Things You found Out on your own

I learned the miracle grow is not the devil, you just have to understand how it works.
I learned to KISS, such as others on this forum, if it seems complicated odds are there's an easier way and probably cheaper too.
I learned that you never ever talk to anyone about anything not even as a joke, people love to know stuff they shouldn't know about.
I learned that DIY does not mean your cheap or that it wont perform like commercial stuff, your just more creative then the average bear and your shit may be better.
I learned not to be afraid to experiment, and if it fails oh well figured out where you went wrong and try again, google is my best tool for this.
And most importantly I learned Safety 3rd.
1. Always follow rule three
2. When in doubt refer to rule #1
3. Safety first

(Great T.V. Show speacialy for a redneck like I)

Git-R-Done, and KISS folks

That feminized seeds being hermie prone is an absolute MYTH. I have grown way too many feminized seeds and never once gotten a hermie from one yet everytime I get on a forum there is some knucklehead running around telling everyone female seeds are hermie prone.

this fucken thread rocks i found out that the more u put into it the more u get out

every year of my life is equal to one day in my plant's life.
i don't need cloning gel. in fact i don't need most things on my hydro guy's shelf.
i buy only organic soil amendments and powdered minerals and i mix them. it's enough to support beautiful growth over their short life and i don't ever claw or burn. it ain't hydro but the buds are sweet as shit.
the species is a weed. it practically grows itself. all i do is water the plants.
lastly, i learned not to waste anything. every trich that is produced can make me high.

lvtokerr said:

trimmin takes way longer than expected.

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And a long session is killer on my back and shoulders.
Regular Chiropractor and Massage Therapist treatments are an important part of my grow.

lets see I've learned that didferent lighting sources affect leaf size. plants started under a black light with an aluminum can around it will grow short and have wide leaves. hps will have longer stems and skinnier leaves.

as long as the roots are getting oxygen and food and the leaves are receiving some light they will grow.

you can get 3-4 times as much yield by clipping and vegging longer.

stick to the basics

cloning is easy and develop more roots quicker if you split it and gently peel a little bark back

starting at all the little mushrooms on the buds is quite memorizing.

I learned that some ppm meters measure in 500 x EC=PPM and some measure in 700 x EC = PPM ! very important to know this!

I learned that pH drop test kids are useless(or maybe I learned that I'm colour blind)

I learned that long stretchy seedlings is not a good thing lol

I learned that you can put your HID lights waaaaay closer than most people think

I literally just learned this: Checked the PPM on each tub and they were both higher now than when the nutes were added. One by over 200 PPM. I believe this is caused by the plant using the water faster than the nutes. I didn't know this sort of thing happened, but it makes sense now.

NiigataOp said:

lets see I've learned that didferent lighting sources affect leaf size. plants started under a black light with an aluminum can around it will grow short and have wide leaves. hps will have longer stems and skinnier leaves.

as long as the roots are getting oxygen and food and the leaves are receiving some light they will grow.

you can get 3-4 times as much yield by clipping and vegging longer.

stick to the basics

cloning is easy and develop more roots quicker if you split it and gently peel a little bark back

starting at all the little mushrooms on the buds is quite memorizing.

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i've learned how to 'weed' out the good information from the bad

Purplestickeypunch said:

I literally just learned this: Checked the PPM on each tub and they were both higher now than when the nutes were added. One by over 200 PPM. I believe this is caused by the plant using the water faster than the nutes. I didn't know this sort of thing happened, but it makes sense now.

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higher the temps the more concentrated your solution will become over time. gotta find the zone

1. label shit properly
2. pay attention to detail and keep it clean
3. check daily for banana's
4. get a good inline fan and keep lights CLOSE!!!
5. veg longer
6. dont forget to add lime to soil mix
7. keep roots dark (no white pales, wrap rockwool)
8. growing outdoors you gotta battle weather,animals and people
9. add vitimans in clone solution(superthrive,hormex)
10. most important GENETICS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

cary schellie said:

1. label shit properly
2. pay attention to detail and keep it clean
3. check daily for banana's
4. get a good inline fan and keep lights CLOSE!!!
5. veg longer
6. dont forget to add lime to soil mix
7. keep roots dark (no white pales, wrap rockwool)
8. growing outdoors you gotta battle weather,animals and people
9. add vitimans in clone solution(superthrive,hormex)
10. most important GENETICS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Haha, 1. reminds me before my first grow I was reading through tips and advice sections and I read a guy saying "dont do your labeling when you are high". Of course I was high. Thank goodness the plants I was growing at the time were very distinct. It was easy for me to tell the difference between Superskunk and Caramelicious. Otherwise I would have been guessing.

[FONT=Tahoma, Calibri, Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif]Yup this is a good idea for a thread!!

Ok so in my just under a years exp Ive found the following;

Seedlings/ new sprouts like full strength grow nutes about as much as I like a root canal!
Scrog is the shit!
Plants can more than double in size during flowering
not to consider anything to be "in flower" until I see those whiskers
my ph meter doesn't respond well to being dropped into full dwc
My temp/humidiy is similar to my ph meter as above
to relax and not "over-love"
Mh bulbs are WAY hotter than hps
seedlings / new sprouts also like mh bulbs as much as root ccanal
Sensi grow/bloom are really fucking strong (4ml per ltr at start? Dude stop smoking so much!)
ph in dwc - check, check and check again!
Moving house with 2 ladies 2 weeks from chop is...an experience!
Add at least a week to breeders flower times
That my mrs is allergic as hell to a flowering Ladie (but can smoke dry bud like a trooper! WTF)
trimming with no gloves is a bad idea if u have shit to do that day
Just because u've adjusted to the smell doesn't mean it doesn't smell!!
i like indicas mmm yummy
there is no substitute for experience
I'm willing to experiment
Wilkinsons are NOT the place to buy a timer from!
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And lastly... It's a really satisfying, sometimes frustrating journey from start to end

Thats all I can think of now![/FONT]

light leaks are over rated,if your plants always had them they adapt just fine.

true; i once saw a pic of an outdoor plant which only half of flowered because it was under a hps streetlight.

nedyah said:

true; i once saw a pic of an outdoor plant which only half of flowered because it was under a hps streetlight.

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That would be exceedingly interesting to me, is there any chance you can point me in the right direction where I might see/read about it. I'm very interested in how/why pot flowers the way it does and this kind of localization is something I have not read much about yet..

By the time you get done screwing with 15 cfls and splitters you could have bought a proper hps or even t5s and got better results.

This shits a full time job, riu is addicting, really fucking addicting, if you dont thi+k its a full time your not doing it right, dont read a thread and then try it right away just because it sounds cool. O ya by the way growings a full time job quit your other one.

smokey de bear said:

I learned the miracle grow is not the devil, you just have to understand how it works.
I learned to KISS, such as others on this forum, if it seems complicated odds are there's an easier way and probably cheaper too.
I learned that you never ever talk to anyone about anything not even as a joke, people love to know stuff they shouldn't know about.
I learned that DIY does not mean your cheap or that it wont perform like commercial stuff, your just more creative then the average bear and your shit may be better.
I learned not to be afraid to experiment, and if it fails oh well figured out where you went wrong and try again, google is my best tool for this.
And most importantly I learned Safety 3rd.
1. Always follow rule three
2. When in doubt refer to rule #1
3. Safety first

(Great T.V. Show speacialy for a redneck like I)

Git-R-Done, and KISS folks

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Oh shit I'm breaking all three rules!

My grow-room is definately a fire hazard
AHHH!

hope full said:

This shits a full time job, riu is addicting, really fucking addicting, if you dont thi+k its a full time your not doing it right, dont read a thread and then try it right away just because it sounds cool. O ya by the way growings a full time job quit your other one.

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no no keep your job so you can afford to buy all that fancy automated shit that makes it possible to grow without it being a full-time job!

Plus you gotta have some way to legitamately bring in an income unless you like paying your bills with mystery money