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Evening all ILGM members, readers, followers etc, I had started growing 4 plants from random bag seeds, and the bare minimum basics (potting mix, coir, perlite and Sun). I watered them with bottled spring water, and once gave them a very diluted solution of (blood&bone fertiliser, photo bellow)...

Morning fellow growers, hope the day finds u all well! Watered my plants last night before bed and noticed purple veins on the leaves. Mostly just the one leaf, however there seems to be a slight purple tinge developing on others. Was curious what causes this? Is this some type of deficiency or...

I made my own huge budget organic super soil (about 4000L) with a few amendments like gypsum, rock phosphate, dolomite lime, kelp- and bone meal, also long release fertiliser pellets with all the necessary macro- and micro nutrients as well as compost. I had it cooking for about two months when...

Hello everyone, This is my first grow and over the last week or so i have noticed the leaves are getting yellow and brown spots that are very brittle and crumble when touched and this is slowly spreading to the rest of the plant. I am using 5 gallon buckets to grow ILGM gorilla glue auto flower...

Sorry if it has been covered a good few times before but after hours of reading it still feels like a bit of a jungle. To make things easier for myself with my 1st grow I have sort of landed on this stuff: I do understand that less is more when it comes to nutrition but this stuff with some...

So, 3 months ago I got myself a little set up... a tent, extractor, filter and 1000w Mars hydro led light... that’s it. We had a few seeds left collected over a year and thought we would just give it a go with them (I don’t know the strains,it was a bit of an experiment). I germinated 2...

Herming problem? Hey. I’m new to all this so be gentle 🙏 My plants have been growing nicely but the last week the leaves have started to go yellow and it looks like they are herming 🙈 I’ve just changed their food to canna bio Flores. Yesterday I noticed these little sacks on them ...

Hi just noticed this after watering my plant with rain water is this a pH issue as I've now flushed the plant and don't know if to do anything else to help it?.... thanks...paul

So as the tittle suggests i am wonder about information on the Bluelab Truncheon Nutrient Meter / PPM,EC meters. I Started Growing in 2018 i have had 5 to 6 successful grows all my grows have been successful with minimum problems i have bought a crap $20 ppm meter but i did not trust it so i...

I've been reading a lot about buying potting soil from stores that have bugs in them like fungus gnats and even worse, spider mites. I want to start sterilizing my potting soils before using it to assure that my grow room is pest free. I'd like to know what people think about this and if you...

Hello all I’m going to be doing a little experiment Im gonna run 3 platinum gorilla seeds by in-house 1 will be in hydro and I’m going to do the other 2 in soil to compare the 2 types of mediums. I’ve never grown in soil so I’m a little confused on how to mix the nutes and water and...

Hello , the center of leaves are starting to fade, pictures are from this morning, any clues on what the deficiency is. It’s a 20 gallon fabric container With Sub cool super soil in ground now due to height concerns leaves affected are At 1/3 From bottom of plant , possibly leeched or it...

I just transplanted some seedlings from soil into Coco Coir. Of now the main root structure is still in the soil area and is hopefully branching into the coir. I understand that Coir requires more frequent water than soil, so I'm wondering how much I should water it. Should I water it when the...

Strains Bruce banner # 3 Growing outdoors supersoil mix , 10 gallon container lower third of plant is doing this

Aloe vera quality and cost question here. I have always used 200 X aloe. I recently ordered it from BAS and they shipped me their horticultural instead. I'm getting that shipped to me even when I ordered 200 X. ANd when I ordered the whole IPM Kit. 200x is white crystals and is 1/4 teaspoon per...

she's 30 days old She was topped at the regular spot at 6 nodes in a solo cup then transplanted. She decided she wanted to be tied down to the pot so I helped! Then topped at more spots as she started growing upward. She's planted in fox farm ocean forest soil. Weather is 85 to 100 degrees in...

Greetings, I was reading the Mephisto's grow guide and a question came up, if using a raised method, half biobizz hardmix on bottom and light mix on top is it still necessary to use biotabs for nutrients or the hardmix has everything necessary for the entire life of an autoflower? Happy growings

Hi there, we have a couple of autoflowering feminized plants, that we planted in late April on fresh potting soil. They are planted in 3 gallon pots and get about a gallon of water (just enough for some spill out at the bottom holes) with a little bit of fertilizer (MiracleGo 20-20-20, about...

Hey all, If anyone has any info on possible strains for this bagseed would be awesome, but does anyone know when I should harvest? Soil is the medium, grown on 12/12 in southern hemisphere since germination. Am growing this one for a friend. just need some info on strain or when to harvest? i do...

​ ​ Soil, no nutrients, plants are around 2 months old, good weather, water every 3 days or so, please help <3