Wanna Ask The Old Farts A Question?

[paladin420]

Well I'm pretty sure there is a thread or two on how to upload and post pictures. And links you can just copy and paste or type out the address and it'll be clickable. Cute sayings I'm not sure about what you mean still. If as a signature that appears in every post there may be a thread or two on that I'm not sure. I know you set those options under the user control panel but off the top of my head I don't know how to explain it.

Alot of these functions you're talking about are also in the message editor which is what comes up if you quote to reply to someone's post or use the new post button. If you use the quick post button then you get a "lite" message editor without those functions but you can go to the advanced editor as an option. In the Advanced editor though, just above the area where you type your message in, there are controls for things like bold, Italics, Underline, text orientation, bullet lists, fonts, size of text, smilies, attaching files, inserting hyperlinks, inserting images and so on. Each is represented by symbols most recognize such as the Dark capaital B for bold. If you hold your mouse curser over it and your computer's software has the capability, it should tell you what function each symbol is for.


Oh yes thankyou that was a big help. I also found out I have a good' reputation' ?? wow! how very strange.

 

[Sgt.Stedenko]

Great thread!

 

[HempKat]

Thanks

 

[psychedelic]

hello guys!just a quick question cause im new in grow i buy some perlite to mix with the soil and i dont know,i must wash with water before use or not?
happy growing to all

 

[HempKat]

hello guys!just a quick question cause im new in grow i buy some perlite to mix with the soil and i dont know,i must wash with water before use or not?
happy growing to all

You shouldn't have to, just mix it in with your soil. Many people try to shoot for a 60%/40% mix if it's just perlite. Meaning 60% potting soil, 40% perlite. Some people like to mix in stuff called vermiculite in which case you would still do 60% soil but only 20% perlite and the other 20% would be the vermiculite.

 

[lbezphil2005]

Just try not to breathe in too much of the dust from the perlite, not good for the lungs I've been told.

 

[GoozMan]

thanks!

thanks!

Hey guys, just wanted to say thanks for some advice you gave me here a couple months ago about extending the wires to some sockets. Here's what I put together, particularly with lbezphil's help:




...which is powering this:



Thanks again!

 

[paladin420]

Hey Hcat are these modern tents tight enough for co2? Guys borg problem was so freakin bad I could not tell if it was effective. Thanks in advance

 

[benjuanman]

hey guys was wondering if having less then 12 hrs light can stress a plant the same as interrupting the dark period? the reason i ask is ive accidentally left my light off twice now for about an hour one time and 24 hours a second time, when they shouldve been turned back on once i had finished in the bloom room. hope yous can understand wat im sayin thnx

 

[paladin420]

hey guys was wondering if having less then 12 hrs light can stress a plant the same as interrupting the dark period? the reason i ask is ive accidentally left my light off twice now for about an hour one time and 24 hours a second time, when they shouldve been turned back on once i had finished in the bloom room. hope yous can understand wat im sayin thnx

Hey, I don't think a couple mishaps should b a problem. Try not to make a habit of it. When ever I hav light cycle changes I make sure I give a solid 24 hours+ in the dark. That may just b Voodoo,but I reveg @ nearly 100% Good luck

 

[AtMos1]

Hello I have a question for all the old timers, basically its what type of soil & nuts were used back in the day...Miracle gro? if so what was done to it in terms of preparing it for cannabis? straight out the bag or amended? I only ask because I presume that choices were limited during the era which most of you guys began the trade (should I say art of growing) and secondly I've tried the MG stuff (the organic yellow brownish potting soil mix)out the bag before with poor results (i.e purpuling stems/veins to almost instant death) imma try FFOF this time around but I know that MJ is nothing new under sun (by the way im planning on an indoor 2x2x4 run)

 

[paladin420]

Hello I have a question for all the old timers, basically its what type of soil & nuts were used back in the day...Miracle gro? if so what was done to it in terms of preparing it for cannabis? straight out the bag or amended? I only ask because I presume that choices were limited during the era which most of you guys began the trade (should I say art of growing) and secondly I've tried the MG stuff (the organic yellow brownish potting soil mix)out the bag before with poor results (i.e purpuling stems/veins to almost instant death) imma try FFOF this time around but I know that MJ is nothing new under sun (by the way im planning on an indoor 2x2x4 run)

Indoors I did and do hydro. Old school was pea stone 5 gallons. I still love hydroton. Outdoors I looked for soil that had little or no perlite. Locally we hav access to a very good organic compost,worm casings,poop,it's got it all. FF is a good product it seems to vary from location to loc. Remember any good soil will only need PHed water for quite some time. Addin nutes can lead to 'instant death'. check out the soil forum, this site in freakin full up educational. Good luck !!

 

[w2008]

hi there all, i have been growing for a fair time, but have only now become interested in breeding. i have a nice indica leaning afghani, which i crossed with a male euforia from DG's, now my Q is, the seeds are basically two sizes, will the smaller seeds mean more indica traits? assuming they are all ripe, thanks for you help oz, OF

 

[paulo73]

A quick one.
Is it true that seeded weed is not in an particular way weaker than sensimilla one?

 

[lokes]

A quick one.
Is it true that seeded weed is not in an particular way weaker than sensimilla one?

Tough question. I do know seeded is harder to sell than sensi.
According to Dj Short he prefers seeded plants for potency.

Lot's of backlash on that theory, but he say's that's the true way for a plant to go thru it's life cycle; therefore a better end result.

 

[HempKat]

Hey Hcat are these modern tents tight enough for co2? Guys borg problem was so freakin bad I could not tell if it was effective. Thanks in advance

I have never used a tent so I couldn't say for sure. I know you need the space to be completely air tight sealed to maximize the use of co2 and I'm inclined to think most tents can't provide that. Personally I've never used co2 either. To me it seems like unless you're in a place where heat is always going to be an issue, that it's just not worth it.

 

[HempKat]

hey guys was wondering if having less then 12 hrs light can stress a plant the same as interrupting the dark period? the reason i ask is ive accidentally left my light off twice now for about an hour one time and 24 hours a second time, when they shouldve been turned back on once i had finished in the bloom room. hope yous can understand wat im sayin thnx

Well the flowering response is triggered by the length of the dark period. So the only real result of the light period being shortened is that the plant doesn't get as much photosynthesis in that day. Not necessarily something you want to encourage but it shouldn't stress the plant much if at all. Of course you can avoid all this by putting your lights on a timer so you don't have to be there for the lights to come on.

 

[HempKat]

Hello I have a question for all the old timers, basically its what type of soil & nuts were used back in the day...Miracle gro? if so what was done to it in terms of preparing it for cannabis? straight out the bag or amended? I only ask because I presume that choices were limited during the era which most of you guys began the trade (should I say art of growing) and secondly I've tried the MG stuff (the organic yellow brownish potting soil mix)out the bag before with poor results (i.e purpuling stems/veins to almost instant death) imma try FFOF this time around but I know that MJ is nothing new under sun (by the way im planning on an indoor 2x2x4 run)

I know alot of folks have had bad experiences with Miracle Grow products and growing MJ but I also know alot of folks that used them with good result. I know I've done plenty of indoor grows with just the regular Miracle Grow enriched potting soil with little to no problems. This newer organic version of their stuff though doesn't seem as good to me either. Now in the old days when I was young and first getting started, I was fortunate enough to have a friend who was real good at making his own soil blended with compost and organic nutrients although I never learned his secret for making it. Now that stuff was dynamite. It was all outdoor then and with my friend's soil all you ever had to do was water.

If you can afford Fox Farm soil go ahead it's a decent product. I've heard lots of folks complain about fungus gnats with Fox Farm soils though so watch out for pests.

 

[HempKat]

hi there all, i have been growing for a fair time, but have only now become interested in breeding. i have a nice indica leaning afghani, which i crossed with a male euforia from DG's, now my Q is, the seeds are basically two sizes, will the smaller seeds mean more indica traits? assuming they are all ripe, thanks for you help oz, OF

I don't think it works that way, it would be nice if it did but the only way to know a seed's potential is to grow it out. Also keep in mind that the seeds resulting from when you first cross two strains (F1's) is going to for the most part give you a 50/50 representation of the traits of the two parents. However when you move to subsequent generations (F2 and beyond) you will see more and more variation as the recessive genes express themselves. Such that the plant produced might be rather disappointing compared to the F1 stage.

 

[HempKat]

A quick one.
Is it true that seeded weed is not in an particular way weaker than sensimilla one?

That's kind of a tough call, depends on how you define things. As far as the chemical makeup of the resin no I don't think so. Where the difference lies though is that since seed is not really smokable you get alot less smokable material. Also once a plant is pollinated most of it's resources goes into growing the seeds and less into producing new flowers and resin.

So seeded bud might not be less potent but it's certainly less concentrated then sensimilla style bud.