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Hey, new here and to growing. Im currently giving an outdoor bag seed grow a go. I started indoors then had to transplant outdoors earlier than i wanted, at about 6 days old. But all is well she grew a quarter of an inch her first day after transplant.

Anyway my question is are any of a plants early characteristics telling of its adult characteristics? My plant at 6 days had a very extensive root system combined with a short thick stem. Might this mean that later in life my plant will be of the shorter bushier variety? Or is it all random?

Also temps are looking pretty good highs of 75-85 nighttime lows 60-70. But were having a very rainy year, its supposed to rain every 3-4 days and when it rains it pours! My plant is in a 20 gallon hole 10 gallons of very light airy draining soil 5 gallons average garden soil and 5 gallons native clayish top soil. Should i take any steps to prevent overwatering from the rain?

Thanks in advance for any thoughts or advice and i look forward to contributing once im a but more knowledgable.

Joker209 said:

If you can't fit your plant (what's above the soil) in the pot you are growin in the pot is too small. I wouldn't go with anything smaller than 5 gallon buckets for growing personally...

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Cool... Will take the advice. Cheers!

CP

I gotta question for u. I have been lookin for some info about different types of topping for my one lady. If u could plz come check out my grow and give me a pointer or two, that would be great. I have a few different strains goin, and they are all growin at different rates, but my mids are going into flowering in about a week or so and I want to know if I should just leave her alone, or try to do something to her. I say "her" optimistically; she is just bagseed with a lot of love and hope LOL. Also, how do I +rep someone if they give me good advice? Thanks is advance!
Oh, also, subscribed!

Joker 209 I tried to send you a private message, but was unable to. My question to you is this:
I decided to try hydro growing after a few good grows in soil. I have a set up similar to this one, plastic tote, water pump, air stones, and the irrigation distributor, http://www.stealthhydroponics.com/pr...rod=16&xSec=53 (the one that plays on the video) I want to know if I need to set up a timer on the water pump to allow the rockwool, and hydroton to dry then turn on again? I am not using a dripper, just an open hose. I have tried two different times and my seedlings die each time. I have the pump set up to be on 24/7 and the hose is directly on the side of the rockwool cube through the net pot. The water level sits about a foot below the bottom of the pots. With the air stones on 24/7 also. Also when the roots reach the water in the resivoir do I stop using nutrients if so when do I use the bloom nutrients, or do I just rely on balanced water and the appropriate light cycle, or do I use the nuts and keep the air stones going and take out the pump with hoses.

I know its a long question but I have been on here for four days with no luck and my plants are still dying.

Joker i am a fairly new outside grower and i was recently told that if you take 2 liters of water and mix with 2 tablespoon of mollases with it and use it to water your plants with that its beneficial to your root system and produces better buds so i was wondering have you heard this before since you got some years of growing under your belt i appreciater your help>

im in flower now and had to enter the grow room during the dark cycle, i had my regular ceiling light on for 10 seconds so i was wondering if that light would do anything to the plants or would it need to be a high wattage light on to mess up things?

immaking3 said:

im in flower now and had to enter the grow room during the dark cycle, i had my regular ceiling light on for 10 seconds so i was wondering if that light would do anything to the plants or would it need to be a high wattage light on to mess up things?

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It shouldn't mess your cycle up. I've done that a few times during my flowering stage and everything seems fine with my plants. As long as the light wasn't on it for long and the light wasn't high intensity.

i agree this SHOULDNT mess your cycle up. but you will not know untill harvest day...
i turned on my ceiling light 4-6 times for less than 1 min throughout a grow, a 13W CFL about 8 feet away from plants. it made my plants go hermi... i would not recomend doing this AT ALL. it really just depends on your genetics tho. but even a small wattage bulb is felt by the plants, and will mess with the photo period weather you notice it or not.

Could you possibly tell me why some of my calyx tips are turning purple. I dont think it's genetics, but I don't know much about the strain. (Bagseed from Herijuana, seed possibly from another Herijuana hermi, or a Bubba Kush hermi that was in the room. It was one of three seeds found in the entire crop.)
I've kept it on a pretty regular, but light, feeding schedule. I try to keep it FEED,WATER,WATER(2 weeks),FEED,WATER,WATER,WATER,WATER,FEED (for 1 week)... and then back again. I recently adjusted my flower nute mix to less N and more P and K. Just after lights on yesterday I gave her one last drink of water before I start feeding again for the last bit before the final flush.

I'm not sure If I have a hermie or male plants. How long can I wait under flowering before they produce pollens. I dont want to just yank them until I know for sure they are males or hermie. They seem to have one little balls on the nobs but they also have hairs on the top part of the plants. Please someone shine in I dont want to fuck up my whole crop... Is it worth keeping the hermies?

HELLO! I have a question/concern. When i was digging the hole for my plant today outside i noticed there were ants and a worms in the soil. Is this a bad thing? Should i get a new spot? I liked that spot and is the only one i really have right now.

rhdc2itr@yahoo.com said:

I'm not sure If I have a hermie or male plants. How long can I wait under flowering before they produce pollens. I dont want to just yank them until I know for sure they are males or hermie. They seem to have one little balls on the nobs but they also have hairs on the top part of the plants. Please someone shine in I dont want to fuck up my whole crop... Is it worth keeping the hermies?

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do you have a pic? this sounds like a hermi plant, but it could also be a female that hasnt matured fully yet. if there is hairs its deffinatly not a male.
hermi plants are a good ina way,the seeds they produce are mostly females, but it can pollenate other plants sometimes.
a pic would deffinatly be helpfull answering ur Q tho.

that plant isnt very mature yet, you got a while befor worrying about pollen. i cant see hairs or anything in the pic really tho. wait a few days to a week and you'll be able to tell easier.

you can actually see the hairs on the top nobs... these are the lower nobs and they look like little balls next to them here are better pictures

Joker209 said:

I have around 5-7 years (give or take) experience and I would love to help if I can. Please feel free to talk about anything on here or you can private message me and I will get back to you. I understand there are a lot of people on here that are just starting out and I would like to lend a hand if I can. Remember "The more you know, The more you grow"

Enjoy everyone.

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What is my favourite colour?

rhdc2itr@yahoo.com said:

you can actually see the hairs on the top nobs... these are the lower nobs and they look like little balls next to them here are better pictures

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what you are seeing are stipules, your plant hasnt actually showed sex yet. you got atleast a week untill it will show IMO. heres a pic that shows/eplaines what im talking about better.

messed up that last post haha

Alright buddy now I do need some help with a legit problem LOL!!


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I'm thinking either over fert or cal mag def. Ph going in the soil is 7.2 runoff is 6.5. The only thing they're maybe not getting enough of is cal mag.
I instantly flushed with ph 7.2 water what should I do now? Wait and use plain water or feed some nutes and get some cal mag?

in terms of pc grow cases, what's the most efficient way of covering intake and outake fans to stop light from entering/escaping whilst maintaining a high ariflow?