Recent content by BossHoggins

At sea level pressure, 60F water holds 10% more dissolved Oxygen than 70F water. It's really not a big deal. The biggest deal with temp vs oxygen levels is how long it holds the oxygen and how long it takes to absorb it. Colder water holds it longer and absorbs it faster. The same is true...

I must be missing something here. You are using hydro and don't know what to do with water? Not tryin to be a jerk, but you need to do some major research and probably start with some soil.

Does our international mail come through LA when ordering from Europe via 'airmail'? I'm thinking about ordering some seeds and see all of the horror stories about Chicago nabbing them. Thanks!

An injunction against enforcement of the 25 mile rule would make anybody with a card able to cultivate without fear of prosecution from the state, assuming they abide by all other rules regarding cultivation. Since cultivation rights are approved based solely on the 25 mile rule, this is how I...

Looks like it needs calcium to me. I dunno about ffof, but I know the fox farms nutes lack it. I add calmag and silica supplements when using their line.

Of course you can. C'mon man. It's arguments like that which make law makers not take the issue seriously. --------- See.. like the newsletter said, we are dealing with federal laws here when it comes to guns, and to them marijuana is a no no. Seems perfectly clear to me. I view the state...

I don't do ebb and flow, but is there a chance that it didn't get water for some reason? Sounds to me like it dried out. That, or a pet got to it.

I'd make sure to use a control bucket with such a small set of grow buckets. I've never done less than 5 gallon buckets because I worry about large ppm and ph fluctuations. More water = more room for error and less babysitting and topping off. Water capacity is pretty much the only buffer we...

Ahh, good. Yeah, I should have said I wait at least 3 months to test it, too. I don't start in on it for at least a year, either.

If you can, age your meads for at least 3 years. It's worth it, but often times totally impossible. I don't touch mine for at least 3 months.

Also, people have experimented the F outta brewing beer over the ages. One of the first published beer recipes involved putting an entire chicken in the primary fermentor. The Germans are very, VERY particular about their beer. Especially when it comes to the names. You can't add -ator to...

I call prickly pear "pussy wetter" cause mine comes out pink (I have it available locally and use fresh fruit) and the chicks LOVE it. Although, it's technically not a mead if you add fruit to it, it's called a melomel.

Just a few notes from me.. "some sort of grain where the sugar has been enhanced somehow" is incorrect. The grain is malted. That means it is germinated and then halted at a very specific time during the germination, giving you a bunch of starches and enzymes. When you cook your wort, two...

Ok, so.. maybe add them during the aroma hopping for the last 5 minutes and just be sure to cool it quickly? Maybe even some at every 'hop drop'? My beers are quite floral when I cool it down really fast.

I think an extract (no idea which would be best - I don't really know much about them like the cookers here I'm sure do) for kick and dry hop some nugs for flavor is the way to go if you want the complete package in a beer. Hmmmn. You want the buds to be a dominant flavor.. Hops and cannabis...