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04-07-2011, 11:32 AM #11Senior Member
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Outstanding!!!!!
Finally a thread that is gonna well deserve the right to be "sticky". Very good points on all that was mentioned but I got one for ya. What about min 36 hours darkness between veg and flower?? :weedpoke:
As you guys know I live in the land of Hydro and probably the most confusing thing that I see being said over and over is topping of the res with nuted water instead of plain. How do you know what nutes the plants use and what nutes they still have abundent?? I have heard of talking to your plants but if someone is getting a verbal answer back there might be issuses!!! :abduct:
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04-07-2011, 03:08 PM #12Senior Member
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"Miracle Grow soil is garbage for cannabis" Bummer to hear that. It's what I learned canna-gardening in. It get's real old watching new members come in her and parrot garbage they've obviously never tried themselves, but have heard somewhere. It's not the optimal choice, but it's not the worst, either. As with any soil or nutrient...it's something you have to learn how to use properly.
Originally Posted by tinytoon
Originally Posted by tinytoon
Originally Posted by tinytoon
Originally Posted by tinytoon
My plants talk to me every day, but they use BSL. (Botanical Sign Language)
Adding table scraps to the compost heap (not your pots) is fine, but watch what you add. Fats and proteins act differently than does vegetable matter, and there is a balancing point when mixing the two. But some potting mixes have roadkill mixed-in and composted. I guess this is no worse than fertilizing with human waste solids...but still sounds pretty gross.
I harvest when I get the time to do it. A few hours of darkness will not improve your final yield, it won't produce more trichomes, it won't mature the trichomes quicker...so why would you complicate your garden with more complications...? Some of these techniques, although harmless, are a bitch to un-learn.
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04-07-2011, 05:33 PM #13Junior Member
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I've always thought that placing plants in darkness for a day or 2 before being put into flowering decreases the time it takes for flowers to show? This is probably an old wives tale too.
As for talking to your plants...I've ALWAYS thought, as far back as I can remember, that this was due to direct carbondioxide being blown around the plant's leaves. Perhaps not though...maybe a carbon dioxide system would be better...
...so who's job is it to statistically analyse these old wives tales??
Pink.
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04-07-2011, 06:12 PM #14Senior Member
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Originally Posted by VapedG13
I'm happy for you that 4-5 days of no lights you saw "bud growth". Keep doing it, maybe even try 7-10 days. But before you pass on that "grow tip" baesd upon your dubious (doobieous?) observation, I would suggest that you try to find some scientific plant based physiology fact or theory to support your observation.
OM
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04-07-2011, 06:41 PM #15Senior Member
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Originally Posted by tinytoon
OM
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04-08-2011, 04:25 AM #16Senior Member
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Originally Posted by oldmac
It doesnt cause any stress to the plant....and there is definate noticable growth to the buds while in the dark.
I will bet anyone in here $50 that if your plant is 4-5 weeks into flower and you leave it in the dark for 2-3 days you will notice bud growth:thumbsup:
other people have already noticed this
colonugg......they will be fine just continue the flowering cycle....did you notice that the buds actually grew or devoloped in the dark
They did still grow, I noticed bud development but this mornin I waterd with ferts hopefully they bounce bacl
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04-08-2011, 11:44 AM #17OPSenior Member
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Originally Posted by pinkdolphin113
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04-08-2011, 12:18 PM #18Senior Member
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Flush the plant 3 to 7 days before harvest to remove the nitrogen and other nasty stuff from the plant. Actually, you are flushing the soil so the plant has less stuff to uptake, which means less stuff to burn-off in the curing jar. To flush the plant itself, you'd need special fittings and a special garden hose. (likely a low-volume drip line would do) :jointsmile:
Originally Posted by VapedG13
Originally Posted by VapedG13
But eventually you'll "notice"...if you keep parroting other's, that are wrong about their snake-oils or their bitchen techniques, you'll keep perpetutating wives tales and misinformation. That's what this thread is all about.
And factually, you won't be getting more yield or any more trichomes in any of this. Although the plant goes through growth spurts, hopefully your extended darkness doesn't affect it's next spurt. But you just might cause stress and form nanners, stunt normal growth, slow the flowering process by depleting her energies to survive. This is not a technique worth fretting over, but I've heard from others somewhere...if you leave 'em alone they'll be fine.
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04-08-2011, 06:34 PM #19Senior Member
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Originally Posted by Rusty Trichome
I travel alot.....It doesnt cause the plants to finish early or later...it doesnt produce more or less weight wise ...it doesnt give the plants more trichs or less.
hasnt effected either way good or bad......I have sour diesel, chem4, pre 98 bubba, lemon skunk ,og kush. white widow, lemon larry and exodus cheese
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04-08-2011, 06:51 PM #20Senior Member
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sorry bros..... it 8 days of extra darkness in the flowering cycle not 16....so an addtional darkness of 192 hours
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