Recent content by gusman4

I did an outdoor Malawi and a golden tiger by Ace seeds this last season. Both actually finished by mid late October but I started them inside which seems to shorten flower by a couple weeks for me. Im western Slope Coloardo warm and low humidity. I like strong sativas and these definitely...

Semor90- I also am a big fan of the nemotodes I use them on my plants and yard every grow season and have never had a problem with gnats, fleas, grubs or any soil born pest really. I also use beneficial insects for other pest control. I get my beneficials at hydro-gardens inc which is local...

Bargar- i believe sub once wrote you might want to add a small amount of cal/mag to RO water when using it with super soil. This might of changed though. I just filter the chlorine out and use the tap water with great results.

Calibers are the way to go take the guess work out of it. Here's a great thread. http://www.icmag.com/ic/showthread.php?t=156237

I think I used eBay too. I would get them where you can find them the cheapest.

Bundee, check this thread out this could really help, lots of great info and takes the guess work out of drying and curing. https://www.icmag.com/ic/showthread.php?t=156237

Here is a great thread that shows you how to take the guess work out of curing. It ends up perfect every time. I'm sure after years of drying and curing buds you could do it without the hygrometers but why not use them and give yourself some piece of mind. I've been using this method for a...

I've got three they are great takes the guess work out of curing. There is a great thread on icmag's site by Simon that goes through the whole process.

I've done rdwc, soil with nutrients and the organic composting method discribed by subcool. Organics is by far the least time consuming and the end product has the best quality. With subs method all I do is water no worring about ph, ppm and no ridiculously priced nutrients. A little less...

You should be good. Humic acid helps your micro herd and helps make nutrients available to your plant. Humic acids are primarily found in manure, peat, lignite coal, and leonardite. Leonardite is a highly oxidized form of organic matter and the source for our humic acids. Humic acids work...

Turbo, They look great I wouldn't worry about a few old fan leaves fading and dying looks like you might be staring to your fade too. I usually start getting fade 2-3weeks before they are done your looking like your right on track. You can always top dress if it starts to fade to early.

I find that i get a little more quantity with hydro but quality is better with super soil. Tastes and smells seem to be more defined with the S.S. Haven't done tried SOG with it yet. I have never had and fluctuations in Ph i don't even bother phing anything anymore just let tap water sit out a...

gear looking good. I wait till my feel dry on the outside and the stems crack but don't snap. Check out this thread it makes for foolproof drying and curing. http://www.icmag.com/ic/showthread.php?t=156237

Woody's right. If your ppm is dropping your plants are eating more of your nutrients than they are drinking water so your nutrient solution is becoming more diluted. This will also make your ph swing a bit as your ppm goes down you ph will rise. When your ppm starts to stay constant and your...

Sounds like fungus gnats. Lots of ways to get rid of them. Chemicals, Sand, Nematodes just to name a few.