Biggest Growing Mistakes...

[Mr. Clandestine]

Eff you Powdery Mildew! Eat 0.074% QST 713 Strain of Bacillus subtilis!

LOL! Just out of curiosity, did you pick that up from a Home Depot/Lowe's-type store, or did you have to get it from a garden retailer?

[norkali]

Tried Home Depot, OSH, no luck. Went to the good ol' hydro store. :thumbsup:

[Mr. Clandestine]

Tried Home Depot, OSH, no luck. Went to the good ol' hydro store. :thumbsup:

Gotcha, I didn't think I had ever seen that on the shelves of the big outlets... and I've heard growers from this forum talk about Serenade on numerous occasions. I'll have to pick some up next time I've got some money to burn at the hydro shop. Thanks for the update!

[texas grass]

so far my biggest things is waisting money on inefficency

i wouldnt use cfls. i would use floro tubes. they run cooler. give way better light spread. more lumens per watt. bulbs usually last longer. and their cheaper to set up


on fans dont get the pc style fans. exhausting hid lighting needs to have a quality inline fan(vortex, canfan, fantech, ect). exhausting cfls or floro tubes a booster fan will do the trick. pc fans are ineficient, loud, and cant push/pull air under a load that good.



dont mess with chemical ferts. cost more. need more. unhealthy for the soil and the plant itself

[grey1223]

The dumbest thing I did when starting out was trying to understand what a cutting was. Hell, I was placing a single fan leaf in a glass of water and coudn't understand what was wrong. There was a leaf and a stem, what else would one need? Once I knew what to use as a cutting (needs nodes) that was the end of that problem.

Nice dog. My only problem with Rotti's is when they get a drink it seems 50% winds up on the floor for about 15 feet. I guess dogs are a little off target here but I have to share this story. I grew up with dogs and always had one as a pet. Well, years ago while I was taking my Dobi to class for training and while there I noticed some dogs traing in those sets where they go through a kind of obstacle course. Anyway, I noticed some extrordinary feats by a couple of standard poodles. I thought to myself they must be smart suckers plus they are a large dog(which I always preferred). So about 10 years ago when it was time to get a new dog I bought a Standard Poodle. He turned out to be a great pet, but then the wife starting looking at the poodle rescue site. I tried to warn her that 2 dogs are 4 times the work of one dog but I lost and she rescued another poodle. Well this sucker is huge. It's a Royal Standard. My standard poodle weighs 65lbs and this rascal is weighs 105lbs. Hell, I didn't even know there was such a thing as a Royal Standard. When this guy barks children and pets run and hide and the squirls leave the neighborhood.

[Weedhound]

I LOVE standard poodles. Not crazy about any of the small ones.....smart they may be...but I absolutely ADORE the Standards. They rule!!

[Mr. Clandestine]

Hell, I was placing a single fan leaf in a glass of water and couldn't understand what was wrong.

LMAO! That's good stuff!

I guess dogs are a little off target here but I have to share this story.

I think as long as the OP's cool with it, off-topic discussions are allowed. I'm the OP for this thread, and I was the first to go off-topic on the subject of dogs... so no worries here. :thumbsup:

Thanks for sharing Texas & Grey. And Tex, I agree with you... CFLs do tend to heat things up a bit. Even the little 23w bulbs seem to get pretty warm after 18 hours of use. Set up 10 or more of those in a powerstrip setup inside a small room, and you can guarantee the temperatures are going to skyrocket.

[jackforest]

hmmm...biggest mistake?

underwatering. haha. first grow gone to shit after a months work. What a dissapointment.

Standard poodles are the best dogs in the world. Our family dog of 11 years Geena was a standard poodle and passed away in october. : ( Couldn't have asked for a better dog.

Anyways, now we have a standard poodle puppy at 6 months age. They grow fast. Too smart for their own good. FULL OF ENERGY!

[Mr. Clandestine]

underwatering. haha. first grow gone to shit after a months work. What a dissapointment.

That and overwatering seem to be a bane for most new growers! I think everybody does both at least once in their growing careers. I think a lot of people underwater because they don't want to water soon before the lights go off, even if the medium is bone dry. I say, if it's a choice between watering before lights-out, or taking your chances and waiting until the morning, a LIGHT watering before lights-out would be the better option. Thanks for sharing! :jointsmile:

[jackforest]

That and overwatering seem to be a bane for most new growers!

Well, as a new grower I was so concerned about overwatering, I guess I was too cautious. I'm back on my feet now. So all is good in the world :thumbsup: