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I didn't see any drainage holes in the bottom of the solo cup. It's hard to keep a seedling properly watered if there is no where for excess water to drain to. I usually want seedlings in solo cups to reach a height that is twice as tall as the cup rim is wide. Years have shown me that is a...

There is a lot of information to absorb when one is a new grower. First you should decide what type of grow you want ; all-at-once harvesting or a perpetual grow. Sounds like you will be having an ongoing need for product and a perpetual grow is the answer to that question. My electricity costs...

I have a perpetual grow and harvest 2 plants a week. With 4-6 week veg times my veg room has one 400W bulb. From solo cups to 20-inchers, I veg around 12 plants at a time. I bounce back and forth between MH and HPS bulbs. Here is something else that may help - count on needing about 4 times the...

"water it once per week and get the plant some nutrients!" No! I water every day here especially in warmer weather. As I grow in small pots I have a couple in my perpetual grow that get 16 oz. in the AM and another 8-10 oz. in the PM. The warm weather, along with 2 circulating fans, sucks the...

I only see one leaf that is a problem. I would trim it off. BigSteve.

"Also what kind of yeild are you getting in the 3 gallon pots?" I grow hot and fast. Means a short veg period, short plants with daily watering. With a 5 week veg and 7 weeks flowering I expect to cure 35-40 grams per plant. I run a perpetual grow and harvest 2 plants a week. So I can sacrifice...

" Not arguing with you, just genuinely curious how that works." Plants have a genetic makeup that cycles them through their seedling, vegetative and flowering stages. A plant in the wild, or potless, will naturally start to flower after the days get shorter. By switching light schedules from...

The spinner sounds like a good idea. BigSteve.

If you insist on using 10 or 20 gallon pots in a tent you will be wasting quite a bit of time. When seedlings first go into dirt they spend most all their energy growing a rootball large enough to fill the pot. There will be little growth above ground until the roots do hit the inside of the...

I've had luck taking clones from plants that have been at 12/12 for 7 days. After that point your success rate will go way down. Also, donor moms should be at least 5 weeks old themselves before giving up viable cuttings. Good luck, BigSteve.

For a sog or scrog grow inside a tent you should be looking at 3 gallon pots, I believe. Bigger pots mean larger plants and you already realize you are going to have height issues before you harvest. If you veg 4-5 weeks you can figure your plant will pretty much stretch to double it's size...

The longer you veg a plant the less it will stretch at 12/12. Looks like you vegged a good long time. You can usually expect most plants to continue to add height through the first 3 weeks or so at 12/12. If you are concerned about final height being too close to the light you need to work...

I wouldn't be too quick to blame the heat mat. The most common mat sold to growers is made to increase temps only 5-10 degrees. This should help clones root and is the reason we all use the mats. Years ago I switched from rockwool for cloning to jiffy pellets. Reason is that I found most of my...

At this point you don't have anything else that could hurt your grow. Might as well grow them out and enjoy what you can. Many may disagree with me but I think you will find your product to still be well worth the remaining effort. If you started with good genetics the "males" and fertilized...

You will notice that after a few weeks at 12/12 your lower fan leaves will start to turn yellow and die off. Wait until those leaves are more than 50% dead before removing them. Photosynthesis is the process where the plant turns light energy into a form the plant can use. And that process is...

It's a two-part process - drying and curing. Drying is the removal of moisture and curing makes sure all the product has the same dryness. If we didn't cure we would end up with small crispy nugs and large wetter ones. So we dry for 2-3 days them put the product in sealable glass jars. That is...

"Can i do auto's from seed under a 600 watt hps" Autos aren't any more light sensitive than photos so 600W should be no problem. Only concession I make for auto seedlings is to keep them a bit farther from the light for the first week. After that get them as close to the light as possible...

I just changed over from MiracleGro to Fox Farms potting mix. The FF is a bit pricier but has some advantages. First is that the FF doesn't have the chunks of wood fiber that have been known to keep new seedlings from sprouting in the MG. I used to have to hand-sift the MG when using it for new...

Try Afghan Kush Ryder from World of Seeds. They finished at 36-40 inches and the product was excellent! BigSteve.

"Lose the dome" What he said. BigSteve.