The experiment...going wrong?

[eastbaygordo]

Neem seems pretty safe and is used in lots of stuff.
It seemed to kill a fungus my dog had on his back too.

I did burn plants with too strong a dose or in too much light but it kills insects, fungus, and mites and is food safe.

[Weezard]

Neem seems pretty safe and is used in lots of stuff.
It seemed to kill a fungus my dog had on his back too.

I did burn plants with too strong a dose or in too much light but it kills insects, fungus, and mites and is food safe.

I don't dispute any of that including the plant burning.

But it is like using a shotgun where a flyswatter would suffice.
Kills the ladybug larvea too, and they are friendlies.

"Use of broad-spectrum pesticides will kill beneficial insects, leaving plants open to attack from pests
Continual use of any pesticide will eventually induce pesticide resistance in pest species"

[align=left]"There is no doubt that beneficial arachnids and insects closely related to
sensitive pest species may be injured by horticultural oils. Not only will they
suffer from contact toxicity, but their prey will be less available after treatment,
affecting their ability to survive and reproduce."[/align]

[align=left]That said, with me, it's a personal preference.
Call me picky, but.
I do not like the smell, or taste of neem.
And I am, in the end, the end user.:rastasmoke:

Aloha,
Weezard[/align]

[GetThisOrDie]

I dont understand why people are so against miracle grow... When I was extremely tight on money I grew the ganja in MG with MG nutes. Works fine and the bud was good. Takes some fine tuning and adding a bit more perlite to the soil but its good and cheap.

[Rusty Trichome]

I've been trying to point this out for years. I'm guessing that a few old-timers on other sites have had a hard-on against Miracle grow for years, and have imparted that misconception to many other's. Most likely was a Canna or Advanced Nutrients guy trying to pimp the virtues of their mix over MG's.

Kinda stupid slamming something as crap, when there are so many success stories from those of us that have used it, or still do. Personally, I'd pull into question the validity of everything else a guru like this spouts. (I did...and ended-up here)

Were my soil to skyrocket in price, I'd definatelly switch back to the MG soil. The All Purpose liquid nutes I'd still use if pressed, but have never tried flowering with an MG nute.

[thebeat]

ok here is some of the bag seed...as expected very untrustworthy stuff but two plants...may aswell give them a chance before I get serious and buy feminised seeds...I have them inside until they get strong enough for outside! Peas out :hippy:

[GetThisOrDie]

Thats a good idea... making sure you can run the plants all the way with bagseed before buying seeds. Ive seen many posts of people starting off by buying seeds and killing them all from lack of knowledge. Your youngins are looking good! Im assuming they look a bit yellow because of the lighting in the picture...

Hey Rusty... When I used the MG bloom the buds were not very hefty at all, but the flavor and smoke were good. Its nice to know that if things turn for the worst that I can always go spend 15 bucks at a department store and have enough soil to run some plants and enough soluable MG nutes to last almost forever. (still have mine and they look like they have never been used!)

MG also makes perlite that has some nutes added. I used it mixed with MG potting soil and Scotts premium potting soil with great results.

[leadmagnet]

It had been a long time since I used miracle grow but I tried a little experiment recently and picked up a couple bags. I was at Walmart and noticed the MG was all 6 month release. A while back I had ok success with MG 3 month release but not the really great success I came to have with other soils. So anyway, I got the 6 month release thinking they no longer made the 3 mo release and boy did it end up screwing up five northern light girls; I mean totally screwed them over.

Beware, the 3 month release MG was problematic but the 6 mo REALLY sucks.

[thebeat]

Man, I had no idea that mg could be such a headache! anyhow should be fine wont be using it....yeah the pics GetThisOrDie are off my phone cam...its only 3.2 mp so yeah no the best colour and it was a night! I can assure you they are a lovely green and perfectly healthy from my extensive knowledge of youtube vids! anyhow anyone have any suggestions on when to repot or should I go straight to outside....Its just its really wet outside at the moment...ad i'm thinking i should wait until they are stronger! :thumbsup:
PEAS OUT :hippy:

[thebeat]

re-potted the bigger one...looks good in the bigger pot and this way it can establish itself a bit more before I put it outside! anyhow was looking for some potting soil from the seeds that didn't grow and that I didn't look at in ages and guess what...a seedling...god knows how long its up but its at least four days and imo looks dead...popped in the light anyhow just to see what will happen but i'm not hopeful! But as you guys say better to make mistakes now with bag seed rather than later with feminised plants! I'm looking for an outside spot at the mo...slugs everywhere and good weather inbound! repellent will be a must have. :thumbsup:
PEAS OUT! :hippy:

[thebeat]

So plants are coming on really good particularly the older one but i'm a bit worried I have some heat burn...or maybe lack of N?:wtf: ...don't think it could be nutrient burn because they have had little or none apart from the potting soil they are in?! Pics coming later on... have a little purpleing of the stem but surely it a bit early to be lacking in phosphorus ? thoughts and opinions appreciated! :thumbsup: PEAS OUT:hippy: