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    Gardeners Corner Tips - Hints

    So Here you are in the Gardeners corner. posts in this thread will be full of tips and tricks of the trade us gardeners use. from recycling old cd's too making your own greenhouse you will find it all here in this topic. a kinda one stop shop with ideas and tips. please feel free too add...
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    Garden tool/knife what is better ?

    hi everyone with living in the uk comes strict rules about knifes in general, ebay has stopped the sale of them in the uk too. im looking for a decent gardeners blade, not one of these multitool billion in one job but a plain gardeners knife. i would like to know where i can find a...
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    Lemon Tree's how hard can it be ?

    ok maybe a silly idea but!! after making a lovely lemon cake i had left over a good selection of seeds. i washed of with some of my 24hr standing water too clean of most acid left from the lemon itself. i now have 6 lemon seeds from a comercial grown lemon on windowsill drying out. i...
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    The Gro-Bag Veg Garden Monthly

    so with the seasons close i decided too start work on my back garden its overgrown from 10 yrs resting and overcome by bindweed. now it is going too take a good 6-10 months too fix so i needed something quick and easy. a local browse and i found growing bags for £1 gbp each. now in the uk...
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    Pepper Crossbreeding ?

    i have two types a salad bell pepper and a cayenne hot pepper. both will be growing in a small yard/patch 6x6m3. my problem is i know crossbreeding can occur with peppers and wont mind, BUT how hot would the sweet peppers become if i grew the seeds ? i would realy like too harvest my own...
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    2 weeks flowering NO trichomes

    hi everyone. my bagseed has been in flower for the past nearly two weeks. temps are at 85f on / 69f off. she is soil based grow feeding every 4-5 days. and feeding on molasses/bonemeal, she gets 60w CFL 2700k for 12/12 ( three CFL 20w'ers) side shoots are very short stocky and full of...
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    60w max rated cable = 11w CFL ?

    well i phoned my local electrical shop too get some higher wattage CFL's. my bayonet fittings are able too take 60w max and are of a bathroom type (none corded). so i ask shop for a cfl thats around 40w ( actual watt). woman starts spouting that i cant use a 40w actual watt cfl in my fitting...
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    molasses subsitute ? Natural molasses sugar

    hi everyone. couldnt get hold of any molasses, store had sold out. but they have this: Billingtons: Natural molasses sugar, Unrefined sugar cane. it is a dark brown sugar made from unrefined sugar cane. could i use this while i find some real molasses ? too help with my flowering...
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    Red'ish coloring on fan leafs

    the two puctures in attachment shows what i mean. i have noticed over last few days /week. than my fan leaves are getting a red'ish color too the leaves. it strats from centre and moves out towards the leaf edges. plant in general is very healthy and a lush green except when closer inspection...
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    Red coloring on fan leaves

    hi everyone just wondering if fan leaves should take on a redish color. i have noticed over past week or so my fan leaves have a lush green look but they also when looked at carefuly have a red'ish tint too them also. is this bad or could it just be the strain showing. taking pictures...
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    what do you think

    hi everyone want your opinions. attachments show the plant at 1 week old and onwards, with LST ongoing. plant recieves as much natural sunlight as possible and then topped up with a 20w 2700k CFL in a 19-15-15 inch cab. im wanting to know rougly its satvia.indica mix. how long i should...
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    Amp / MAh electrical help

    well guys need too know about a charger i have aquired imput 240 ~ 50hz output 5v-60ma Dc/ 10v-60ma Dc now on the back of my fan its says 12v- 0.48amp Dc can i hook the fan upto the 10v-60ma and run the fan safely and without overheating the charger ? how does one convert...
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    Fluro tube end caps loose !! help

    hi everyone i have 3x 15 inch fluro tubes, all have had 7hrs use. i went too install tubes as extra sidelighting, as i was doing this i noticed three endcaps on the 3 tubes was loose. the metal end caps rattle and are loose too the touch. now im worried as i have them installed and...
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    MG liquid fert help

    erm ok i know alot of growers frown upon MG and scotts branded feed. so i have some MG infact a full bottle left from a hanging basket purchase. the nuet numbers are 0.02-0.02-0.02 the liquid is green and dosage is 1 cap every 7/14 days. no mention about if it needs watering in etc...
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    Help/advice choosing a small size strain

    hi everyone i need some advice/help finding some small hybrid indica's for my micro grow. so far the list is: lowryder/lowryder II dwarf/ak now i have a 1ft square cab and want maxium from it with small grow trees :D. im going too be going full 12/12 from seed and would like a low smell...
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    GU10 Fluro (halogen/CFL) idea

    well the pc grow cab is coming together i have sourced my lighting. venting and a ghetto style carbon filter, soil and a good source of clean good rain water. fluro tubes at 12 inch long are going too be a squeeze and i have now found they start at 8w. so bang goes the fishtank lighting...
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    The main 15 types of organic fert

    Guano Typical nutrients: 10-3-1, but variable depending on origin Application rate: 5 pounds per 100 square feet Cost: varies between $1 and $7 per pound Availability of nutrients: Fast Cow Manure (composted) Typical nutrients: 2-0-0 Application rate: 12 pounds per 100 square feet...
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    Activated Carbon: The Numbers

    hi first of no flaming in thread !! you will respond in a adult fashion. well here goes, there are certain things you need too find about your active carbon, below is what they are and what they do. Iodine content of the activated carbon will be an indication of how porous it is. The...
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    cutting advice: it's dead i think

    sorry no pic's as my cam has no vista drivers. here is what happened. knock at door and handed a plant. wrapped in plastic bag i find a very poor plant, damage too leaves from bugs, npk problems, been butchered for what it looks like pre flowers, and grown in uk outdoors. strain unknown but...
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    HomeMade rooting tea

    had a plant given too me in a very sorry state. wilted too nothing heat damage the lot you name it this plant has the t-shirt. i havent any rooting powder so done a quick google and came up with this. ""To make rooting hormone soak the yellow-tipped shoots of a weeping willow tree in...
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