Will pay for advice..best yield/highest profit margin

nickbbad said:

Your pics might be 2 big in size?

Well I used to use fox farm's products but This grow I have been using Age Old Organics and it seems to be working good so far, no signs of any problems. And if it works good I may stick with it cause its a local company and I can get it from local nursery. I also Have been using this grow BMO'S Super plant tonic which my plants seem to love heres a link http://stores.shop.ebay.com/Blue-Mountain-Organics For Lights I am using a 400 metal halide for veg and 1000 watt hps for budding I am planning on putting 2 400 watt hps that I have laying around up in my budding room 2 when I add more plants. << I recently just moved and am still in the process of setting things up the way I want in my room. I also sold about half my grow stuff to a friend when I moved so I am getting new equipment as needed. I will eventually have 3 600 watt hps lights in my budding room and have them all in these hoods http://www.growlightexpress.com/grow-light-reflectors-4/super-sun-2-reflector-43.html
ans here is a link to some hood reviews http://www.icmag.com/ic/showthread.php?t=51325
here is my attic budding room when I was setting it up < my camera broke so that why no recent pics. its 3x9 at the base
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I use a ozone generator in my exhaust vent and I dont use Co2 in my room but may use it in a later grow < my friend who bought my equipment does and they do grow a lot faster but its something to worry about after everything else is set up correctly. I would do your 4 250's or 2 600 watt lights and better fans for both in a 2x7 ft space. You can find lights cheap on ebay and get some good vented hoods < use the inline fans u bought for those and for exhausting your room if your looking for something cheap just get a stanley blower fan http://www.acehardwaresuperstore.com/stanley-blower-fan-high-velocity-motor-for-p-55925.html?ref=42 (checkout the cfm) and that should take care of any heat problems that come with more/larger lights.

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Just had to resize pictures---i feel like an idiot. Why didnt it just say please resize instead of some missing token crap. Thanks tho Nick

Nice, those hoods are expensive. I got a ballast kit for 50 at
http://htgsupply.comproductsubcategories.
asp?categoryID=3

its a 250 watt hps kit. My bulb was bought at 1000bulbs.com i think and it was like 12 dollars

http://www.1000bulbs.com/250-Watt-HPS-HID-Light-Bulbs/

Hopefully when i add pictures this time it will work. I just cropped so the file size is smaller.

Hood i bought from HTG supply again - it was the max wing reflector for 39.95

http://htgsupply.com/products.asp?categoryID=5

Great deal considering my home made one was about 60-70% of that.

I also bought Advanced Nutrients Bloom powder, Super Thrive, and PH UP.

Do you know of any sites that have better deals than HTG??? I think they are just stealing some of these items off trucks bc these prices are semi-ridiculous.

Is it very important to take clones that have more than one set of leaves. I just want to sex them so i can start establishing mother plants and flower the runts that are not as strong in growth.

I also bought jock horror and blackberry from Nirvana for about 80 bc the damn US Dollar is just falling .

So now i have:

From marijuana-seeds.nl

2 x Nevilles Haze grown since 4/21/2009 (2 out of 9 germinated)

8 x THC Bombs- also grown since 4/21
(8 out of 8 germinated)

2 x Mazar -same date above (2 out of 4 germ)

Phenotypes vary for this company, thats why buying from discount places like this is not wise.
One of the THC Bombs is outgrowing the bunch and is tall as my other plants from Nirvana that were grown since 4/3/09.

Then i also have some Ice, Afghan and bag seeds grown since 4/3/09.

Then couple of days ago i also bought Jock Horror and Blackberry.

So in my shower i want to have only mother plants. one of each strain, thats why i want to sex some of them so i know.

Have you cloned for sex? Whats the quickest way to do that? do i really have to wait for a rooting system?

Do you go to expensive/quality sites to buy seeds or do you go to these discount guys?

For my next grow, what upgrades should i go for? Im feeling cool air hoods, so i can put them closer to plants.

What you doing for CO2.

also for my inline fans, i also got it from HTG-- boy i sound like an advertisement for them huh?


8" Inline Fan rated at 500 cfm (cubic feet per minute). Use one fan per light or to increase the efficiency of an exhaust system. $29.95-- i know, i know its crazy.



http://htgsupply.com/products.asp?categoryID=7&subcategoryID=39


Now give me free stuff HTG!!!! jk

to sex your plants just take some clones and put them right on 12/12 they will still veg for a bit but once you see some hairs or sacks you can trash them or whatever. Don't worry about the CO2 until you get a few grows under you. HTG has great deals and beside buying something used they probably have the best prices. My hood seems expensive compared to some but it gives about as good of a light foot print as I have seen and almost no hot spots which helps keep my canopy all the same height and the big intake and exhaust will help keep the bulbs and my room as cool as possible which I need cause its in my attic. I have plenty of old hoods but Im upgrading and want the best hoods for my space. I also get my bulbs from 1000bulbs.com so far I have not had any problems with them. Let me know how that fan works I may get one and see how well they work. I usually just get from the attitude seedbank I have been to the cannibus cup and have met most of those breeders so I feel comfortable with them. Plus for instance with diesel or ice you can get a plant from one grower and have it be completly different from another grower (for better or worse) so when someones talking about a strain its good to know where they got it from because it might not be as good from different breeder. Have you ever done any LST'ing to your plants? Having them so tall like the last pic will end up giving you less bud because the light has a hard time reaching all the growth below especially with 250's you want them short and stocky. Anyways good luck

justatoker said:

seriously though, I never help anyone on here that I know is growing weed to sell . Period. Thats just me and how I feel though.If you wanna smoke, grow it.. If you wanna make money, get a damn job.

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Why not get a job and grow 6 plants every 2 months. Those plants pay the bills and and your cheques are yours for what you wish

I just bought some nets and i will hang them above the plants so i can do some LST. and i also bought some twist ties. I also got my seeds from nirvana, ones that got returned to them. I got half of my order about 2 months ago and they just sent ICE and PPP all over again.
Still not have received my other recent order of BLACKBERRY and JOCK HORROR--super excited to try those----
Germination rate for them is about 90-95%. never had a problem with them, but i wish they had Grand Daddy Purple or strains that are clone only. What seedbank besides Attitude do you use?? And do you only favor Sweet Tooth, im going to try them next after i get one more batch from Nirvana. Do you know of any ones that smell super skunky?

nickbbad said:

to sex your plants just take some clones and put them right on 12/12 they will still veg for a bit but once you see some hairs or sacks you can trash them or whatever. Don't worry about the CO2 until you get a few grows under you. HTG has great deals and beside buying something used they probably have the best prices. My hood seems expensive compared to some but it gives about as good of a light foot print as I have seen and almost no hot spots which helps keep my canopy all the same height and the big intake and exhaust will help keep the bulbs and my room as cool as possible which I need cause its in my attic. I have plenty of old hoods but Im upgrading and want the best hoods for my space. I also get my bulbs from 1000bulbs.com so far I have not had any problems with them. Let me know how that fan works I may get one and see how well they work. I usually just get from the attitude seedbank I have been to the cannibus cup and have met most of those breeders so I feel comfortable with them. Plus for instance with diesel or ice you can get a plant from one grower and have it be completly different from another grower (for better or worse) so when someones talking about a strain its good to know where they got it from because it might not be as good from different breeder. Have you ever done any LST'ing to your plants? Having them so tall like the last pic will end up giving you less bud because the light has a hard time reaching all the growth below especially with 250's you want them short and stocky. Anyways good luck

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Hey nick, from that picture above, my plant is what it looks like to be budding....but i have yet to put it in flowering stage yet. Is anything wrong with it? first pic above on left

its on 18/6? looks like its auto flowering. I never have really had one do that but it probably means it has unstable genetics What kind is it? You live in California so you should be able to get all kinds of clones out there.Cant you just pick up a bunch of different clones from the clubs? They probably sell the same bud that they have clones of so you could do taste tests too.

this is funny

nickbbad said:

its on 18/6? looks like its auto flowering. I never have really had one do that but it probably means it has unstable genetics What kind is it? You live in California so you should be able to get all kinds of clones out there.Cant you just pick up a bunch of different clones from the clubs? They probably sell the same bud that they have clones of so you could do taste tests too.

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yea i sometimes go to clubs. i donnt have a card so i usually get my friends to do it for me. as for my current grow, i got it out of some middies, but i also grew other ones that did not auto flower. well see what happens. i also got my package from HTG so ill tell you how the fans work.

or if you asked nice enough and say that you'd give then +rep they'd do it for free. I'd do it for you but I don't have Paypal , and I don't trust any one sending me money orders or cash so yea.

nickbbad said:

its on 18/6? looks like its auto flowering. I never have really had one do that but it probably means it has unstable genetics What kind is it? You live in California so you should be able to get all kinds of clones out there.Cant you just pick up a bunch of different clones from the clubs? They probably sell the same bud that they have clones of so you could do taste tests too.

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Im also tired of paying 20/bag for soil--can i just mix my own

Pros and cons?

What do you do nick

Well I still use Ocean Forest but Im planning on reusing it after a few grows.You can also mix your own, can you get roots soil ? Im pretty sure you can in cali if not ask subcool what he would substitute with here is a link to subcools super soil https://www.rollitup.org/subcools-old-school-organics/44686-subcools-super-soil.html
Here is a link to reusing soil, Im planning on doing this not next time but the time after https://www.rollitup.org/organics/187602-there-way-replenish-reuse-old.html
and here is a link to hempy buckets < I haven't tried this yet but it looks interesting and I may do a few at sometime next to my soil grows to see how well it works its kind of like a hydro hybrid https://www.rollitup.org/general-marijuana-growing/59705-hempy-collective.html
There are other things you can do to just look around

everything4less2003 said:

Im also tired of paying 20/bag for soil--can i just mix my own

Pros and cons?

What do you do nick

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I've talked to my local hydro store guy and he says that if you grow with soil you can reuse the soil and add diffrent things in to put some nutes back into the soil.

Paintballer87 said:

I've talked to my local hydro store guy and he says that if you grow with soil you can reuse the soil and add diffrent things in to put some nutes back into the soil.

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You are correct but you need to be able to compost it first so the roots can break down in the soil. Read my post above your last post its got a link to doing it.

one word "sensizym"

justatoker said:

here ya go.. and this is on the house >

seriously though, I never help anyone on here that I know is growing weed to sell . Period. Thats just me and how I feel though.If you wanna smoke, grow it.. If you wanna make money, get a damn job.

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ITs people like u (HATERS) that make me ill man. Whats its okay to grow for urself but not good enough for ur neighbour or what. GROW FOR CASH ALL DAY!

Paintballer87 said:

I've talked to my local hydro store guy and he says that if you grow with soil you can reuse the soil and add diffrent things in to put some nutes back into the soil.

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Reusing soil is a bad idea there will be salts in there that can really damage some young plants man. If u use soil never reuse it,

KTOWNGUY said:

Reusing soil is a bad idea there will be salts in there that can really damage some young plants man. If u use soil never reuse it,

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This is not necessarily true... Since you are supposed to flush your soil in last couple of weeks of flowering your soil should be leached of most of it nutes and salts, Now if your using chemical fertilizer I would not suggest this but if you are using organic fertilizer you can. It has to be composted so the roots biodegrade and the soil be amended but if done properly your soil can actually turn out better. Do some research on it, I have and most problems with reusing soil come from either using chemical ferts or not properly composting and ammending your soil.

if ppl didn't sell, ppl not good at growing would never be able to get high, and that wouldn't be any fun.

im using flora nova grow and bloom. and i got advance nute big bud. I re-use my soil all the time. Ill transplanted two 1 month plants that failed, so i just used that soil nothing has happened yet. I will put up pics this weekend. I think that one is also an auto-flower strain.

yo nick, i got some pics up.