Simple nOOb instructions for growin' da dankness

[Raftastic]

I had a nice seedling that i put into a shady area but after the heat wave came through even with wet soil and watering after the 94 degree day, the lil guy burnt up without a fight. learned my lesson :thumbsup:

Yeah well 94d's in England this time of year just aint gonna happen i never put my seedling outside i just stick them on the window ledge.

Thanks for the reply, I now have them under sunlight so i'm hoping that should do the trick. Seems I have been struggling just to get the damn things to sprout, this is now my second batch after a first failed attempt. I'm also beginning to think im planting them to deep(1 inch)... just another thought. :jointsmile:

How about that suran wrap? Good to cover the pots with or no?

Also: Would MG Potting Soil be too strong for a young seedling? That's what i'm using ( couldn't find starter soul )

Thanks for the input!

That's too deep mate,go back the the start of the thread and look for Stinkys post on seedlings,everything you need to know to get started is in this thread & Stinky is always forthcoming answering any queries you have...

1/8th of and inch is as deep as they need.

[hudson88]

Hey stinky hope all is good,

I've got a question, I'm using bio bizz grow and bloom. i upped the nutes throughout flowering to a max of 3ml grow and 8ml bloom per litre at around 5 weeks. I'm just entering the 8th week of flowering and i'm feeding 1ml grow and 5ml bloom. I was intending to drop to around 1ml grow and 3ml bloom then do a flush for a couple of days. Does the backing off of my nutes sound ok or should i be lowering the bloom more or eliminating grow sooner etc? Have you got any tips or advice for feeding?

Thanks!

[stinkyattic]

Hey Hudson,
I think in a situation like you are in, even if you decide to run some 'grow' into flower (using a 3-part nute for example), a week before you flush, you should stop using it altogether anyway. I would not use even a low level of 'grow' nute within 2 weeks of harvest, but you can keep giving 'bloom' at full strength right until the flush starts. You should be able to see the leaves getting paler and slightly yellower after a few days of heavy flushing. That is desirable.

[hudson88]

Cool, i was thinking along those lines but would of probably kept a low dose of grow till the flush, i'll stop it right away tho, pretty sure i'm no more than 2 weeks from harvest.

I've been reading too many grow logs and getting some conflicting advice on the subject so needed some clarification from the master!

Thanks stinky, much appreciated

[Blaze87]

so i read your guide and i find it VERY useful. one thing i have a concern about though is i planted a stress seed and a kush seed. the stress plant is about 3 inches tall in a pot 7 inches tall and 7 1/2 inches wide. i know now that because of this the plant is concentrating on growing its roots instead of its leaves. my question is, can i transplant it to a smaller plant or just let it grow there? the stem is pretty thin but the leaves look healthy now that its been growing for 3 weeks. (just fyi) my kush plant is about an inch and a half tall after about a week in a pot 6 inches tall and 7 1/2 wide

[stinkyattic]

Don't try to put a plant in a smaller pot unless it is n emergency. If it looks healthy, leave it be. When you say 'stress seed' are you meaning a bag seed that came from a hermi pollination in a stressed grow environment?

[Kiviaa]

Do smaller plants bud faster slower or the same as taller plants


hey stinky were from the same state hell yea i live near the rhode island border near 495. what area u come from?

[Blaze87]

lol actually im not a 100% sure what stress really is, all i know is that on the streets its cheaper and weaker than kush or chronic. usually the buds are browner and more dense. we call it "poor smoker's weed". i planted it just for the hell of it cause im a first time grower and i just wanted to practice with it. then i got that kush seed (grandaddy i think) about a week later. so im hoping that at least ONE of them is a female. your guess at what a stress seed is sounds realistic though.

[Raftastic]

At what stage is it ok to add molasses ?

[stinkyattic]

Kiviia- Smaller plants bud exactly the same speed as taller ones, assuming that they are all sexually mature. After that point, the timing is all the same. If you flower early, before maturity, smaller plants will take longer to START budding, but will then finihs the same speed.
I'm somewhere along the CT river valley It's nice out here.

Raftastic- You can start adding molasses at any time after you start feeding real fertilizer, but as with anything, start WEAK and work up gradually. You don't need a ton of sugar to make a ton of difference. Just a tablespoon or so in a full gallon of water is plenty! Remember, in veg, it is not quite so aggressively used, and the primary way you want to give carbon is giving a LOT of CO2 by allowing constant air flow or even injecting it from a tank. In flower, that sugar added to the fertilizer is going to help bulk up your buds and help them produce all sorts of sticky goodness.