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Are you sure it isn't a nute burn where nuted water has splashed on the leaves? Any time you use water with nutes dissolved it is a good idea to keep a spray bottle handy so you can mist the leaves after watering. Just water in the spray bottle, eh? I would get a fairly mild nute to mix with...

The Blueberry Gum via G13 Labs is a short bushy indica that finishes quick. Best of all it is a consistent in the clone domes. With the larger 2 inch jiffy pellelts in 7 oz. Styrofoam cups I can count on seeing roots on days 7-8. The predictability is important with a perpetual grow, eh? Good...

I clone a lot and here's my two cents. (I work almost exclusively with fast-growing indicas so most of my observations should be seen in that light, eh?) The older the donor mom the better chance you have of seeing roots. Cuttings taken from moms that have been in dirt less than 5 weeks are...

Wait a few weeks and all those (now) small growing points should look like pine cones. Nice looking plant. Good luck, BigSteve.

A general rule is that a one-gallon pot will support a plant for one month of growth. With a 3-gallon pot you can count on 3 months plant growth. As few autos need that much time you can't really go wrong with something in the 2-3 gallon range. Pot size does make a difference in size, but maybe...

I clone close to 100 plants a year to keep my perpetual grow rolling along. For years I have used 12-16 ounce solo cups to hold my clones in the domes. Recently I decided to try using 9 ounce Styrofoam coffee cups rather than the larger solo cups. I've noticed that I'm seeing roots 1-2 days...

" do they just develop at a different rate?" Yes. Tris, and pistils, are just like apples or pears in that they develop and mature at differing rates. I think nature does that so plants will be developing mature seeds or fruit over a longer period of time. Such an internal mechanism would prove...

I used a 30x lighted mini-scope to check tris. You have to be careful at high magnification while looking at clear or transparent objects. If you put a bit of leaf on a piece of white paper it will make the clear tris look milky because of the white background. I learned to cut a small piece of...

Anywhere except for the newby forum. Making hash is a chore and I don't suggest it for beginners. Good luck, BigSteve. PS -- I invested $50 is a set of 8 bags for making ice hash. Up to 80% of the hash-to-be is lost in the recovery process. Here's what I do -- I mix 6-8 ounces of trim with...

I have a 400W bulb for vegging and a 1000W bulb for flowering. I don't have any problems as long as only the light is using that fixture. I've blown fuses trying to use that other slot in the plug. Good luck, BigSteve.

I use indica seeds/clones whenever possible and pistils changing color after 4 1/2 weeks is about right. Now is a good time to check your tris and see if any have started to turn from clear to milky white. Harvest when most of the tris are milky or darker. From the looks of your pix I think they...

I would consider getting one of those digital ballasts that lets you use both MH and HPS bulbs. MH for vegging and HPS for flowering is traditional. NOTE: A 400W MH bulb burns hotter than a 400W HPS bulb. So, if heat is a problem you can veg almost as well with the HPS bulb with quite a bit...

More/stronger lights means more heat. Especially if you are working in a tent. Give some thought as to how you are going to keep temps down when the weather is warmer. Those small, 4-6 inch clip-on fans are about worthless. I would look at a smallish box fan that you can place in the tent...

One way to re-grow your ladies is to harvest just the top 50-60% of the buds from the top down. You want to leave at least a double-handful of greenery around the base of the plant. If you harvest all your gals at one time you can have all of them ready to re-veg. All you have to do is turn the...

I have a perpetual grow and can tell you that you will need 4 square feet of flowering for every square foot of vegging space. Good luck, BigSteve.

Take something like a knitting needle and drive it down into the root ball a dozen or so times. You need to open up the soil so more oxygen can get to the roots. Also, let her dry out a day or so. It is harder for them to get oxygen through wet dirt than dry. Good luck, BigSteve.

I use an insecticide called Sevin dust. Comes in a shaker can like cleanser. Sevin dust was vet approved at UCLA for use in rodent bedding. It has to mild to get that seal of approval. Good luck, BigSteve.

"The mat is a must and I use mine for seedlings as well." I'm ashamed to admit that I used heat mats for cloning domes for nearly 10 years before I figured out the mat would help seedlings too. Good point! BigSteve.

"How do you clone is my question lol". GTM is right, there is a ton of technical info here. There are no stupid questions, eh? Having a proper mindset going into cloning will go a long way to helping you be successful. First off - everyone fails at first. If you start out like I did with about...

I pick out candidates for motherhood by the donor mom's phenotype. Generally speaking the shape of the plant. I want to see a Christmas tree shape with a lot of side-branching. When they are 8-10 inches I decide wether they need to be topped/FIM'd or not. Most get a trim job to increase bud...