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If you trim off the main cola, but in exchange are able to maintain a more even and manageable canopy that spreads more horizontally. In general, it is better to strive for maximum leaf area and bud sites in the area below the light, without allowing them to reach up into areas where the light...

Ok, I looked at the monster. Good work, she looks beautiful. It is a she, correct? I am not familiar with the term "lollipopping" either, but I would guess that it resembles a technique that I use when a plant approaches the burn zone. I simply pinch off the very top of the plant, a few...

MX450, excellent job getting your babies off to the right start. A couple of pointers that may be helpful. As others have advised, bright light is important to developing seedlings (especially to prevent stretch and fill the leaves out well) but you must be careful not to overdo it. A bright...

Thank you, Hobbes. Big Bill Watterson fan, btw. Sounds like I'm going to put Kali Mist on my holiday wishlist.

This tread has been insanely helpful. I have heard good things about Serious Seeds, and if a breeder can settle on just 5 strains to cultivate and offer, they must be the best that they have ever encountered. I may just have to make the room for a Kali Mist girl in my flowering jungle/room. I...

I sprouted a 10 pack of regular Satori seeds and got a 7/10 germination rate (probably an older pack, since I didn't get it direct from Mandala). They are still in veg, so I can't comment on much yet, but I know that this is the thread that I'll be reporting to- very well done. The stem smell...

I got 2 feminized seeds of Hawaiian Snow in the Sativa Mix pack from Greenhouse. I noticed a beautiful stem smell from one of the plants and sure enough, the aroma is present in the dried buds (along with some other surprising smells). I picked up the smell of wild grape from the stems in veg...

Don't put the seedling right under a 400W light! You have to do things gradually to keep the plants happy and healthy and vigorous through the whole process. Remember that any change in conditions takes energy away from the plant as it expends it attempting to compensate for the sudden change in...

That is a strange little bugger. I have had seeds sprout upside down before, not often, but around 1 in 100 or so will do it (depending on the genetics, of course). When they do sprout upside down, normally the root will redirect itself into the rockwool by curling back and inserting itself...

You can easily make a makeshift tent out of a 2 liter bottle with the bottom cut off. Place this over the cutting to raise the humidity during those first critical days when the plant is redirecting energy to make roots. Misting will surely help, but over misting and leaving the foliage...

Pretty much. You'll have to take into account the particular strain that you are working with to decide how many to plant initially. I would say around 6-12 plants in a 4x4 area, depending on how much the plants are expected to grow during flowering. Most indica plants bush out more but stay...

One thing that it could be is residual salt buildup in the coco. Since coconuts are processes on islands in the middle of the ocean, they use saltwater to wash and process. Higher quality coco mixes will do multiple fresh rinses to remove the salts, but if you don't give the stuff a good...

I grew a pack of 10 feminized AI seeds that a friend brought back from Amsterdam. I found that the strain, or at least the batch of seeds that I got, was very unstable. I got about 3 plants worth keeping, while the rest were either too stretchy or sensitive to pH/nutrient levels. I also...

I have heard of dressing wounds with honey to prevent infection, so I would imagine that honey would act similarly with the end of a cutting. However, a wound is not going to be kept moist like a cutting would be, and much of honey's anti-microbial activity is due to it's high osmotic pressure...

I have ordered on 3 separate occasions from Sensible Seeds, and have received my order within 13-20 days. That's really quite good for overseas delivery. The charge on your credit card just says sensible group and then a long number. The packaging is crush proof and very ordinary looking. All...