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SayWord said:

first post. does anyone have anything to say about playing music once a day for your plants? i googled it just to see and came across a website that said there was evidence playing three hours of soothing music a day would make a huge difference.

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anybody???

Myth busters did research on the music theory and I believe that heavy metal actually increased yeild in product and plants size and mass

so my plants are about two weeks old. i've had them on 16/8 and would like to put them on 24. is it too late to do this because it will fuck up their cycle? or would it still be okay?

alright well i put them on 24 so hopefully they dig it and dont die on me

thanks alot.
Much of this helped me out.

Solid thread, good information for sure.

Thanks

Microracer87 said:

Myth busters did research on the music theory and I believe that heavy metal actually increased yeild in product and plants size and mass

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Yes, but not by much at all, could have been where they were placed on the rooftop greenhouses in relation to the sun, somehow, too....would have been better if they did a hydro test with less variables...

By the way, THANK YOU to all of the contributors to this site, you've helped me immensely!

How long from date of sprout should the plants be in veg mode?

Vorna said:

How long from date of sprout should the plants be in veg mode?

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theres a dude here named fdd2blk, and he told me something here, two years ago that really impressed me.
He said it does not make sense for children to have babies. You just don't impregnate 6 and ten year old kids.
Well, logic and common sense says we ought to not start pot to making flowers, until the pot plant is adult and mature.
Naturally, outdoors, in this hemisphere, we'd plant pot around the month of May, in Spring time. Sometimes around early to Mid July, when the day light changes and the days shorten, the plant is stimulated to start and begin FLOWERING.
Out doors, in soil, that would mean in nature, naturally, you'd VEG for about two and a half months; Ten Weeks.
In doors, in HYDRO, Grow Time is cut in half with 24/7 Lights and you'd VEG for 5 weeks.

Can't rep ya for it, thanx for that roseman. This is the reason Al B says take big clones. By the time you get a mother ready to take 5.5mil cuttings it has been in veg for about 10 weeks, just like it would if it was outdoors, it is Veggitatively mature and ready to flower, just throw some roots on it and go. VV

Roseman said:

theres a dude here named fdd2blk, and he told me something here, two years ago that really impressed me.
He said it does not make sense for children to have babies. You just don't impregnate 6 and ten year old kids.
Well, logic and common sense says we ought to not start pot to making flowers, until the pot plant is adult and mature.
Naturally, outdoors, in this hemisphere, we'd plant pot around the month of May, in Spring time. Sometimes around early to Mid July, when the day light changes and the days shorten, the plant is stimulated to start and begin FLOWERING.
Out doors, in soil, that would mean in nature, naturally, you'd VEG for about two and a half months; Ten Weeks.
In doors, in HYDRO, Grow Time is cut in half with 24/7 Lights and you'd VEG for 5 weeks.

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So if I change my lighting schedule to 24/7 instead of 18/6 that would cut the time before flowering in half??

No it will increase your lights on time by 1/3 not 1/2. vv

Vorna said:

So if I change my lighting schedule to 24/7 instead of 18/6 that would cut the time before flowering in half??

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the reason for keeping longer lighting, 24/0 or 18/6, is to keep the plant in a vegitative state

leave it at 24/0 so the plant can photosynthesise 24 hours a day.


also, it doesnt really matter when you start flowering. i start flowering my plants at 4 weeks about 1foot tall due to space.

i hear people flowering clones at 2 weeks and i hear people flowering at 2 months, so it really depends on your space and how big u want your plants to be.

you get to play god for indoor grows, thats what i like about it

Vorna said:

So if I change my lighting schedule to 24/7 instead of 18/6 that would cut the time before flowering in half??

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No, your math is not right. 24/7 will grow a plant faster than 18/6, YES, for sure. How much faster depends on too many factors. 24/7 vs 18/6 is a big arguement and very debatable. I always use 24/7 since I did mnmy first grow at 18/6 and saw the difference. I WAS trying to be all NATURAL with 18/6, until someone asked me how NATURAL is it growing pot in the closet, in water, under artificial lights with chemical nutrients????

And I've seen plants grown in a shot glass, that were put on 12/12 at the second day. Much depends on your area or grow space. If you got plenty of room, VEG them for 5 weeks.

When it comes to fertilizer, what is meant by a fertilizer in water solution? How does this affect the ppm? does this affect the N-P-K or vice versa?

hardrockereverett said:

When it comes to fertilizer, what is meant by a fertilizer in water solution? How does this affect the ppm? does this affect the N-P-K or vice versa?

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If you tested the solution by itself it would be a million part per million parts. PPM, is parts per million. What you are testing is how many molecules are conductors, the EC (electric conductivity). No, testing the EC does not affect the NPK, it only tests the conductivity not how many molecules of nitrogen are in the solution. You control that by the mixture of npk you put in. That is the reason you use vegging solution and flowering solution and then change your tanks every two weeks. VV

VictorVIcious said:

If you tested the solution by itself it would be a million part per million parts. PPM, is parts per million. What you are testing is how many molecules are conductors, the EC (electric conductivity). No, testing the EC does not affect the NPK, it only tests the conductivity not how many molecules of nitrogen are in the solution. You control that by the mixture of npk you put in. That is the reason you use vegging solution and flowering solution and then change your tanks every two weeks. VV

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Thanks for the info, one last question though, is that for hydroponic or just soil growing?

hardrockereverett said:

Thanks for the info, one last question though, is that for hydroponic or just soil growing?

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I apologize for not making it clear. It doesn't matter if you are growing in soil or some other medium. You mix your nutes with the water you are going to use to the desired ppm, ec or tds (TotalDissolvedSolids) that is recommended for the nutes you are using and then ph your water for the medium you are using. In my hydro system that is how I do it, when I grew with soil that is the way I should have done it. The difference is in the amount of solution, I mix 30 gallons, put it in a res and feed it to my plants using a flood and drain system that is automated, when I was growing in soil I used to mix up a couple of gallons and pump my arm up above the plant to flood it, gravity drained it to the bottom of the pot. And it would still be the same if the automated system were aero, nft, ebb and flow etc. Mix your nutes with water and use an appropriate meter to test the ppm, ph the water for the medium, apply it to your plants. VV

should i keep my heat mat on seedlings once they have germinated

Staflo22 said:

should i keep my heat mat on seedlings once they have germinated

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Well...this is a little confusing. Once your seeds have germinated you plants them, and yes, if you are going to use a heat mat you would use it underneath the pots the seedlings are in for a week or so. This additional heat at the root zone help them. VV