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Here's my White Widows at week 5. Im using Botanicare Pro Bloom plus Advanced Nutrients, "Big Bud", in Hempys. (img)https://www.rollitup.org/members/old-fat-hippy-154773-albums-old-fat-hippy-s-garden-joy-pict(/img)

I dont know anything about CFL. I use a 600w HPS. My current White Widow is in its fifth week of 12/12 and has buda 6-9 inches long and very fat. WTH??? And WHY "no nires yet"? What are you waiting for? As I said, Im not hip to CFL. But trust me...thiose plants should be WELL into making...

Well, it sounds like you've got a long-flowering strain. Keep looking at the trichs every couple days and in a week or two it will probably be ready to harvest. I believe it's 20-30% ambers you want to see. I read a post recently (in here, I believe, in the Harvest/cure section) where this guy...

Im so glad you said that! I use white vinegar because my water is from a spring, and I guess it's full of minerals. 1/4 tsp is all it takes to get a gallon just perfect and like you said...hey, everybody's got a bottle of vinegar! Dixie

THANKS SO MUCH! The pics were so helpful, too. Im dying to amke some cookies! Now...how big a chunk is a serving? OFH

Here's my Hempy Pitchers, if you're interested. These are White Widow in third week of 12/12 https://www.rollitup.org/members/old-fat-hippy-albums-old-fat-hippy-s-garden-joy-picture69302-img-0177-white-widows-hempy.html

I was in the same position a year ago...thinking about growing and feeling despair looking around for affordable GOOD soil. Miracle Grow AINT it, LOL...I know, cuz I TRIED it. Then I made my oin mix out of peat, mushroom comost and a little perlite. Then I read some post about this thing...

Well...that's why a lot of experienced growers say to NOt waste money on "feminised" seeds. One out of five is likely to be male...which is pretty much true across the board with regular seeds. One out of five will be male. So....why waste the bucks? Cool temps the first four weeks, proper pH...

I have a friend who swears the best dope he ever smoked was off a plant a guy kept growing, year after year, in a window. Beats me. In general, I believe that MJ IS an anual, not a perenial. However, IF you keep it from dying in the winter, theoretically, you could keep it alive, maybe...

No problem. I do it all the time because I start seeds in pellets, then switch to Hempy cups when I see roots. Just soak the whole pot, plant and all until the soil washes away. OFH

Are you sure? Reason I ask is...my plants didnt show "balls" intil the 9th and 10 day. Your showed balls in the first seven days? That seems strange...strange too, to have so many males. Can you show us a pic? That's really sad! Old Fat Hippy

Good on ya!! Im close to my first "serious" harvest, too. Might just happen to have a pic of one bud...somewhere...

I think the problem with BIG plants is, anythihjng short of 1000w HPS cant penetrate to the bottom of the plant, anyway. So...what's the point? I mean...why do you want a "tree"? Outside with sun, sure! But inside? Im just curious as to why you want a BIG one....and what kind of light are...

yes...dammit. EVERY time! I get one or two BIG FAT Happy plants and a whole bunch of little, dainty ones...and you can BET them bigs will turn out to be males. Somebody explained it to me this way: It Nature's way. The males get bigger sooner so they will tower ABOVE the girls and have...

Im getting more and more respect for CFL! But Im confused...you said you have three 300 watt CFL? Isnt that just a little less wattage than a 1000 w HPS? Reason I ask is, is there some reason to not go ahead and get a 600 or 1000 HPS? Just for the sake of comparison, here's a plant under a...