Quote Originally Posted by resistencia72
A few basic questions :
1-with a window with a few houres of direct sun,do i need such big lamps as 400w,OR AIR SUPLY from the outside,or just open the window?
2-what does it means "wash the substrat"(the dirt)-how to do it?
3-30% celsius day and 20%celsius night- is it good?
4-give two basic essencial adictive produts i need and can i by them in any plant growing shop or are they only referred marihuana produts to work ?
5-what do i do about dry weather?- can i "spring" them with plain water?
5-How shood the plants stay?-toghether , apart...-females,males,what?-What does one do with the males?- And the females?-Can they be closed to each other?-(ps-i´ve seen pictures about recognizing sexes,but nothing seems to explain what exactely do we do with them,both)
6-What do we harvest all toghether?- Do we smoke all the leaves or just the "midle" part(sorry,i don´t know the name of it-in spanish it´s "cogollos") ?

-Nothing ocurres to me right now,but thousands of questions pass thru my mind all the time. I´ll keep in touch if you permit me to take advantage of your experience-thank´s for all in advance- my english may seem to be good enough,but for more tecnical questions it gets a bit hard for me to understand,so it´s maybe a bit better for me to understand it if i read it in several diferent ways,like here and the book,and better if semidirect contact,direct questions on the way,on the field,from your own knowledge.With perseverance we will spread the weed! Spread the weed,bro!!!hehey!!
KEEP DOING IT !!!Resistencia.Cheers.

Hey Resistencia

Here's some answers to your questions.. hopefully it helps!

1. lighting is one of the most important things when growing. to grow the plant well, it needs an excess (more than) 15 hours daily. Most people put thier plants on 18/6 to start (18on/6of). To flower, you reduce the time that the plant is in the light. 12/12 . this tells the gene's in the plant that the days are getting shorter.. and it's time to bud and produce seeds.. but without a male around. there will be no pollen to make seeds.. we call this sensimilla.
Direct sunlight from a window a few hours a day.. will not be enough to grow your plant in the amount of time i'm sure you want to grow it in. try getting some fluorescent lighting. you don't need much, maybe 200w plus the direct light from the window.
- ventilation is important also, without it you can have moisture problems and having a fan on the plant makes the stems and stalks super strong.

2. (god this is gonna take a while)

2b."wash the substrat" . By this i think you mean flushing the soil. Basically, just water the pot until you see the water seep out of the bottom, then stop.
This flushes out all the old water out of the soil, and provides fresh nutrients to the plant.

3. 30c - 20c = 86f - 68f for a day/night temperature, that's fine.

4. you are going to need some bloom fertalizer, i suggest 5-15-5 or 10-15-10. you need to add this when the plant begins to flower. you can find this at a hardware store.. or any kind of home gardening center. really you don't need much else if you're growig with dirt.. growing hydro though, requires alot more nutrients.

5. Dry spells are bound to happen, if need be you can water it with plain "tap" water... let it sit out for a day to let any chemicals (probably chlorine) evaporate.

6. depeding if you have them in the ground or in pots, they can be really close together without problems... Males, you do not want unless you plan on making seeds for future planting.

7. when harvesting you can do one of many things... you can harvest the entire plant... or you can harvest just the colas and grow the plant again.. this is called double harvesting (i plan on doing this)

I really really really suggest picking up a book, as many answers as you'll get here. nothing compares to reading it yourself..

Happy growing.
Bob.
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