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I have an extraordinarily busy schedule (can't provide details to protect privacy) and I find that smoking really good weed while drinking coffee allows me to do my best work. It may not be for everybody, but I feel that the government and law enforcement officials might be better directing...

Hello, It appears that the appearance of trichromes changes somewhat over a slow cure. In particular, I've noticed that some of the clear trichs become somewhat milkier and that all trichromes seem to shrink somewhat and change shape slightly. Is this normal? Details: 3-4 days of air cure...

Purchase an inexpensive 40x or better toy microscope available for less than $20 on eBay. As Thorn implies, examining trichromes is the best way to tell when to harvest. If they are all clear, you are harvesting too early. If they are all amber, you will become very, very good friends with your...

Any chance of transplanting and bringing them indoors? They look like they have quite the way to go. GD

I would build it taller and have an adjustable mechanism for your light so that you can keep it close to the plants as they grow. Of the dozen or so flowering plants I have at the minute, none are shorter than 36"; if you add the height necessary for the light fixture, then you have even less...

Ed Rosenthal among others suggest that growing beyond 17" or so may lead to diminishing returns. Their logic is that once you enter the flowering phase, plants may double to quadruple in size, and it is difficult to provide adequate lighting to the bottom of the plants. Of course, this is just...

Given that two of the eight clones don't look so good, I should probably learn how to do it as you suggest. There are a number of good guides in the FAQ section for me to review. GD

Here is the news so far: after about 8 days, two of the clones rooted beautifully, so I've transplanted them to soil. They look good so far. Of the remaining six plants, two (Dumpster) have me concerned as they look like they are dying. The remaining four have yet to root in any meaningful way...

As far as how long to keep the 24 hours, there are a range of answers. Keep in mind that your plant may grow two to three times the height at which it enters flowering; so if vertical space is a consideration, consider height a factor. Many, Ed Rosenthal for example, suggest that anything beyond...

I counsel patience.... Try going to a 14 hour dark / 10 hour light cycle, and make certain that you have no light pollution whatsoever. Best of luck, GD

I understand that approach works very well, but I haven't tried it. I suspect that it would work more quickly than what I have here, but given that I am so new at this, I wanted to try something more familiar.

Thank you for the replies. I suppose that I could paint the portion below the support or use some other method to darken the root area. I won't be doing so much of this as I only grow for myself and to share with close friends, but it is nice to know that if I have a good plant to start, I...

If you try to upload the same pictures twice, or pictures with the same names, the forum will block it to save resources. As far as the female not flowering, I would be patient. Males flower earlier, and flowering may take as long as 60 days once you move to the 12/12 cycle. Keep in mind that...

I was in a hydroponics store the other day, and I saw that they sold devices for cloning. Being frugal, I gasped at the prices and decided to make my own. In my basement, I found this glass container. It may have been a baby bottle sterilizer or some such. The first picture gives you an idea of...

Echoing some of the above: I used Miracle Grow soil for a while, and I have come to understand the problems with time-release chemical nutrients. If you run into a problem with too many nutrients, it is harder to bring things back into balance. I've moved to using Fox Farms soil and Earth...

I don't think that I would flush if I were you. Unless you see nutrient burn, there would be no benefit in doing so, and you may cause damage. A couple of things: 1) When you water, do so thoroughly, and then don't water again until the upper layer of the soil shows drying. 2) A company...

Thanks to all for responding. I did this once before on my first grow, and things turned out fine. I was willing to take the risk as I was using bag seed just to learn (as it turns out, though, I have a number of really nice plants as a result--just had to watch for the pesky male plants) but...

Hello and thank you for reading my post. I have some plants that I've moved from my nursery to the flowering room. A few of the plants have doubled in size in just over a week--16" to 34" (it is a strain called Candy). I am thinking that the container is no longer large enough, and that...

A quick note about some of the new compact fluorescent bulbs. I have two rooms: one for vegetative growth, and a second for flowering. I don't have the funds for what I would like in each room, so I have a 1000 watt HPS in my flowering room and use compacts for cloning and vegetative growth...

Such good advice! I hacked my whole primarily indica plant because all of the buds were maturing at approximately the same rate. I have two primarily sativa plants, and I've been picking on a bud-by-bud basis. I have another five primarily indicas that are swelling up now; I'm looking forward...