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jlhaze said:

whats going on man i read ur thread most of it and seen u have some good infoi have a few question this is my first grow and i live in loft where everythings open and dnt have much space so i was gonna get one of these systems for now http://www.homegrown-hydroponics.com/ from the extreme series i wanted to knw ur feed back on using that and any infor u can give me on how many plants i can plant and what kinda yield shld i be expecting this is all temp shit till i get my house any advice would be useful thank you

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Sounds like a good plan temps should be around 75-85 degrees F. You can prob yeild an ounce a plant if grown mature enough before flowering. Good Luck

Also to add the amount of plants is limited to space you dont want to crowd them and you want to get good light on each plant make sure you order with cash less trace able or ship it to a dif locations that the growin zone.

haha u seem to be the person to ask hahah, pretty awesome that your here and listening, well i just ordered lowryder 2 from attitude, autoflowering females, i put a 150 wat cfl reflective foil and all other temp gizmoz and gadgets are invloved, but i was thinking i can fit two plants of i put them into milk jugs with the tops cut off, howver im not sure how much space that leaves them for roots, they are relativly small plant, 1-1.5 feet, how much space to you thing i need? also whats a good ph soil for these suckers?--- 150 watt cfl too much?

thanx
DaCurb

Thanks for answering, well I put 2 root down my question is what do you do if you have some that sprout but some that are still in the rooting stage? Say like I had to put another seed another day later due to the tap root not coming fully out? Should I put the light on even though the others are still trying sprout?

Ok so this is my first grow (outside), just begun sprouting and wondering when i should start giving my plant food..nuts. Also do i just buy at any local gardening store?

onefriedsoul said:

haha u seem to be the person to ask hahah, pretty awesome that your here and listening, well i just ordered lowryder 2 from attitude, autoflowering females, i put a 150 wat cfl reflective foil and all other temp gizmoz and gadgets are invloved, but i was thinking i can fit two plants of i put them into milk jugs with the tops cut off, howver im not sure how much space that leaves them for roots, they are relativly small plant, 1-1.5 feet, how much space to you thing i need? also whats a good ph soil for these suckers?--- 150 watt cfl too much?

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first of all you need more cfls the good thing bout them is that
they are cheap and effective i would get at least two to three cool cfls for veg and 4-5 warm cfls per plant for veg. Put them close to the plant 3-5 inches. I would plant them each at least in a 8x8x8 container that should be just fine. and if you are going to transplant for some reason 8x8x8 should be plent for low plants but trans plant be4 flowering so they dont get stunted and you end up with small buds. good luck

Slane420 said:

Thanks for answering, well I put 2 root down my question is what do you do if you have some that sprout but some that are still in the rooting stage? Say like I had to put another seed another day later due to the tap root not coming fully out? Should I put the light on even though the others are still trying sprout?

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Just to let you know this happens all the time each plant isnt 100% identical(unless it is a clone) you dont really need lights on the plants that havent sprouted but some seeds benefit from reaching to the light and the warmth so just throw it under the lights with the rest of em

can you keep clones as a mother plant

MaNiC said:

Ok so this is my first grow (outside), just begun sprouting and wondering when i should start giving my plant food..nuts. Also do i just buy at any local gardening store?

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I would wait until the plant has sprouted its first three leaves. When you feertilize....by the way nutes... little seedlings are fragile so 1/4 strength every two days until it gets bigger then you can sttrengthen the nutes. FEDDING THEM MORE FOOD WONT MAKE THEM GROW FASTER!!!!! for vegatation period get a 20-20-20 Npk ratio plant food this is what I use. For flowering when you put them under 12/12 lights use a fertilizer high in phosporus somethin like 8-34-8 or 12-55-12 something around that is fine it doesnt have to be exact. Be careful the less nutes is better than too much nutes and the plant to die. And yeah u can find any plant food at a hardware store or somewherelike that. Good luck

highagain420 said:

can you keep clones as a mother plant

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Technically the mother plant is the plant that i the cuttings are tooken from. But the clones when they mature enough prob can have cuttings took from them and become a mother plant itself when it matures enogh. If that is what you mean.

does any one else have questions be4 I go out and smoke a blunt???

smokinHerbOnDaCurb said:

Plants dont show signs of sex until they are put into flowering when you put your lights 12/12 after a week or so they will start to show sex white hairs = females GROUPS of balls =male these are ussually found near the axil of the leaves near the top of the plant the reason why I caps locked GROUPS is b/c some novice grower see pistils and automaticly think there males when they could be pistils about to sprout little white hairs. Wait if you see a couple of ball grouped ripem out unless you want seeds in your female buds. You could make hash out of the male plant but dont expect much.

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u can tell sex in the veg state if u know were 2 look, wait till the plant is 4-5weeks old and itl pre=flower, showing male or fem signs, U DONT REALY NEED TO SLAM HER INTO 12/12 TO TELL.

can you please tell me about 24 hr darkness between veg and flower
or is it better to go 48
what is the point to change the plant so it really ready to go to flower
why do we do this

jimmy130380 said:

can you please tell me about 24 hr darkness between veg and flower
or is it better to go 48
what is the point to change the plant so it really ready to go to flower
why do we do this

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i believe it is a day and a half (36hrs)

it is believed to reset the plants biological clock ready for flowering.

i dont know how true this is for the simple fact how could we get a day and a half darkness or even 24hrs???

once u give the plant its last 18 hrs of light ide let it sit in 12hrs dark, then switch to 12 hrs light, ur straight on the 12/12 schedule then???? wot u say?

ok sounds good
also people say to give them veg nutes for the first 2 weeks of flower
then switch to flower nutes any ideas on this

jimmy130380 said:

ok sounds good
also people say to give them veg nutes for the first 2 weeks of flower
then switch to flower nutes any ideas on this

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my guess is that people do it because it gives the plant a extra boost of nitrogen so it wont get deficient though out the flowering precess? in return keeping it nice and green

jimmy130380 said:

ok sounds good
also people say to give them veg nutes for the first 2 weeks of flower
then switch to flower nutes any ideas on this

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i would deffo carry on the veg nutes 2weeks into flower, when the plant streches wich it does in the first 2 weeks it will be looking for N, if u switch to early ur nutes wont have sufficient N and itl show on the plant via yellowing older fan leaves. ok bro

thank you thank you
thank you very much
all the help here is so quick and useful
good on you and riu

taffo143 said:

i would deffo carry on the veg nutes 2weeks into flower, when the plant streches wich it does in the first 2 weeks it will be looking for N, if u switch to early ur nutes wont have sufficient N and itl show on the plant via yellowing older fan leaves. ok bro

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best way to say thankyou is a quick little +REP. lol