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The Home Grower's Thread

Nice. I'm not sure it will help much if you're using a complete kit like GO, moreso when you decide to deviate from the kits.

I agree with BL that you might consider soil next time. If you're used to soil and you jive with soil, it'd be better to use soil, than to use coco and treat it like soil, imo. I know that contradicts the growweedeasy site, but a root bound plant is bad in soil, good in coco *if* you're treating coco as a hydroponic medium. In coco you can grow a big plant in a 2g pot if you treat it as hydro, but it'd seriously stunt growth if treated as soil. If using soil, or treating coco as coil, I'd probably go from a solo cup to a 2g pot and then to a 10g pot and finish out in that. They need room unless you go hydro.
 
Thanks. If you guys read through the thread you'll see I've agreed with that a couple of times already.

I was under the impression from the articles, as you note.

Luckily I am very patient and love this kind of thing. I know it might takes years to achieve good results.
 
I've had that problem a few times where I was curious about something in your setup and the info is spread out over a dozen pages. When you finish this round and are ready to start on the next, and if you like, we should all work on a full grow plan so there's no gray areas and you simply execute each step. Growing big danky plants is fairly easy, but the crash course can be tough because simple things can really screw everything up.
 
THanks a lot. I appreciate your help, you guys are great.

It's just rough like anything else I've researched, conflicting info...like I see a web site like Grow Weed Easy saying DO THIS EXACTLY and then people here go "woaaaah that's INSANE you need to do THIS EXACTLY".
 
Also this grow is a mess, 4 random seeds, 2 clones that had their leaves burned, started in Bucket grows, moved to standard lights, then LED, etc....it's all over the place. So it's tough to assist.
 
Keep in mind that just like barf, advice runs the gamut of good to "scotts damper yo". Most people posting on those forums are like 16.
 
So the cococoir seem to be recovering they're much greener and the buds are getting bigger. One of the two clones is doing fine, ironically the one I thought would do the worst, little yellow but clearly more or less healthy. The last one is really yellow and wilting and I'm switching it to a flush for now. But I should get a decent yield!

I've decided to do a single 10 gallon plant for the next run in good soil, either one of my autoflower (because they're feminized) or I'll go pick up a clone so I can control the flowering cycle.
 
Just to be clear, since Tuesday evening'ish, you cut nutrients in half (i.e. returned to the recommended schedule from GO) and starting today you're flushing for 10-14 days?

If you go the clone route and if you like the sativa dominant cerebral effects, maybe consider a Dream Queen clone since they have a short flower of about 7 weeks.
 
Yes to the first part, not to the second...I'm pre-flushing just the one that's not doing well. I think there is 3-4 weeks left in flower so I'm waiting a bit before the main flush. I think in general I over-nuted the non-coco plants
 
Right on, that sounds good.

I'm already excited for your next round. :)
 
I gave my buddy 12 seeds and 5 survived the bugs and animals and he's growing them outside with just water. I'm sure 2-3 will be male but it's fun to see if he can get anything from a natural grow.
 
Brokenlink said:
CO2 would help a lot. Regardless, you might want to consider soil for your next batch. I use soil, add some bat guano, seaweed fertilizer, and water.
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Seriously, 40-60% more yield with a small CO2 system. About the coir, 50/50 with soil is a magic ratio. Lots of aeration, still holds water while you're at work.

I don't know what's more scattered, HHW's grow or this thread.

Yellowing during flowering might not need any correction, and likely won't reduce yield. I'm just glad to hear you haven't had mites or fungus. And you don't need expensive controllers for CO2. If you are around during lights on, open up the valve while ventilation is shut down and soak them. But, if you actually spend a lot of time with your plants, you are the CO2! Judging from your dedication to a sourdough starter, this might be enough. So much good used equipment on CL, there's bound to be a system out there for dirt cheap.
 
I see for really tall plants some growers do a 2nd level of trellis netting for the ScroG...does this make sense?
 
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