Recent content by Mummyscurse

What is the growing medium you're using...looks like pine bark chips, primarily? Just read a long article about using non-soil mixes that drain incredibly fast, featuring pine bark chips, in conjunction with a "wick" watering system. Very interesting watering method... I've sent your picture...

That's reassuring, and comforting. Thankyou... My only personal references are the two crops preceding this one. In those instances, the plants showed their precious white hairs in one week or less...same plant stock as this crop. It must have something to do with the respective ages of the...

My latest attempt to grow for buds has been approached with a new set of informational tools, gathered here for the most part. This time around I let the babies grow to a nice size without my usual excessive prunning. They received over six weeks of veg, and were about 18" - 20" tall, on...

I decided to check my eBay purchases, and contact the seller about the bags. Much to my surprise, the eBay page showing the mylar I purchased, also showed his "gift" to the purchaser....yep, five Oxygen Grow Bags. They are, indeed, a product for growers. And, contrary to my suposition, they...

Yea, my Google search turned up nothing that looked at all relevant. Probably making much more of this than the bags deserve, but my curiousity has been piqued, so I'd like to follow it through a while longer. Just took some snapshots with my Sprint phone...tried to be as steady as I could...

I apologize if this question is being posted in the wrong category. I ordered a roll of mylar from an eBay seller, to line my grow area, and was pleased to learn that he was out of 25' rolls, and instead sent a 100' roll (way more than I need for now, but a nice surprise, nonetheless). While...

RAGE isn't a balanced nutrient, as such, if I superficially understand what it purports to do. RAGE largely contains Chitosan, a fairly new blooming agent. Here is one discussion of it's properties: http://www.maximumyield.com/article189.htm

Although, as I've mentioned in prior posts, I am not new to growing my own smokeables, I am new to forcing bud growth. My latest "crop" of six clones from known females is ready to go 12/12. Can't wait to see those first, white spikey tips! I've scratched down a few notes, as I've read...

And....with a bit more Google searching, and to muddy the "waters" further, I found this interesting bit of text at: http://www.lenntech.com/deionised-demineralised-water.htm ==================================================== Pure water by definition is slightly acidic and distilled water...

We don't have the hardest water, in our community (filtered, Lake Huron water), but I took the added step of purchasing an inline water filter, that I'll hook up to a garden hose outlet, from which I'll fill my watering containers. Just wondering if there are likely to be any important trace...

Regarding that link in my above post...ummm, that's what I get for lighting up a bowl during the day! :D Actually, now that I think about it, that's an interesting thought. How about a poll... "How many of you are totally stoned while you're reading and responding to posts?" Pass...

Interesting thread, because like the poster of another thread, I too bought a cheapo Rapitest PH meter, and have become increasingly aware of the crucial need for a PPM and EC tester, as well. I expect to hear that the Rapitest tester is not sufficiently accurate for the task at hand, but in...

If your lights are at their highest point, I can't see that you have much choice, but to either top them [cut off the highest bud(s)], which will shock the plant and set it back a bit; or you'll have to do a late-in-the-day LST (low stress training), which amounts to pulling the highest branches...

Makes plenty of sense, W ï l l. I hadn't thought about the clay leaching nutes, and "time releasing" them back into the soil, when watered. As for the weight of the pots, just think how healthy we'd be, moving those buggers around all the time...who needs aerobics and progressive-resistance...

Before diving into these forum posts, the past couple weeks, I had astonishingly little knowledge of the importance of getting oxygen to a plant's roots! If this is so, however, why do I see NO photos of crops being grown in clay pots? If it's important, when growing in soil, to allow the...