.... except for an inline fan + filter. I even got the ducting. My question to you is since i will be short of money for the next couple months... is it possible to just start and perhaps complete my first grow with out a fan filter combo. only if you can keep this tent wide open when light is ON (shut it when its OFF of course) and can ventilate the room itself when the temps get too high (you know open a window or something), you have a 400W so its not gonna get that hot but if you keep the doors closed the heat will get too high Could i just use a regular carbon air filter and a fan or two in the tent you can but they should not be too powerful or the fan will suck the air .. sort of imploding the tent structure, with an out-take fan you also need an in-take, for in-take you don't need a fan but if the out-take fan is too strong and the in-take hole is too small then you will have structural problems... in your case I would find a cheap home depot bathroom fan and adapt this to to be the out-take fan.. its all 50 or 90CFM and that's all you need ? Any ways i hope all is well and justice is served to the damn spammer that made me scroll half way down ur site to see previous postings. THANKS, JIM Also i guess ur dupa thing isn't working i would try n get it to work if you can cuz that damn spammer prolly wont stop. I wish they would.

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I have a 400W light and want to grow some potent plants but smell is a problem for me..Would one of the fan and filters you sell be enough to completely remove the odor, and if not would 2 of them do the job? I don't sell equipment, check this pace for a fan+filter combo... carbon filters work 100% when setup well, one is enough and they are worth it.... for a 400W light all you need is a CAN15, this is a can33 which is one size too big (its for a 1000W)....

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Hi I received your M39/FreezLand seeds...thanks a lot...but ive got a very important question : are they feminised ??? no, they are not feminized ... Thanks for your answer and have a nice day !!!

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Could not get 4 seeds to sprout and it has been over a weeks time. Any suggestions are more than welcome. I used expandable soil for this and followed the instructions but nothing has happened. What should i do next? Blessings. BD return to the point of purchase or if you bought online call me

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Thank you for replying Mark. We are 1st time buyers, got our hopes a little bruised when the seeds we tried to germinate wouldn't amount to a root. When we posted a comment, we were under the impression it would be answered within 24 hrs, well I try, I have a phone number up there where you can vent on me if you are not happy, but in any case its all good, bad seeds do happen and how many seed banks do replacements? when days went by we started to think we were scammed, it does happen indeed....again we thank you for the reply we will be by to visit. Pleased with Blue Berry Skunk...we will definitely come by to exchange the others for something different...

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Just wanted to verify the seeds labeled simply "G13", which were for sale at the cafe in late January, were the G13 x Buddha. Thanks much. correct, pure G13 was out of stock for over a year and it was a limited run (200 seeds overall), I have plenty of G13/Buddha, and we get complacent with just labeling it G13, my bad, sorry

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I have developed, and stabilized a fantastic strain over the last 3 years. Its a real favorite amongst my friends and myself. My question is can I patent it, and or pass it on to a reputable breeder so others can enjoy it too. Of course I have grown the plant for seeds so I have many, can I sell or trade them to a broker? Any help would be great. Steve I am currently not aware of any method of patenting or protecting your strain, legally.... the only way to prevent people from copying it is to create a feminized variety which can not be re-bread backwards, to do this stress a female so it becomes a hermie, take pollen form hermie and pollinate other normal females, seeds like that wont be copied but will make for great feminized strain... this way you can sell your strain and not have it copied.... but the moment you sell/trade/give your strain you lose all the rights..... 

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Just wondering if I can transplant a 3 foot white russian into a bigger pot just started week 2 of bloom it is in a 4 gallon pot now and want to put it in a 6 gallon. you can always transplant so long as you are gentle, in general its better to give plants more space while risking some stress (transplant is stress) then getting them root-bound and losing yield because of that ..... 

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Hi Mark, having some difficulty with the nlsk- I sprouted all 10 in early December, transplanted to 6"^2 pots end of December, they grow nicely, good colour etc, but there the secondary growth is so small, I don't think I could manage to cut off a clone. The tallest is about 10 or 12". All of them have lost about the bottom 1/3 to 1/2 growth. that is because a t5 has a limited penetration of light into the canopy.... what this means that your plants are too tall for this type of light, your t5 can may be penetrate 6 inches into the plant, a 600W can may be penetrate 1 foot into the plants.. so these are the limits of lights... when light can not penetrate to the bottom then those leafs will die off I am varying between 2 and 3 ml per water. what does the label of the nutrient say??? I don't think I can put these into bloom in their present state, but I wanted to cut a clone first. I thought about topping to encourage some new growth, but my local says not to cut an unwell plant. I also wondered if some veg time under my 600W HPS would help? The T5s have been going about a year now, 18hrs. Thanks again. hd there is a huge difference between T5s and 600W, 600W is waaaayy stronger and should be better for the plants then t5 ... I would bloom your plants as is, since the type of light you have has limits, ie. its pointless to get your plants any taller and blooming now would be best.... and if you still want to take a clone, your friend is right, don't take it from a weak plant .... why can't just set up the 600W???? 

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Thanks for the info...unfortunately we will have to take our business somewhere else also...it was a very disappointing first time buy. Not pointing any fingers.,just was hoping for better results. if you think you get better service somewhere else, please do move on, no offence taken

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same thing has happen to me several times picking seeds from the cafe i learned my lesson and took my business elsewhere the only success i had was the blueberry skunk all others failed to germinate or were not worth it to grow expect what you pay for and overall its a hassle and disappointment no offence Mark. none taken

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Mark tookin me 3 weeks to get roots from cuttings...My mums stems are purple at time of cutting is this the cause of problems? purple stem can mean two things, overfed plants (or ambient temperatures are too cold ..below 10-15C at night may be)... clones taken from an overfed plant should not take longer to root but I would blame it on winter, my clones take 2 weeks (8 days in summer) this time around unless I use a heating mat and/or crank the heater... this winter seems particularly low on humidity at least in Toronto and clones like higher humidity (50%+).... describe to me how you do clones, 3 weeks is too long, not unheard of but pretty long

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Yes we also just got a little brown envelope with initials on it..does anyone know what the return policy is for seeds that don't sprout? Is Mark on holidays, been a few days since he made any replies??? Thanks! return them to the point of purchase and you'll get replacements and/or call me

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It's the only Juicy Fruit X3 strain they sell. indeed

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Hey, The last time i ordered the seeds from you online it came with a information card about the strain and the seeds were in a baggy. I went to sublime yesterday and got the seeds in an envelope with just the initials of the strain. My concern is this. I really wanted jf x nl x sk and the lady at the counter handed me an envelope with just jf on it. Is this just Juicy Fruit... I've had this strain not crossed with anything and didn't like the effects... too sleepy, and the smell wasn't to appealing either. The look of the bud tho was one of the best i'd ever seen. My point is that i wouldn't mind trying this strain crossed with something... Is this envelop that says just JF on it juicy fruit or is it the 3 parent cross mentioned above?... Can't wait for your reply and i will soon begin the process. .... yes, we do suck at packaging, to give you an easy answer, JF is short for JFxSKxNL, we just shorten the lable when we make a package, someone in our store was supposed to slap a lable on it but that someone forgot, go figure eh.... we do not have a pure JF or any other strain that has JF, other then JFxSKxNL, in fact I just refer to her as a Juicy fruit... and by the way we change the packaging all the time.... mainly because I lose my data when my laptop crashes, which is regularly... anyways wait another few weeks and we will have a new packaging.... in a mean time, I hang my head in shame :-( 

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Will the seeds that I got from plants last season (outdoors) be any good. BIG BUD + clone or disregard these and start new. thanting you in advance for the help 

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http://imgur.com/O8HW0 The decline of the nutrients was because I thought I had over feed the plants. The next feeding will be 50%. I sent additional pics you asked for and thank you for your info. my feeling is that these are the leafs (one that are "damaged" at the bottom of the plant) farthest away from the light so unless you get a bigger light there is not much you can do, they will die off eventually, so long as the top half of the plant is healthy I would not worry... if you had humidity issues (looks similar) then all the leafs would look like that and not just one on the bottom...

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Hey Mark, Quick question. For the past several years I've been using the same bottle of nutrients; Flora Nova Bloom. From reading several sources like the Lucas Formula - and my own experience - the product was fine. However, lately my plants just don't seem to be growing well. The plants in DWC have continually experienced root rot (even with lots of hydrogen peroxide added); and the Soiless plants also have been growing poorly. On the whole, I think it has to do with the age of my Flora Nova. Long story short: Do you think the bottle of Flora Nova has a shelf-life and gets rotten? as far as I know its about a year My bottle is about two years old. I've been looking online for info and can't find any. At ~$35.00 a pop, I'm reluctant to buy a whole new bottle. Thanks, al the most important thing with this brand is to shake it every time you use it since the nutrients settle on the bottom, other then that ... age is a factor, I suppose if you kept it in a fridge it may last longer then a year but remember that its an organic nutrient.. aka shit of various sorts, it will go bad....

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Hey, bought some Shiska Berry Buddha off your gal behind the counter about 2 weeks ago, I did exactly what the germination process called for and one of the seeds cracked open to show a small little root but nothing happened after that, the other 4 still stayed seeds? The other ones Blue Berry Skunk, did really well. What is your policy for return, should we bring the seeds in and replace them? bring the seeds and we will replace them

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It was time to feed the plants again but this time I use 100% distilled water. The past feedings since overfeeding are as follows: 1) 12% nutrients u said you water every 5 to 7 days ... what's your temperatures/humidity? 2) 6% nutrients 3) 100% water. Due to their size the lights where switched to 12 on 12 off. I tested PH, even though I am using Promix as the medium, and the reading was a little over 7 (100% water feeding). Hopefully you got the pics I sent earlier today. My plans are to feed at 12% then 25% then 50% with the future feedings. What do you suggest? The lights are 2 400w. Do not know if you can reference to past postings. I also promise not to bug you so much after I get through this problem. Thanks 1st - plants should never be fed with straight plain tap water ... promix protects the roots from major problems but in general terms all nutrients contain ph buffers which bring the tap water to the correct ph level (and that is why when adding any amount of nutrients to water, it is always within ph range and there is pretty much never any need to ph the water) ... the bottom line is that there is a minimum level of nutrients that you should always add to water... in your case the minimum is around 12.5% (10 to 15%) .... your normal every day watering cycle should be 50% and with organic nutrients can be 75% in the week 4 to 6 of bloom specifically... the picture that I see ... any more? seems like underfed leaf.. there is some minor problems on the side leafs that could be misinterpreted as malnutrition, but more likely is a byproduct of plain water... I would add B1 formula to my feeding + keep it steady at 50%, there should not be a need to go down to 25% unless ... fighting bugs, spraying with neem oil or any oil based product, taking clones.. you know performing stressful activities

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The previous posting date was 1/26 not 1/2. Sorry

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http://i.imgur.com/8R3C0.jpg Trying to provide pics to 1/2 posting. Thanks

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just got some promix is this the right stuff? premier pro-mix BX with mycorise pro inside.  correct

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how long does it take for a round trip order?? just up the road from the big smoke, and would use fast shipping option!! the only fast option is to come over and do it in person, the online orders can and do take 2 to 3 weeks, reason we do not do express shipments is that express often means stolen card

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I do not think the pics were sent. go to http://imgur.com upload an image, click on the image and post a link here like I did in a posting above The leaves are the first green color you have on your chart in the web site. But some of the leaves, at the tips, are turning a lighter color green (about the 5th or 6th color in your chart reading left to right). My problem is that the plants are getting to the height to change to the bloom stage (that is even me cutting off 3 to 4 inches after the overfeeding). Should I switch to bloom and keep the nutrinents 5 to 10% until the plants color are "normal" then slowly increase the nutrinents? Should I wait on switching and feed them nothing but water the next feeding (the past 2 feedings were 10% then 5% in that order)? Not sure what to do. I guess I am lucky that they are still living. Thanks

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This is answering the questions you asked on my 1/22/2011 post. The medium is Promix and I feed once every 5 to 7 days. Nutrient brand is Canna Substra Vega A & B formula and I use distilled water. I will try to send a pic but not sure how to send it. I tried before and it did not work. I am not real tech smart. Thanks

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Hi Mark, Great site by the way. I'm looking at getting started and was going to actually purchase via your on-line store. I noticed that you only take Visa online + money orders, do you accept MasterCard in person at the store? nope, too many fees + at the store no one wants to pay with cards

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do you have to be a certain age to buy seeds?? 18+ im 17 and i dont want to make the trip down to find out i cant buy any. sorry

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OK so I put them in mason jars and placed in the fridge last night couple hours later some of the buds were damp,I took them out and waited for them to dry out again then put them back in the jar,but that was the last time,they haven't got damp since ,does that mean the cure is over? I thought it took ten days .thanks mark yours got dry too quickly, see my earlier response... I would check this jar daily just to make sure there is zero moisture... if there is, mold may grow, its best to open the jar once a day for even few minutes to have fresh air ventilate the jar even if it feels dry

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At the present time I am borrowing a freinds lighting system. I am getting ready to purchase my own 1000w lighting system and was wondering what you would suggest. I have a 5x5 grow tent. Thanks I am a big believer in MH light and for me its MH+SunMaster combo but, IF you have ONLY one light and NO veg closet then get a generic MH ballast with SunMaster warm deluxe bulb (it will do veg well and bloom well), BUT if you will have a veg closet then get a generic HPS ballast + Hortilux bulb

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hey mark what do you say the typical germination rate is of 10 seeds and what are the best seed for a beginer on a budget is fast pine ok indoors let me know what's good for starters. fast pine is for outdoor only but is not the easiest... summertime buddha is the easies overall, good smoke, good yield, resilient to problems and cheap....

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When I realized that I had over feed the plants, I topped them (cut off 3 to 4 in from the top). I was trying to get new growth and it worked. I do have new growth on top of the plants but no new growth on the lower part of the plants. Should I cut off the leaves affected by the overfeeding or what type of pruning and trimming should be done? Is there a book or web site you can guide me to so I can read about taking care of the plants (trimming,pruning,etc)? in my mind unless a leaf is dead dry you should keep it My last feeding was about 12.5% solution but still showing some slight signs of too much nutrients. My next feeding will be about a 6% feeding. Will see where I stand after that. Thanks I have tons of questions, like what medium u use, how often do you water, nutrient brand?... pictures of the overfeeding? I know of no website that concentrates on overfed plants.... for root stimulation see rhizotonic or superthrive or generic B1 formula (from a hydro store) ... they all recover stressed plants

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would like to know if i could buy seeds from your store directly. im out of state, in NY and would make the drive. it is illegal to take seeds to the states, but the only restriction is that you need to be 18+

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Hi,I cut my plants down 6 days ago and the buds are already dry but the stem is still bending,I was going to wait till the stem cracked like jorge cerantes said,I tested a bud and I got medicated but it burned up in a flash it was so dry,Can you tell me a better drying process,I hung them up in a dry room with ventilation,I was going to put them into mason jars and put them in the fridge to cure thanks mark its the dry winter season that dries them too quickly ... to maintain the smell (which is gone if you dry it too quickly) you need to bring humidity up to 55% for 4 to 7 days in the first stage when they are upside down (get a humidifier but you need some basic air movement so there is no mold, + you need to shake them up daily again to prevent mold)... then cut plants down or cut buds off into bags/cartoon/porous container for another few days... with humidifier working at 50%... if you find that they dry too quickly you should place the buds in an air tight container and close it for 12-24 hours, most moisture should come back and you can resume the slow drying process.... you are correct that once the stem breaks effortlessly they should go into a jar 

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thanks for the info.

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I want to start by saying what a great forum this is and the wonderfull job Mark has done. Having grown both strains ( Afghani Gold and Fast Pine ) this year outdoors, I can offer some input here. Kingsman asked about the Fastpine seed quality the spotting and chipping. The spotting is normal and is seen on many strains the chipping is usually a sign of age. I also was concerned when I received my seeds last year ( they looked sickly ). Let me assure you Fastpine seeds are smaller and look weak but its all deception they had the highest germination rate of the three strains I grew last summer Fastpine, Afghani Gold,and Summertime Buddha. Wait until mid March, for a fresh batch of Fastpine seeds when Mark will have a new batch. Diggs asked about comparing Fastpine with Afghani gold in terms of potency and yield. That's a personal preference thing but Fastpine yields more ,30% more and the potency is about equal. Afghani gold was a heavy indica couch lock thing while Fastpine retained some of its Sativa background, and was a more sociable smoke so depends what you like. My personal favorite this year was Fastpine and you cant beat the price, but dont let the price fool you it a great Ontario heritage strain. Of special note The Fastpine shake makes great weedoil from the leftover shake and is the highest yielding I have ever seen using a MH open air evaporation process. Thank You, pretty much said what I would

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i got the fastpine seeds, they have black spots and chips missing from them is that normal for fastpine? its the end of stock thing, they are not the greatest quality but should sprout.... if they don't sprout I will replace them with a fresher pack

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Ok I will get one of your other ontario outdoor strains because i need to order soon so I can grow mothers. Can you compare the pros and cons of your afgani gold vs your fast pine. How many years have they grown in ontario outdoors, and is fast pine potent and what can be said about the yeald? Afghani will be smaller outdoors, its a short bushy plant compared to fast pine... fast pine was grown in Ontario for the last 10 years that I know... its good because its resiliently and big, smoke is obviously good enough by majority of people who keeps coming back, but it is a personal issue ... I prefer indoor stuff as its more consistent, but again taste is personal ... all the strain I have will grow outdoors no problem, but in general a strain designed for indoors will be small.. and outdoors you want a big plant, most indoor plants tent to stay below 6 feet tall (in general).. properly done an outdoor strain can do 14 feet easily... and yield accordingly

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SEEDS? - I was given advice from my friend that i should stick to only one strain. I really wanted to grow 2 strains and get 5 seeds of each. I understand that the ratio of it being male and female will vary but I really want to experiment with 2 strains as the both have individual things to offer. (HINDU KUSH & Juicy Fruit x Northern Lights x Skunk) kindu kush flowering period 8 weeks, NLxJFxSK flowering period 7-9 weeks. I plan on doing them both for 8 weeks and maybe wait a few extra days for the NLxJFxSK I would bloom both for exactly 56 days. So I just wanted your opinion as to weather or not you recommend growing only 1 strain and if so why or why not. My growing space is 3x3x6 feet. Plenty of space for a closet grow. And 5 seeds n 5 seeds. All im looking for is a QP or HQ of quality dried product, and for some reason theres a big hype about kush. Kush is awesome don't get me wrong, but other plants have greater highs and are just diff. Why do you think that the people of Canada are so much in love with the kush strain? Any ways take care bro. Keep up the gr8 work and I hope ur day goes smoothly and with great EASE! PEACE! I recommend growing two distinct species because your brain will get used to whatever you smoke for too long (a brain-clog?)... to fix this you need to smoke one strain this week and another next week, some people grow one strain then exchange some of it with another grower friend just for the difference .... yes it is definitely easier to grow just one strain, but how will you know which one is the one you like? .............. kush? its nothing but a popularity/marketing issue.. kush is what California smoked a year or two ago, before it was hash-based plants (2007?), before that white strains, like white widow, white shark, etc (2005 and so)... before then it was G13 (2003-4?).. people seem to like whatever High Times deems popular... kush does nothing for me as it has zero CBDs, but loads and loads of THC... its a strain good for party, not really medical... CBD is what makes it a pain killer, THC is what gets you high IMHO

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Hey mark, I ran into a little problem.. I made way to many plants for my two 600 watt ballasts, basicly I got 28, 15 inch beasts.. Anything I can do with out killing too many of them? overcrowding is as bad for yield and health as a disease or a bug problem, kill off what needs to die to create space, and unless you have more space/light there is nothing you can do I was thinking making some into mothers but I'm already 3rd day into flowering., you have a week (OR TWO at worst) to decide, after two weeks in bloom reversing is not a good idea how many plants should I have under two 600w, I would have 10, but its as many as you can fit without overcrowding...  btw they all female which I didn't expect. On another note I have two glow light 45w LEDs good for clones or plants smaller then 1 foot tall and a 400w mh is good for veg and mother.. which one would be better for veg and which one should I use for mothers?

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MARK ANY INFO ON LED LIGHTS SPECIFICULLY THE UFO? ANY FEEDBACK YET? IS ANYONE USING THEM WITH SUCCESS? THANKS these lights fail at light penetration, it means that if you are a really good grower you could succeed by growing with many many clones but they need to be tiny + the yield sucks compared to even basic fluorescent setup... in the end promising tech but the reality is less so

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oh I found it, says "in store only''. What does that mean exactly? it means that if you ask for it at our store we still have 10 left 

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I am interested in your m 39/freezeland, but I dont see them in your seed list? If you do have them please list details please. they are out of stock until beginning of march.. I have like 10 left

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i'm wondering if anyone could help me with a step by step process on growing using female clones. literally from the start. step 1: take clones, root them, transplant, veg, bloom then harvest... you need to be more specific please, where are you failing?

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Mark could you give me elite PH levels for different growth situations of plants in veg pH 6.5 (acceptable range is 6.8 to 6.0)... bloom week 1-3 pH 5.8, week 4 to 6 5.5-5.2... after that you leach so pH is not too relevant ........ NOTE: in promix pH-ing is pointless

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Hello, So I got everything and realized that the fish tank is in the way. I don't wanna move the fish tank from the outlet closest to my closet so I will have to use an extension cord and occupy another outlet across the room. It is about 20 ft away. I was thinking of buying an extension cord but did some research and hearing about extension cords popping and catching things on fire. Check out the link above. This is a huge concern as I have invested alot of time money and effort into my property and house. What gauge of extension cord should I use. I bought a 16 gauge extension and returned it cuz the package read "do not use for continuous use" and I returned it. you need 12 or 14 gauge, I am not an electrician but when I ask rona/home depot people, I ask the following " I need extension cable for my power heater running at 1200W for the whole day, which one please?", the sales person will probably give you a heavy duty 14 gauge cable designed for continuous usage.... just so you know.. running 400W + fan + whatever else still brings you to may be HALF of available power from an outlet so I would not worry... I would worry if you expect to run the aquarium + the hydro light on the same outlet, that would not be recommended  Or would you very highly recommend I move the fish tank. I would move the tank because IF there is ANY form of water spill it will create problem with the high voltage you are running near by... water + cable = bad things...  I keep it there because of funchoi. which mean that if my fish tank is facing something its supposed to bring good fortune and luck. I am cool with the idea I just do not want you to accidentally spill water ANYWHERE near any EXTENSION cables, you know what I mean, its either the extension cables get moved or the aquarium.. So i really don't want to move it. By the way, all these lights were designed to work at home on a normal electrical outlet, they will not catch on fire or explode, really, at worst you'll blow a fuse.. if you think of the light like an electrical heater, sure it can theoretically catch on fire but it never will unless you place it by dry stack of papers (my attempt at humor)... safety + common sense = success

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Hey Mark, if I was growing with a 600W light in a 3x3x7 grow tent with ventilation and a carbon filter, would it be necessary to vent the air from the grow tent outdoors? If i didn't would smell be a problem? if you did not vent outside then the smell would most likely only bother you and the occupants of the home, it is not likely that your neighbor would be bothered unless you live in a poorly insulated place (like a duplex)... even with a carbon filter, venting inside will always leave some smell... venting outside makes your home less (or completely free of smell) smelly when you use a carbon filter... 600W is not a 1000W so its not as much heat however it is not a 400W which is low heat, so it means that it is sort of up to you which way you go on this... my guess that venting inside will not be much of a problem in winter or spring but in summer it will be a problem, due to heat mainly... would I vent a 600W? - yes

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The A&B formula I use states a feeding of 8 to 12 ml per gallon of water. This equates to 1.6 to 2.4 teaspoons per feeding. I decided to base the 100% feeding off of a 10ml which is 2 teaspoons. By mistake I feed them with 2 teaspoons per gallon instated of 1 teaspoon (50%). I had just started, two weeks before, using a two 400w light system from a 4 bulb fluorescent system. I had the ends of some leaves turn brown and became crispy. Most of the other leaves started turning yellow, leaving some green, but did not die. Today was time to feed the plants but this time I used Ľ teaspoon per gallon. I’m attempting to leach out the old nutrients without causing a nutrient lock and save the plants. Hopefully I’ve done the right thing and time will only tell but what is your opinion? Thanks you did the right thing which may or may not work at this point, its a waiting game now .... it will be a week before you find out one way or the other, I would not attempt feeing any more then 1/4 for at least two or three weeks... sorry (I feel their pain, its like watching someone get kicked in the balls, it hurts me too :-)

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I emailed a pic to you. Let me know if you got it. Thanks at mark (at) toronto420.com ? I don't see anything

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Mark, I talked to you on Friday about the problem I was having. I had treated my plants for mites and was having leaves trun brown and dry up. Some at the edges and some the whole leave. I had fead the plants the day before I treated for mites and by mistake I gave a 100% feeding. overfeeding + spraying with oil-based spray can kill the leafs  I thought I was giving a 50%. It is time to feed the plants again (today has been 5 days) so I am dropping to a 25% solution correct, prevents nutrient block + leaches better then plain water I thought of just water but did not want to create a block. I hope I am right. u r I am thinking about waiting until I hear from you but worried that would be too long without any watering. I will know if I did the right thing when you respond. Thanks continue this low-level feeding for at least 2 watering cycles

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I purchased 5 northern lights x Buddha off you Saturday. I have been trying to germinate the seeds with no success so far. If the seeds do not sprout, not even 1, do you offer any soft of replacement because this is most certainly not from my doing. I have germinated many many seeds before and never experienced not even 1 sprouting by the 5th day. Let me know please, is it possible my seeds a defective? i offer replacements, how did you sprout them? and you should either call me or come back to point of purchase

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I treated my plants with your solution for mites. Some of the leaves have turn brown and are dying. This is no problem because I read that this may happen. when a leaf gets "eaten" by mites on more then 50% of its surface, it will most likely die after treatment for mites... My plan was to clone the plants after treating them for mites. Should I cut off the dead leaves and clone at the same time or should I cut off the dead leaves, give time to heal, and then clone definitely wait a few days for them to recover before taking clones? Thanks

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thanks for leting me know, will the seeds be harmed in the mail box since its -15 out? I take them to the post office as oppose to putting them in a mail box outside, after that they are (at worst) at 10-12C (truck temperature usually)... it is possible that the mailman will leave your mail outside at freezing temps and that is a problem .... not had too many issue with this problem but that is why I do offer free replacements should something go wrong.... 

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i called you to day at 1:02 pm EST, and i got some auto message.. i was wondering if u received my money order for fast pine (15 pac) it was written with a red pen.? my phone died yesterday, battery died... anyways I did receive it... mailed it yesterday

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To Problemchild.. If you have two seperate rooms with three lights in each room have opposite 12/12 cycles. That way power consumption is a continuous 3000 watts. in general terms a house can do 6 lights (or 3 + 3 on alternating sleep cycles) ... again in general, 4 people living normally + a hot tub + laundry + whatever normal people do =  about 6 lights....

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I am really not sure if you were able to get my pic. If I have spider mites, wouldn’t I be able to see them with a magnifying glass?  I looked on top and bottom of the leaves and did not see any little spiders or webs. I sprayed your formula on the plants last night and will spray again tomorrow night. How will I be able to know that I have killed all of the mites? I am close to switching to the bloom stage and I want to make sure that I do not have any spider mites. Thank you for any information you can give me, Beginner

spider mites create damage by eating a leaf from underneath (that's where they live), and on top of the leaf you see this damage as "white spots", best seen on pictures here, when you spray (my fav is this product, sprayed just before lights off, it contains pyrethrins), spray underneath the leafs only and repeat in 3 days, you need to spray each leaf from underneath otherwise one egg will turn to millions with correct temperature, if your mite damage is extensive chances are some leafs will die after the spray, usually those that mites ate more then 50%... in veg the rest of plant will re-grow, but in bloom its not really recommended to spray since you will end up smoking it.. its best to get rid of mites before bloom and if you are in bloom then all you got left is cold spray every couple of days or hand picking the mites with clear tape leaf by leaf...

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I have a friend who mentioned about removing suckers from the plants. Now he has never seen my plants so he doesn't know if I have any suckers or not. Are suckers a problem, what are they, and should they be removed? Thanks what kind of suckers, I need a picture

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I enclosed a pic (hopefully I did it right) post it here on imgur http://imgur.com/ then post link from imgur on this forum and was wondering if it is indicating spider mites. I will be treating the plants tonight with your solution for mites. If the pic does not indicate mites, please let me know what you think the problem is. I am also thinking that I am under feeding the plants. The lighter color on the leaves happened over night. Thank You!

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Thanks man i really do appreciate you helping me out

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Hey thanks alot.. Im really impressed with your site and your costumer service. I have some experience in outdoors i grew Power Plant should work outdoors , Ak 47 not for me, Cheese ? and i think the last one was Sensi....anything form Amsterdam seems slow in veg... good yield but slow in veg which makes it a downer for me...  All the strains turned out to be good smoke. The Ak 47 was the best in-terms of yield, then the sensi but it took forever to finish and i had a problem with mold, but the Cheese and the Power Plant had a really crappy yield, but very exotic colors. My friend grow some outdoor plants that were recommended to him. i cant remember what the names were, i know one was Rox, But his plant turned out really amazing nice huge buds and finished really early and im looking for that this summer.. I would really appreciate some expertise. Im going to have to get some mothers together but im looking for something pretty promising that would finish early like a 6 to 8 week strain that would grow well in colder atmosphere and finish early so the cold nights dont affect my yields and something that i would be able to get a high susses rate on cloning because i herd some strains are really though to get clones off. you should try to match strain to region... I have a Fast Pine which is bred and meant to be grown in Ontario and M39/Freezland which is good for Quebec and Ontario... I suspect both are good for the whole Canada due to their ability to withstand late season stress (cold, rain, etc)... I would suggest you find out what the "professionals" use in your area... your local friendly hydro store would know

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Hi Mark, Just discovered the site and loving it. You deserve a medal. I see you are well versed in the White Shark. I bought it last year and things seem OK. I used to gro in Promix. Do you have any suggestions regarding what is the best feeding schedule for them or any other tips? if its the same white shark that I had for many years then its a very easy plant to grow (tolerates stress, bugs, grows quick etc...this is alls true of all "white" strains, white rhino, white widow), in bloom I would massively overfeed in week 4 to 6 .. often by 40% more then what the nutrient lable recommends but be careful with this ... a white shark from one company may not be the same white shark I had.. try overfeeding one plant to test before you overfeed them all As well does anyone have any suggestions for the new Smart Meters that are out. I am concerned my 12/12 cycle will show up and flag me by the Utility. Any thoughts? so long as you pay your bills, hydro will not be your problem... I actually never heard of anyone being busted via action initiated by hydro... they really just want your money ... and I know for a fact that 99% of busts happen because your neighbor/angry GF/snitch called the police... not hydro

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hi mark i was looking at some seeds your bank offers and i notice you have a strain called Fast pine. its a strain grown by Ontario's Best, I don't know how vocal commercially they are, but it was developed outdoors in the N.Ontario region, it finishes before frost hits in Ontario, usually well before that, and yields well without much maintenance, its the 4th year I carry this strain and I did have complaints about seed quality (hey that's why its easy on the pocketbook :-) but not about the quality of bud... it has a pine smell hence the name ... despite my countless google searches i cannot find any info on that strain could you pls pls give me the low down.. ie: indica sativa? flowering period- thc content and overall smoke quality and of course growing time.. thanks

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This is a question for The outdoor grower. Thank you in advance for taking the time to answer my question. Ok a friend and I are heading out to NB this summer we wanted to set up a crop. We dont want to drive a bunch of clones up there so were wondering even taking one clone and re-growing it into a mother plant would be better then seeds What would be some better auto-flowering strains that would do better in a colder climate and so we could maximize our yields?? Thanks alot any input would be greatly appreciated. e... I would actually end up driving clones which would have better rate of success then seeds... I could not honestly recommend any auto flower strains because the smoke sucks .. sorry.. what makes them "auto" is a eastern european hemp strain.. no thank you... 

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Hi Mark, Just discovered the site and loving it. You deserve a medal. I see you are well veresed in the White Shark. I bought it last year and things seem OK. I used to gro in Promix. Do you have any suggestions regarding what is the best feeding schedule for them or any other tips? As well does anyone have any suggestions for the new Smart Meters that are out. I am concerned my 12/12 cycle will show up and flag me by the Utility. Any thoughts? 6 lights is maximum for an average house but still falls within  "normal" usage .. there is a lot of rooming houses and someone running 6 lights or renting 6 rooms would not raise an eyebrow... 12 lights + would... with hydro they have more tips then people to check so they concentrate on people stealing power.. bottom line is that so long as you pay your bills, hydro will not be your problem... I actually never heard of anyone being busted via action initiated by hydro... they really just want your money ... oh yeah, and I know for a fact that 99% of busts happen because your neighbor/angry GF/snitch called the police... not hydro

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oh! do you start counting when you first switch to 12/12 yes ,I put my first two under 12/12 on 11-19 they started showing about 11 24,then my other plants are spread out by 2 weeks, thanks mark guess I'll be harvesting sooner then i thought if you know nothing about a strain 56 day bloom cycle is the average for most strains

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what strain will give me super tight buds with the proper care? im not worried about clipping fan leaves here and there to get density im after,ive let buds get a few extra weeks of direct sunlight that seems to help ,but a strain that needs little care would be awesome. id prefer to buy a strain from you guys ,your the only company that i know for shure that delivers genuine seeds . i grew your northern lights x skunk it was great smoke but a little on the loose side for me . dont get me wrong, many would argue! im just a bit fussy in this department .any help would be great thx .... happy customer since 2004....im not dissing the northern lights x skunk it is a super tight bud im just looking for something diffrent for outdoor crops only ... the standard for low maintenance is the Fast Pine... or the M39/FreezLand, what I have now is last years stock, new stuff will come in around March

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Hi Mark, I recently ALL my clones have been dying. I am certain the rockwool isn't too wet. do you let it dry out? or is it always soaked The atmosphere is good. It's not the heat mat. I take the covers off daily for a bit...explain this pls...you mean a dome? my domes are completely off permanently on the second day after I cut the clones, this makes them stronger quicker.. also I often cut off about a third off of a leaf or two per clone to help with perspiration... I need to know what is "normal" for you, any bugs flying around?... I used to have a 99% success rate. I am starting to think I have some sort of invisible pathogen. always possible It's killed the Kisk, The Afi Big Bud, and the White Shark so I know it is not the strain. It is the weirdest thing and I cannot pin point the problem. Is it possible or have you ever heard of something like this? My technique hasn't changed. One day everything went to S%#T and it isn't coming back. Lastly, what is the biggest producing plant from weight stand point. I need something that the masses like and puts out the weight. I was happy with my Af. Big Bud which had a 55/60 day cycle. The White Shark is nice but I find it takes 65 days. Your input is greatly appreciated. Problem Child

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ok im a soon to be new gurilla grower!!! im looking for a strain with that in mind, i live 3hrs north of toronto, i have a lot of room and options on locations however the lower the profile of the plan the better i suppose, also since this is for profit i would like at least a medium yield strian and again since i would like to turn a profit potency is also an concern, but since im new im boud to make mistakes... so i need a strain that can be forgiving.... thanks in advance for your in put

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ive sent u an money order for fast pine (15pac) on dec 20th and i was wondering if u received it yet? probably better to call me

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whats up mark , i had a question for you , i have unknown indicas and no way to really check the trics,i have a small magnifier but it sucks ,no help at all, the 19th < 15 days> they will be exactly 8 weeks since flowers first appeared , not the start of 12/12 just when i first spotted hairs , can you suggest a good time to harvest them,thanks as always for helping all of us out I need to know the date of 12/12 to be precise... but when hair appear first it would be the end of 2nd week (or 3rd for a sativa dominant genes, you don't have those) of bloom, most plants are fine with a 56 day bloom cycle

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so wen sprouting seeds tap water is fine. no need to pH treat the wateR? true, we are talking about tap water, not well water or rural water.. those things I have no experience with, but its all the same 

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Hi again thx for your help ... much appreciated . One other question , for now , ... How many times in that two week period of flushing , would you actually water I would hope to fit watering twice a week? ... only when the soil is dry that's what I mean "hope"... you still need to wait till they dry out, however in the second week of flushing I would water them with plain tap water at the end whether they need it or not, so the bottom line is that in the 1st week of flushing you can water once or twice but in the second week twice for sure..? ... or keep flushing every few days until the water comes out the bottom somewhat clear you describe an emergency flush, as in when you overfed the plants you would flush continuously?, normally its not good to do this ? Also , I have heard different opinions on whether or not you could or couldn't take a clone from a plant this far into the flowering stage ? would I? no.... can you if you really wanted too, sure, but at what cost, it may take two months for the clone to "recover" or die, normally you can take a clone two weeks into bloom... please give me your take on this subject , thx in advance .

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Hi there I've just finished week eight of flower ... I'm growing Himilayan Gold and I have read approx bloom time 8 - 10 weeks ... sooo , I thought I still had a couple of weeks to flush , but some of the white hairs are already starting to turn brown ! Soil is still moist from last organic feeding ... I think if I flush for two weeks I will lose potency you will not, it's 9-10 week cycle for this strain and you have 1 or 2 weeks of flushing which is just fine.. technically you need a week of flushing for good smoke and two for medical quality smoke, I suggest two... any advice would be appreciated . Thx

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hello i am actually just wondering if you have to have a membership card no, but you must be 18+ in order to come and buy seed's? please email me back at xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx my name is kristen btw. i hope to hear back form you soon.

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Hello, I just got everything set up. An even got some seeds germinating right now. So tomorrow when they break open i will plant them. So Now do I just water under 18 hrs of light and use bio thrive grow at 25%? and increase to 50 % after a week or two? ..yes you do this, but AFTER the plants develop some consistent looking leafs... it may be when they are about ..an inch or two (or three) tall... until then tap water is enough... when they have little tiny leafs stay at ..25-40%.. not 50%.. 50% is for when they have "normal" size leafs.. 4-5 inches tall usually ... and at this point of their lives its better to give them less nutrients then more... so if you don't know how much to feed, stick to 25% for the time being Also on the site it said to use calcium & magnisium formula for optimal performance. Im using promix HP. Does this have calcium. If i omit to use the calcium formula, will the plant still grow and sufficiantly produce buds. Also the bloom formula states it creates increase flowering sites and size... will these 2 organic nutrients be sufficient to produce a mediocre or decent first time grow? Thanks everything is setup and will hopefully be operational tomorrow. Thanks. in veg period all you need is a single nutrient (any veg food will do really, yours is fine).... in bloom you need to follow a specific schedule... you need 1. regular bloom food (whatever brand I don't care they are all the same, you chose bio thrive bloom)... 2. a bud booster used WITH regular food during week 3 to 6 of bloom.. like DNF,or PK or KB ..... 3. you may choose to add some "sugar" as well in week 2 to 6 WITH all the other nutrients.. read about molasses, or AN, or Sweet... 

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Hi Im planinng on starting and setting up a stock plant a mother plant to take my own cuttings from. Im doing hydroponic grow and I have an MMAR license. Ive been quoted a price between $650 -$850 for equipment needed to start stock plant (in rockwool cube) does that sound reasonable ??/ im in canada ontario. price wise you are not being ripped off.....BUT a hydro system for a mother plant? why? mother plants should be kept in dirt .. in a system that is least likely to ever break down (and hydroponics water system break down all the time)... all hydroponics systems are made for bloom and bloom only... of course you can keep mother plants in them but why would you... they break all the time which is ok when you can kill off few plants here and there but never in a mother room... now that I think about it, I do not know a single grower who would use a hydroponics water system of any sort to keep a mother plant... 

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hey Mark, I know this forum is mostly indoor based. But id like to know in your opinion, A list of the best fertilizers for outdoor in soiless mix. There isn't much information online for outdoor. Id be able to check garden aleast once a week. looking for chemical nutes mostly, might try some organic plants. Ive been told that even sensi grow/bloom diluted would do well. Including canna terra line. Thanks Mark for the help and keep up the great work it depends on how many plants are you growing, if you grow 1 or two on your balcony then promix + sensi + tap water makes total sense.. but outdoors even a few plants (giants I would hope) would cost you a lot of money to feed with sensi... or any regular indoor nutrient... for outdoors I use powders... easy to carry with you, ultra compact and easy to mix with local water source.... plant products 20-20-20 for veg and 15-30-15 for bloom with 10-52-10 as a bud booster... there are better marketed products like guanos and natural fertilizers but again.. cost for outdoors is a huge factor

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Awsome okay. Thank you so much for you advice. I will do the red cups and transfer to 8 inch pots. Again thank you so much. But... 2 more questions for you:P lol 1. And what length or stange should I transfer from red cups to the 8 inch pot? when the plant is bigger/taller/wider (in general) then the cup itself 2. I will be growing in a closet underneath my stairs. when they get too tall (over 1 or 1.5 feet tall) see this This space measured only 33"x35" and is 65" high. In this small cellar how many plants do you think I should try growing at the same time...I would always start with 10.. its a lottery and you never know how many will be female... you can always kill off excess.. hope to end up with 4 or 5 good females  It is also connected together with my dryer vent so everything will be vented outside. 3. Last and not least I went to your online cataloge and found that all the buddah strains were of great interest to me. I was thinking of doing 1 sativa and 1 indica at the same time if you think the space permits it. no, sativas need different levels of nutrients then indicas + more (taller) space.. I'd stick to indica for space mainly ... and/or pick only one of two but not both at the same time I can turn the plant around on a daily or bidaily basis to ensure even light coverage. always good - NorthernLights x Buddah = S20 : i80 - WhiteWidow x Buddah = S80 : I20 or - Shiskaberry x Buddah = S40 : I60 Which one or 2 would you recommend for a very inexperienced grower. none are hard to grow (NL x Buddha is easiest as is Summertime) but like I said, in your small space stick to one strain.. which one? its really personal... all get you there ;-) I have read all you guides online and have purchased most of the required materials. And I am very confident that I can grow my own medicine. Also I currently suffer from major anxiety and back issues due to a car related accident. This will give you the idea for the kind of product I will be seeing in producing for myself. Thanks again Mark. You are doing an AMAIZING job and I truley wish you the best of luck and success in all your endevours. PEACE. summertime/buddha is the one to try for you (for pain management which is a bit different then getting "ripped").. its cheap price is NOT refection of quality...  

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Hi, I want to know when the plan is overfeed ? all (not one or two but all) leafs look "leather dark green" and the tips of leafs start "burning" or graying... this burn would then start spreading throughout the inside of the leaf (depending on how much you overfed them, this process could take 24 hours or few days)....if you are overfeeding them only slightly what often happens is the stem of the plant becomes dark (dark blue/gray) and the leaf burning would come after if you are continuing overfeeding.... note: dark stem could also mean many different things, that's why its good to keep a calendar with notes ... keeping track of what you gave them before can tell you why the problem is occurring  I feed them once in 3-4 days when the promix is dry. I feed them till the water drip from the bottom of the container and wait till it dry off by check its weight. Is this ok ? and you never feed them just plain water (always adding at least some food).. from what you describe sounds like you are doing a proper job..

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Aircooled the downside is that any "barrier" between the plants and the bulb is a barrier (glass) and I like to regulate the heat in the room by raising and lowering the light, which is hard with a air cooled tube... they have their place in a room where keeping heat down is important like in the summer ... but in general its all one pain in the ass to install and maintain .. for little benefit.. VS water cooled used only where water is free like Quebec, but water + electricity = scary .. so I would not even attempt HOOD for 600HPS Mark what you think is best having in a stealth set up ...What you think about the 2?? on a basic 1 x 600W light room I would stay away from complicated setups and air cooled reflector are complicated and often unnecessary for a small space... unless you are in the south where heat is an issue, if you are in Ontario/Canada you will do just fine with a basic reflector

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hey ready to start n pick up supplies on tuesday and thursday. should have full set up by jan 1st. just wondering what type or size of pots i should buy. i only want to buy one size so i dont have to transplant. I would go with the 8 inch pot, but 6 inch pot may suffice, plus red cups, start with cups, transplant to bigger pots this will reduce the stress on the plants and their roots right? not really, if you let the plants get a bit root bound in the cups then transfer to the bigger pots, the plants will "explode" with growth... so a bit of strategic stress if good for them let me know thank you.

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Finally was able to get the lighting system from my friend. Yes it was two 400w systems combined enough though I kept asking him if it was one light. Of course he guest as to why I was borrowing the light and began telling me how to raise the plants. I told him about your system and I was not going to deviate from your system. Here is my question. The plants have little ridges around the leaves, if the ridges are curling up, is that an indication of a problem with the plant? Thank you! when you move from fluorescent lights to HID you need to adjust the plant to it slowly... curling could be due to switching from fluo to HID ... first the lights should be 3 feet away for 24 hours then move closer to ~12 inches away... curling can also be due to temps below 20-23C or watering too often... the most important thing is that you now continue feeding at 50% pretty much every time you water the plants... this "50%" is your "normal full feeding" for someone with 400W lights... even though you have 2 x 400W you still need to cover an area of 6 feet by 3 feet? or smaller? if smaller then you MAY have too feed a bit more ...

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I meant to ask you if you have used the Canna Coco as a medium. If so, how does it compare to the Promix BX medium? I am currently using the Canna A&B for my feedings and was wondering if I should be using their medium. Thanks promix has pH stabilizers, coco does not, thus you need to pay attention to pH-ing your water with coco... however if you follow my grow guide and never give them plain water you can skip pH-ing as well... I tested this many years ago... nutrients have pH stabilizers so as long as you always add some nutrients to your water the pH will be within range... if you are more advanced its still better to pay attention to pH-ing while growing with coco... is coco better then promix? no difference as far as I can see..... coco is more convenient

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I want to thank you for your quick response. Actually I have the little girls under a SunBlaze 44 fluorescent light system. The store told me that it would be equal to a 250w system...still a fluorescent light .. never as good as an HID That is the reason for the current feeding schedule I am using. your feeding is correct given the wattage you have, my previous assumption was that you had 2 x 400W HID lights .... I have a friend who says he has an 800w there is no 800W HID system per se.. is it a fluorescent type of lights? that he will let me borrow. when that happens you can increase dosage of nutrients I have not seen it yet but I am going to pick it up today. The plants are ready to be transferred to 3 gal. pots. When I transfer the plants, I will be putting them under the 800w light. I am planning on feeding them with a 50% solution; it is time for their 3rd feeding. Reading your reply, it seems that I should be using 35% on every watering and 75% every 3rd watering. under the 800W system, yes I will be looking for a change in the coloring after switching to the 800w light. Right now they are a pretty healthy looking green. The only light green color, that I see, is where I have new growth at the top of the plants. I will follow your suggestion if I notice any color changes. Thanks again for all of your info, Beginner for now continue doing what your doing, because its working, when and IF the plants show lighter green shade, increase the dosage then, its easier to keep them slightly underfed then feed them more, rather then overfeeding (burning) and then trying to recover them...

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Hi, I am a new grower and I want to clone my 2 plants. In your web site and others, you mention having a dome. What does the dome look like? Is it something that a hydroponics store would know what I am asking for? definitely, you need a tray and a dome.. $10-$15 total for both Is the dome just related to pot or is it use on other plants? anyone who gardens (non-pot related) has one kicking around and you could probably score one at a garden centre for free if they like you... the one you need is the dome that is something like 5 inches tall... there are domes that are only 2 inches tall.. get the taller one... I want to clone the 2 plants, making a total of 4, but I would like for all of the plants bloom at the same time. Is this possible? After getting a total of 4 plants, I wanted to clone those 4 for a 2nd growth period of 4 plants. Would I be putting too much stress on the original 2 plants by cloning them twice? Thanks, Beginner in veg you can clone as often as you like provided you wait at least a week between cuttings.... example: today you take a clone or two.. wait a week (or week and a half) minimum.. take 4 or 5 clones... wait... take 10 clones... every time you take a clone you can take more clones after a week or so..... you are not really stressing the plant so long as you don't take all the clones available on her, leave some foliage for re-grow.... second issue: onset of bloom is up to you and whatever plants you have in there will bloom, whether they are small or big, they will bloom.. on average takes 56 days to bloom and it can not be reversed.. so you can not decide to go from bloom to veg.. once you commit to bloom you have to take it through the end.... while a veg period can be infinite

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Hey whats up. I over fed my plants and they turned yellow n died. Starti8ng again but hopefully the right way this time. Just a question for you. Is it better to underfeed or over feed you plants...overall it is always better to feed less... start with ...say.. 50% of "normal"... then you increase to 75%, then IF needed to 100%... as example: lets say a lable on a nutrient (I like Pure Blend Pro) says to mix 30ml/Gallon... start at 15ml the first time you feed your plants, then go up to 25ml the next feeding and IF the plants look OK stay at that level..   owned fish and they say for fish its always better to underfeed as so not to dirty their water. But how about for plants is it better to over feed or underfeed. And how about wating over watterin vs underwatering. Great site:D will definatley be buy ur shop to grab some seeds. most common mistake people make is to water the plants too often and then not soaking the medium enough.... the process should be like this... you soak the medium (promix) until water is coming out the other end to make sure its wet.... then you wait ... wait until the pot/container is almost dead dry... you have to play with this concept for a while... the difference between dry medium and wet medium is clear, feel and touch the pots by lifting them often, you should be able to tell that a pot is very dry because its very light compared to a wet one... most people think pot plants are like regular plants which you can water any time you want.. this dry-wet-dry-wet cycle is what makes the plant grow big... on the average I water a 6 inch pot every 2 to three days... 10 inch pots every 3 to 5 days depending on how big the plant/roots are....

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Hello, Okay so the set up I told you about is here: http://www.bustan.ca/product_detail.asp?menuID=1&SID=0&PID=1198 Its from the bustan store n they charge $80 for shipping. I'm just going to bus down and take it home in a taxi. You mentioned I need to feed my plants. What do you recommend for a beginner grower to feed their plant with. You can give me ratios of nutrients or you can just list (a) specific product(s). I'm assuming I need 2 feeds: one for each cycle(bloom n veg) also so i feed it while in veg then take a break and switch to bloom then stop alltogether for 2 weeks? Thanks again. STICKEY on the cheap you can get the line of nutrients that is generically called A AND B, like DNF A + B (two separate containers) is a popular brand, or Sensi Grow, brands do not matter, its all the same food repackaged.... or you can get organics which come is a single container like Pure Blend PRO Veg (SHAKE IT before use) and Pure Blend PRO Bloom, .... I like the pure blend pro line, easy and organic... there is more you need to get for the 3rd to 6th week of bloom... a bud booster... PK-13-14 OR Kool Bloom .... I also recommend getting some B1, as a root stimulator/protector... it helps roots, again brand not important, B1 is B1... another important issue: when you read a lable on any nutrient they assume you are growing under a 1000W light, since you have 400W you need to decrease their recommended dosage by about half... so you do not overfeed the plants... if you overfeed the plants you will kill them 

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Hello, I want to begin a small closet grow. I was thinking about purchasing the following: + Dark Room DR80 Grow Tent 2.7 x 2.7 x 5.3 $265 pricey but fair.. try online like amazon or craigs list for cheaper stuff, but its a good price + 400W Digital Ballast Light Kit w/ 400W HPS Bulb $269 good price but personally I would get a Metal Halide bulb/ballast, MH is a fuller spectrum, HPS is limited and is good if you already have a MH setup + Fan-Filter Combo 4" 165CFM Carbon Filter 200CFM w/ Flange $189 Inline Fan (Active Air) 4" 120CFM $139 Flexible Ducting 4" 25ft $22 ?s for you: 

1) Is 400w hps light strong enough for 1 - 2 plant(s)?. definitely.. Because of the small space im thinking just 1 plant. 400W is fine up to 10 plants 

1b) lol ... how long does the average 400watt light bulb last? 1 year of usage life, How many month or grow cycles will it last?   4 bloom cycles MAX 

2) 120 cfm fan - is that loud at all? there is a definitive woooshy sound but if you use a carbon filter should not be loud enough to penetrate a regular door 

Will it be heard if i closed my closet door? Does this have to be vented outside or can it be vented into the main bed room from the closet? it can ...but then the room will have a humidity increase and you will have to open a door or window so it ends up better to ventilate straight outdoors, but it sure can ... its a bit of a ghetto setup in a long term And with the inline fan? with 400W you may not need an inline fan at all, you may need a passive intake ("passive" means basically a hole ... in summer since winter is too cold) but I doubt 400W light will get this space hot enough to justify spending money on an intake fan...  

do i still need a oscillating fan? you always need an oscillating fan... but it can be very small, so long as it makes some basic air movement in there, I buy $5 goodwill rejects 3) it comes with carbon filter does this eliminate all odour? yes 100% so long its a proper brand...ventilated outdoors, yes, it lasts for 1 year and it must be replaced, if you use it as a re-circulating fan (venting to another room as oppose to outdoors) then you would need a faster fan and still humidity would be a big issue... Even the strongest smelling kushes? carbon physically traps the molecules .. how? don't know, but it works 

4) What do you think about the price? you are not being ripped off, but I would need to know brand names of the carbon filters to say good/bad, plus I would not get anything for intake, no need 

All of the above for only $800 no shipping pick up only all brand new and from a reliable store... 5) If i use promix will it be too much to use a blooming juice? I don't understand, promix has no (or very little) nutrients, you still need to feed your plants, you need veg food and bloom food I must get the 400watt because of electricity consumption and financial woahs. PS i visited sublime today i must say excellent coffee and service. Thanking you in advance. I hope you answer my questions soon. I wish you and your staff a merry christmas and a happy new year. Also happy boxing day / week shopping. Thanks again, Ur true bud... STICKEY! ask more before you buy

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ive sent the money order for the fast pine (15 pac) u should receive it soon.

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Hello Mark I have ww in 6th wk of bloom, nothing you can do as you should start leaching at the end of week 6 or begging of week 7 clones 3ks old, and seedlings 4wks old, they are all developing rust on their leaves. Q1 what is the cause. q2 is there anyway I can correct this problem? I also use molasses(1 tbls 4 L of water every watering) and h2o2 (2.5 ml per 4 L) every watering,for the plants in bloom. if it affects all the plants you can blame it on `1. a disease or 2. something you are doing... my bet here is that you are actively underfeeding them (if you are informing me correctly that under a 1000W you feed at 50% then at 10%??) ... in bloom plants need continuous feeding (so a 100% all the time) and in veg they are happier with intermitted feeding (more like this time 50% and 80% next, rarely 10%)... test it with one plant: 1 teaspoon of epson salts per litre, wait for 24/48 hours to see if it helped or not.... may be you have bad water... problem is that I assume as well that you water your plants too often and this is the combination of your problems with apparent under feeding ..... the soiless medium needs to be very dry, obviously not to the point of death but most people assume that this means to keep the roots always wet... try to wait longer for the plants to dry and start increasing your nutrients... in a mean time it may help to remove the affected leafs just in case it is a disease.. in bloom this late I doubt there is anything you can do but in veg I would leach out the plants, mix a fresh batch of nutrients start feeding at 25% of normal level then increase to 80% of normal... while waiting for the medium to dry out between waterings...

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mark i have a space of 2/5 ft deep,3 ft wide and about 10 ft tall. 600W max in this space, if you are experienced you could do a 1000W but you need good ventilation... starting with 20 plants in 6 or 8 inch containers, grown to 12 inches, not topped at all.... assuming you do a 1000W, 16+ ounces dry in the end of 8 weeks of bloom how many plants would you grow and to what size, also how many times would you topp the plants.using 1000 watt hps...how much dry bud do yo think you would get at the end of the growing cycle

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Plus Molasses black strap unsulphites about 1/4 tsb 2 times a week and about 1 tsp of fox farm every 2 days ... look into a bud booster: PK-13-14 or Kool Bloom or DNF Bloom Fortifier... added in the 3rd to 6th week of bloom

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MARK man need help I got yellow leafs near buds. the leafs are dry and yellow with black spots on them 1 or 2 per plant right now im 30days in 12/12 tap water sat for at least 24 hours got foxfarm nutes Under hps 1 gallon pots I would not give them plain tap water during bloom ... always, always mix in some food to plain water.. I recommend 20% of normal... plain tap water creates problems ... on the other hand you still need to decrease overall nutrient level... but not to zero... decrease it by 20% or so ... in fact, in bloom I would always maintain a steady level of nutrition and never feed them just water...

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i let my plant grow about one and a half feet. be for switching to bloom.is the northern lights buddha better then the Hindu Kush cuz i am hearing kush is the stuff to have.... better is relative... if you like it, its better.. its a personal taste..

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purchased northern lights buddha seeds from seed bank.Approx what height do you let the plants get before switching to flower I would wait until they are 10 inches high but in general anywhere from a foot to 1.5 feet and the plant should be put to bloom... it all depends on the size of your closet... if you have many plants and small space, bloom them when they are 10 inches, when you have ton of space, bloom at 20 inches... space and light is usually the biggest restriction

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im going to be putting the seeds i buy off you in rockrool when should i start using my heating pad.. if your ambient temperatures are like those of a regular house/home I would not use a heating pad, but if you are in the basement then I would use it from the start... some people use it no matter what the need and it does work but personally I don't use it at all... the seeds never seem to need it

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Hello, I was wondering if you have (non-sterilized) hemp seeds? nope sorry Also, I know this is pretty subjective, but what is your weakest strain, for an inexperienced smoker? Jason you are most likely looking for something labeled as "sativa", you want 100% sativa but the best I can offer here is a juicy fruit/nl/sk which is still may be 40% sativa... reason I don't stock anything with more then 50% sativa is because the plants yield little, bloom 10 or 12 weeks and are hard to grow... try these guys  

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mark what is the most potent Indica seeds you sell. that is around 80-100$ for 10 seeds either white widow xxx or the hindu kush ... I would not recommend any of the expensive ones ($150 +).. price does not mean quality 

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F^%K it I guess I will take it as a sign! And Ill stick with the Hindu for now Thanks for the support..Till next time peace...

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do u still have fast pine in stock (15 pac)?just need to know b4 i get the money order....i have 50 left.. you should be ok, they are not the most popular this time of year

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Whats up Mark you get that card to work or what man? I called you yesterday around 11:35 Thanks tried, it fails then it  says "call 800-xxx-xxxx for authorization"

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I was wondering what would be a normal time for roots to form from a mature NL x Buddha female plant cuttings. I am using a cloning tray with 7 inch dome. Temps are approximately 26c (79f) airing out the dome once a day using the small rockwool cubes that were soaked for 24 hours. It took me 2 weeks to first see roots on some of the clones and I was wondering if that is normal for the strain or will I be able to get faster results. your clones have too much humidity... the dome should be taken off them on the 2nd day after cutting (spray them 4 times a day when the dome is off for 2 days, once a day after).... the first day (I do this) or two (books say this) the clones need 100% humidity but after they need to adjust to the outside (normal) humidity and you must take the dome off if they are to continue advancing... to help, after you take dome off, place them on a heating mat.... most clones should root with in 7 to 12 days (12 for kush strains) this way.... if you keep the dome on them for the entire rooting process the clones start off weak... look at it this way: why would the clones bother creating roots when the ambient environment is so nice and humid, no incentive there to root, but when you remove the humidity on 2nd day you force the clone to seek water/humidity through the roots.... 

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I think I am over feeding and burning what % of nutes should I be using for a 600 watt hps? the first few weeks into bloom I would go 80% then %25 week 4 I started using %100 80% would be "perfect" but most strains would be able to uptake 100% under 600W without a problem and %25 I would be at 80% continuous in week 3 to 6... technically you are not feeding too much but the plants may look like they get a bit too much.. or may be just about enough.... but you MUST leach NOW I am in week 8 right now and there is a lot of burnt leaves. temps are good at 23-28 day time and 17- 20 night humidity is about %30 thanks. also are you working on any new strains in seed form? if you are in week 8 then start leaching immediately, I would start leaching at the beginning of week 7

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Hey Mark, Just got my papers signed by my Doctor .. Now in your opinion do I risk telling my landlord or do I avoid any "Tenancy Issues" by keeping this to myself? my instinct is to keep it all to myself unless absolutely necessary, but you never know if the landlord is a smoker and a friendly... but you don't know that do you If it is the latter what is your advice concerning my growing license? Thanks for all that you do, eh technically.. when you get a new permit and you are already under a rent/lease agreement, the landlord can not evict you for smoking or growing (at least legally, but can make your life hell) ... when you already HAVE a license and you approach a new landlord you must tell him/her about the license or the landlord can evict you later for not giving him proper information....

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to all the growers out there, pot is not addictive, personally I don't smoke it much. but god I love to grow it. watching it grow is better than smoking any day. enjoy. be happy. and veg out. life is a blast mijobe1

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HI MARK just to let you know, I have follow your instructions( for the most part, I am ad/hd which makes it hard sometimes) on growing and they work very well. But being a dumb ass I have gone astray. Kick me if you wish, I need it once in awhile. I live in the bush and it is very hard for me to get things I need sometimes, but I try. I bought some molasses today ,(Crosby's BLACKSTRAP,) but it is not sulphites free, will this hurt my plants. I do not think so, sugar (or molasses) is an add-on nutrient and not a primary one, so it should be ok... should is the key word, watch for any "funny" behaviour... in general the more natural the molasses the better  They are 4 weeks into bloom and doing very well.(THANKS TO YOU) By the way thanks for the white widow xxx, look very good. Have another question, do you know what the worst part of the day is, and the best part of the day is. when the lights go out in your bloom room ( man that sucks). when the lights come on it is like a like a new lover, just can't wait to see what is going to happen. Thanks for all your help and have a great one mijobe1

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For anyone that grows marijuana?..When you are flushing in the last 2 weeks how many times do the plants get watered with plain water? 2 3 time? I am asking because my light burned out about 4 days be for harvest.so it only got watered once with plain water..but right be for i cut the plant i gave it about 7 gallons of water..Is this going to be enough to flush my plant properly? Or am i going to have bad tasting bud?...once is "theoretically" enough at least to smoke it, best to have twice for "street" quality, 3 or 4 is better for so-called "medical" quality... but you will not know until you smoke it, it will not be very good, may be good enough

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my temps have reached 90 in my closet, can you keep the closet open when lights are ON + add an oscillating fan,  how bad is that, my plants survive outdoors in temps up to 100 above 86F and above the temperatures create perfect environment for mites and bugs in general, plus the plants stretch instead of growing... in general watch out for mites and mist with cold water ... but the problem is that you need to bring down the temperatures to below 86F.. optimum temps are around 82F..... about outdoors: you know, just because the plants survive above 90F or a 100F does not mean that the yield for that year will be any good... also outdoors you have better wind and swings in temperatures that help the plant... indoors you are "god" - you control the air and the wind and the food, thus minor twitches have greater consequences

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Thanks Mark I sent the payment back in late November 26th or 27th man I will let you know if I see it this Dec the 8th

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what is your best strain? depends.. strain yield ... either White Widow XXX or the Northern Light / Buddha or Northern Light / Skunk.... if you're looking for medical properties .. Juicy Fruit/SK/NL or the White Widow / Buddha... they are more balanced on the indica/sativa side but they are not top yielders... 

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Mark whats going? I made a payment on your website I haven't seen it show up on my card yet have you not been around? or have you not got it yet last number of card is #9 Got any payments from that yet man? it was for a pak of ww ... if you don't see it this Wednesday.. give me a call ... if my website did f%$# up ... i'll mail it express on me

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is fast pine indica or sativa? 80-90% indica, even though the leafs are slim and long, visually indicating sativa, which it is not

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thanks mark , i guess I'm just going to get the cal mag and look into some soil from the hydro store for next time and just skip the lime and i guess whatever happens ,happens lol,live and learn.i got more of them vegging anyway. i started adding a splash of nutes to my reg water,i noticed today it's just that one plant , the leafs i had posted in my picture on grasscity have withered and now the ones above them are starting to lose color,she has started showing so i got that one on flowering nutes,and i am now feeding the 6 others veg nutes for their first week in,I'm just glad i hadn't fertilized them with the flowering nutes yet,and again thanks for taking the time to help us all out

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Sorry about the repetitive posts ... it kept saying the page was down !!! Obviously not !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! no worries

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whats the best way to turn my pollen from my bubble bags to hash??? please help or may be this.. once you have bubble hash, you need heat or pressure to create what we know as hash.. I fear heat as it can destroy your hash, so try pressure...

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HELP !! first time grower ... third week into flower ... buds look small ( normal ? ) , but the real problem is I still have like five more weeks of flower (?), and I am rapidly running out of room in my closet as far as height goes ... wtf should I do ? Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated . the only thing you can do is to get some bamboo sticks, stake the plants but try to force them to face outward, also try pinching.... if you pinch all the tallest parts and stake them the next day when they recover then you can gain some space...

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thanks man,guess i'm a little parinoid, my last indoor grow was a complete failure , i burned all my plants ,got one female out of ten and i think i got a grand total of ten dry grams and i seen yellowing this time around and freaked,i was going to go with promix BX or HP or SunShine mix no.4 or any soil sold in a real hydro store or last resort, ask for a "triple-mix" in  home depot, used by professional lawn grass people, only reason i didn't was at the time i was ordering my stuff from htgsupply and with the shipping price it was just crazy to pay that much for a bag of dirt indeed, its not meant for shipping, a new hydro store opened up so i'm going to run down there and pick up the cal mag plus and check out their soil,do you think adding a little lime would help bring my ph down? I suppose if you gonna try, try this on one plant only and wait for 48 hours before you apply to the rest (get a pH meter/pen)... problem is this: if the plants like it, they will not start "looking" better, at best they will not look worst i've heard over time they can adjust to a slightly high ph true but that's for outdoors, indoors there is not enough time/space/light but i just don't want to risk it,i only got about 4 maybe 5 months before i got to go back outdoors, and with neighbors and dogs it's a handfull lol thanks again mark ,

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got a problem with stunted growth iam in week 6 of bloom and buds haven't gotten any bigger than in week 3 this is a 9 week finnish using nutri plus A+B bloom, black,gold,and growtek monster bloom PH is 5.2 growing in B'cuzz pro mix bigger is a relative word for many strains... most strains in week 6 grow inside or fill-in inside or gain weight rather then expand in size per se (not all, not always, but generally) ... you seem to use the correct nutrients.. how often do you water and what is the temp, also are they overfed? leafs curling, anything of this nature? ... watering too often (not "too much") would stunt them ... 

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your correct the tops look great, someone had told me to get some cal mag plus ..if your tops are healthy then its not a "deficiency" per se... if it were then the entire plant would be affected or more specifically the fan leafs would show it first and it would not be at the bottom either... note: I like cal mag plus and cal mag in general so there is no harm adding it to water (same for B1)... in general I do not think you are actually having a problem  because they had similar problems with the fox farms trio and that cleared it up , i'll start adding the ten percent nutes to my reg water,and keep the veg nutes for a week or two ..some quicker strains (7 weeks bloom) would not like veg food on 2nd week of bloom, so feed them veg/nitrogen for one week exactly, in bloom into flower,i had switched to flower nutes the day i put them into flower, it's not mildew nothing rubs off it just looks like it's yellowing from a lack of n, ,i have recently discovered my soil ph is at 8 ,i had figured p.h.ing my nutes and water would keep the ph in the soil at that level too, guess i figured wrong lol .i tested the run off today actually ,i have some pics up at grasscity,i only got one response and that was the guy saying use the cal mag plus,thanks mark i appreciate your advice which soil? type, brand? ... a forgotten fact is that nutrients have pH down-type ingredients and as long as you add some food to your water the pH is almost never an issue, but when you give the plants plain water (0 nutrients) that is when the problems begin... update: I just red your post on grass city and your problem is soil type... you need a triple-mix, here we use promix... yes your plants will live and all, but your yield will suck and you will wonder why... the soil made for perennials has different pH then triple-mix which is made for lawn-grass... B1 and Cal mag will help, transplanting may not work at this stage ... 

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Thanks Mark I already ordered some WW hope u ship soon thanks

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hi mark ,i have a question , i just put some plants in my flowering room 5 to be exact , but their yellowing now at the bottoms, looks like a lack of n. the yellowing starts and the leaf just withers and looks kind of white after a couple days. NOT mildew is it? can you rug it off? i'm sure it's not a burn, I grew with m.g. lol i know a burn. I'm using the fox farms line 2 tsp tiger bloom 1 tbl big bloom, this is my second indoor crop, my veg plants are doing more then fine , it just seems when i move them they start giving me problems, I'm shaking my nutes up too there is few issues here... if the leafs that are dying/burning/yellowing are all on the bottom of the plant then its "normal".. they are the last to get any light and the plant is "getting rid" of the "useless" foliage.. you can help by removing those leafs, normally in the 3rd week of bloom I remove all foliage from the bottom 1/3 of the plant to help the top 2/3 make better buds... I am assuming that the top part of the plant looks normal (as in good).... if not then there are other issues... I have to mention that it is normal to continue feeding the plants veg food for the 1st week of bloom... week 1 and 2 of bloom is a period where they still need some nitrogen ... some people feed veg food in the 1st week some don't... I do... but in the 2nd week of bloom I switch to bloom food...

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do i need any id or anything to purchase seeds in person you need to be 18+

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I am setting up in a 3'6 x 4'6 x 5'6 space. Is it possible to get decent results with a 250w hps and a set of 74w cfls mounted on the walls? How much is the heat difference between a 250w and a 400w? ... from a 400W you can do at best 10 ounces per cycle (dry and manicured), but as a newbe most likely 5... then from a 250W you should expect may be 5 at best and 2.5 most likely.... cost wise, 400W is usually 10% more expensive then 250W... sorry but in general I would not get anything below 400W

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How well does your white widow yield out of 10? white widow / xxx is 10/10 and white widow / buddha is 7/10... ww/xxx is a pure indica which is short bushy and designed for yield... ww/b is a mix of indica/sativa.. sativa is about taste/quality and yield is sacrificed

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You mentioned if I see no leaf curl my medium is ok, what should I do if I see leaf curl? I just started the Big Bloom today. I decided to try it during flower as my second feed. Before buying it, I would feed with fish emuslion + molassas + epsom salt (1st feed) and molassas + GH Floralicious (2nd feed). I thought the bigbloom would thicken up the buds as the second feed. Thanks for the advice about not mixing the two. Ill try the bud booster

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do you have any fast fine left? so i can get a stocked for next year. thanks... we have a 100 left .. more will come in March

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is this still ur mailing adress for ur seed bank? yes

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In flower I feed twice/week_1st feeding Fish emulsion + molassas + epsom salt + big bloom, 2nd feeding is molassas + big Bloom. In veg I use the same mix (dif N-P-K fish emulsion) but no big bloom. My question is how are my nutrients am I missing anything. epson salts should be used only if you see deficiencies, otherwise it may give you an impression that your feeding more then they need when the opposite is true, so using it every time is not recommended... molasses can be used any time in bloom, I like it, use it and endorse it (in veg its useless to use it)... Fish emulsion is a so-called "primary nutrient" (need a  brand name to be sure) and "big Bloom" is also a primary nutrient therefore you should not be using both in bloom at the same time... may be you did not see problems because you are supposed to increase nutrients in bloom so when you add fish emulsion + big bloom its the same as just increasing their nutrients anyways... but I would prefer you choose one or the other (I'd choose fox farm in bloom, but fish emulsion in veg) .... it is also important to add a bud booster during week 3 to 6 on top of their regular nutrients... kool bloom OR pk-13-14 OR DNF Bloom Fortifier, its all the same crap under different names, this is the stuff that makes buds filled in or hard .... also add B1 every time.. it prevents problems/stress..... 

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Thanks for clearing that up for me. Just took the cutting now. Should be pretty sweet.

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is your online store still open? and if i was going to pay with a money order do i need to add the hst tax when doing the total? yes, HST is 13%, same as GST 5% + PST 8% 

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Damn multiple posts! Was refreshing the page without realizing what was happening. Sorry about that. no worries.. this page was created with top of the line microsoft software circa 2001.. :-)  its so old I'm surprised its working 

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Heya, In your opinion would it be better to bloom my 4 mothers (about 3 feet tall, 6 months old, 1 round of cuttings done a month ago) under my 1000W, or take another 15 to 25 cuttings and bloom them? Thanks. I would say take new  clones and bloom those... mothers create so called "popcorn bud".. as in, lots and lots of small buds (unless you veg out the moms even bigger before the bloom, but then how big is too big, you know what I mean) ....  also mothers are most likely already root bound which decreases yield.... 

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Hi - I am relatively new to Toronto. I don't have the medical forms that were listed on the website and need a relatively small amount of weed for depression. Is there a way to access? no

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This year, I grew three of T420's strains all outdoors under very similar and controlled conditions, soil was not a factor as I used promix. Sunlight length of day shading etc, were out of my control but all things being equal this is what I got. SUMMERTIME BUDDHA : Excellent germination 80%, did lousy on the male to female ratio 3 females per 10 seeds. Overall vegetative growth, scores the highest of the three strains I grew, This strain grows huge. This strain did not do well at 42.5 degrees north and harvested bud was the worst of the three and most went into weed oil production. (Mostly leaves). AFGHANI GOLD : Decent germination rate of 70%, male to female ratio was 60% female. Vegetative growth was average, not a huge plant, but buds much tighter then the Buddha, still wish I would have had three more weeks with this strain probably grows really well at 39th or 40th not enough time to do a decent job outdoors north of Toronto. Didn't feel comfortable with the finished product as bud so kept for myself as Flowertop. FAST PINE :Germination rate lowest of the three strains at only 40%, however price of the seeds makes up for this. Vegetative growth was impressive way bigger then the Afghani Gold but couldn't keep up with the Summertime Buddha for shear size. Male to female ratio was 50%. Started showing sex long before the other two strains and final product was very impressive with tight well formed buds. Good yield. SUMMATION: Fast pine is the best strain for growing outdoors in our area (Toronto) and north. ~Phly

Thank You.. fast pine .. as expected ...I'm surprised you did not have luck with the summertime ... she's easy 

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whats the best outdoor strain to use? fast pine for yield (and/or summertime x buddha for beginners) whats the shortest to use? fast pine

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Hey im coming from Guelph this weekend could u get me a discount on some seeds?? not really, we are cheap already... and we give a kick ass warranty btw i heard ur conversation with ur mom on the video lol, you pot head :-) indeed.. hahaha dupa makes. me. laugh. every. time.... when everyone writes it 

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mickey d wtf is your prob man have you grown all the strains Mark has I bet not Take a hike man the bast strain are here read something and learn

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Hey Mark ... it's a sad day here ... three of my six feminized seed plants have started to turn hermie on me . I'm into my second week of flower and I am seeing pollen sacs ... SHIT!! Should I just toss them , or can I make something out of them ie: oil or hash ? Thx even hermies have decent buds, and also you can cut off the male parts and keep cutting them off as they develop.... chances are the seed number will be minimal.... also remember that feminized seeds are really 3rd generation seeds... highly susceptible to environmental problems.... I'm not a big fan of fem seeds...

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ur strains suck get some good kush strains thanx troll

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hi guys wondering if anybody can help me out. I have a white widow in bloom for 6 days. Is it to late to clone her now. Or should I wait and reveg her? you can take a clone up to 2 weeks INTO the bloom cycle... take the BOTTOM branches, they will do better, re-vegging may be too stressful, but not impossible...  mijobe

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Hi Mark; Can you plz recomend feeding procedure for your summertime buddha from start to finish (indoors) 400w hps. promix. feeding schedule does not change with strains... you always have to be vigilant about problems... when I say "feed at normal dosage" I mean read the lable of whatever nutrient you buy ...say something that calls for 5 ml/L... this "5" is meant for a 1000W light.. you have a 400W thus you need to feed less.. roughly by half less.. but on average 25% less... so feed at 2.5ml/L or no more then 3.5ml/L.... that is your "normal" because you have a 400W   Thx man . :-)

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Thanks for updating website look awsome man cant wait till you done im in need of seed (new store online) much pain it creates ;-)

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recommended commercial strain? sea of green method. you mentioned Lebanon in your post but i dont see it in your listings. . new strain i just got, will need a year to make more

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hi mark hope ur doing well long time no coro.... in regard to ur summertime buhhda how shall we feed them again ..she is a resilient strain, consequently, she can be overfed and she will "take it".. but stick to "normal" food levels.. normal means as the lable says, not more ???????? sorry for this repeat just starting a new batch and wanted to talk with a pro Thx fer ur help bro. Yick

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I am having some issues with what appears to be a Magnesium deficiency (leafs turning yellow with brown spots) also some leaf fingers cupping upwards. I have had this before and after some research found that Epsom salts will raise the MG levels and fix the deficiency which it seemed to. (I use pro mix BX) what I am wondering is if my tap water contains chloramines not chlorine (which i think it does) will that bind up all of the MG requiring me to always add epsom salts or is there a way to remove the cloramine safely without hurting the plant. I have heard that cloramine will stay in water for many days and not burn off. Also my tap water (Mississauga) is at a PH of 7.8 - 7.9 befor adding nutrients. Is it still ok to not worry about adjusting the PH when using Pro mix? Thanks in advance. the reason you do not need to check your pH with promix is because it adjusts the pH "for you" down to about 5.5 or so.. this of course changes because we add nutrients but in general promix will "protect" you BUT this assumes that water is 7 to begin with which is neutral for human consumption.... Mississauga water I guess is not like Toronto (a proper 7).... I feel like I need more info here... Are ALL your plants doing this? or is it few, on some plants, on tops, or on bottoms... pic would be good if possible (see imgur.com).... I am not a big fan of epson salts as they can kill the crop outright... I find it better to leach for one water cycle then bump nutrients to 100% for next two water cycles....

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how much more weight does a plant put on in the last month of bloom? ...aaahhh 40%

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Hi Mark, First time growing a plant. :) I got G13xBuddha seeds and planted one. The plant looks OK overall but the fan leaves all have red/purple stems and it spreads up into the veins under each fan leaf. The rest of the stems of the plant are green, it's only the fan leaves. She just showed her sex the other day, but the 12/12 light cycle was started about 3 weeks ago because I'd read that if you allow vegetative growth to continue too long, the plant can get "too big". I was worried about it overtaking my closet setup. Anyway, I didn't give it any extra nutrients at all, just planted it in some new soil with time release fertilizer and other nutrients. (I think the brand name was Scotts but I am not sure). Unfortunately the pH is high—last time I checked it was around 7.6 from a run-off sample. Haven't watered it since (about 1 week) or checked the pH of runoff, but I did read that high pH can cause nutrient lock-out online. I have been using hard, tap water and got some distilled water and have adjusted the pH to 6.5 for use in the next watering. I tried reading other forums and I have heard that red/purple fan leave stems might be a strain specific trait rather than a problem with the nutrients so I thought I'd ask you. I am also worried now that the early 12/12 cycling might have done something to stress her and the purple stems are the result—is this possible? Thanks for all of your help. soil is your main problem ... the reason "we" use promix (brand, see this page) is that is maintains the correct pH level WHEN you use it with tap water specifically... most other brands of soil are made for perennials or flowers or whatever but not specifically lawn grass.. you need to have soil that has the pH rating for growing lawn grass, which is the same as growing cannabis..... unfortunately there is nothing you/I can do, I am sorry, you could spend money on pH kits and pH Down (to add to water to adjust the pH), but in the end the soil is wrong.... don't get me wrong, she may not die, like any "weed" she will linger on but she more likely will become a she/he (hermie) and continuously give you mixed signals like dark stems, burnt tips, etc... but its all because the pH is wrong.... in proper soil its like night and day...

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Hi Mark, I am just looking for a little clarification with regard to watering during bloom (weeks 3-6). Do you continue to do the 25% in between waterings, or do you use 100% bloom and bud booster and CarboLoad and B1 with every watering until the second last week, I do not do it blindly, I do this provided the plants look/feel healthy, the environment is good and all else is well, there are times when you need to leach once or even twice (rarely) during this 3 to 6 week period, but it is usually for a specific reason, usually bad environment or ... stress or many flavours and then plain water for the last 2 weeks. NO, I step-down...100%, then 25% then 0%.. if you go 100% to 0% they could get shocked, see nutrient lock  Also, have you ever used FloraKleen, and, if so, do you just use it once during the last two weeks, I believe it works and some people like it, but to be honest I don't use it because the whole idea is to remove salts/crap from roots not to add, so I see this product as pointless (and it costs money, in addition if you read Cervantes he mentions 25% nutrient level gets rid of salts as well or better then plain water or any commercial add-on product).. unless you want to add flavour and then there are products for that... again I would not use it  and then just plain water? I am just entering week 3. Thanks!

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Legal Question for anybody to answer! I am a little concerned about the new smart meters detecting trends in power consumption while growing. I have heard I need to know the source of this because I specifically follow the news for something like that  of arrests being made as a result of electricity suppliers calling police. ..as far as I know Toronto Hydro does not have a policy of informing on their customers unless they detect power theft... and that usually means 10 lights + ... in other words, not someone like you.... I have not heard a single case where a smart meter was the reason for a raid....  My question Mark is this, Do you or any of your readers know if the electrical companies have been challenged no, they should be, I have a good case, but its so expensive and you make so many enemies .. and its a pain based on privacy rights as described in the new privacy act. no one has the money to challenge it properly In my opinion our power consumption is a personal matter. yes and no, what's personal? it works like this - when a cop suspect someone of growing (99% someone called it in.. neighbour, snitch, pissed off GF, etc.) they call hydro and ask to find the "average" on the street/block vs. the suspects usage... if suspect is over the average then they can request a warrant to enter, so they already obtained "your personal info" even before they got the warrant... the police/grower interaction in real world are always in this sequence, never did I hear of hydro calling cops first and saying... "this house is above average" and then the cops get a warrant, the cops already suspect you before they call hydro Mcdonalds does not call my doctor when I eat 2 big macs in 1 day and if they did I would start Legal action based on the Privacy act. I leave this open to discussion for everyone! I'd like to add that if you have 1 x 1000W (or less) light you have nothing to worry about... power becomes "a concert" when you get over 3 x 1000W per household

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Hey Mark ... earlier you told me to increase my nutrients to 50% from 25% ( as well , add some B1 , how much ? B1 is very safe for plants in general and I am not aware of "too much" however stick to around 1 ml per Liter to no more then 5 ml per Liter, B1 is used to prevent stress or to cure stress, in any case its good) Now that I am starting to Bloom does this still apply I add B1 to every water cycle at every stage, as well as the Bud Booster in weeks 3- 6 of Bloom ? Oh ya , also do you use the full recommended dosage of Bud Booster that's on the label . I would give 60% of recommended dosage because you have 400W light... the lable on the bud booster is meant for a 1000W Many thx as always !

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mark how many time do you water your plants with a bud booster in the bloom stage? you add bud boosters on top of (or together with) your regular nutrients every single time you water the plants in week 3 to 6

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what is the flowering period for the fast pine when done indoor 60 days

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mark u say u should get about 16 ounces with a 1000 watt light... i get about 6 ounces. Is this bad?. dont be discouraged....can you tell me what you consider Good,Alright good and alright is personal judgment ....  but bad pot means pot that is hard to smoke even if its bone dry... it means that it was not leached properly.... you could get an amazing yield and still screw up leaching and make it unsmokable .. that's bad... if your buds smokes well but you do not have the desired yield, that's still OK and Bad .... I personally set a goal of 1 lb per light per cycle... but I have come short plenty of times.... you got less then half, which can mean a lot of things.... most likely they got stretched (as in too tall)... did you use bud boosters?... did the pot smell bad, did you spray with something... you would have to pretty much explain to me what you did to see where you may have gone wrong....

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Hello Mark, thanks very much for this chat room and all your work. I'm planning to do 25 plants under a 1000w (in Pro Mix of course). Am way behind time-wise and want to start the 1st batch from seed. I read in an earlier post though that you said it takes longer to bloom plants from seed than clones. So which approach is best when considering time constraints? for quickest turn around its best to have a "mother" plant in a separate closet, take clones which then bloom in another closet... that's the quickest way... of course you still have to find a female plant from seeds first, but once you do cloning is waaay faster  Please elaborate on how long it takes to bloom from seed. blooming from seed is the same period as blooming from clones HOWEVER vegging takes much longer with seeds then with clones....  seeds have to sprout, grow up, get ready, sex it etc all this takes weeks and weeks... when clones can root in 7 days and its a female,  no need to sex-it, so long as it was cut from a female (mother plant) Related question: My past attempts at cloning have yielded mediocre results. Please advise on size of mother and average # of clones to take. 2 common problems beginners experience, ONE is that you need to make sure the clone is FIRMLY placed into rockwool, firm enough so you can lift the clone with the rockwool cube when holding it by the stem ....2nd problem is that you keep the DOME on top of the clone too long... they only need to be under the dome for 2 days MAX.. after that you must remove the dome even if they wilt a little Your link on topping appears to be broken, btw. 3rd question: Location of grow room- partner says we'll build a box inside an existing shed outdoors. If the box is super-insulated, do you think the heat from the 1000w will be adequate? during when light is ON most likely yes, BUT not during the night... a cheap canadian tire heater would probably suffice to hold the temps at 15C + when light is off We're pretty far north and our winters can be brutal. Adding auxiliary heat leads to more expense and questions of how to stay on top of temps it may not be possible to do this without heat when plants are sleeping, I presume that its easy to get below zero where you are so an unheated place would probably kill them  big rigmarole re thermostat regulation. I'm advocating a space indoors that can be vented into the ceiling then out the roof vent. Partner says that's an even bigger hassle. Partner also fears fire in house. Has electrician experience so is freaked by amount of energy constantly going through household wires. I can not speak for electricity but safety is very important to me... please make sure all your wires can maintain load of 15 amps I have less electrical knowledge. I read your info about electrical load but convincing partner won't be easy. Please comment. I greatly appreciate this!!!!!!! sorry if I did not answer everything, there is a lot of issues

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lorne your a dumb slut

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I have a question regarding the NL x Buddha seeds that I bought from you which all 10 sprouted and are growing fine :) Does the NL x Buddha respond well to pinching / topping? YES What is the best growing technique to get the best yield? slight overfeeding by 20% during week 4 to 6 of bloom I.E SOG, SCROG, LST, ETC. Thanks in advance. SOG wins all the time for me, but it can be just how I like it

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when harvesting bud with some seeds, is it better to take the seeds out right away (as soon as the plant is harvested) or wait until the bud is dried? wait till its dried, you risk destroying the smokable parts  thanks!!

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I sure hope Lorne's joking.

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If you are looking for a vaporizer in the Greater Toronto Area, try visiting www.torontovaporizer.com , the guys that run this website do it without a store and they deliver. Their prices are usually much lower than anything you can get in stores or on the internet.

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i have no job i need a easy way to grow at home for almost free i grew a small one before in my dresser with only a 60watt it got to one size and stoped so it can be done for free i just need a better way of doing unless you do it outdoors there is just no cheaper way to do it then this

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Paul, it's much easier to control the watering if the plant fits the pot. As above, so below.

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Are there any downsides to buying feminized seeds? its a trade off... F1 seeds you must sex, but feminized you do not.... but feminized are genetically weak and can behave badly when stressed while the F1 seeds withstand most stress well I grew some feminized Mudusa out years ago. They hermied a little & I kept the seeds but stopped the strain wanting only sensi weed. I came upon the medicine jar full of those seeds this past spring, than threw them out by the garbage bins on top of some existing garbage weeds. This area gets minimal light & has a street lamp within 25'. A corner where my gate is so the gate opens where this to a well travelled street. Sometime in July the GF cleared the area of the existing weeds, no cannabis had rooted. She did not know I chucked any seeds there. Days, a week or two after she cleared the area she asked if I planted weed there? I had forgotten but when I looked there was 4-5 very healthy plants growing & I saw the old girl there was no mistaking her build. I've never seen her so happy! It just happens my yard is in full view of the other houses except for this 2X2 spot by the garbage bins up to a certain height anything above 3' would be visible by the ugly neighbours window as I laid backed on the area to see what could be view from this spot. I never did squat to the plants in maintaining them except every other day I had to lay an angled board on them to hide them when people came over as they're right there by the gate. I also placed a few artificial flowers amongst them. So that was a bonus ounce I harvested from the four - 2'plants last week. I'm starving, I need to eat. I was expecting some seeds actually looking forward to some eH. Not one bloody seed, I was hoping to resurrect Medusa this winter. So the downside is the indoors conditions need to be as near perfect as you can get them or most feminized seeds have a tendency to hermi. You can use those seeds to eat or overgrow the world though. all feminized varieties are by nature hermaphroditic (some are more so and some less) and this makes them vulnerable to stress... most of the time when environmental conditions are excellent they produce no seeds, but when they experience ANY stress they hermie badly... I think you got lucky to have no seeds, but also there is just no accounting for nature, she does what she wants

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Hi mark just a few questions. How much light is too much? I have an area of 6x6 using a 600 watt hps on a lumatec ballast I was thinking of adding another 1000watts this is only for 3 plants at atime any more i think they would be too crowded. I do not know what too much is but your combined 1600W in a 6x6 space is a bit much, you may have a problem with heat, I have seen 2 x 600W in such space and it works well, you may need better ventilation  also I know diagnosing plants is hard in a chat room but one of my NEBULAS doesn't seem to be doing that well she is about 12 inches shorter than the others and some leaves seem weak and wilting a bit I know that it isn't under watering.I am growing in b'cuzz pro mix in 4 gallon square pots. this one I only feed every 6 days or so because she is still heavy. I would have to know more, but also there is always one plant that just does not do as well as the others and its a mystery the other two I need to feed every 3 days I am in the 2nd week of flowering.also I want to get a ph pen because right now I am just using the drops but I would like more accuracy could you give some suggestions on what the ph should be from week to week is it diffrent for sativa indica and hybreds? and do I measure the run off too? Has any one used THE BADASS BALLAST from advanced nutrience?

VEG period pH 6.8 to 6.0

BLOOM     WEEK 1-2         pH 5.8

                    WEEK 3            pH 5.6

                    WEEK 4-7         pH 5.6 - 5.2

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Hi MaRK My daughter has chrons and is applying for a medical card soon, and she is going to put me down as her grower. As soon as she gets her card I am going to apply for a card also. I grow now, but illegally of course, when applying for my grow card will it be a benefit to let them know that I know how to grow pot or is it better not to tell them anything? tell them nothing, they are not there to help you in any way But my important question is what is the best strain of pot for her pain, and her sleeping probs. thanks mijobe once you have a card contact me for clones ... I have specific varieties, but to answer your questions... you will not know which plant works best until you try a few... in general you want something with even Indica and Sativa levels... but each person is different, and you will have to grow a few strains to find out more precisely

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No, you have to (no-brainer) be precise or they'll stress to male. Get a stinking 10 dollar timer - NOW.

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Just wondering, do you have to start the seeds off in a small pot and then transfer them into the bigger pot or can you just start them off in a big pot? thx either way is ok, its just easier to deal with a smaller pot when they are small

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Are there any downsides to buying feminized seeds? Anyone who knows about this please respond. thanks I sell primarily F1 seeds, as in, 1st generation, F2 or 2nd generation refers to seeds that are "standardized", less (technically or I should say genetically) healthy.... feminized seeds are F3, very weak genetically, in fact so weak you can not take clones from them, because the clones will die, or if your environment is not optimal the feminized varieties become hermies .... they are really meant to appeal to consumers who can not or do not want to sex the plants...

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hey im about 12 days into bloom and i dont have a timer..so im usually about 2-5 minutes off sometimes my light is on for a extra 5 min sometimes my light is off for a extra 5 min and also my temps were 32 celcius for about 2-3 days..is this going to effect my plant at all? the timing is not an issue unless you forget to switch the lights longer or shorter then HALF an hour... so you have 30 minutes to turn on or off the lights.... the temperatures however will make the buds less dense inside (any temps over 30C)...  you also have to decrease feeding by 25% (they can not absorb nutrients as fast when they are over 30C) and these temperatures attract mites.... the plants will grow but you have to deal with these consequences

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Hey Mark .. thx for your previous answers , sorry for all the questions but being a newbie I have lots to learn , anyway , my plants seem to be doing quite well but the sides of the leaves on some of them are curling upward , wtf , also on one plant a new leaf that came out is half bright yellow and half green , it looks healthy , not dried out , again wtf . As for the curling leaves , I've heard everything from overwatering / underwatering / heat stress / root bound or ph any of these could create curling however I would expect all the plants to show this problem before I say its this or that  . What's your opinion ? Thx again ... bobsuruncle I highlighted the text that makes me think that you are underfeeding them .... you should be feeding them 50% of what the lable recommends... and you are at 25%... my bet is that once you increase the level of nutrients you should be able to fix the curling problem as well (somewhat automatically, if not you should ask me again, or/and ask yourself if there is anything different about this one plant)... curling problem may or may not be coming from the same issue but I would increase nutrients before I would start asking "why" they curl....

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Martin, I always pick up my Promix at RONA, I'm in Scarborough so go from there. I even use it outdoors as a soil supplement due to its great PH balancing act.It allows you to control the nutes and benefit from the best light source known to man.Indoor or out its the way to go.Outdoors think of it as Hydroponics and treat it the same for great results. I forgot, true true, rona (not all the stores) usually stocks promix, best to call the store first

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hello....my plant only got 10 hours of light 3 days in a row im just wondering is this going to effect the outcome of the plant..am i going to lose any bud? I do not think this is a big problem .... they may have overfed slightly (due to lack of light) but likely this would not affect them too much...

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hi Mark, I recently bought 10 afghani gold and 10 blueberry skunk. The Afghani gold are doing excellent! The bbs on the other hand are not. Out of the ten seeds only six germinated and after planting only one sprouted. I have them in the same conditions that the ag are in and all of the ag sprouted and are doing well. Will be rolling through TO on Thursday, was wondering if I could stop in for replacements of another strain? I will bring the other seeds. Thanks in advance, Cheers! should not be a problem getting them exchanged.. talk to my staff, if they have an issue ask them (politely) to contact me

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Anyone know where you can find pro-mix in toronto? 2 locations here ... another (no website) Grow It All Hydroponics, tel: (416) 588-9595 (at DuPont and Dufferin Street), 165 Geary Ave., Toronto,

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Around how much would it cost in electricity to use a 1000W light kit per month? Approximately $50-$60 per month Thx in advance.

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hi. when should i start to trim my bottom 1/3 of my plant.. at any time during week 3 and 4 of bloom cycle

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Hi Mark. Thank you for your response. I am relieved to know that my crop is not ruined. 1)Do the seeds contain any THC? none or should I generally try to take them out before using the herb grinder? best to remove them as they will burn with a nasty smell 2) If the plant is hermaphroditic, does this mean that the seeds will not grow? it will grow and become a hermaphrodite just like its mother... it just means that you will never get seedless crop Or will they grow but I'll ultimately end up with the same plant I have now with buds filled with seeds? exactly .... I appreciate your help; you have gained a loyal customer! cheers

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Thanks Mark, yes my girls are in promix, not brand name promix but the same ingrediants as the brand promix. Its called bm1, i have used it for years...thanks again.

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Just wondering if it's ok to make hash out of what I have left of last years hash is it still good? should be ok, trichones do degrade and the high may not be the best but they are still there and they are still ready to be harvested

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quick question for Mark or anyone else who can help. I am in the 5th week of bloom and my girls are doing great(hindu kush)but in the soil of one of my plants are little white bugs, ther not on the plants just in the soil. All replies greatly appreciated. THANKS GUYS! (if you have) promix then these bugs (fungus ghnats) should not be a problem to you, if you have real soil (as in not bought in a Hydro store) then look into soaking the soil with NEEM OIL..... fungus ghnats can kill your roots... but not in promix, in promix you can safely ignore them

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for an 8 week flower period, does the flowering time start when the lighting is switched to 12/12 or from the time the first pistils appear? thanks!

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hi my question is..if the plant shows sex in 3 days would that mean there would be more bud on that plant..then a plant that showed sex in 14 days? no, I can sometimes tell sex even in veg so the way they show sex is not really related to yield

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Hi MarkQuick question: Can I use straight-up tap water in my DWC. I live in downtown Toronto and was wondering if you might know if the tap water's pH is too high or low. Toronto tap water is a "neutral" pH which is 7 The seedlings are two weeks old and look good so far. And I normally let the water sit for 24 hours before use to dissipate the chlorine. for seedlings and up to a certain point tap water is just fine without any pH-ing (and I never really wait as chlorine is gone within minutes), but once you start adding nutrients and the roots start growing in (I assume) rockwool then you need to check pH as well, in veg keep it at 6.8 to 6, best at 6.5 or so

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how long does it take to start seeing buds on a marijuana plant 2 weeks after turning the lights to 12/12

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Hi Mark. I planted 3 Summertime Buddha seeds outdoors and two of them were males. I thought I took them out soon enough because the pollen sacks hadn't seemed to open yet, but a few might have. I dried the female plant and realized that the buds were mostly seeds. 1) I have never seen an unpollinated bud, but I assume there should be no seeds or anything that resemble seeds, right? correct 2) I understand that some THC is lost because energy has gone into making seeds yes, but can I still get a decent high off the bud's leaves and outer portion of the seeds sack? the high is a little different (if you are sensitive enough to pick up the difference), but overall even with seeds it should still be good buzz Or is all I have useless? I think I see trichomes, so there must be some THC. 3) If I plant the seeds will I get a new plant or will they not grow a good crop because S.B. is a hybrid variety? the stuff you have should be completely ok to smoke, seeds do not make the bud useless, some people actually prefer it this way.... but the seeds may or may not be good.... the problem is that you do not know if the plant was hermaphroditic and she produced seeds which then are also hermaphroditic.... BUT if the female was pollinated before you killed the males then  you have proper viable F2 Summertime seeds Thanks in advance!

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how often and how long should i use a suphur powder for spray ONLY ONCE, one proper misting should kill the mildew

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how much suphur powder do i use and how much do i mix in and how much water should i use the correct mix is on the package, I think its a teaspoon of sulphur per liter of tap water, use as much water as it takes to mist/spray all plants (mist them, not soak them)

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Hi there ... I have my newly sprouted plants under fluorescent lights ( 24hrs on ) for the first week or so ( as suggested ) before putting them under the 400w light . Problem is they are shooting up quite tall , should I be concerned that they are getting too tall , too soon ... should I not worry about it , or should I change something ?? Thx in advance under fluorescent lights, plants stretch... best to just place them under the 400W so the bush out... also I would immediately "top" it, read about "topping" here.....

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Hi. im two days into bloom and i got powdery mildew on some of my lower leafs what should i do? you have a week may be two, to spray the plants with suphur powder, spray ASAP and wait two or three days and spray with plain water to wash off the sulphur... and pray that it does not come back, if you spray with sulpur after two weeks into bloom the sulphur will make the bud taste disgusting and un-smoke-able, but ... you have about two weeks to fix the mildew problem.... and increase ventilation if you have to or have none

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Hello TO420. Just want to know if Northern Lights x Buddha and Blueberry Skunk are in stock and are you open on saturdays in October 2010 for a walk in sale. Thanks in advance for the reply. we are open always on saturdays .. mondays we reserve the right not to be open

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so no matter what even after two 15 minute session or do some bubble machines have longer timers, what ever I catch in my bubble bags is resin glands ?so it doesn't get any worse or anything just after 30 minutes most of them fall off? thank you ...if I understand this correctly... 15 minutes in any type of hash making machine is usually enough, 30 is a long long time ... more then enough to get it all

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Just changed the water and lower leafs turning yellow but new leafs as green as they can be ? ...on the surface this sounds very normal, the lower leafs have little access to light so they are discarded by the plant (because the top is getting all the light and prevents the light reaching the lower levels) is it something to worry? no change in temp, food, or hours, ph was a little high reaching 7.2..that is high.... pH should be 6 to 6.8 in veg and 5.2 to 6 in bloom but is been level now at 6.0.? also lower leafs seem weak! ...watch the pH and if its not changing, the bottom leaf problem is normal .. they may be overcrowded and light is not reaching down there.... but if the pH keeps changing then you may have another problem, pH should not change "by itself"... usually its something you or the plants is doing that is changing the pH

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Hey, Was wondering if you guys still had Skunk 69. I didn't see it on the list. I grew it about 2-3 years ago indoor and I literally never had a plant smell like that. A half oz in a bag didn't smell somewhat like skunk, but like an actual skunk blasted your room with its spray. I've always wanted to grow it again. sorry, she is out, it's hard to find a good place to do this properly, feminized strains need a particular care I can not provide at this time

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i have used clones till this point want to go to seed and start my own mother looking to grow in zone 5, 45 parallel usually cant move out till june and need to be done by october whats a good strain. ....you are where I am... if you like them big look for sativa/indica blends, if you want short and small look for (pure) indica (all strains do well outdoors, but not all strains do well indoors).... as to taste, its all personal ..... from my strains, they are all easy, summertime is very easy..... but the kush... in fact any kush is good quality but terrible/difficult to grow... 

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Is there anything I can do to to make my outdoor bud's more dense? I have heard adding blackstrap molasses is the same product as this or this (don't use both, one or the other), indoors: use in the 2nd to 6th week of bloom, outdoors start using end of July to mid-Sep..... use this at the same time and together with all the primary nutrients .... + sugars (molasses etc.) + Bud boosters which is this or this or this ... bud boosters make bud dense to my feeding mix or is it just the variety of seed I buy? I tried Afghani and the buds were very loose. its the bud boosters that fix this problem not the strain The plants were in full sunlight 6-7 hours a day and we had plenty of sunshine this summer. Thanks. sugars i.e. molasses is nice but the key is the bud boosters added at the right time

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Hi I do the hydroponic indoor method with a small number of plants IS it good to use bamboo sticks to hold the plant upright because there is so much bud tilting it to 1 side>?/ bamboo is used because it does not rot, but anything that holds these buds up is good, strings, sticks, whatever.. as long as the stem is supported the bud will get bigger

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Hi there What forms do I need to renew MMAR license is it form A? thanks very much. IF there is NO CHANGES of ANY KIND, same addresses, same doctors, same everything then all you need is this form in PDF (from this page) ... if there is any changes, then you must fill in every form you filled in at the beginning... Form A + Form B1 or B2 + ... the rest if you are growing

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just wondering how many times I can run my weed through my bubble machine???? twice (at most) the 3rd time is a waste of time does it get worse the more I do it or is it ok to do it till you get no more? nothing stops you from continue doing it, but after the 2nd time 95% of crystals are gone please help me?

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Which strain would be best for a short closet (4.5' tall, 30 sq ft. ground space), that would give a strong buzz, good for social interaction and activity? I was looking at Blueberry Skunk - good choice??? I would pick anything labeled 90%(+) Indica, since Blueberry Skunk is technically 80% Indica it may not be the shortest I got..... but if you are looking for "social" smoke you want something labeled as heavy Sativa, problem is that the more sativa the taller they tent to become.... I would pick Summertime Buddha and use clones instead of seeds (make a mother first and take clones) .... your space is really small for anything grown from seeds... from seeds plants need to be more mature before blooming, but you can bloom a clone right after rooting and its all the same

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hi mark i have ur fat skunk as a mother 24 hrs on flourecents. They r flowering? why? there is no rutheralis gene in them thus I can not answer... is there a power outage every night ? if you had a power outage for 2 days it would trigger bloom

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lol the sniffed it out way worse then catnip i am still amazed what three cats can do to a three footer wish it was the male not female lol cheers

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I feel better now,someone else lost plants to a housecat.They should stick to catnip and leave mine alone. See MAY/JUNE posting to see what happened to me. cats love pot plants, pot does not love cats

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hey mark thanks for ur advice all the way thru, my females r about in the 9th week, BE CAREFUL of frost, I assume you are outdoors, frost is coming to S. Ontario tonight (12th Oct) the hairs are still nice and white and the buds are still growing none really turning dark, just a few throughout the plants, outta 5 got one 4 turned, one didn't no worries no beefs, lol got one male one female one the wind got the best if it and bent the stem beyond repair and lastly my cats feel in love with snacked lol. now a really dumb question the male plant is there anything worth smoking on it cooking it for butter, maybe, but smoking it? definitely no , i know lol cheers' see ya soon for an american best coffee and some more seeds, with g13x buddha, can i just be a window grower for this plant ? thanks Mark window growing is too unpredictable and depends on the ability of the grower thus if you can grow on the window you can probably grow any strain you wish

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i got my white widow seeds from Joey Weed (sorry) ten seeds: 6 made it to maturity and 5 were males (what the fu"k) was it something I might have done to cause having so many males??? in general, all seeds are female at the start and males are a product of stress... if your plants touch excessively, if your temps are NOT with in the 25-28C, if roots are too cold/hot ... all of that is stress... not too mention weak lights, or incorrect nutrients ..... it does not mean that at the slightest hint of stress they all turn male, in fact it takes a bit of stress to do that but .... put all of that together and add the fact that it is also a gamble .. you may have had bad luck ..... partially that is why I replace seeds if bad luck such as your happens

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wondering what the flowering time is on Summertime buddha harvest at the end of 8th week and afghani gold anywhere in the week 8 ... you need to check on the hairs and it could be the beginning or the end of week 8 grown indoors. thanks!

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re: indoors fast pine. they're at 6 weeks now and look like it may be one more week. seems to be in order. thank you (for continued support and abundant info!!!) :-)

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why dont you have pretty pictures of all the seeds you sell .. it would be nice to see the finished product :) I wish I could but for, like a million reasons I can not

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Wanted to try a bud booster for my 5th week of flowering. bud-boosters should be added starting in the 3rd week and ended (end of) 6th week (then you have 2 weeks to leach assuming your strains is 8 weeks overall bloom), may be 7th week IF your strains is 9 weeks overall bloom Any particular brand name you recommend? if you are 2 lights or less PK-13-14 from Canna and if you want quantity use DNF Bloom Fortifier, the only difference is that DNF is highly concentrated and you will find it difficult to mix, PK is easier and less concentrated..... Kool Bloom works too And who long would I add the booster for? week 3 to 6 of bloom Is it safe to add booster with nutrients you must add the bud booster together with regular food (some people say "on top of regular food")... week 3 to 6 is the most productive period for them and they need a lot of food compared to other periods.... so you have to give them a regular dose of regular food + regular dose of bud booster, and even when you want to pull back a little on the regular nutrients (because they seem too well fed lets say) I would still give them a full dose of bud-booster or do I stop giving nutrients when feeding booster? when you stop adding bud boosters you also stop adding the regular food and you begin leaching, that's why you stop at the end of week 6 and you are left with 2 weeks for leaching, then harvest...  Thanks

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Thanks Mark for your time Lights are florescent tube lights 5500k or higher for sure cant member what I bought if they are "thick" they are T2, in which case plants should be 2 inches below light, if they are the "thin" bulbs, they are T5, keep your plants 4 to 5 inches away if not further when you see wilting ,,,,Lights are plugged straight into wall man I check on them everyday Strain is your beautiful Hindu kush seed Thanks for that by the way I got like 15 all from same mom and some for sure look like they some where about to flower comparing to some that were in flower time then looked like they aborted and started growing all funny looking man do you know anything else that might of caused this do you think they are still good to grow if they did in fact abort Thanks man when plants "abort" it is usually some kind of a problem with light during their sleep cycle... ANY light during sleep would have the effect of them sort of turning on and off bloom... there should be NO LIGHT EVER when they sleep, as in no peaking, no looking in, no "just for a sec", not for a moment, not ever.... I can not stress this enough, when they sleep it must be pitch black.... on the other hand when you bloom with fluorescent lights it is very easy to overfeed and the weird looks could be part of that ....

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Yo Mark I got clones under 24/7 staring to flower then abort flower and start to grow ugly man you know whats causing this are you sure its not a broken timer? flicking on and off ..... clones don't go in/out of flower by themselves .... unless they are rutheralis and they are not

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what is the flowering time of fast pine grown indoors? they're in 5th week and look almost done.7 weeks, are you sure you are counting it correctly, it may be an overfeeding issue .. thanks!!

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Hi mark ive sent you a few emails about getting replacement seeds because i had problems with the old ones. Should i call you? call me, I have no time for internet

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Hello .. I'm a newbie , so please take that into consideration when I ask my questions !! One thing I was wondering about , is do you need to keep the oscillating fan on while the girls are sleeping with the lights off it is better to have it OFF but it is not "dangerous" to leave it ON? Now you touch on this in the grow guide , but is it necessary to use an inline fan in such a small area with a 400W light necessary is a relative word, ... without a fan there is some smell issues but you can solve that by opening the window ...  there may be some heat issues but this is cold season now... you know what I mean? 400W light is sort of in between the need and want of better ventilation..... with a fan you may find it easier to control smell and heat and it may be easier on the plants but it is true that 400W light is just not that powerful... 600W or 1000W is and you must have ventilation or the heat will kill your plants...... but there is another reason why you need proper ventilation, I recommend having ventilation in order to create negative pressure in this space just so the neighbors don't have to smell your crop ... without negative pressure smell travels through concrete and walls and door cracks, and the only way to control it is to have the room pressurized negatively and exhaust it in a direction you know rather then have it go in a direction you don't know......? Thx , and I'm sure I'll have lots more questions as I tend to the girls !!

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Hey Mark can you tell me what's the flowering time of the G13/Budda 8 weeks... thanks in advance

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Just wanted to share this,I recently brought 2 females Fastpine indoors/balcony to use as indicaters on what outside crops are doing as they are miles away and want to time this right.I noticed a bug infection right away (Mites and Thripes),no webbing yet, not severe, but there. After several days with Neem and another several days with Safers they were still there (persistant little buggers). Then I tried a Pyrethrine based spray, and all I can say is thank God something works.Harmless also,it's made from Chrysantheum flowers.Anyone else tried this with there indor grows? I'm hopeing mother nature takes care of the outside plants. Indoors Spider Mites are a huge problem but I didnt know I could get them outdoors.To all my fellow outdoor gardners,"SMILES" !!!

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re: previous question. saw the pictures on the Seed Catalogue page and figured it out, thanks! : )

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hey, i bought afghani gold and summertime buddha seeds. having planted both and forgetting which was which, they are now into the 5th week of flower. one strain has leaves that are a bit lighter green while the other is completely a uniform dark green. do you know which strain has the lighter leaves? what you describe is a level of feeding .... it means that one strain would like more nutrients (the lighter one) and the other is either well fed or may be too well fed (the darker one) thanks!!

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i would like to know if u need to have a green card you need to be 18+ to buy seeds from this bank (NO ONLINE STORE) i would also like the best strain for outdoor, summertime buddha or fast pine  along with the shortest flowering period juicy fruit x nl x sk ..... please note that all strains will grow as well outdoors as they grow indoors but fast pine is the only one that can not be grown indoors so she is the only one labled as only for outdoors

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Hi Mark, Last week, I purchased 5 each of WW XXX, BBS, HK, and SHKA. I decided to start with 9 plants. So far, 6/9 of the seeds germinated and the plants are growing nicely. However, 1 BBS and 2 WW XXX have not germinated as of yet; it has been almost 5 days. Is it possible that the last 3 seeds are just slow at germinating, or perhaps they are just not going to germinate at all. Do you have any advice? Thanks! there could be many reasons, anywhere from seeds are crap, to .. its all your fault... may be the seeds dried out in shipment, may be they are just late, ... in any case it takes a week to give up, if not let me know preferably by phone and I'm liberal with replacements

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Well I've harvested my crop, trimmed, dried and now have chopped/cleaned. I have many seeds. I suspect hermaphrodite as I noticed a few yellow pods as I trimmed. I did not see them during growth. I know the smoke is good :-). My question is 'are the seeds good for the next crop?' or are they likely going to be hermaphrodite as well. I've done some reading on the subject and would like your opinion....thanks my bet they are hermaphroditic, ..... because you do not know if it was one plant that made male organs or may be all of them, ... if all of them had sex organs then seeds are 100% hermie... however IF a single female with male sex organs pollinated all the other (non hermied) females, that those females would produce true feminized seeds...

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HI MARK...PLEASE DONT TAKE THE CAPS FOR YELLING. good :-)..ITS JUST EASIER TO TYPE THIS WAY FOR ME. AS FAR AS THE DURBANPOISON ITS AN F1 STRAIN X WITH DUTCH SKUNK... THE NORTHERN LIGHTS I HAVE IS AN EASY TO GROW STRAIN FOR ME AND GIVES A COMPLETE COUCHLOCK. THANKS AGAIN AND LET ME KNOW WHAT YOU THINK. I GET MY SEEDS FROM OVER SEAS BECAUSE IM NOT IN CANADA. any durban poison strain + any skunk strain is usually bred for yield thus you end up with a high THC ratio, but low CBD, THC = "couch lock", and CBD = "pain killer" .... so its just what you like want/need, .... if you want something with CBD you must look for something that is low yield and is usually used by real medical cannabis patients.... they like 50/50 THC/CBD ratio and those strain are often lower yielding so not too popular... it is not always true though because a strain like Lebanon is both high yielding and high on CBD..... problem is this .. in order for anyone to say this strain has/has not CBD it must be tested with really expensive equipment thus the only way to know IF a strain is CBD rich is to ask people who are sick from HIV/Hep C/Crones ... if it helps them it has CBD .... both durban and skunk should be able to uptake full nutrient strength and should be very easy to grow

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hi mark. im planning on running 2x 1000w hps in an apartment bedroom during the winter (in ontario). the lights will be running 24hr and i will be switching plants into a dark room every 12 hr. should i have fans blowing air in an intake fan at approx. 100 CFM on a thermostat (or a dimmer) so it works only when temps go higher then 28C and out I would get outtake fan of 400 CFM or more, working 24/7 connected to a carbon filter of the grow room with vert hanging bulbs or have fans blowing cold (maybe freezing) air through cooltubes. I am not a big fan of cool tubes as they restrict light coverage, plus in the winter heat should not be an issue, and its actually better to invest in an a/c for the summer  if you recommend cooltubes, will i also need in and out fans for the room?...but if you go with cool tubes you still need in/out independent of the tubes ventilation, but it does not have to be as big, may be 50/200 instead of 100/400 how about a dehumidifier is useless ? Thanks

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HI MARK , I FEEL SLIGHTED. YOU NEVER ANSWERED MY QUESTION ABT WHAT YOU THOUGHT ABT DURBAN POISON & NORTHERN LIGHTS. :( no need to shout ... I assumed you mean a cross of NL and DP which I've never grown or seen (I think)... Durban (as a stand alone strain) is good as a pain killer but a poor "high"...high CBD low THC... you need to have a specific ailment to appreciate it, its not my favorite... NL by itself is just boring...if not easy to grow, but since there is 5 types of NL + unaccounted varieties from different growers its hard to be sure which NL we both mean...for example for breeding I use NL no.5 which is just easy....

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hey mark, this is the third time ive ordered from you,(kush, buddha, juicy fruit).20 seeds,20 plants,100% germination. awesome. to new growers, keep the temp down during flowering. i germinated 12 seeds,3 turned out male, that's fine, but 4 females turned hermi due to high heat,34-37 c yeah that will do it .also the heat fluffs the buds. the way i got 100% germination, put the seeds in small peets moss pots(1 or 2 inch diameter) keep under fluorescents, moist with spray. when they are ready simply submerge into your medium. no stress for the little ones. works every time 100% for me. i just watched a documentary about the weed biz called (the union - trailer or watch it here) very good ,would recommend to all my 420 pals, later guys. and thanks mark hi Johnny

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Got a big problem with my hydro bill.When i started we were using in between 600-800 KWH per month I moved my opp into the basement but there wasn't outlets down there so I ran extention coards to my light and fans now my bill says that Ihave used 1782KWH for july and 1835 KWH for aug that is more than double WTF I am using a 600 watt lumatek ballast is this caused by the extention coards? my bill is like 649.17 for a month. the greater the distance from the "proper wiring", the more the power you are using, or wasting on "pushing" the adequate power to the downstairs with the extension cords, the heat that builds in your extension cords is the "manifestation" of your wasted energy, read this page and see the graph that illustrates the distance that extension cables can handle

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mark when you say i should pinch my plant what does that mean to pinch a plant..thanks I remove the very top of the plant, more or less the top 1/5 inch of the top stem, this can also mean to remove the top inch of the plant (just cutting it off or taking a clone from the very top of the plant) or damage (instead of remove) the top like this,

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also what is the total growth period of fghani gold from seedling to harvest ?

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do u sell to kids under 18? no

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hey there thanks for ur advice it worked great , my afghani gold are starting to bud and bloom when should i be harvest them they r about 6 weeks old end of week 7 at best but most likely mid week 8 or the end of week 8, it depends on when the hair turn dark (over 75% dark means harvest time) and first and a first time grower with female and male well separated lol ty

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HI MARK....AND HIGH EVERYONE. LOL I WOULD LIKE EVERONES OPINION AND EXPERIENCE ON 2 STRAINS( NORTHERN LIGHTS & DURBAN POISON) ITS A FORUM SO EVERONE CHIME IN....THANKS PEEPS :)

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Just got some Nebula seeds just wondering what they mean when they say that it is an open structure plant? I would understand that as "skinny and tall", although I would not use that description on Nebula, I would call her tall and bushy and good yielder but you have to top it twice or it will get pretty tall and do you have any advice on nutes is it a heavy or light feeder? those plants (tall and skinny) are usually best fed lightly in veg, like half of normal or the stem goes purple, a first sign of overfeeding, but heavy in bloom especially during the 3rd to 6th week of bloom

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You ct them to soon. 8 weks is minimal photperiod. Get least at 6x scop nd wait for ambr trichees I am sorry to add but 8 weeks is a general reference and not a "minimum".. plenty of strains finish a week earlier OR week later.... but I agree with you, look at the trichomes through a magnifying glass and when majority are cloudy, harvest (example of non-cloudy, or not ready to harvest trichomes)

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Mark, i am having some issues with the blueberry skunks. I bought seeds last winter, and had alot of trouble getting them to germinate. germination is another thing, as in contact me and get some replacements (but not blueberry since it may be something to do with this batch of seeds, who knows) 30 seeds later, i had 4 females. high temps are good for seeds, I find you get more males the more "stressed out" they get... but to find a stress factor is tricky, could be heat, could be humidity, could be over crowding.. bad food, fungus, bad bulb, etc etc.. When I topped them, the resulting branches shot up very fast, thin, not really like branches, but more like 'shoots'. They did produce flower and leaf. I had to aggressively stake them in bloom, and two of them did not stop growing for the entire 8 weeks, these two I had to top in bloom, they grew into the reflector. I keep the reflector approx 3" above top of plant, with no burning, so I dont think its just stretching. The two that did not stop had very fluffy flowers, not much mass, and are very 'light' to smoke, ie not very potent. One of them there is just no point in smoking, its that light. The two that did grow more typically had denser flowers, but not what i am used to, and they are reasonably decent to smoke, but not really outstanding, like your seeds typically are. I had thought that much of this had to do with high temp in bloom (you and blueberry provided some assistance with that in June), but I am seeing similar behaviour (long spindly shoots) after topping the clones under t5s. I am going back to bloom soon with 3 of the clones, temperatures will be reasonalbe this time of year, am I likely to see the same final product? Its not that its bad, just not that strong, maybe potency is the wrong word, its like they need to develop more crystals. Does this sound reasonable to you? Or should I start over? Can all of thess problems be blamed on the high bloom temp? Also, If I have a couple of plants in bloom, say a month in, can I add a couple of more in to start their bloom cycle? So I would harvest some at 8 weeks and some at 12? Thanks again for your help, hd. high humidity and high temps create environment where smell and crystals are almost non existent.. I don't know why ... generally in the middle of summer the crop is less then spectacular (not quantity or yield, but the smell and general look).... the best smell and taste happens mid-winter.. again I presume its because its low humidity and low temps.... (since I'm on this subject, right now, when its HIGH humidity and LOW temperatures you should expect white powder mildew which you can kill with sulphur powder)....

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Thank you Mark for info and GREAT seeds :):):):):): Peace my friend Thank you you're welcome

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they where all clones started inside. The ones i planted in june are about7 to 8 feet tall.

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on days like today where its 13-18c and strong wind gust's better to leave the plants indoor's under a nice light or outside in a hopefully in a non windy spot :)

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thank u for the reply again :) on days like today where it's 15c - 18 c with strong wind gust's, keep outside in a non windy spot or just keep in side under a glow light in a dork room , normally i leave them outside and bring them in at night if it gets cold

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thank u for quick reply yea to much humidity i know what i did.. on days like today 13 - 18 c and very strong winds , whats best suited for the outdoor plantsabout 6 wks old normally i bring them out and put int eh sun if its really cold bring them in, for a day like today best to keep them in under a great inddor hydro light or outside in a non windy spot so the stems don't bend or the plants get damaged

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mark how large would i have to grow 6 female plants to get at least 13-16 ounces off a 1000 watt hps they would have to be started from clones in 10 inch pots, pinched at 5 inches then again at 8 inches then may be again at 12 inches, vegged until they are 2 feet tall probably for 3 to 4 weeks then bloomed.... from seeds its more complicated because you have to find females first and that takes longer

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when should i start using a heating pad when the dome is on or off when dome is ON the plants, the heating pad should be OFF, when you take the dome OFF the plants, then you can turn the heating pad ON ..... the reason you use the dome is because the cuttings need 100% humidity for the first 2 days of their lives, after they do not need 100% humidity so you can take the dome off, ... if you use the heating pad together with dome you run the risk of cooking the plants

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what is the most desirable/sought after and best yeilding KUSH strain available? I have only one kush, hindu kush

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Hey Mark So temps over 32c will increase the chance of males? the key word is CHANCE, there is a chance this may happen, it is by no means guaranteed, it can also be prevented by decreasing primary nutrients by 50%, adding B1 and spraying with cold water Would it turn female mothers into male? NO, stress only turns females into hermaphrodites when they are stressed during the bloom cycle and never during the veg cycle...  how long would it take at 32c or higher to create males more then a week

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i planted half of them half mid June and the rest mid July also i live in sk. i thought u could grow any where in Canada? would u no any body in SK or who has grow en in SK that would maybe able to help me out a bit more. I have like 100 plants that are not flowing thanks for any help u can give I found this PDF file about hemp cultivation in Saskatchewan but it says nothing special about outside conditions .... by planting do you mean that you placed the seeds in the soil mid July? or you took (already grown) small plants outside? .... normally you sprout seeds end of April, take them outdoors mid to end of may, so they have plenty of time to develop, I do not know what happens to plants when they get started in July....

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how often do air bubbles get in clones when your cutting them. never happened as far as I know, I know it can happen but how would you  really know also does it matter if the cuttings touch each they always do that's why its best to cut off the tip of the leaf on each clone to allow it to release humidity better other.my clone touch's the top of the dome just little bit is this going to be a problem? not really a problem IF ..... the dome is ON them for a day OR two (three if your temperatures are below 24C) and not any longer, even if they wilt a little after you take the dome off, they usually recover within a day (while you spray them 4 times a day for a few days after you take the dome off).... it is best to have the clones adjust to normal ambient temperatures sooner ... and they will not adjust if you continue keeping the dome over them... IF you insist on using the dome for a week or more the clones become acclimated only to high humidity and may die outright when you finally take the dome off, since outside environment is not as humid.... 

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Hi Mark .. I just got my paper's signed by a compassionate family doctor in windsor. Now what? What I mean by that .. can I start my grow room while i wait for my license? And .. Do you hire yourself out to devise an efficient system .. like a consultant? I would rather spend money upfront .. than lose money crop after crop .. costing me more in the long run. TECHNICALLY the permit is valid as of the time when the doctor signs the document and not at the time Health Canada decides to send you a laminated piece of id.... however it is hard to convince a cop that this piece of paper you are holding is as good as an actual ID from Health Canada .... I would do this, send the documents to Health Canada and with in a week call them to confirm they have received the papers..... once they received the papers the are obliged to confirm to a cop that in fact they have your documents and are about to issue you an id.... that is usually enough to make cops go away (not always and I speak from Toronto point of view, I can not speak for Windsor detachments, as example Guelph police are particularly anal and will not believe anything short of actual ID)..... as to consulting... i guide people like you through whatever process you want to pursue... make some time to come to Toronto and we will talk and I can tell you what you need where you need it and how to set it up, I probably am not interested in going to Windsor, just too far ..... you need clones or smoke some cannabis strains before you get the genetics, (seeds are pain compared to clones), get it here (downtown Toronto), here (closest to you), here (oldest of them all) or from me TIME, I have these strains as clones; new york diesel, chemo, purple kush, og kush, ice, white rhino ..... I would suggest you join some compassionate clubs, try those strains and see which one is best for you before you start growing them....

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Hey Mark, i noticed on the site (cdnseedexchange) you directed me to that their hindu kush is a shorter flowering period than what your seed catalogue states. Wondering which is correct? A friend of mine did 8 weeks with your HK and it seemed a lil long with the pistals all brown. Thoughts? I do not know that his HK is the same HK I have, this is not a "regulated" business ..... and harvest can be fairly subjective when it comes to seeds, with clones I know to within 2 or 3 days when harvest is... with seeds, each seed can have more or less of the parent genes (from the male or the female parent) which can change the harvest day by up to 7 days... that's why, on most descriptions I often say 7 or 8 weeks.... you choose the closest date based on your observations or cloudiness of the trichones, and even if I say bloom 8 weeks, it can still be at the beginning of week 8 or at the end

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Any problem with an American buying seeds in your shop?? Thanks much! Joe no one checks nationalities, but you must be 18+ ... legal purposes and for my own peace of mind I must say: do not take them across the border.... custom agents have no soul

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how long in to flowering do plants usually start to emit an odour? thanks when you start seeing the hair develop which is staring in week 3 but really in week 4 onwards

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i have a plant i was growing inside with nutrients but now i have to grow it outside with no nutrients would it still grow and could it still grow bud or is it to late in the year.my plant is about 1 ft tall unfortunately it is too late, the season outside is almost over as you can tell by the weather

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I want to up grade my lights. i have a 400 w mh and the heat is not noticeable at all. I just have fan circulating can't cut into wall of closet for vent .i unzip it often to get fresh air .My closet is 8 tall 6 wide 2 deep .my question is do you think i could get away with a 600 w hps w digital balast in winter may be, spring and summer no, for sure. What's the heat difference .I've never seen more then 400 thanks It is hard to tell because it depends on your space, as in do you have A/C? can you keep windows open? etc. I think with a 600W you must have some basic ventilation... I find it difficult to endorse a 600W light without any ventilation

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Hey Mark, do you have OG kush? if not know anywhere in the gta where seeds are available? thanks man negative, ask these guys

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thanks for the quick reply last time great help.. just noticed today when i got home there are a few brown spots turning up on the leaves not on the tips or edges but towards the centre of the leaves not alot of spots. i water when needed and nutrients once every 10 days as they recommend. they r growing great and healthy cheers' giving plants plain water may result in odd behavior, its best to always mix as least trace amounts of basic nutrients every time you water.... 10% to 25% of what they get normally is "trace amount", this prevents problems, like nutrient lock, and brown spots.. but I think brown spots in your case would be from too high humidity

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sorry for so many posts! i just got a 450 cfm blower cage fan i already have a 175 cfm vortex. temps are 90+. Added blower today, what would be the best setup using these 2 fans, should i make them both egaust? bigger is your out, smaller is your in  im guessing best would be 450 fan exhaust and 175fan as intake yes. but i dont believe blowers can use carbon filters. why not? its just a question of mating the ends with silver tape and some ingenuity so i think the best way to cool my 6x6x8 closet would be to use an air cooled reflector? true as well either like this CARBON FILTER > COOLTUBE > 175 VORTEX > OUTSIDE sounds ok, it matters more to have a straight line on the hose, avoid 90 degree bends which decrease flow power and have the blower as an intake? you mean 450CFM as intake? that would over (positively) pressurize your space and you want negative pressure OR CARBON FILTER > 175 VOREX > OUTSIDE ok as well and have the blower cool the cool tube only? OR blower > cooltube > vortex ? it is not wise to put two fans together of different CFM should the blower push or pull the air threw the cooltube? matters little blowers cant handle much static pressure? my blower has 2 intake sides. i plan on getting a 6in vortex and a Mountain Air Carbon Filter, make sure they match in the store then use my extra fans for intake and/or booster fans, in a few months. but i need these 2 fans to work until then, any sugestions? thx! with the humidity and high temps it may not matter  much how much air you push ... I lost a lot of plants due to heat .....

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is your bubba kush strain 100% indica. what are the genetics of the plant and how much indica and sativa is the plant this strain is from Green House Seeds .. this is their website

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plants got stressed enough, made pollen, got polinated, grew a seed and dropped it, seed sprouted, grew second set of leaves.... all in 15 days? Lol I do not think so, just not possible give the time span

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ok so a few hours later and the curling is gone :) the curling wasn't bad but also not good lol. not that bad but a VERY noticeable curve* i never seen my plants droop or curve before unless they were just thirsty! thanks for your time!

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ok also, lol. for the first 2 weeks of flower i had to manualy turn on n off the lights, mostly in the same half hour but sometimes up to beging an houtr late:( then my ballast broke and for a day all they had was 40wcfl, then 48 hours sleep as i waited for the store to get a new ballast, so they have stretched. its a tough strain - they haven't stunted growth and are continuing to flower. can they go heermi? it is possible would this stress LATER on in flowering be much worse or it doesn't matter? the thing is .. you just do not know, with some strains it is stress and for some it is nothing, just .. you don't know would they be more subject to going hermi yes by stress earlier or later in bloom or equal/same chance? unknown, could go either way im concerned because during the first 2 weeks of flower (the stress weeks) (now on day 16) it was constant 80-85 now i fixed my light and temps been 90 -95 for 3 days now. alot of stress:( what i thought u might find interesting: A PLANT FROM SEED IDENTICAL TO A CANNABIS SPROUT FOUND GROWING IN A POT of one of my flowering plants taken from a female mother. -first grow in new apt. -brand new pro mix -no seeds around at all -no1 knows about my grow to plant it -found on exactly day 15 could this be a different plant species? how could this be possible so early in flower? when do they first make pollen? it pollinated itself already? :o that is odd .... ???

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hey mark, i read all posts beore asking ;) so, what would cause my plants leaves to curl inwards right after watering? i noticed all the plants i had just watered curled. almost imediatly after fedding [in pro mix].i tested it again on a ALMOST dry plant. leaves went from pointing up to curled almost instantly! ived never overwatered a plant but it looks like same symptoms of overwatering. next day they look extremly happy tho. usually after watering they stand straight up. im low on $ - usualy i would be all pbp but using it as an additive along with 50% recomended of nutri+. pure flowers is a bloom booster made of PHOSPHITE not PHOSPHATE.... also, trying this for first time: molasas + epson salt - only 1 watering so far - is this not like a cal/mag? it is cant find this answer anywhere on google, "what would cause leaves droop/curl right after watering/feeding" ..o and is ph a big concern because of all the crap im adding? epson salt - 1 tsp per 4.5 liters 100% all natral grandmas molasas -1tbs per 4.5 liters watering once a week or when bone dry 2 weeks into flower only tops of plants curl rest of plant not so much this answer can get complicated quickly... first, it is something to do with a pH as in acidity and perhaps too high PPM/EC as in overfeeding.... promix protects against pH but it has limits  ... since you are adding all these additives you may not know which one is affecting the pH the most.... I am thinking the epson salt (which I do not recommend as it increases the PPM / EC without benefits) .... I think molasses is harmless and beneficial.... ..... in the end you say the come back, so I somewhat look at that as a good thing ... high yield happens when they get stressed out just so slightly and if you pull back just before you get great yield, ....which is close to what you describe (the problem is that you may kill them if you just blindly continue).......so if the come back the next day, I would pull back on epsons (may be even remove it completely), and pull back on nutrients by 10 or 20% for a cycle or two.....

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are the dried and ground leaves of a male plant good as fertilizer for female plants? thanks negative

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Daffy -Shes ready !!! My Fast Pines are awesome, and getting closer with each passing day. Summertime Buddahs lagging way behind but much larger.Afghani Golds 60% were males, but whats left is impressive and large. may the force be with them

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Can someone give me an opinion as to whether or not this plant is ready to harvest. I do not have a loupe and my magnifying glass isn't strong enough to see the Tri's. I am thinking its ready...the color makes me think it is. Its White Widow and in the 8th week of flowering. http://daffy.imgur.com/ready she looks ready

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also their is no light on them that could interfere with the cycle when were they planted? the bloom stats at the beginning of July so if you plant it at that time or after the results may be varied... some strains may catch up some wont... like the sativa strains which need long periods to bloom properly...

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just wondering if chemicals of something in the environment can prevent the flowering cycle cause all my plants outside still show no sings of flowering lights during the sleep cycle will disrupt the bloom cycle... are there any sources of light when its dark?

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Yeah mine is the Penetrator like this one: http://www.ledgrowlightsoutlet.com/120-w-led-grow-light.html And I paid about $200 plus shipping.

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Do you know where in the gta i can purchuse a Grow box. Maybe a pc grow box that would be ideal.I would like somthing small one or two plants and odor proof. I i'm not interested in building my own i am not handy at all and would just perfer to buy it. Thank u soo much :) these guys may have something like that I believe....

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Im mean you trying buding under leds how does it work?

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YO bannaman in Bville you try veging under LEDs yet how it work if you have?? where did you get your LEDs man ?

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Oh Mark one added matter - in your grow guide you have, I think, 6 plants under a 400 W. With the new Tory method for handling cannabis plants, I think numbers have become an issue. If it helps at all, numbers count in court, and on MM licenses too, and you can do 2 x 10 gallon pots under a 400 watt light and the Crown will have a harder time making the case that you're supplying the Eastern seaboard with cannabis. with a license and with a good lawyer I can easily make a case for having a lot of plants... but you are correct .. pc gov't will pass a law for 5 plants + as a jail offence... unless we vote them out

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Yo Mark I just want to thank you for the knowledge over the years! The LED can work for vegging plants, btw, and save a few bucks. I agree My question is this: I run my plants, when in bloom, under a 400 HPS along with some T5HO spread around the corners. How much, if any, benefit is to be had from removing the plants from the bloom room and putting them in front of a WEST facing window for say 6 or 7 hours a day? Thanks! given that you have relatively small wattage for bloom there may be actual benefit to do just that... problem is that the space between the plants and the sun should be completely clear, as in no dirty windows or clouds ... so on a perfect day you should see a benefit, but not on a cloudy day

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Hi Mark....starting from seed does higher temps create more males or females in your opinion. any temperature over 32C yes, this is the temp when they slow down growth and generally stress out, males are a product of stress Also how long do you think a 600 watt MH bulb lasts before it needs to be changed? 1 year on the average, 1.2 years FOR SURE Anyone feel free to answer.....THANKS :)

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I am thinking of running two 1000w 24/7 plus other electrical stuff. this totals up to 82 KWH a day. is this too much usage for a three bed home. this doesn't include other electrical appliances. 1000W for bloom on 12/12 + 400W veg room on 24/7 is more appropriate with 2 people living

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in a closed growing environment is a split ac unit the only way to cool and maintain CO2 levels or is there another way to cool it. the only way to maintain correct ratio of CO2 is to burn it or provide it in tanks and have a "sniffer" which will control both the A/C and the outtake air

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is it true that a green light will not affect plants during the 12 off time during the flowering period? true but I have not tested this myself ie. if you absolutely have to check in on them for a few minutes. thanks.

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do you harvest the entire plant all at once or can parts that still have white hairs (ie. lower parts of the plant) be left to be harvested a week or so later? I harvest all at once, the plant gets too stressed out and delaying harvest has no advantage

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plants tend to like classical (Bach, Beethoven etc..), jazz, Indian classical or some form of soothing music. best played for 3 hour intervals at a time, twice a day. music constantly played will kill plants. : )

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Emailed you mark hope youre not too busy too read it one fire inspection, one rogers repairman freaked out, one esa inspection later, and one visit from cops makes for an interesting week... I need a vacation .... I don't know if I even picked up email

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the music cant hurt and would probably help. unless its Barry Manilow, WillIAm or Cher lol

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the effects of music on plant growth... may be helpful... http://www.dovesong.com/positive_music/plant_experiments.asp http://www.rollitup.org/general-marijuana-growing/136877-effects-music-plants.html I play radio ... I don't know if it helps

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im jus wondering if i need a mecical card to puchase seeds no, but you need to be 18+

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Hey, I have some Fast pine doing wonderfully, it's just starting to flower. I was wondering if you could tell me how long I should wait to harvest? harvest should be end of September or early October but it all depends on weather

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hi, I stumbled across this and thought ya might get a kick out of it, it gave me a little chuckle anyway. keep the water comin! http://niftersnuts.nifter.com/songs_parodies_lampoon_jokes_marijuana.htm

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I now youe a gem Mark, about refundg seeds Butyo musts now that f every business opted this way; they would be 'out business in no time. You cat replace seds after they germate, theyve proven tob viable. If someone buys fertileer at cy tire and then aplies it impoperly and burn their grass, they cant unless theirinsane or tryinmg to pull a scam - expct rfunt frthe fertlx.

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nvm Mark over feed them thats why they wher unhealthy na what i mean

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Hey Mark its not root in 24hours its rot in 24hours man care to share details about how you do things so I could understand where you are going wrong? there is nothing inherent in this strain that would make a clone die or rot in 24 hours....

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Hello..I leave my light on 24 hours a day but sometimes once or twice a week I will let them sleep sometimes for 4 hours sometimes 6 hours Is this a bad thing to do since I'm growing with seeds Would this effect the final result male or fem this would have zero effect, so long as the lights are on for at least 18 hours they will be fine

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you know that if you let the t (tail) come out of the seed shell and dont keep it moist enough it will dry and stunt growth of seedling, right? you know also that really, when you see that its time for the whole thing to go 1/4" under the (moistened) soil right? My view is if you see germination then the seed breeder/ seller has succeeded. whatever happens after they germinate is the responsibly to the grower like I said I replace "bad" seeds liberally but I ask that you explain honestly what went wrong so you don't do it again, and I admit freely that there are bad seeds, bad batches, bad karma, crushed mail, bad luck, you know shit happens etc etc etc etc...... and if anyone bothers to check I am the only one who replaces seeds.

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Mr Quick-question using florescents depends on power man I have experience with 60watt 64k (BLUE) spectrum light they're pretty slow man very good for spouting+ 6inchs of growth quickly but not enough lumen s I think for 2ft like what you want unless you get more power obviously at less 100watt-150watt depending on space and quantity of plants I would think.For the quality of bud after I think it works great I use 24/7 then right into 12/12min with the hps but Mark should answer u as well YO Nojenkz you gotta give Mark a break man look at all the great detailed help he gives total strangers for no reward at all I don't think he tries to rip ppl off I don't even think he even tries to make money off his gig put he does awsume work why don't you do like the rest of us do and ask Mark about your condition. marc emery inspired me in the 90s and look where he is now, ... anyways fluorescent lights have their time and place but they are inferior to HID no doubt..... I would say they are good enough for 1 foot height at best but in a pinch a bit taller.....

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Beginner grower here, and I have a question if anyone could help me, I want to know if it would work if through the seedling stage and vegatative stage I grew them under fluorescent lights (not sure the strength yet) and then once they hit 2ft as recommended (would using fluorescent lights have a major impact on how long it takes them to get there?) they will not be as vibrant and "healthy" as lets say under a 1000W ... but having said that, plenty of growers use fluorescent to bring them up to 1 feet in height and then take them under 1000W/400/600 ...its not optimum but it works and then blooming them under a 400W HPS light, would it work? of course Would it have a major impact on time and yield? Or would I be better off to stick to the HPS light the whole way through? Any help and suggestions are appreciated. the reason you use the fluorescent lights is because you do not have a second HID light .... at the same time as you use the HID to bloom (usually 8 weeks), you use the Fluorescent to start and veg the next generation at the same time as you bloom, that's how you save time.... but if you can afford 1 HID for your veg garden and 1 HID for bloom then its even better

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Alright i bought 30 fast pine seeds and 5 blueberry skunk. When i got them i noticed that they were alot smaller than any seeds ive had before which didnt seem promising, so i tried germing them all, 1 blueberry skunk worked and 21 fast pine, so i left them for another day so the white tail could grow out of the seed more, i came back the next day and they were still popped but hadnt grown at all the tail was still so small, i decided maybe they would grow better in the dirt and sun so i planted them, i waited 10 days and in that 1 fast pine plant grew but then couldn't hold itself up and died. None of the others have worked which is pretty dissapointing for 35 seeds, i think im gonna be going to the Ontario Seed Bank from now on. This is NOT my first grow either. ok .. did you try for replacements? ....... as to going somewhere else, don't care... we replace defective seeds liberally, but in the end if you don't like the seeds you don't like the seeds

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Hey Mark what happing I got this new shit Hindu kush from you and now got a little prop. trying root cuttings and one plant cuttings just don't wanna root and the other plant I got same strain and all root no prop even without solution's what you thinks going on with this plant the freshly cut cutting just rot out within 24hours man within 24 hours? care to share a secret?

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anyone growing sour D?if so any tips or pics you would care to share!

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hello...I i just started to burn my plant a little bit. a bit sounds like you can just flush and its ok, when the tips burn its ok, just flush, when the side walls of the leafs burn then its serious and you could recover them but they will never return to "looking" good, so continuing is an issue of faith, you hope they are ok, but you can not tell by looking at them im just wondering is this going to predict the outcome of my plant. if so should i just toss it and start over again? that's harsh, how badly are they burnt

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Was just wondering because I started growing now in August and I wanted to know if that was too late? d PS I'm in Ontario. it is too late .. the time to start is may, bloom outdoors starts in july and they finish by the sept, early October

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Hi, thank you for having such a clear and easy way to order seeds online or whatever the preference. I have visited many internet sights that offer info about cannabis growing, seed buying, maintaining plants, and complete informative information, but I have to say that I need not go very far to aquire the knack to grow and find what I want without going to Amsterdam or visiting the many internet sites that all claim to have the best and risk losing my hard earned cash! I didn't know that your company even existed until a good friend of mine suggested that I visit your website. I will have to make a trip to Kensington Market and come visit you. I am interested in purchasing your Toronto420-G13 seeds,(20 for $120.00)if possible, can you let me know if you have them in stock at the moment? yes but check here If you do not wish to reply, I will assume that by Tuesday/Aug./17/2010 and therefore I will call you by telephone instead. I respect your privacy and sometimes people don't like accepting or answering E-mails. Thank you for your time and here is my E-mail address: Gentilegino at hotmail.com, sincerely, Eugene ...its not about privacy its about having an anxiety attack when opening my email and seeing 1000 emails I have to read.... you can always call me ... if I don't pick up just try again

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hi when people say it takes about 1-2 weeks to root..Does that mean its just starting to root...or are the roots supposed to be showing after 1-2 weekd seeds (to show roots means rooting) would take anywhere from 1 to 7 days... if you mean clones rooting then it takes 8 to 14 days on average ......

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Hi.. How large would i have to grow 3 female plants in veg stage each should be 2.5 feet wide and 2.5 feet tall when staring bloom, pinched 3 or 4 times  to produce a pound from a 1000 watt....Also what are the best 1000 watts hps light bulbs to grow with. Hortilux for HPS and SunMaster for MH. thanks

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ok so my temps go from 25- 29 sometimes, humd is usally 65-70. about three weeks into bud and the leaves are starting to go yellow with brown tips! the strain is hindu. any tips would be helpful thanks! sever under feeding, pure blend pro is meant to be mixed at 30 ml per gallon which is 7.5/L ... and for you this should be at 3 or 4 ml/L..... now that I compare you are adding enough .... is it pure blend pro?

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@ Daffy Hey man tell me about your grow how many lights you got how many watts you got altogether? How big is your space and how many fans you have? how many plants And about your babes maybe you got hermaphrodites what kind of seed did you buy originality did you get it from Mark? Im interested in cfl grow tell me about it Peace

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how much more bud would i get if i use Mylar instead of black and white poly negligible, b/w is just more convenient and cheaper

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They are Definitely females. I took my males out as soon as I could sex them, but I guess not soon enough. http://daffy.imgur.com/seeds

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Hey Daffy im no A+ grower but to me those look like males man lol If they are female and theirs that many seeds maybe they will all be femaleizd so you have a nice stock of seeds for next crop .... nice grow tho all you use is florescent lighting then? I see females

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do you add anything to the promix? no i've heard that some dolomite lime is needed(or can help).not true, that would change acidity and that's not good, perlite is benign and sometimes added to improve aeration, see Pro-mix HP i had 12 plants in a 4x4 closet and only 3 showed signs of brittle leaves starting from the top of the plant. it was not heat stress or over fertilization (i go real light). i noticed it during around the 4th week of flowering. plants affected were great white shark, mk ultra and white rhino. everything went smooth just had this little problem and it didn't ruin the buds. it's just bothering me that i can't diagnose the problem. thx! wind burn? nutrients mixed just off so slightly? watering a little too often? heat burn from bulb? .. there literally could be many many reasons... not sure I would recommend this to you but in one case removing 80% of fan leafs fixed the dying/brittle leafs.... oddly enough

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Do my ladies have SEEDS?? Please advise. http://daffy.imgur.com/seeds nothing in the pictures would tells me they have seeds, the only way to find out is to wait... or destroy one small bud to check, but then what would that tell you? even if they have some seeds the smoke is still ok .... but in your case with overfeeding and small lights I would expect some seeds... some is ok, sort of a by product of heavy feeding... if you have more then 10 per bud then something else happened, a hermaphrodite?

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hello how many Bubble Bags would i need to make decent or good hash

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re: Human urine... found some info. http://www.rollitup.org/organics/17800-using-urine-fertilizer.html http://www.chacha.com/question/can-you-use-human-urine-to-grow-marijuana-plants-to-make-them-grow-healthier,-stronger-and-faster thanks!!

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Just force flower them a little early.Move them inside in total darkness then when the sun goes down take them back out.It kinda a pain but it works

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Whats the best way to press a small amount of fresh buds.I want to do a couple buds just to see if i'd perfer that over the natural bud shape.I got my girl in total darkness going to wait 42 Hours. i cut her tommorow .thanks man you got me to this point

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I'm going an outdoor seed , i know there is about a 10-12 week cycle for the seed afghani gold if it gets cold in october to finish the cycle would it be cool to finish them off inside with a stronger light on them as well as a room that has windows on three side , basically having sun shining in for the whole day. cheers' yes it would help, but it is still somewhat stressful for them to transition so flush for one water cycle before the move

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Ye man Like all the new ones you got thare where could I find complete info On em or would it be eazyer to call ya the new stuff is from Amsterdam so google the names + the company making them and that's it

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Hey Mark I am wondering where I can find info On your seeds that dont have info lol like the Chronic seeds and the serious seeds Like I wanna know what are Indica and what not those look like some hefty seeds you got thare thanks man all you see on the site is all I got

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thanks mark and yes out door they are also blooming now budding very nice thanks

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Hey Guys im a newly started business selling top of the line hydro equipment, on face book to people in the GTA my prices are cheaper then the stores that i have gone to, and i was tired of paying up the ass for hydro gear, so i decided to start this business,to sell top of the line energy efficient low cost hydro gear, right now im adding all the people from the 2010 weed march group on face book, but its taking a long time, so if your interested add me on face book, The name is Mark Heisenberg. And also mark from this site i called u about a month ago to ask if i could put this on here, so if your interested check it out true, no problem

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how do i increase carbon dioxide levels in a grow room? or is this necessary? thanks no, too difficult, too expensive... finally... I don't even do it

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Giving you a whats up with my Super Silver Haze grow. You were kind enough to include a couple scenarios utilizing the information that I gave you. Most of the solutions were not applicable because of either miscommunication or lack of information. The big fix? Finally getting it into my head that the Schultz is an amendment...Duh! The light bulb lit up. I must have read that info a thousand times. Anyways....Magnesium looks to have been the culprit, and the switch over to GH products went easily for me. PPM pens are the bomb, eh? Thank you for being professional and dedicated. Peace. small changes big results

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Three more points: you should use sunshine mix no.4., check the undersides of the leaves very carefully and only water them when the soil is absolutely and completely dry. Best luck!

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oops I meant de-humidifier.

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Yes. flush them (w/ 25-30% nutes) next feed/watering. You have to keep the humidity low during flowering or you get mould and bud rot which it also wouldn't hurt to check for - if possible. Basement's okay but you hafta keep it dry (humidifier). Not providing nutrients can and will weaken them making them more susceptible to these problems. true true

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I should also add to my post that i have been growing in Sunshine #1 should be no.4 I believe which I was led to believe is similar to the Promix that Mark recommends.....should I flush them? yes from now on, till harvest The ladies are now in the 6th week of flowering.

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Thanks for jumping in...I appreciate the input. I just had a look with a magnifying glass. There are no bugs what so ever. This may be nutrient burn as you said. I have leaf curling as well and Mark suggested I have been feeding them too much. classic over feeding due to low wattage used... fluorescent lights Since that time I fed them twice with straight RO water and once with RO water and 30% of what I was initially feeding them. I also foliage feed occasionally with straight RO water. The only leaves that appear to be affected are the fan leaves. Actual flowers and small leaves are ok. What can I do to try and save my ladies? My grow box is also in my workshop in the basement. The doors are open to help keep the heat down. Could dust from my cutting wood etc. have the same effect? Do you really feel my plants won't recover?? your nutrients (15-30-15) are the problem, they are made for outside and even inside with HID lights I would be hesitant to use it due to really high concentration.... i.e. there is no real safe amount or its a bitch to get it spot on... I would suggest you get some organic stuff.... at this point you may as well flush from now on till the end

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On closer inspection of the pics, you might have a nutrient burn (brown spots) as well. I hate to say that the prognosis is not very good.

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In case Mark cant duck in here before the weekend, I'll answer - those look like an advanced infestation of mites. Check under the leaves with some magnification for small bugs. They destroy plants and chew up the flowers, inside and out. There are so many different ways to get rid of them, I can't recommend any. The plants might even be too far gone...

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Help Mark. I now have another problem. My plants have developed yellow spots??? What has happened and how can I correct this...Please Help....anyone....Pixs are posted at http://daffy.imgur.com/brown_spots/

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Can i clone a plant that is in week 6 of bloom? nope, too late, only up to 2 weeks into bloom

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what are the effects of human urine on plants? seriously... urine is rich in nitrogen and can be used for veg... HOW? no clue

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Hey Mark, beginner here, couple questions - as far as the Hindu Kush and White Widow XXX goes,(in soil - promix) with about 4 weeks veg and full bloom when and what abouts should I do as far as pruning goes for them? week 3 of bloom specifically but at any point after week 2 is ok as long as you do it all in one take and not disturb them for the whole week Blooming them at 2-3ft what am I looking at them being in the final result? really stretched put plants, take some bamboo staked and force the branches to grow a bit sideways in relation to the bulb,.... because you have a 400W, you would have done better to pinch them a week before bloom and try to bloom at 1 or 1.5 feet... 400W light only has so much power and will not be able to penetrate more then a foot into the canopy anyway.... in essence nothing grows (of value) below 1 foot in to the canopy..... I am saying this because your plants will not stop growing, I should say stretching ....this is because of the type of wattage you have (they stop growing when you use a 600W or a 1000W).... to maximize the yield force the plant down as much as possible with bamboo sticks   And how do they handle nutrient feedings? (nutrient demanding or no?) not at all, but start at low levels and up it a bit at the time And on the off chance where abouts could I get a good carbon air filter? - at a reasonable price of course :) - Thanks,

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Mark, thanks for all your help and advice man. My rez is a good one and a big one from a hydro store hence i only flush once weekly. Depending on your answers below i may flush more often, although id rather not lol. The stress you speak of could it be caused from in my table setup I have the lights moving along a motorized track so they are constantly moving? I don't think this is the problem I guess my questions really boil down to this: if your trying to maximize yield is the aim to maximize nutrient uptake without killing the crop? yes!!! BUT also what nutrients to add at which point of bloom down to a week, example: sugars/carbs adding at any point is ok, bud booster only in 3 to 6 week of bloom and many disagree with me on this, higher nitrogen content for the first 3 weeks of bloom and lower it for the rest, I could be really specific, this learning curve can be a year PER STRAIN i.e. if I keep @ my current feeding schedule and allow for the spikes in ppm is it safe to assume that I am maximizing the uptake (which should lead to increased yield [so i assume]) as long as they arent dying???? you make it sound too simple, its true when it comes to what we call a indica strain, not always true when dealing with sativa... and then there are indica/sativa blends... each plant may require slight adjustments to your theory.....    or am i doing them harm? only if they die thanks again first time @ the hydro thing. Its cool but challenging. move to dirt please

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Thanks Mark for your help. My White Widow plants seem to be still doing alright, but the leaves are still drooping and curling down. I have (unfortunately) prior to your advice, watered with no nutrients. Also the last feeding was with 30% of what the recommended feeding is. I do notice that one plant is worse than the other and curled leaves are now closer to the top. I'm 4 weeks into flowering. Starting to show the crystals..What do you think of my ladies?? classic overfeeding OR a ph issue (had to say it just in case, but don't think so) , leach once, leach twice, and lower your dosage ..... they are not dying but if you continue they may

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i live on a 8 acres of land so i dont think street light are the problem i think it maybe the sunrise and sunset up here it starts to go down around 9.30pm and comes up around 4. thats only 7 hours of pure darkness. maybe i have to cover my plant to get them to start flowering i dont know if you do then your total bloom cycle could be 8 weeks

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Hey Mark, thanks for answering my last post about the environmental preferences of hindu kush. I am excited to play with the next crop and see what I can get from it following your advice. They seem to be responding to my current conditions pretty good, actually surprisingly good. Im hoping you can explain something that is puzzling me - I checked the ppm in my rez when it was time to clean and refuel the rez and strangely the ppm was @ 1500. When I fill my rez i set the ph to 5.5 and ppm to 1200 and forget about it for a week, minus keepign it tidy. What could be causing the jump when no nutes are added from the initial refuel??? I have a flood table setup using 4" RW. My ladies arent exhibiting anything out of the ordinary besides some showing a lil yellowing on the outer edges of some fan leaves. im truly baffled your expertise would be greatly appreciated. two reasons Ph may go down or up or PPM would go up (never down).... one is that the plants themselves are getting rid of salts and or nutrients from around the roots, they do this when they get watered I assumer once per day.... this is just a fancy way of saying the plants are stressed for one reason or another, this "stress" can be harmless like for example you moved the light and the plants had to turn their heads towards the light, this would cause them to dump salts/nutrients or absorb more nutrients, as in stress, as in ppm changes BUT no harm in the end so long as you catch the ppm change in the rez... over feeding has a similar effect, when they get overfed they dump salts back into the water rez thus changing its ppm, this happens especially with A+B nutrients and rockwool combination... it is necessary to flush more frequently then say in promix as salts tent to accumulate on the rockwoll........ another reason is that the plastic from the rez or some other container in contact with this water is leaching chemicals into the water ..... generally speaking if your rez is from a hydro store then the plastics is black and heavy duty, meant not to leak crap into water but if you have some cheap plastic container from crappy tire then chances are the plastic is leaching chemicals into the water

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Ah, stress could be the factor. im in texas and temp are crazy hot this year.like 105. oh lord my sprouts are hardly growing .My older plants are taking the heat .I started them when the highs were still in mid 70 guess they just adjusted to it.Thanks mark i plucked my freak auto male. guess ill leave the rest just to see. as long as my older ones r happy im happy . everyone is heat stroked here as well... its a nasty summer, I wonder if cutting some of the leaf tips off would help? when cloning this allows the leaf to get rid of moisture and humidity better, and they seems to tolerate over crowding better as well.... I would not try it on all plants but on one?

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high there folks, i have 8 plants in 10 square feet, thanks to LST and topping, i have covered the area. now i want to achieve maximum yield here but their height is roughly 7" tall. they are in full bloom, will my yield suffer? what nutrients are you using? lights? how often do you water? what medium do you have?

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hey mark could you explain how you flush exactly? do you give just water? only a small amount of nutes? just sugars and carbs? ect? i want to do mine for 2 weeks and i know how important this step is!!! how do you do yours? your advise is much appreciated I step down the nutrients this way... assuming your total bloom is 8 full weeks .....beginning of week 7 I decrease the primary nutrients to 50% and NO bud boosters and NO sugars.... next watering cycle, decrease the primary nutrients down to 25%, next watering cycle down to 0%, then if they still need water before being cut, just give them plain water, as in 0% nutrients.... note: it depends on how often you water your plants, it may be that you water once a week so you would be better off staring with 25% (week 7), then 0% (week 8)......

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using 600W bulb in 18 hour grow day. living in toronto, what is a very rough estimate of electrical bill increase? 20$ 50$ less then $50/month 100$ etc... thanks!

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this is my first out door grow it is almost august and my plants show no sings of flowering yet(just moved to north east Saskatchewan) ....do they have some light (street light, ambient lights, whatever) when they sleep? this would delay them, not really stop flower process, just delay and stretch the plants....and also I must say, I know Ontario, I do not know anything about growing in Sask... there may be real differences i always thought that my plants would flower mid july. yes and no, some take longer also what can i use for bud booster outdoors the plants are planted in the ground. on the cheap and because its outdoors get 10-52-10 Miracle Grow or whatever brand with this number, start at 1ml per 1 Litre and go up from there while watching for any signs of over feeding.... I believe that 4 ml per 1 L. may be the max, so be careful, it is highly concentrated stuff, meant for outdoors only one more thing any suggestions for flowering those strains outdoors. thank you 4 your time. summertime is easy, will take whatever you throw at it... G13 is more delicate and you should not overfeed her... but in general, the outdoors depends on good soil.... weather, sun, clouds, its impossible to predict everything...

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Hi there Im mmar license holder. I Have no experience growing from seeds. Do compassion clubs in Toronto offer licensed people that are approved clones or do they only offer seeds??? thx.. call me if you really have a license (not expired), you will need to make a copy of it AND some other picture ID (matching pictures), I will meet you at sublime to verify your identity, collect your copies and submit them to my lawyer ... all confirmed, we have clones of Ice, Purple Kush, OG Kush, Pot of Gold, and Chemo

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Hey Mark Iv seen you type in a resent post b4 that LED lighting is no good you even said it was worthless I think. What I'm trying to say is do you experience with the LED lights? no, I am very conservative when it comes to new stuff, I let other people "experiment" before I adopt some new tech  In my research I see so many different kinds of LED's put together in different spectrum and power ratings I see but don't believe amazing results on you-tube if the lights are worthless why are they being made and sold is their types that are knock offs and type that are really tried and tested to to fullest existent. What you think have you looked deep into the technology? Does it need more time? Change is good!But is it to good to be true Thanks man yours truly Mr.Harry Potter the 2ND peace out it is NOT that the technology is worthless, far from it, but the question is much simpler, is it more or less economical to grow under an HID or LED... and at this point the price of LED and what they can produce is far more $/bud then what I can do with an HID.... example: a single 400W HID can produce (on the average, forget about veg room, lets simply stick to just bloom) may be 6 to 8 ounces every 2 months in a 4 x 4 space.... to get the equivalent yield under LED you would need bigger space, may be 4 by 8, 4 by 10?  if not bigger and invest 4 to 5 x more money, you would need a better understanding of nutrition then just a beginner and you need to grow them only from clones as LEDs can only allow the top 1 foot to develop properly so the plants need to be very short hence the need for clones, on the other hand an average "dumbass" like me can throw some seeds in a bucket of promix and just bloom under HID without thinking too much about height (relatively speaking) ..... this calculation seems easy for someone who want to replace a single 400W light with a single stack of LEDs but for me I would need to replace dozens of 1000W lights at exorbitant costs and increase my space by 40%....which is impossible

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Would you happen to have any clones for sale? not without a permit from Health Canada My outdoor grow got flooded and I was hoping to throw some clones in the sun for at least some harvest.

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Best price in Toronto for 5 gallon pail with pump, for hydro??? cheapest? check Vietnamese-run hydro shops, they'll make a deal for a sandwich... for service and that other stuff check this place

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You could click the "grow guide" link above, and look under "taking care of clones" and get your answer immediately! OR wait days for busy Mark to come and answer your question. sigh 18/6 or 24 hr for veg., 12/12 when strong enuff to flower.

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when im cloning should bt like be on 24 hours a day or 18-6 either way is fine, I keep it on 24ON when cloning

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Hey guys, I have had a plant a few months now just sitting in the window, It was about 2ft. So I decided start a grow, So I bought a flourecent grow light and got it under for 12-12 to see if it was a girl. And sure enough it was so then I decided to clone her cuz shes getten to big and I wanted 2 plants. ( Im waiting on funds for seeds and 1000watt) So I cloned her last night I used a clean razor , Roots stimulator , but I could not find rockwell cubes anywhere so I used perlite in a small container, and but it under a plastic dome under my light. I misted it (Light is back in 18-6) So I went to check this morning and it looks really droopy and not good. So my question is , what should a healthy clone look like the day after. Any advice would be very helpfull. Thanks THE NEWB perlite may not retain enough moisture to sustain a clone, it should not be drooping, that's for sure, it should look just the same as when you placed it in .... you may want to spray a lot of water and soak the perlite, may be they'll recover

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o.k. i had a strange thing happen to me , i got 5 plants about 4 to 5 inche tall all hae 5 internodes i just topped them , then today i go outside and one of them is flowering , it's not time for them to flower outside yet we still got another month and a half , only one of them has started , it's a male , but why would it be flowering its barley out of ts infancy , and its getting 16 hours of light a day , they all came from the same bag of herb ....1st: stress can do weird stuff to plants BUT I don't think that's it.... rutheralis (unlike sativa or indica) is a eastern European strain of cannabis which is also known for its auto flowering proprieties, as in, she flowers whenever she wants to no matter the light cycle.... its a crappy strain, may be some genes got mixed up?

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how long should i flush my plants in coco, fed with organic nutrients? 1 watering cycle is a minimum, 1 week is better, 2 weeks is best

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The link for photos is to another site...sorry. I couldn't figure out how to post them on the site you suggested. My White Widow ladies are drooping and the leaves are curling down. This started roughly the second week into flowering, its now into the fourth week. I'm on a 12/12 schedule and water 3 - 4 days with 15 ml / gallon (mix ratio as per container). if you are feeding them the level of nutrients as recommended on the brand of nutrients (15-30-15) you are using and you are growing under fluorescent lights then you are over feeding them, the plants simply can not process this amount of food with this low level of light.... you would have to lower the nutrients down to may be 10 or 20% of what you are currently using.... 10-20% is a guess number, may be 30% would be optimum, point is that fluorescent lights are weak compared to lets say outdoors...  There are no yellowing leaves. The color is nice deep green. sign of over feeding, next stage is curling and/or tips burning  Ph seems on the acid side (soil), but the water I use is around the 7.0 mark. which is "neutral" acidity, which is good  I'm using low quality testing (Soil kit and strips). I'm thinking I'm over watering. possible as well, make sure you use promix (and let it dry out between watering) or similar but not "just any" type of dirt, any type of dirt may show exactly the same problems you are describing I will pay more attention to the weight of the container. Also will water with no nutrients that's bad as well, the lowest level of food is 25% of "usual" ... never less for one or two waterings. Is there any benefit to adding a teaspoon of H202 to the water. none What do you think my problem might be??....also I've added another 200w of 2700k bulbs to lighting. more Wattage is always better Thanks Mark. this is my second grow and I don't want to loose it. My first died from lack of attention. i need to log in to see the forum, try http://imgur.com/ , its easier....

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Hi this is my first grow in a long time I have been using your promix method I am using B'cuzz mix with nutri+plus nutes I am in the 4th week of flower and i am getting lots of yellowing on the bottom of my plants I don't know if it is ok to give them a high dose of grow? you mean bloom, I see no need to use the grow forumla during bloom A+B you have a 600W and the lable on your nutrients is really meant for a 1000W so be careful, I do not think you need to leach but going down by 10 or 20% on nutrients is ok, better be safe then sorry type of thinking.... the stuff that makes them bulk up is called a "bud booster", PK-13-14 or DNF Bloom Fortifier of anything of different brands.... its meant to be used in week 3 to 6 on top of your regular nutrients or to leach or if is just that they aren't getting enough light i am in a bedroom closet with the doors open during lights on 3 plants in about 2.5x5 feet lights are about 1.5 feet from plants with 2 T5 down low for side lighting so I don't know if I am burning then with nutes not enough nitro not enough light?Also when should I be seeing the buds realy start to swell I have bud covering the stems all the way down and lots of side branches.but they are only about 3/4" thick. any help would be great thanks. as long as its on the bottoms it looks natural, as the 600W can not reach much below 1 foot into the canopy of the plant, so I would remove the bottom 1/3 of the foliage of the plants so they can concentrate their energy on the top buds....  but also pull back on the nutrients as well... down by 50% once ... then back up .... but less 20% then before

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This is my second grow with SuperSilverHaze in BX Promix. I have a 180 plant Sea Of Green going in a 56" square tent. 3.5" pots, 18 per standard nursey tray, ten trays in all. My first grow ended with a horrific spider mite problem, but before the perpetual grow was shut down I faced the same identical problems I am facing now. I cloned straight into the BX, vegged 2 weeks, put into flower....2 weeks to develop flowers. At week 4 of actual flowering, are you absolutely sure sure there is no light leaks when they sleep as 4th week is a little late... haze is a bit "retarded" plant so may be that's it, but check ... no light leaks of any sort or the plant delays on-set of bloom  I start getting faint yellowing tips on my sun leaves. PPM runoff was about 1200 with a ph of 5.7. I watered using straight water with promix plain water can lead to "nutrient lock" which looks the same as what you describe somewhat, in any case the lowest level of nutrients in your water should be at minimum 25% of what is "normal" or "usual"... this 25% recovers  plants from "nutrient lock" as well as prevents it from happening  (ph 7.4) for 2 weeks. After week 1: ppm 860 too little ph 5.3. irrelevant. read on   This week: ppm 680 ph 5.5. This week, the same problem that occurred in this strain the first time around came back. Yellowing showing from the inside of the leaves, spreading outward. this usually happens from too much of the following: too much food, or humidity (over 60-70%) or over watering or over crowding (leafs touching each other too much or plants encroaching on each others space)  Two days ago I didn't see this problem, only yellowing tips. The single point leaves on the colas show this on a couple of them, and that is too close to home for me! Between the loss of my first crop, and the problems I now face, I have 9 months invested and I am freaking. !5 years ago, I grew Jack Herer this way and never had an issue. Also....my watering routine: I remove the mesh watering trays from the nursery flats, and place them in my solution. I am basically bottom watering. My first grow, I thought nutrient lockout, so i bought a Hanna 3 way. Now I just don't know. PH? From what I've read its not terrible. PPM? At 1200 PPM they should be taking up more, 1400 ppm is not too high they were dark green. (My water is 90ppm). Any insight? I also hope the post was not too long. I didn't want an oversight. I see 3 problems with this....No.1 the nutrient you are using (Shultz 10-54-10) is a highly concentrated variety which should really be used as a additive and not really a primary nutrient.... 10-54-10 means this...10 (the first number) is a little too much of nitrogen, 54 is correct level of phosphorous and 10 potassium is waaaay too little .... as a bloom additive this nutrient is kind of ok but as a primary nutrient it sucks... if you gonna use cheap stuff may as well use 10-30-15 (for bloom) and just a tiny bit of shultz in the week 3 to 6 on top of the 10-30-15... OR I would switch to an organic 1 part formula like Pure Blend Pro or Flora Nova ......No. 2 problem: Bottom feeding with promix is possible but not easy, promix needs to dry out between watering and its not like being too wet will kill the plants BUT when you add another issue it can be a problem.... you can have standing water but the promix still needs to dry out a little bit between watering.... if you combine over-watering (I really mean that there is NO time when priomix is dry ever) with the type of nutrients you are using you may end up with your type of problems... on one hand the plants are too wet and on the other they are not getting enough food (1200 pp is too little, should be 1400+ in the stage of bloom you have problems at).... 3rd issue: the whole "pH-ing water with promix" .... I do not pH the water ... ppm is one thing but not pH... promix is designed for adjusting pH to its own liking so when you test a run-off it is actually a misleading number.... so worry about the ppm but forget about pH, if you want do this test, as you add nutrients to your water check pH, the more nutrients you add the lower the pH... with Shultz I do not know what the results will be because I don't like it.. but with a proper hydroponics nutrients you drop down pH automatically as you increase the ppm, which for promix works marvelously.... there is another issue here.... supersilverhaze is a very sensitive plant and she will naturally need less nutrients then JackHarrer ..... so this may be more of an issue of incorrect nutrient rather then too much nutrients... I also want to add that when you grow on trays you may inadvertently over crowd them (whether its roots or leafs) which is also a total stress..... ask me more if I missed something

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Hey Mark, I got your Hindu Kush and Im giving it about 1100ppm in week 3 of flower. in the 4th to 6th week you could push it higher, I find in perfect condition can be up to 1500 but do not push it if not absolutely everything is perfect, and oh yeah, don't blame me please if they burn, for safety stay at 1100pp Its been responding well, but Im curious how much can I push the ppm before its too much? Also for my next cycle what trimming method do you recommend to increase yield? i.e. crop em, trim off bottom 1/3rd, leave em alone? Any other pointers in getting the most out of this strain? PH 5.1-5.9 (5.2 optimal) TDS 500-1000ppm, EC .75-1.5......

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Mark, last grow I had spider mites, so for this grow I got some Dyna-Gro neem oil. NOTE: this stuff can be very dangerous (not as health issue for you but for plants), when applied when temps are 24C and up, it will suffocate the leafs ..also if leafs are mite damaged (more then 50% of the leaf area), then that leaf will die after the spray....your mix must be well mixed and shaken constantly... its so scary for me that I would rather spray ivory soap at 20ml/L rather then neem, takes more times to spray and may not be as effective but usually wont kill the leafs.... if I was you I would spray one plant and wait a couple of days before spraying any other Just transplanted to 12"pots. A week from now I will top them, and a week later 12/12. So I should apply first treatment after I top them, and the 2nd treatment, just before 12/12? Also, need to get a sprayer from home depot, is there a preferred pressure, or brand that you recommend. not a brand but a feature... the sprayer should come with a manual pressure relief valve... I mean you want a sturdy one with decent plastic and 4L or more... + the pressure relief valve ... this is so you can open the top of the sprayer without breaking the top while opening the thing at the end of spraying... without this valve you will find difficult to open the sprayer to refill and you will break the top when opening due to built up pressure...I went through 20 sprayers before I realized I can save money by releasing the pressure BEFORE opening the top....

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does anyone have a 420 connect in scarborough? please im from out of town, woman police officer in need! of boosting his/her arrest record please email paolarap5@gmail.com if you are truly stupid Thank you and continue growing the best stuff on the planet (; I will, Thanx

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I have 2 ladies in flowering. My lights are cfl's and tube fluorescent. 2 of the 4 tubes are 6100's the rest are 2700's. I also have 2, 2700cfl's. Would there be any advantage in adding my 2 extra 6100 cfl's to the light bank?. I'm in the third week of flowering. considering how small the amount of lumens you actually have adding any lights would definitely help .... not that I'm being dismissive but fluorescents and cfls are not the greatest when t comes to yield...

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Thanks, as for the shelf life, I'm just thinking short term how long do I have to get home & get these babies to bed. Should be a couple days. Should I bring a cooler? for months and months nothing will happen ...but just in case put it into the bottom part of fridge in a plastic container... fridge should not be at max, as in water should NOT freeze in it (place a glass overnight and find out).. and never ever place seeds in the freezer..

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i have 2 150w flood lights would that be enough light for the plants flood lights make way too much heat for the growing lumens they provide, in short .. they are no good, sorry

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need help on reducing temps in grow room!!!! i have a 1.2 x1.2 grow tent 600w bulb and fourinch carbon filter extraction fan also a 4 inch fan to circulate the air, i cant seem to get my temps below 90 i need help fast because my girls are starting to suffer. any help on tthis matter would be very very helpfull. thanks  lower the temps outside of the tent, as in turn on an air/con or get a window a/c for the room the tent is in, that's the only way I can think of

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I purchased White Widow and they are now into 3rd week of flowering. When should I begin to see the crystals?? after the 5ths week may be I'd also like to know if you recommend trimming the fan leaves near the bottom of the plant? I recommend trimming bottom 1/3 of the plant completely, as its not getting much light anyways and is generally a burden to the plant  The two females are growing nicely and I was advised to try tying them to limit the height. Unfortunately I pulled the one too far and it bent over. I've tied it to a support stake. It's been 5 days since it was bent and it seems to be alright. it should be ..I hope. Thanks for the help!!

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can anyone buy seeds in person from your store? over 18 yes

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if i find a green or white seed in my weed would it sprout I doubt it, green means immature, white means dry/dead

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How should seeds be stored for transport dark and air-tight plastic container and how long after purchase can they go before they need to be sown. 1 year stored in a fridge is pretty much 0% loss, but after 2 years you expect 10% loss, after 3 years another 10% and etc..

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Hi, thrips have several different cycle each located in different spots of the plants. The new born thrips emerge from the meristem, or the fresh bud sites, as they get older they move downwards into the soil. If you use a nematode in the soil you will controling the thrips in only part of the lifecycle, after they have laid their eggs. Another suggestion is the just get sticky strips for flies or what have you, i suggest biobest, they come in these blue plastic cards you can cut to any size just hang this stuff around some main branches up near the leaves. And in a couple days they will be covered with thrips. you would be best to try both a nematode, and the sticky strips, and insectacidal soap. Or get some swirski mites. Good luck!

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Thanks will try it. Also going to try some nemetoes in the soil. Maybe a little late since the thrips are on the leaves. Since this Ontario ban on cosmetic insecticides, it has forced us old timers into new ways doing things naturally.

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Try to get your hands on some predator mites. The ones specifically for thrips is called the "Swirski mite". It about 120 bucks for like 300 satchets. Highly effective!!! specialized horticulture shops should be able to get them in!! good luck!

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I have an infestation of those bastard western flower thrips. They leave a silvery streaks on my plants and under examination on the leaf bottom I can see tiny white worm like bugs slowly moving around. Checked on icmag.com and confirmed it is thrips. I found that a spray used by our American brothers containing spinosad as the active ingredient that is very effective in killing these little fockers. But I cannot find it up here. It is called Monteray insecticide spray or concentrate. The only other stuff I have found is a product called Success 480 sc naturalyte insecticide sold here but it seems that you need to be licenced to use this stuff. And at $ 680+tax per litre it is a little out of my price range. I tried safers 3 in one insecticide but it does not seem to work so good. Any suggestions , these little bastardos are eating my crop up. this is a natural way to fight them.... this is to use as prevention (after you kill them), this stuff is to kill them (this is an example, your store should have something similar), note that this is a pesticide and it will affect your taste of smoke, may give you headache I guess if you are sensitive... so read carefully.... the only way to make smoke safe and safe the crop is to mix 20ml of Ivory Soap and spray every two or three days until they leave, in between you may spray with plain water to wash off the soap from the leafs... its not the best thing to spray with lots of water (during bloom) BUT I do not know what is worst, thrips or soak/water/humidity-related damage

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thanks a lot mark for uploading that video of the Expo, im soooo pissed that i missed it >:-O all my friends were there, none wanted to appear on camera, I wonder why?

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hey mark, im growing your shiskaberry x Buddha low-feeder under all circumstances, it can tolerate high humidity cross and your NLxSK. heavy feeder under low humidity, prefers low humidity and lots of food  they are in their 5th week of flower week 3 to 6 week of bloom is the week to add Bud Boosters (PK-13-14 or DNF Bloom Fortifier or many others) and sugars (CarboLoad from Adv.Nutrinets or Sweet from Botanicare) and i would like to know ANY TIPS for these specific strains, what do they like and not like, specific characteristics ect. any thing harvest related dates etc. as i am nearing it? btw they are doing great so far no problems at all i am quite happy, hope all is well with you! take care!

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HEY GUYS THIS WEEKEND IS THE FIRST............"TREAT YOURSELF EXPO @ Toronto Metro convention centre. Search Google --> Toronto, Medical Marijuana & Hemp Expo Ill be there friday, Hope i can get free samples of papers and shit, lol

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are you guys going to release straight buddha seeds either fem or regular no, I have no original stock, but I am looking for a pure sativa strain to start this process again .... its not a popular choice as it yields crappy but for cross breeding it would be nice

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NOOOO, do not prune anything on top, tie the tops down to the rims of the pots, these plants will stretch greatly in flower because you are using flouros, keep trying them down, and keep the lights as close as possible to the flower site. If you prune anything on top, like that nice flower you mentioned, then you will greatly sacrifice your yield. good response

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Mark...after 30 days veg and 14 days flowering, my plants have all shown their sex. Firstly, before flowering began, I had one (total 5) show as a male...out and destroyed. Yesterday I eliminated 2 more males, leaving 2 females....horray!! I hope the males were not in there too long as I hadn't checked for 3 days. I didn't see any open sacks....and now they're gone. I am now concerned about their height. My cabinet is 4'h x 4'w x 2'd with the tube lights on the back. My 'ladies' are now 30" and 36" high....how much higher will they get and should I control their height by trimming the top? do not cut the tops during bloom as you may as well kill her, the only thing you can do is to bend her any way you wish with sticks, tie-wraps, staking with bamboo and bending her around and over and to the right or left.. but do not cut the tops There is a real nice flower on the top. Also should I trim the lower leaves only that have no flowers and are not getting the light anyway? yes, definitely, usually you should be able to remove bottom 1/3 of the folliage Thanks loads!!

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Just wanted to thank Mark and the good people at 420. My OD grow thi year is Fast Pine, and I just wanted to say "Fast" is an understatement ! Great results week 8 outdoors has been an eye opener.

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hey . i am growing strawberry cough from seed i planted them late may and now they are huge 5 feet plus how tall do they get ? unless they get light at night from some source (streetlights, city lights, etc) then they should have stopped growing by now and start blooming (I assume you grow outdoors) .... they may be stretching (which is not the same as growing) from some night-light and/or stress (small pots maybe) and they are all female white hairs are coming out how much longer will it take for them to turn purple they may turn purple at the end of September,  ?? thanks

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First off congrats mark and co on having first rate genetics and being the breeder of your own stock. Coolest industry people in Ontario and run a top notch coffee shop to boot (bring back dollar espresso!). I'm doing a guerilla crop of Afghani Gold right now at a secret spot to the south of lake ontario and was wondering (since the weather has been co-operating almost perfectly for me this year and haven't visited in over a month)if they will be showing sex right now? They were popped on April 22, vegged a bit under flouros and have been in the ground since may 8th. Also, are they heavy feeders? difficult to answer, because the humidity levels are so high that i would discourage heavy feedings at this moment in time... when its dry then she is a heavy feeder, but when its wet she is not a heavy feeder...right now in Ontario temps and humidity are too high, in general anyone with a sativa will do well, anyone with an indica will not I use time release ferts with an even npk but was wondering if they would like some supplemental flowering nutes besides some carbs? I have no love for slow release nutrients as they can not really be "controlled".... the only way to tell she needs anything is to look at the leafs and "determine" visually...consequently if this method is working just continue what you're doing but if you see problems get the slow nutrients sticks out of the ground and .. i guess ask me...  Will def give you a sample when they are done so you can judge my guerilla skillz btw. Thanks for being a dedicated weed warrior and all around cool guy!

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when im taking cuttings how far down should i put the cutting in my 1 inch rockrool.. until it touches the bottom of the tray (all the way down)... note that it does not matter how deep you go, technically as long as the cut itself is wet they will root ..also my rockrool already comes with holes in the middle but some of them are to big for the cutting..should i just make a little hole right beside it or should i just use the hole already made in the middle I prefer to makes smaller hole next to the ready-made hole on the cube (with one blade of the scissors) ..... but honestly it may not matter much.. try to place some clones in the hole and some right next to it, they should root at the same time

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i have transplanted them now into pro mix with very very weak nutes i have 6 now as two of them did not survive the transplant. also the other 6 are not lookin very healthy, tops are still vibrant green but the lower leaves and branches are wilting or have wilted away, the ones that have the wilted leaves i have gently plucked them away from the clone and am hopin that they all survive. any more help on this matter would be greatly appreciated. thanks again ...allow the promix to dry out completely before soaking it with water (weak mix of nutrients) again... and wait

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hi would there be anything wrong with transplanting my plant in the bloom stage..i have 2 plants in 1 gallon pots 16 days into bloom and i want to transplant into a 3 gallon pot would this be safe to do? would this effect the weight of the bud in the end? transplant during bloom is considered stressful and if its to be done at all its better to be done for a really good reason, like the leafs are dying or curling or overfeeding occurs..... the problem is that in bloom the plant will never "look" better after transplant, so you will not be able to tell if you did the right thing... so the benefits of the transplant will simply be unknown (just from looking).... transplanting just to get few more grams of bud is not really recommended, because you risk losing it all

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hi i have took clones off a suitable mother, i have 8 in total now they have been in jiffy plugs jiffy will work but technically speaking they have incorrect pH for cannabis, rockwool is easier and better for clones, ..... BUT jiffy should work (because pH difference is only slight) HOWEVER any problems with the roots and I will blame it on the jiffy for 2 weeks under a 60w florescent with a lid over them but they haven't changed at all in the 2 weeks, what would be the best time to plant these babys to bloom? well, from jiffy you must transplant into another medium like promix in order to let the roots transfer into the new medium, after transfer you need a week minimum to see any growth.... did you transplant?

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if i took 10-15 clones would it be better to clone them under a 24 watt T.5 or a 400 watt mh T5 until they root... 10-12 days .... too much wattage does not benefit clones and it can in some cases be bad

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some what now you need a License to buy seeds for you? seeds no, cannabis yes

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Hi mark. my temps were at 35 degrees for the last week and a half since is was just so hot.. my plants are babys only got four little leafs on each. roots are just starting to pop out the bottom of the rockrool....is this going to effect the outcome of being male or female. yes, males will dominate unfortunately, anything over 32 is bad.... now, if its for a week only, may be it will be ok, I hope am i going to get all males? i have 7 little plants should i just toss them and try and start over or should i just keep on going and hope for the best?... I can not answer that, I would say, keep them ... but start another batch of seeds just in case....

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hello i know when im growing with seeds i have to watch out for males but how long does it take a male plant to pollinate a female.Im scared im not going to catch the males in time to remove them be for they pollinate the female... 2 weeks into bloom period both sexes (male and female) show clearly, or at least clearly enough to separate them and kill the males.... in the 3rd and 4th week of bloom the male flower will open and spread it pollen ... so around the 2nd week and the beginning of week 3 is the time to catch the males

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Thanks very much Blueberry. I grow overnight, 31C in the am is my finishing temp. Damn smart meters. Its about 24C in there right now, also a circulation fan and exhaust fan. IT'll take about 6hrs to reach 30C. hd

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Just a comment, just returned home from cafe on augusta..K was very helpful. I will be germinating some ww xxx immediately. thanks to all the staff and Mark for your Patience..i am a first time grower!

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just wondering last time I was in I got some Summertimebuddha I got the seeds from the cafe I got them in a little brown package just wondering are all the seeds from the cafe in little brown package because on the site they show different we are not too good at "marketing"... so depending on mood, time or ... laziness they may come in different looking packages.....

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Thanks very much Blueberry. I grow overnight, 31C in the am is my finishing temp. Damn smart meters. Its about 24C in there right now, also a circulation fan and exhaust fan. IT'll take about 6hrs to reach 30C. hd

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Hi, if we have one of those days of killer unbearable heat, and your space gets way too hot, you can reduce the flower period from 12 hours to 10 or 8, and 14 or 16 hours darkness, but seeing as how your flower at night, it probably wont be too bad, you can always get a portable ac/dehumidifier/fan/heater unit for around 500 bucks, depending on your space. dang man, this summer is so hot, its alllmost uncomfortable i hate it

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have clones that r 1 week old that are already rooted in soil. I was hoping to use rockwool cubes instead. Is it too late to transfer the clones into rockwool??? Im a bit worried because I have no experience with soil what so ever hydrponic grow method 10 plants..4X4 table you should not transplant from dirt to rockwool, the other way is easy..... this is just too stressful for the roots... but promix/dirt will do fine on a table, you can treat it pretty much the same as rockwool, but the only difference is that you do not need to water every day, more like every second or third day, but the rest is the same

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Thanks very much Blueberry. I grow overnight, 31C in the am is my finishing temp. Damn smart meters. Its about 24C in there right now, also a circulation fan and exhaust fan. IT'll take about 6hrs to reach 30C. hd

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how would i wire my inline fan to the dimmer? I know nothing of electricity, I'm sorry, pay an electrician please

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Hi there growing 10 plants hydroponic. Hve MMAR license. I have a strain called PINEAPPLE SKUNK anyone know what the EC / ppm conversion reading should be on the trimeter for this strain?? they r only 1 week old. thanks

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Thanks very much Blueberry. I grow overnight, 31C in the am is my finishing temp. Damn smart meters. Its about 24C in there right now, also a circulation fan and exhaust fan. IT'll take about 6hrs to reach 30C. hd

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Hey guys, ive seen incredible results with the following nutrient mix: Botanicare pureblend pro veg + pureblend bloom + liquid karma + sweet + hydroplex + DNF bud fortifier + aqua shield + 2 feedings of high PK bat guano tea at weeks in 4 and 6. 16 oz+, with a 600W. thats amazing, i suggest you folks give it a shot. assuming all your temps and humidity is good, youll get some good results. Use the feed chart on the botanicare website, and cater it to your specific needs. as for the dnf, just give a half of the recommended feeding, because your already getting a decent PK from the hydroplex. for the bat guano, just make a tea like suggested on the pakage, and substitue one of your waterings in week 4 and 6, with only the tea. General hydroponics has a mycroizhal innoculent, which you use in veg, and establish it before flowering. You will get awsome buds, from this combo, and promix. its fool proofff.

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ideally, you want as even a temperature thourhgout the room as possible. stuff like fans help recirculation and homogenize the temp. if you cant do this, and are looking for the most effective area of temp measurement (ie. the plant part that needs the most consideration) its the leaf tops, the top surface of the leaf, under the light, (ie. the top light canopy),is where to take your temps, as you are getting close to harvest, the most important area is the bud sites, as those will be closes to the light, and probably the hottest. stress of this sort can manifest it self as perpetually growing buds. you'll be in week 9 just finishing, and the buds will still be developing, with emerging white hairs, if this happens, jsut crop anyways, its not biggie, it will add the weight, but the newer still emerging buds will not be very potent. so you will have a nice bud, with some shitty buds sites on top. Thee stress can also produce pollen sacks, but hey, your alomst done, just ride it outtttt. but fuck, if the temps are 31 after a dark period, something is fucked up, its going to be so hot during the light cycle, the thc will become denatured on the plant, and the end crop will lose potency. good luck! get some better air exchange, draw air from inside your air conditioned house, and vent it outside, that way your not drawing hot humid air from outside. cheers! pretty good

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Hi Mark, Blueberry, this heat wave has me concerned, by the end of my 12hr cycle this am, ambient temp was at 31.5C. My thermometer is 1/2 way up one wall, 24" from the bulb and fully exposed to the light, is this the best place to measure? I would have a couple of thermometers one placed closer to the bulb and one where yours is if I set it at the base of a plant, it is several degrees cooler, approx 28C, even cooler on teh floor. So, how does one standardize the temp reading? you average the reading from a bunch of thermometers placed at various points in the room, if the temps vary greatly, it tells you that you could use more fans to move the air inside Where do you measure your temp? Also, I have 10 days until harvest, I have been watching closely and havent seen any signs of stress/damage to the plants, looking really good, how critical is the temp at this stage? it should make no difference, since you are leaching, correct? I think I may be out of serious danger and can let it run its course? indeed It sounds like it should cool down enough in a couple of days for the final week. Thanks again. hd its a heat wave but since you are at the end I think no damage should occur

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Hi mark, are you serious? yes i would like to run the forum, but i have no computer skills :(, i just smoke weed all day and love it so much.u r almost like me :-) This is a great service, theres so much BS on the internet on how to grow, making it seem like a nightmare. This forum gives straightforward no BS on how to grow almost perfect pot. im content to post replies as i have been doing. thanks for the offer, unless the job offers any sort of privileges, nope like entrance to the cannabis cup i don't even go, too many cops surveiling everything, or a weekly allowance of pot im good, but thanks anyways! oh well, had to ask

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I JUST GERMINATED MY NORTHERN LIGHT/ BUDDA SEEDS, ONLY 5 OUT OF 10 SO FAR AFTER 10 DAYS, AFTER PLANTING SEEDLINGS 5 DAYS AGO, NONE HAVE EMERGED YET FROM PROMIX WITH A VERY WEAK 25% OF RECOMMENDED PLANT STARTER MIXTURE ( LIQUID GROWTH 5-20-5 ). I BELIEVE I FOLLOWED YOUR INSTRUCTIONS VERY CLOSELY SO FAR AND AM A LITTLE WORRIED THAT I MAY HAVE FAILED BEFORE I GOT GOING. I WANT TO BLAME THE SEEDS, BUT IN REALITY IT IS PROBLY SOMETHING I DID WRONG, CAN YOU HELP ME? P.S. - I PURCHASED SEEDS AT THE AUGUSTA CAFE AND ENJOYED THE EXPERIENCE, GOOD COFFEE AND GOOD CONVERSATION! come by and you should be able to get replacements... note that you should not be using any nutrients when sprouting (since promix actually has basic nutrients) and never sprout in promix itself since it may take a month before they sprout.... you should be sprouting first in water or in a tissue as described here... and then transplant into promix

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Hi what is a dimmer a dimmer is a standard light-switch dimmer you can get from a hardware store and wire it yourself... in my opinion you should NOT WIRE ANYTHING YOURSELF.... Hydrotech has ready-made dimmers to slow down the fan, or ask any other hydro store and how would i use it to slow down my inline fan you plug the fan into the (ready made) dimmer and you plug the dimmer into the power socket in the wall... you move the knob on the dimmer to adjust speed as desired... NOTE: fans never break because of the dimmer however you technically void your warranty if you admit that you used a dimmer with your fan... just saying

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Hi, yes by all means DO NOT put a 400W blub into a 250W socket, i DO INDEED SEE A PROBLEM dont see any problems here... do you??? (sarcasm, sarcasm)

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using a metal halide 400 W bulb. what type of socket should i be using? most sockets say 250W max. any other relevant information for bulbs and sockets is welcome... ie 1000W bulbs? thanks! the ballast and the socket should be purchased from a hydro store pre-wired with appropriate socket... please do not wire this yourself .... especially when you can purchase ready made stuff cheaper

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what is the most common weed smoked these days and is the verity pack bought offent from the store. summertime/buddha and if i came in person yes does it say the prices. here?

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what is the most common weed smoked and r your seeds good and is the verity seed pack bought often ?

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When should i start feeding plants .i keep burning every thing i just burned ten sprouts flushing dont even help and im dilluting it

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Jimmy krack korn: you could get anywhere from 1 oz, to 2 oz, depending on how bushy it is, and how many bud sites are developed Chris: 20oz is possible with a 600W but it is hard and will take lots of horticultural speacilty. I dont think it would be very easy to get 20oz in a grow tent, because you are really limited with space. you can get more yield if you grow outside of a tent in a 6x6 space with 600W, the plants on the out fringed will not get much light, but buds will still develop adding to the overall yield. Tents suck because you cant bush out your plants, and you are limited by the overall hieght, more so than growing in an open space indoors. you want to run this forum? I mean it.... and are you in Toronto? you have all the answers.... this job has no glory and no pay

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forgot to add the question about using bat guano, medicating! how would u use guano? i was thinking of adding small amounts sprinkling it over soil before feeding with full strengh nutes i heard this is the best way for maximum results, your opinion would be very helpfull. thanks because how you use bat guano there is NO WAY to measure appropriate amounts therefore I stay away from this type of nutrients.... some people make "tea", some

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I know there no exact answer but whats a ruff estimate on the yeild on an indica flowered at one foot under a 400 w lamp technically a 400W light should yield 6 to 8 oz.

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i have 8 cuttings of chiesel two weeks left till i start to bloom, my query is all about yeild. my girls are growing in a buddha tent with 600w lamp and 4inch ex fan, potted in 10 ltre pots feeding bio biz bloom also pk 13 14 when needed i am hoping for at least 20 oz is this possible? possible? yes, but I would hope to get 12 to 16oz if not what could be improved for a greater yeild? week 3 to 6 add on top of your regular bloom nutrients, PK-13-14 + CarboLoad (or any other sugar based product like Botanicare Sweet)

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Hi Adam, THC levels are almost impossible to quantify, any claim made by a seed company, such as "24%" or "17%" is just a marketing ploy. Ya, of course, weed that gets you higher might have higher THC. But the "high" effect if THC is affected by the hundreds of other chemicals in pot. cannabinoids and turpenes can alter the effects of THC, and the user's own chemical acceptance in the brain also plays a large role. what does the THC percentage even mean? 24%? if what? 24% of the total plant mass? becuase THC is only 0.0000000001% of the total plant wieght. The numbers are abitrary. I have heard od spectral analysis machines that can give the quantities of chemical composition when something is burned, but get real. You telling me all those companies which make THC claims run their strains through the spectral machines? no, those things are several several thousand dollars. The THC is also affected by growing conditions, you may get "24%" thc when you grow this strain, but i might get only "18%" because i did not give enough nutes or whatever. THC levels are arbitrary and useless, grow pot, smoke pot, if you like the type of high, then good. if not, then try again.

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Adam, WOW, I'd like to know where you are getting your stuff! 24% holy Krap! Seriously, you have to remember that % THC is inherently hard to quantify. How it is measured, the method, and the test equipment can all seriously screw with any results. Also to complicate things what THC compounds are you actually testing for? Besides, most claims of a percentage of THC is set by someone smoking what they were told was a 15% and the stuff they have now is better, so it MUST be at least 20%! In other words, a wild guess, probably based on a wild guess. Even if the base claim is scientific and proven, in reality most of the effects of THC are extremely subjective anyway. What it comes down to is is it the kind of high you like? Some love a pure Sativa for its energetic, happy high. Others like a couchlock Indica for its sedative, mellowness. Most like something in between. What I would suggest is that you find a strain you like, look up what percentage of Sativa/Indica is published for that strain, and look for strains that are in that approximate range. Personally I like a 60/40 Sativa/Indica, but am happy with 50/50 to 70/30. My wife who medicates primarily for chronic pain prefers a 60/40 or greater Indica. We try to have a bit of both our favorites in the house at the same time if at all possible so we can decide at a whim which we would prefer right now. Point is, don't get too hung up on percentages. I've been given a 'medical 18%' and not liked it as much as a tasty 'no name' bud. Besides, with all the strains and choices out there nowadays, bask in the flavours and the more subtle nuances of a good smoke. Does a wine conosur rave about the alcohol content, or the overall experience? Step back, sit back, use a bong or rice paper, and enjoy. Even a mediocre smoke with a bit of age(even 2 weeks!!!) makes a huge difference in effect and experience. And while I'm at it, one more tip. Don't overdry, and don't burn wet! Keep your stash in a jar instead of a bag. It makes a HUGE differencein taste AND high. Try it and I guarantee you will see a marked improvement of your overall smoking experience. Peace.

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I was wondering how you measure the THC levels of marijuana. I know that medical marijuana is only about 7% and good weed has a minimum level of 24%. what you are saying is that when a plant has low THC levels it usually has high CBD levels and vice versa... so a sativa would test low (you say 7%) and an indica would score high, the problem is that there are 400 other cannabinols in cannabis and some Israeli university tested 60 of them, and THC is the only one we have a readily available test for And of course you don't want to have too high of a THC level or you just won't enjoy it. But I don't know how to actually measure the level. So if anyone can help me out with this question I would really appreciate it. there are test kits out there but they are expensive, so consequently there is no standardized way to tell one weed from another.....

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I have 6 seedling working on their 3rd set of true leafs about 2 2 1/2 inches but some of them their bottom leafs ,(the one finger leafs) are white the tops are green .Whats wrong , i just started more just incase Thanks are you sure its not mites? or mold ... usually from too much humidity

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I have a few questions .. 1) Where can i find soil with the proper nutrients in it already there is none, any soil that claims it already is "with nutrients" is not good for cannabis. 2)where to find ph tester 3)What nutrients should i get??? Pure Blend PRO, one for the veg period and one for the bloom period for and where to get from???? see the ph tester link, its a store in Toronto 4)What are the best seeds for outdoor growin in toronto.. season is over, but we still have two strains 5) you have all kinds of seeds there and you have random packs... But can i make a custom pack instead because i just want outdoor plants.. (opium,skunk,northern lights, summertime buddha , Kush (ANY) , jack herrier , .... to many to list. When i come to get seeds ill probably want 2-3 of each selected seeds. so depending on the amount of different strains i wanna try out , and the cost of them... looking for deals.... as you see by name i slacked this year i have few but they all shitty and i dont even know what strain it is could be kush or just a random indica but they smell decent so far they are always packed in 5 per package, so that's the minimum quantity, deals? usually no, but never say never

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Thanks blueberry skunk, but I don't think this is the problem, but nice try:) The transplanted clones are well rooted and hadn't been under a dome for days. The wilting I'm experiencing at around day 2 after transplanting looks suspiciously like over watering at the beginning, then after letting them dry out for a day or so, (just enough that the pots are light)they started yellowing bottom leaves and the tops of the plants start leaning. I lightly re-watered with maybe 10% nutes. Looking noticeably worse by day 4. I re-watered with 25% veg nutes, then foliar fed because it was quite apparent that these babies were not getting fed by the roots. They are still slowly deteriorating, (the yellowing is moving up the plant, and the tops are dying off) and I've lost at least 50% of them now. The ones that are hanging on aren't happy. As a last resort this morning I watered again with pure water and hydrogen peroxide to see if I got any improvement in what is left. I've basically written off this batch, so if you can think of any experimental solution, I'm willing to give it a go. I just want the next batch to take. I'm loosing sleep thinking about it. If all else fails I'm going to throw out this batch of coco, the nutes I am using, going to sterilize my pots and do another thorough cleaning of my grow space and try again, but I'd really like to get to the bottom of this first. promix

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Hi man, could be that you are lowering the humidity too fast once you have tranplsnted into coco. or bad coco. I have tried to use only coco before (botanicare coco), and my plants died. about the humidity, if you take a clones from a clone dome and plant it without covering it with a dome or misting every 5miniutes, it will have trouble developing roots, and the roots will dry up and rot quickly. Try to ease off the humidity before planting? like slowly areate the dome more everyday unitl you no longer need the dome. and then plant into promix? sorry this is a funny problem.

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HELP! After killing off 2 batches of viable clones in a row I've come to the conclusion that I must have a bad case of damping off. I just don't know why?! The details: I transplanted rock wool clones into coco fiber, watered generously with 25% strength cana veg with a touch of fish emulsion. Placed it under 400 MH 3ft away from the light. (It was suggested that the first batch might have been killed by placing the light too close to the newly transplanted clones too early, so I backed it off to about 3 ft. for the this batch. I'm still having problems. Maybe even worse.) I have good air circulation, humidity at 65%, day temps at 80 night 72. Although I've kept the soil moist, it doesn't seem overly wet. I just don't know what to do? After 1 week (this batch) the plants are wilted. The lower leaves are yellowing, and dropping. The top leaves are keeping their green, but the tips are dying. Overall they look like crap. Removing the plants from the coco and inspecting the roots they are brown, and dead or dying. The couple of plants that seem to be holding on have one or 2 healthy looking roots, the rest are dead. If anyone thinks it could be anything other than damping off, I'd like to hear it. If you agree that it is damping off, can anyone tell me why fresh coco fiber with seemingly healthy transplanted clones could end up in such bad shape? Could it be a bad batch of coco? Might it be the fish emulsion is off? I'm at a loss. I've been growing for years, and have never had a problem such as this and its driving me MAD! Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Please help.

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I bought a 400 w from htgsupply .turned it on just a couple times .Well we got our first rain so i brought my plants in guess what light dont work .It just hums now can a light break from just sitting there .

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Ok i am always looking at strains for indoor and outdoor blah blah....anyway i was looking and i am having two websites show up both are 420 seedbank.... one has a list of sold out strains such as mango and they have strains like m39 freezeland. the other site is still 420 and it has strains like afghani gold sour diesel,, summertime buddah etc.... both sites send me to the current forum! so which site is the current one? i hope it is the m39 freezeland site! i know people have had back luck with fast pine but has anyone had good luck? what are peoples feelings on freezeland ( for next yr summer just getting everything ready ) i need trees that with stand potential cold nights of ontario, so i thought freezeland and fast pine would be good! i am looking at other strains aswell! i would love to hear what other strains people have decent success with north of toronto outdoors! THANKS EVERYONE! sold out page just means we no longer have any, however sometimes I get more and re-post them back without de-listing them from sold out page... the bottom line is that there is only one forum (this one) and this list is the list to check for availability

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Burnt ~ Flushing may not be enough esp, early in flowering. I suggest a promix transplant. Go easy and let the plant tell you when shes hungry. it may help

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Sorry for posting so much .Phone was messing up.I picked the sick leafs off and flushed the hell out of her .is there anything else i can do. unfortunately no She just started showing hairs .i added my flower booster and burned her she may never "look" better even if she is indeed recovered... its a matter of faith to just resume feeding her after a good week of leaching... feed half of what you would normally... even if it means getting less yield, better to get clean smoke

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I over fed my plants and the bottom leafs are yellowing and burning and im getting the claw.Im flushing but still getting worse.Shes in a 3 gallon bucket and been flowering a week .i need help thanks

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I over fed my plants and the bottom leafs are yellowing and burning and im getting the claw.Im flushing but still getting worse.Shes in a 3 gallon bucket and been flowering a week .i need help thanks

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I would like to know if real skunk still exists

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My girls just started budding but some of the bottom leafs are turning yellow and burning .Is this nute burn or just leafs shaded and not getting light most likely they are not getting enough light down there and the plant is sort of giving up the those leafs, this is normal so long as the top leafs are not showing any signs of burn which means overfeeding, you could get some bamboo stakes and stake them so the tops spread out a bit to allow some light to get down to the bottom of the plant .thanks

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put some poison around the base of the plant? yes, but which poison is made for grasshoppers? why would they hang out on the bottom when they can easily jump

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Grasshoppers are eating all my plants.how Do i kill them.My big plant just started flowering .thanks mark you may have to kill them (the grasshoppers, not the plants) one by one, I do not know a way to protect the plants from grasshoppers, unless you wanna get a net

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did the blueberry come from dj short ? no

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would that hermie hurt the rest of my crop? hermie will pollinate the rest of the crop unless you remove the male flower, on a good note, the seeds that come from other plants and not from the hermie itself is a true feminised seed  if so how do you till and how long do you have?

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Hi guys, i have some other ideas, instead of buying a old school ballast a conversion bulb for the high red specturm HPS effect, buy a NEW DIGITAL and BALLAST,you can run either a MH bulb or HPS bulb in a digital ballast, conversion bulbs are over priced, and lose lumens, not quite as efficient as a regular bulb. I have experience with using a MH conversion for a oldschool HPS ballast, and it suscks, it takes too long to fire up, and is not as bright as a straightforward MH. Get a digital ballast, its like 50 bucks more, but its worht it. runs cooler, no sounds, fires up in 3 minutes, and safer. the old school ballasts hum and buzz, and take a while to fire up. As for buying used off craigslist, especially buying a used old school on craigslist, dont waste your time. ya, you may save a hundred bucks here and there, but is it worth it if it breaks down? no waranty, so you cant just go to grow shop and get it replaced immediatly if something happens, just in case. ballast components have an hour rating, and loses lumens over time. Also, old school ballasts, if damaged, can be real fire hazards. As for the other dude with the question of why street pot doesnt look like homegrown. Well thats can be true or not true, depending on who you know :). But in most cases "street pot" is grown in large quantities, and less care is taken in trimming and curing. streeet pot is sloshed around in transportation and the buds stick to each other hwen drying. Also street pot is often compressed into bricks Jamaican import is bricked to avoid detection ,this makes it easier to transport and take up less room. Home grow doesnt come out in large enough quantites to require this, more care is taken by our soil brothers in tending to a smaller of plants, home growers are a special breed who take care in their craft, individual buds are trimmined and spread out to dry. there is no need to brick it because, again, it isnt produced in large quantities, and doesnt travel very far. Also make the distinction between outdoor and indoor, street pot is often outdoor, depending on where you live, and outdoor always looks a little shwaggy. If outdoor is bricked, then it looks like green poop!

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is the blueberry skunk strain still available? yes

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I force flowered my outdoor plant and its going to be hot this summer .it 99 right now.Will i have problems .ive heard they can take 120 it will probably max here at 105 at the most.But i dont know about flowering plants thanks not much you can do unless you can move her in a shade, spray with cold water would help as well, adding B1 to water would help the roots as well...

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Why dont homegrown look like street weed.What do they do to it .Is it from compressing it .I figured that would destroy trics .What i grow gets you high and taste awesome but what i buy from my guy looks like weed .If you get what im saying "professionals" use only 1000W and NEVER any lower wattage as it makes plants stretch and generally less bulky... also they use strains that have been developed for mass consumption (and usually come with proper instructions as to which nutrients work best)... example, if you buy my seeds it will take approximately 1 year before you can have a decent mother and clones necessary to start "mass" production.... or you can just buy those clones off of someone... problem for you is that you need a consistent strain to grow for a year to "learn" her ways... unfortunately this can not be done from seeds but only from mother plants and clones... the process is somewhat detailed... and clones are not legal (unless you have a health canada permit) ..... let me put it this way... in 15 years I do this, out of how many hundreds of strains I grew? I kept only TWO stains long term.... for the first 10 years it was White Shark and for the past 5 it is Ice... once you get that strain that works for you, you never let her go....

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Toronto chef look for a 400 watt mh (metal halide) and get 2 bulbs. One a 400 w metal halide and the other a mh to hps 430 w conversion bulb. Then you will be set and need only one ballast. Look for a forced air cooled reflector (approx $ 80.00 new ), a 6 inch can fan ( $ 50.00 used ,make sure the bearings are good no play )and a good carbon filter ($ 50.00 used $ 100.00 new) along with a run of aluminized 6 inch accordian venting tubing ( $ 20.00 )and you are good to go.All this can be found on Craigslist for a fraction of the new cost at the grow stores. EG. if you look sometimes you can find the ballasts for $ 40 to 50.00 used but thats for the old style mag ballasts which are rock steady tried and true tech. Don't be afraid of the old stuff it still works good just need a low tech fan on them to keep them cool.I have bought almost new 1000w hps ballasts for only $ 50.00 each on Craigslist. The problem is they would not light. A trip to the lighting store ( albeit one specialized in the hps/mh dept ) and one $ 20.00 ignitor later they fired right up.Problem with low lumens, one trip to the lighting store again for a capacitor and $ 30.00 lighter in the wallet, viola, like new again.The lights usually come with them, ask the seller. Look at Kijiji also. Since I found Craigslist and Kijiji I buy just about all my stuff I need for my life thru those ads from houses to cars to women it's all there.

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My hard drive broke again, and as soon as I get another one, upload win xp, load front page I will be able to answer your questions.. this all on top of the Quebec clubs getting busted all at the same time... mark

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Ok another question the hydro store in markham only has 1000w hps and that is way to big for what i need so i was wondering if i could put a 250 hps in there? if not could i switch a 250 watt hps in a 400 watt system? i am having a hard time finding all the proper lighting....... need a little direction thanks everyone and MARK! it is not recommended to switch lights mid cycle, and also remember that switching from 1000W to 250W means losing great deal of yield.... and I hope you know that a ballast for a 1000W light can NOT be used with any other bulb, like a 250W or 400W

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when is the latest time in bloom i can prune the spindly branches that are getting no light? if they get no light, they suck life out of the upper branches (thus decreasing their size) and should/can be removed at any time

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Marks got a lot of Questions to answer. lost hard drive, lost cell phone, lost brain..... Mark could a femalized plant from seed get pollinated by a male it can and turn male it could as well, in fact feminized seeds are far more susceptible to stress then F1 seeds on me? Thanks man when you got the time

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Well i brought my plant in @ 12 hour mark,2 days later nut sacks appeared .Since that the only plant i flowered im going to let them get a little bigger b4 i pull want to b 100 percent But im pretty sure.Was this just a male or did i stress it. i brought it in @ 6 took it back out when sun was completly down.If it was just a male im glad i found out now. I got 10 sprouts that will finish about the size of the male .Thanks for helping a newb .you rock stress is a funny thing, some strains will shit seeds when touched some you can cut with scissors every day and nothing happens, it is not that predictable

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Hello Mark and thank you so very much for doing what you do! i was wondering if the seed list is current and if you have any new seeds in stock? I am strongly thinking of northern lights times skunk.. it will be in a grow tent 2 by 2 by 4.5 i know its small but it is what i have to start off with. i am thinking of upgrading the lights it comes with, it comes with the 8 lamp T5 i want a 250 hps in there which will need better fans.... eventually i will have two of these tents side by side, one for flower and one for veg but that is just my indoor fun set up! what are your views on scrog growing? u a fan? method best used for people who bloom with fluorescent lights, I dont so I would not use this method, it is a good method when done right  i am also very interested in outdoor seeds i have lots of time to decide before next outdoor season i am skipping a season this year due to construction in the area and i don't want to give up my stealth northern spot in case one of these ppl stumble apon my goodie patch... i usually just do badseed outdoors but i want a better yield for next year and we are getting a little more serious, fast pine ..any of my strains will do well outdoors, but its up to you to see which one is best for you, I like summertime/buddha has grabbed our interest but i am not to fond of what i have read from other people but i figure 50 beans for a bill u can't go wrong there and they people who had problems with fast pine must be inexperienced or something.... anyway mark i look forward to hearing from you and i thank my friends for pointing me your way, i have read your forum and i am enjoying how you respond to your customers..., also the fact that you replace beans man geez louise u got my business for life finally a reputable business man awesome keep up the fucking great work! please no complements ..... that just attracts critics :-)

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Hey Mark. I discovered after 2 grows of seeded bud that my power bar has a red light on the switch which is on during the dark period, is this why i get seeds Thanks. there is always a reason, but improve everything else as well ... you know temps, humidity etc...

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Hey whats up man.I had a 150 w ,dude there lame not even worth the time.i just upgraded to a 400 .Heat not a problem and only vent i have is a regular old fan.Look into a 400 man 150's suck my guide starts at 400W for a reason

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Hi mark, what is involved with opening a seedbank? im interested in the industry, i dont want to open a seedbank, but im just wondering how it works. do some dudes travel the world collecting strains, or is a network of underground growers supplying the strains? can you shed some light on how this works? or is jsut independant dudes with greenhouses? thanks! I wish I could share but I can not as cops read this forum as well... but it is just like any other business

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Hello Mark, Wondering what strain you may recommend for indoor closet grow with emphasis on sleep promotion? G13/Buddha BUT any strain grown 1 or two weeks longer then recommended will become sleepy rather then euphoric Happy Growing! Teebs.

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Mark, my ladies (I hope) are 10 days old and looked very healthy. I noticed to day that two of the 5 have drooping leaves. I had just watered the day before. The soil was dry about 1" below the surface. Is this a result of over watering? I am growing in a mix of vermiculite and planting soil. I have 4, 40 watt fluor tubes (6100K) and 1, 150W cfl. Lights are 1 - 2" above leaves. Temps are 76 - 80* I have watered 3 times including the potting watering. Your help is appreciated depends, IF you water sufficiently enough that water soaks the whole medium then you should not need to water for a week since they are young... so it is possible that you are either mixing too much nutrients for the light you have or they are too wet.... either way, pull back on nutrients and stop watering until they dry out (almost completely) or until you see them (almost) drooping when the mix is dry.....

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Hi my plants getting to big and there still 3 months till they will start flowering.Can i force flowering by bringing them in at the 12/12 mark and putting them back out when the sun goes down .im just worried about stress and trying to flower in high summer temps thanks for all your advice you can manually cover the plant EVERY SINGLE NIGHT (I am not kidding, notice my strong emphasis) for 12 hours and uncover for 12... you can NEVER BE LATE by more then half an hour or this whole efforts is for nothing.... I mean FOR NOTHING, but if you do it religiously every single night then she will bloom hopefully without too much stress

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Ive heard high heat will cause leafs to grow thin and small is this true the reason i ask is cause i have a plant that looks like a sativia .But we dont get sativias here in texas all indica around here .Temps been about 97 .God i wish i could buy seeds and know what i was growing lol heat will not change the shape of leafs, but it will make plants stretch (UP) and may full some to think its a sativa (the lack of bushiness, and I guess the leafs are not as THICK and FULL as normal which is not necessarily the same thing as being a sativa)... also from seeds (especially unknown seeds) the variety of strains that could occurs is infinite, each seed could be its own strain

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Whats better? To put my rooted seed in 1 inch rockwool or 5 inc pots full of pro-mix....also how big should the hole be that im putting the seed in. and how far down in the wockwool or pro-mix should i put the seed in general half an inch down... either rockwool OR promix will work find, keep them wet at the beginning

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What would be a good estimate on electricty prices to run a comercial grow opp. depends on number of lights... $50/month/light monthly .yearly Just wondering what it takes to make it in the biz .Thanks

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got a nutrient pen that i use when feeding, butt my question is they been in flowering almost 10 weeks,narly looking buds , but theres no weight the buds you did not add PK-13-14  are real loose there big but no weight at all to them not tight at all, and theres no smell smell is usually a factor of leaching and curing , smells like cutt grass, let it go bone dry, then put in plastic container (opaque) and place in fridge, the longer you keep it there the better the smell will get how long does it take o finish flowering once u putt light on 12/12 USUALLY 8 full weeks, for an average strain, 10 weeks for a sativa, if not sure, cut when all hairs turn dark (or another colour) and how do i get big tight budss with a smeel from hell basic or any brand bud food + bud booster (like PK-13-14)+ sugar (like "sweet") given at the right time in bloom ,seed are chronic and bluberry,temp stays around 80f and drops to72f,the humidity around 40 to 50%

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sorry for the 4 to 7 post im new to this ty np

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Iv Plainted 10 seeds outside .My Q is do I still need to feed them or will mother-nature do it for me . do to its just a weed not sure of the strain. check my answer below... but you SHOULD check and feed nutrinets once a week at best

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Hi Mark I have 25 seeds that I plainted outside. I dont know the strain now my Q is do I still need to feed them or will mother natuer do it for me . being its a weed and all. I dont plain on going back to look untill september 1 sometime dam hope thay still thair. if you do nothing then nothing will most likely come of it...... you should check once a week.... bring 20-20-20 (mix at 1ml/L) until mid July and 10-30-15 after for feeding...

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Hi, sorry what type of strain are you growing again? also lights and stuff? 400W will keep stretching, 1000W will stoping growing at wk3-4 and stuff will fill in with buds. several other factors like how close the light is, intensity, red spectrum, fertilizer, temp (high temp=more stretching) will affect how your plants grow height was, and the spacing between the node. at this point is your plants are getting too tall, you need to use low stress training, and it can actually increase your yield signiicantly, when done in the 3rd wk or bloom. you simple talk the main stalks and tie them down, so they become arced, or point to the side, the plant will right itself out in light cycle, and the curved stalk is now exposed to more light, and the buds from the internodes will develope more. It is important that you: do not break the stalk, or cause and creasing, you need to do this gently, and pick a spot high up on the stalk so will have good flexibility to tie it downwards, or pointing out. make sure the plant is well watered when you do this, so the cell walls will not be fragile and break. you can do this in bloom if done gently enough without problems, i can attest to that. A 6 foot tree became 4 feet with several smaller, but more frequent colas. good luck.

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Bluberry, thank you so much for your detailed reply in April, have been having some technological difficulties since. I am in bloomin' week 3, all is going well, but when will they stop growing??? I am afraid of them poking out my chimney...hb

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whats the typical cfm for 8 inch inline fan.... there is no "typical", can-fan brand does about 400 to 600 CFM depending on model, ...I can only find a 10" example but this same line/brand makes really compact and strong 8" fans .... also if you find a fan too strong get a dimmer to slow it down

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best fertilizer: doesnt have to be anything fancy, just get a granular organic tomato fertilizer 4-5-6, 3-4-6, whatever. Just plant in decent organic soil and mix with fertilizer into the top 2-3 inches of soil around the base. clones: yes you can take clones from plant outside now, but try to take them from the lower branches, and not any bit stems, because you want those keep developing and get the biggest buds! lastest to plant: plant clones until early july?, your yield will go down the longer you chose to wait, also buds may not fully devlope before mold/frost sets in.As for seeds, get on that as soon as possilbe, hope this helps!

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sorry. my blackberry was malfunctioning. you posted this from a blackberry? I'm surprised this site did not crash (the universe :-)

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hi got a couple of questions iam going to start palnting outside not sure about the fertilizer "20-20-20" mixed at 1ml per litre of tap water, water once a week usualy, mid July switch to "10-30-15"  and i don't want to spend that much money are their any ways to do this. the nutrients are cheap, but do not overfeed, stick to 1 ml per litre and what the latest i can plant out side end of June and can i take clones from the ones i have outside already. not after the 10th of July (or so)

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Shit. I don't have the packaging any more. They were these little tan envelopes that said 'st' , 'jf', and 'ww' on them.. He will prbly show who ever is there the email I sent him aking for replacement seeds . He is also going to but 5 hawaiian snow seeds for $150. Please tell me this will work bc my seeds packets are loooong gone :(.usually, or 90% of the time Also is it too late in the season to start growing outdoors? outdoors from seeds? yes

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Stephen Harper scares me....... me too

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nah man i got this plant that i had for awhile in veg, and only now topped it a week ago, and its starting to show white hairs. But its still on18/6,1.5 feet tale,.. sour D!? it is a good sign its a female, but not a 100% sign, it could also be a hermie (knock on wood)

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Jim did you read the grow guide on this site? If you did you would know what to do! Take A cutting,Root it in 24/7 light then Bloom it in 12 on 12 off light then you will see you sex...; Hopefully its female :-)

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are you able to tell the sex of your plant in veg? sometimes, but it is highly unreliable, some strains just burst with female genitalia and some show absolutely nothing ... so you can not just depend on early signs, the only reliable method is to take a clone and bloom the clone under a fluorescent (or whatever) light....

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I had a giant plant and my great dane got it .Ripped it all up but 3 bottom branches ,he got about 85 percent of it.but its still alive .Should i just count it as a loss and do you know anything that keeps dogs away thanks mark if there is still some foliage, the plant should survive, I mean it is a weed, so long as some roots are there and some leafs the plant will live.... but you should feed her very lightly for a week or so, if you feed her a regular dosage of nutrients the lack of foliage could burn off the remaining leafs... bottom line, no nutrients for a week.... small barbed wire fence keeps dogs and other critters away

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Ok so I'm pretty much screwed. I bought 10 white widow (forgot what its crossed with), 10 juicy fruit x northern lights, and 10 summertime x buddha seeds and less then half of all of them germinated. I remember reading somewhere on you page you guys do refunds... My cousin is going to go in and pick them up for me within the week at sublime. They will do the refund correct? we do free replacements, bring the packaging they came with and you can get free seeds

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I was wondering Mark if you could answer me a question. Giving you one seed and one fresh cutting from the same strain and pots the same size and the light the same. Everything the same except one plant will be a clone and another from seed with one do you think would turn out the best yield?  Thank you And what Strain would you use out of your seed bank ? it would not be a fair comparison ... stared from seed, a plant takes longer time to mature to appropriate size in order to bloom as compared to a clone which is ready to bloom immediately after rooting.... so if I take a new clone and bloom it at 2 or 3 inches it would yield more then a plant from seed bloomed at 2-3 inches...  also, if I wait ..say 2 weeks to veg both a seed and clone, in this period a clone would be far bigger and bushier then a plant started from seed in this same 2 week period..... so the advantage of a clone is that its ready to go to bloom sooner then a plant started form seed, as you know it can take a month and often longer to get from sprouting to veging to starting bloom, but it may take a clone 2 weeks to get to equivalent size.... HOWEVER if I can be unfair for a moment... if I take a plant started from seed and grow it out to appropriate size and then compare that to a plant OF THE SAME SIZE started from seed the plant from seed should yield more...

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Success g13xbuddha girl… is the flowering time 8 weeks for this little lady? yes, END of week 8 Any other suggestions outside your grow guide on this strain? she does not like over feeding, so don't push her, use bamboo stakes to prop them up in week 3 of bloom (you'll get bigger buds), in week 3 to 6 add sugar, brand is irrelevant but this is the one I use and it adds .... flavour and yield Thanks Mark

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On May 20th, I posted that I had not yet received my product. Mark posted Apologizing and explained why the delay in shipment. Thank you Mark, I received my product last Thursday (May 27), on Sat, I started germination of 5 seeds. Monday morning, 3 had root and by Monday evening all 5 had germinated. Tuesday morning I placed germinated seed in Soil and vermiculite mix and this morning, Wednesday, 4 of the sprouts have popped through the top....they'll be going under lights this morning. Already there is one that is over an inch high. I'm very happy. Thanks Mark and now its up to me. This is my second garden...my first died from lack of attention while on short holiday. This one will not die!! life, what a beautiful choice :-)

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and what dose it about calling u. here it is for u to see Call me only with serious issues please like payment/visa problems and spam on this forum Mark 1-647-835-4212 monday - friday 12-3 EST also maybe it should say,if u have any negative remarks don't post it call me this way u will never have to worry about people getting pissed and replying on this public forum oh my god, can we please move on to growing pot?

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also i never sated anything about the quality of your strains only that i have a problem with what iam growing. i don't think my comments where disparaging maybe yours but not mine, did not know that asking a question was disrespectful iam not the one telling u that u r presuming,implying.demanding when it was just a question and to think all of this could have been avioded if u gave a yes or no answer. sometimes i have a bad day too......

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also here is my e-mail so u contact me just in case i might say something on this public forum that u don't wont out there. also i keep on getting this error that says FrontPage Error. User: please report details to this site's webmaster. Webmaster: please see the server's application event log for more details. it makes it seem like u didn't post but u did that's why there are multiple posts.(iam using firefox) multiple post do not bother me as this is an old website and I'm sure there is bugs... I just want issues of great concern to be directed to me and not on the forum.... IF I completely ignore someone and shit happens then by all means post it here

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i don't know what is up with you keep on saying that iam implying or presuming or demanding stuff when it was just a question. if u would have told me in your previous post to call u i would have but u all so say that it is easier to contact u though this forum i am sorry u feel like i am shit talking your company but if fact i think u got one of the best seed banks out there i just felt like your response was a bit bitchy so i decided to bitch back. so when i come back to t.o i will show up at your store to ask my questions so u wont think i hiding behind anonymity its all good

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Hey Mark I was really pissed off that after 3 weeks I didnt get nothing comeing up but amazingly after 21 days of 24/7 light the babys came up I was really happy and the dump thing is it was like a couple days after I wrote my last post anyways I just want to say im sorry and YOU DO A GREAT JOB and dont know how you put up with it all but YOUR AWSOME THANK YOU but after 20 days you got to understand my feelings and The ad I saw in Canabis culture was proby someones other ad but IM GLAD I BOUGHT FROM YOU And for some reason the forum is working fine in Internet explorer Thank you great job man Take it eazy I have feelings too, that's all

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re; jamanite and all other disatisfied clients. In my opinion Mark deserves more respect than that, we are all brothers after all believing in the same thing. Mark being a great teacher online and who runs a great cafe with great staff, has been a huge help. I have not seen a seed bank owner give a shit for the cause as much as Mark and spend hours replying to all questions and complaints. I think respect will take you further. To Mark, keep up the good work, you help 1000's out there customers or not, your efforts are really appreciated. Your Fan GREEK GOD peace love and grooviness please

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i ma not demanding seeds here was just asking, did not say it was his(seeds) fault or my fault just wanted to know if he could. people around here like assuming that iam demanding things when iam not just asking a question. i had Hindu kush and fast pine sprouting forgot to water them they died iam not asking for replacement seeds for them cause i know that was my fault u would think after spending almost $300 (Hindu kush fast pine summer time and g 13) on seeds it would not be a problem this is your assumption and had you called me it would be true, but when you start with denigrating comments I am less inclined to honor anything, you also presume that when you buy 2 cases of beer the store somehow owes you free glass of wine too, why? to send me like 5 pack mixed seeds but i guess it is so if i got no answer i would have thought to my self that's understandable but when i get a reply stating that iam implying shit and that iam demanding seed replacements it really pisses my off. so keep up the good work in pissing people off iam sure then he will be rolling in money you know nothing of me, and if I did this for money I should have quit long ago, matters little to me whether you believe what motivates me to do what I do...... but the whole thing comes down to this, you chose to voice your problem on a public forum and you gave me no chance to fix it behind the scenes, no business wants even a perception of quality seeping out .... I said perception, I can guarantee they are real and they will sprout, you do the rest.... it is easy to post disparaging comments on a public forum while hiding behind anonymity.....

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All Mark is saying is that in spite of your declaration that "I followed the guide to the letter" - you did stress them somehow because they look stressed. All airy and sickly (do you use a bud fortifier? doesnt look like it). Why should seed sellors hafta pay for your mistakes? How Are they supposed to make a profit? Most offer no guarantees beyond any failures to germinate. If you buy a bag of flour and then burn the muffins, are you going to go back to Loblaws and complain about the flour they sell? CMON!!

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first i know that they r seeds when u squeeze them they are hard i cut down a plant let it dry and pulled them off i will take pics of the seeds so u can see so u can see 4 your self. second i was not implying anything just asking didn't know that would be a problem was just asking if u could send me a mixed pack eg different strains cause of the problems ive been having since u claim to replace liberally next time yes or no answer would great not some asshole reply the forum is for information about growing, IF you call me you would have received replacement seeds by now... the reason I hate when people bitch on this forum is that .... 1. takes bloody time to respond, and 2. makes me look like I don't give a shit about customers .....and in the end did you not admit that you had problems independent of the quality of seeds? It is true I am on the edge after 2 clubs in a row get busted..... but please just call me if you had any problems, I dare anyone to tell me I refused replacement when you called me, anyone?

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this is just another example of how the municipalities put up roadblocks and hurdles for people who just want to grow some pot for their own purposes. I swear, if I was in a position of being with illness - and had to choose between all this BS and just growing a plant or two illegally, I'd just go that route. damn these archaic, draconian laws anyway it gets worst for the guy but each jurisdiction is different

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Busted in Vaughan; wasn't stealing power, so cops left power company alone, however Fire Inspection, and City Inspector had issued a no habitation notice. To remain in the home, I must hire someone approved by city to confirm the air in the basement is okay, and an architect must write a report stating the fireplace which was used to vent is okay and up to code. (it just has a board over it and hasn't been altered in any way!) So with the architect and air report I need a building permit, and they will allow me to re-enter?? Anybody, know a air person whom I can call or have any idea how much time it takes to test air and get results?? I'm trying to find out now, and/or looking for a place to live!!! 905-664-9400 Gain Restoration Group, cost around 10K+ if you do a lot of your own stuff like cleaning, if not then it may cost more, justice is not with you

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where can yu get these filters? the company is out of business I believe (I'm old and this is an old website,, sorry), the smallest can filter I feel is worthy of use is can 33 (call them and ask if thy have something smaller) from Can-Filter, i believe the company makes smaller then that, but I seem to fail to find it readily online, may be its called can 15?

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i am growing summertime buddah outdoors should i put mulch around it ...only if the top soil dries out quickly, and yes if you do not normally add nutrients to your water when you water them,.... it may require nutrients if the leafs look light green and/or almost yellow.. IF your plants look solid healthy darkish green then you need NOT to add mulch as it may at that point be too much nutrients....

 

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