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Was just reading an article in Big Buds about flushing before harvest. They mentioned, among others, that if you are using cheap soil like Fox Farm Ocean Forest, you should definitely flush before harvest. I thought FFOF was a good growing medium. What do you guys think and what soil do you use?

She is celebrating her 6 week birthday today. Grow space is 2X2 and she is filling it in nicely. Have switched other grows to flower at this stage but I think I'm gonna wait another week or two to let colas go vertical. I have LST'd her to be short and wide and have a little head room plus have...

Got a low plant with nice even canopy utilizing LST and growing under CFL's. Should I allow bud sites to get a jump by allowing some vertical growth before switching to 12/12 light schedule? Been growing same strain for last three grows. First grow had crazy strech, second grow had zero strech...

I keep seeing folks here commenting about growing bagseed and brick weed. Are you folks located near the border? Black market weed in my area has been dispensary grade buds, with no seeds, for years. Of course untaxed liquor is very popular here so untaxed weed isn't a big streach. Haven't seen...

AK-48 photoperiod is 5 weeks old today. She struggled a little at the start but believe it was soil PH issue. Once that was corrected she has taken off. I really don't mind the slow start as I would like to let her veg a little longer than I normally do because of height restrictions and breeder...

Well it looks like I missed and wasn't trying! I topped my girl at three weeks but nodes were so close together that I just snipped the top. She split like you would expect but then a main shoot started growing where I topped. Quess I will top that shoot when it grows out a bit more. Going to...

Due too inadequate exhaust fan I had fought high temps with all previous grows. Finally put a crowbar in my wallet and got a decent fan with speed control. Now temps are in low 70's during the day and upper 60's when lights are out. Is this too cool? Because of small grow area I had to put...

This grow doesn't seem to be as robust and healthy as other grows. She is 23 days old and I added first nutrients 3 days ago. Is leaf tip turned down called "clawing"? Another tip is wilted and brown spots continue to spread. Any ideas???

Just curious... we have come a long way from my gorilla grows back in the 70's and no doubt the weed is better now but are newer stains more fragile? As technical as we are with our babies I doubt they could grow in the wild, like they have done for centuries. What's your opinion?

Any suggestions what these brown "spots" could be? She is 3 weeks old and they have shown up on a couple of leaves. May be nothing but I want to jump on it early if needed.

After Lucky Acres hilarious comment about dinner table conversation at Casa GWE, it got me thinking about Nebula. I hope she is proud watching her family grow from needing diapers changed daily, through adolescents, and yes, teenage years, to becoming accomplished growers. Her wisdom, gentle...

Just watered plant and took PH reading of run off. Growing in FFOF soil. Going in water registered in the low 6 range (6.2's) and run off was in the high 6 range (6.8's). I use drops so range is a quessestimate. I did add silica but adjusted PH before watering. PH is within acceptable range but...

Had to wait until planned trip out of town to begin grow. Here she is, 10 days old and transplanted to permanent home yesterday.

Okay Old Farts, would love to hear stories about costs of being part of the counterculture back in the day. Mine go something like this... - the first time I saw Jimi Hendrix tickets cost $3.50 - we used to make road trips to Gainesville, FL to get Columbia Gold for $180 a pound and that...

Green: Do you change LEC bulbs when switching to flower? Everything I have read says a 3100K lamp will work fine for veg and flower but a few sites offer a 4100K lamp too. At a $100 a pop I want first hand feed back on spending extra money for two lamps or if only one lamp, which color spectrum?

Just went to local hydro store for supplies and they just got in a supply of Sun System 315 LEC lights. I was like a kid at Christmas. Been thinking about upgrading and have zeroed in on the 315. Couldn't believe how little heat they put off as heat is an issue for me in my grow space. Was all...

My last grow didn't strech like the previous grow of the same strain. I'm thinking I may have had CFL's too close to plants so they didn't feel the need to stretch as much towards the light.Thinking about raising CFL's during first couple of weeks of light switch on this grow to promote streach...

Somebody else posted but I waned to confirm. I had an old cheap telescope laying around and took the eye piece out, turned it upside down, and checked trichomes. LOVED IT! My 60X100 hand held was too sensitive (needed firm base) and didn't give a wide field of view. Telescope lens isn't 60X but...

Any feedback back on 315 LEC lights? Can't remember but I think Green uses them. Reviews say different things. More or less heat output vs 400w HPS? Also, one review said ballast was loud... are they? Thinking about upgrading grow for personal use and only want to do this once so all input is...

Which is more critical during flower, temperature or light? I struggle with higher than recommended temperatures during flower. On my first grow I changed some 42W cfl's to 23W and it helped keep temperatures down but gave off less lumus and got better than expected yields. It took longer to...