Recent content by shannonball

you clearly don't know what COBS are and how they operate or how effective they are in a grow. we've been growing since 1977 using a variety of lights, yes HPS works fine if you like a lot of heat, replacing 100 bulbs every year, not being to adjust the intensity. Maybe you should go to an HPS...

We've topped a Jack Herer and it developed very nice. We only tend to top our sativa's, sometimes our hybrids, depending on what they are. Our higher indica plants we don't touch. Your plant looks great!

we run 24/7 for two weeks then switch to 20/4 till finish. Always good yields (for auto's), healthy plants, happy growers.

We've transplanted auto's every grow and never an issue. Always within 10-12 days from pop which is before any pre-flowering.

we had an issue with our afghan ryder from world of seeds. grew like a crazy sativa. lanky, tall, craziest looking plant we ever grew. cropped it and tossed it out. Grew a pakistan ryder and got ~2 oz and it was exactly as described. Awesome night-time strain! We think there are better genetics...

we use 50/50 FFOF n Happy Frog and add in some for aeration and drainage. works great and doesn't breakdown like perlite does. 1.5 cu. ft. - Growstone GS-2

We have the nine COB setup Dan is recommending using the Vero 29c's and they rock our 52" x 60" space. we run them at about 75-85% .

that's from drying too fast and not curing properly. it has nothing to do with how you trim.

we grew a Y plant outside this year under a scrog method. most amazing plant we've ever grown. our own soil mix, only organic ferts, 17 gallon bucket. ended with 19.33 oz. It could handle everything we could throw at it fertilizer-wise and required more Cal-Mag than the others we grew this...

we run a 950 COB setup using the Vero 29c's. Our photoperiods did great the higher intensity @ ~75%, but the autoflowers we ran afterwards didn't like that intensity so we lowered to 50% and they did alright. Next year probably going a little lower than that for the autos. they were two blue...

you'll want to figure out a way to keep the roots warmer than the floor temp, look into heater pads or something along that line that keeps them at a constant temp. Our 950watt cobs put out some heat but it all rises to the top of our grow shed and towards the end of our grow, which was about...

we trim all our buds down as there's no need to keep them in "spears" and we find they cure more evenly. we don't want any stems or as little as possible in our curing. personal preference.

Finally someone with a voice of reason and knowledge. we were laughing at all the crazy comments regarding "why my weed smells like hay." Especially the person who said "poor genetics" that one was funny. As you said, "Growing is actually the easy part.. the hard part is drying and curing the...

you could flush out several times and gradually start adding fert's back in.

it's important to use what works for you personally and track it also. helps for fine-tuning.