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Dloomis514

Dloomis514

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jjb67 said:
I'd like to thank the moderators for maintaining a great site and all the members for sharing their collective years of wisdom in growing and harvesting! My first grow was about 2 years ago in a tent in a closet and I'm starting my 4th grow now. Ed Rosenthal's book was a great foundation but all the specific and practical details I found here through searching the forums were critical to my modest success to date. I use Subcool's supersoil, started with CFL. I was a reluctant the first couple grows to switch to MH/HPS due to anecdotal posts of 5-0 showing up to investigate RF interference reported by neighbors from digital ballasts. I did switch and wrapped copper tape around the cord from ballast to fixture (made the cord prettier and gave me piece of mind if nothing else). No problems yet.

I haven't posted before because as a noob i didn't have anything to contribute and the majority of my questions were answered already within the forums

Forums like RIU are amazing resources for people around the world of all levels to share information. This allows for an accelerated learning curve for new growers. Similar to how home brewers in the mid 90s learned how to brew from chat rooms and forums. This led to the passionate and successful ones opening craft breweries, hence the beer renaissance we are enjoying in the US now.

Thanks again, here are a few pics from my earlier grows (if I can get them to post):
  1. top is NYC Diesel flower from 1st grow
  2. next is G13 Haze from second grow- only grew one plant, used LST
  3. next 2 are from last grow- 7 plants (more sprouted than I counted on so it got a little crowded, NYC Diesel, Northern Lights, G13 Haze and Jack Herrer)
NCN comment and share by many a newbie like me.

Nice pics.
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Nice comment and shared by many a newbie like me.

Nice pics showing ur progress
 
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ProToeTyped

New Member
Hi there guys im new to this site and im a very newish grower from auckland. My father first taught me to grow and ive only grown 2 plants. I used seeds that he provided for me but now that i no longer live with my father i have no source of seeds and was wondering if anyone knows someone up in auckland who sells seeds. The cultivation and harvest of the plants are purely for personal use and not for sale. If anyone could help me please id be very grateful !
 
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oldman60

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There are many thank you's listed in RIU by many people but none that this
old man has read have been more eliquint or well thought out than yours, for all
of us who enjoy helping all of you, I thank you!
The Oldman.
:peace:
 
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oldman60

Well-Known Member
ProToeTyped said:
Hi there guys im new to this site and im a very newish grower from auckland. My father first taught me to grow and ive only grown 2 plants. I used seeds that he provided for me but now that i no longer live with my father i have no source of seeds and was wondering if anyone knows someone up in auckland who sells seeds. The cultivation and harvest of the plants are purely for personal use and not for sale. If anyone could help me please id be very grateful !
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Welcome PTT, you can safely purchase seeds from "Herbie's Head Shop"
they are in England but they do ship world wide.
 
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oldman60

Well-Known Member
jjb67 said:
I'd like to thank the moderators for maintaining a great site and all the members for sharing their collective years of wisdom in growing and harvesting! My first grow was about 2 years ago in a tent in a closet and I'm starting my 4th grow now. Ed Rosenthal's book was a great foundation but all the specific and practical details I found here through searching the forums were critical to my modest success to date. I use Subcool's supersoil, started with CFL. I was a reluctant the first couple grows to switch to MH/HPS due to anecdotal posts of 5-0 showing up to investigate RF interference reported by neighbors from digital ballasts. I did switch and wrapped copper tape around the cord from ballast to fixture (made the cord prettier and gave me piece of mind if nothing else). No problems yet.

I haven't posted before because as a noob i didn't have anything to contribute and the majority of my questions were answered already within the forums

Forums like RIU are amazing resources for people around the world of all levels to share information. This allows for an accelerated learning curve for new growers. Similar to how home brewers in the mid 90s learned how to brew from chat rooms and forums. This led to the passionate and successful ones opening craft breweries, hence the beer renaissance we are enjoying in the US now.

Thanks again, here are a few pics from my earlier grows (if I can get them to post):
  1. top is NYC Diesel flower from 1st grow
  2. next is G13 Haze from second grow- only grew one plant, used LST
  3. next 2 are from last grow- 7 plants (more sprouted than I counted on so it got a little crowded, NYC Diesel, Northern Lights, G13 Haze and Jack Herrer)
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I neglected to mention VERY NICE PLANTS!!!
Good luck, good growing.
 
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oldman60

Well-Known Member
Welcome aboard User64, I'm an oldtimer myself and boy oh boy
things have changed but take your time and remember growing is
growing and it isn't all high tech.
 
n!n.budz

n!n.budz

Member
well men hows the form.. absolute newbie haha im just here to get better and join the community of grow herb .. happy grownin .. ill get a forum together soon enough wen i sort out how to use the site properly..thanks for the wicked site .. good info .. 1love :)..nin..
 
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oldman60

Well-Known Member
n!n.budz said:
well men hows the form.. absolute newbie haha im just here to get better and join the community of grow herb .. happy grownin .. ill get a forum together soon enough wen i sort out how to use the site properly..thanks for the wicked site .. good info .. 1love :)..nin..
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Welcome aboard enjoy the site and the education.
 
Northern Spark

Northern Spark

Member
Got another question for ya. I just got my seeds and I popped them in a paper towel I wet down with some Ph'd water (about 6.3), put the towel in a zip lock and I've got it sitting on top of a wax scent burner for heat with a black cloth above and below to block light.

Do you guys usually ph water for germing seeds?
 
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oldman60

Well-Known Member
Northern Spark said:
Got another question for ya. I just got my seeds and I popped them in a paper towel I wet down with some Ph'd water (about 6.3), put the towel in a zip lock and I've got it sitting on top of a wax scent burner for heat with a black cloth above and below to block light.

Do you guys usually ph water for germing seeds?
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My ph runs about 7.0-.2 and I never ajust but that's me, I've
been growing 47 yrs. and very few problems. I use the K.I.S.S.
method (keep it simple stupid) for those of us who don't like
high tech.
 
Northern Spark

Northern Spark

Member
Ok, yeah I figured it wouldn't hurt to have the seeds in more acidic water. But I don't have a whole lot of room for growing, so I wanted my plants to be as strong as possible since I'll be doing lst and topping them off to get the shortest bushiest plant possible.

How much room do you usually grow in?
 
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oldman60

Well-Known Member
My room is big, 8x8x7.5 I run 15 plants per grow.
Since you are limited check sog or supercroping your plants.
I would think sog and go 12/12 right from transplant.
How much room do you have?
 
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oldman60

Well-Known Member
Northern Spark said:
Ok, yeah I figured it wouldn't hurt to have the seeds in more acidic water. But I don't have a whole lot of room for growing, so I wanted my plants to be as strong as possible since I'll be doing lst and topping them off to get the shortest bushiest plant possible.

How much room do you usually grow in?
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You can use silica after your seedlings are a week old, this will help
with strength and immune defence vitamin c helps also.
 
Northern Spark

Northern Spark

Member
I'm growing in a hollowed out speaker about 12x8x45 so pretty small. Hmm, yeah for the size that I have available the guy at my local hydro store was telling me to start flowering really early when the plants were around 3" tall.

I'm growing Northern lights and Fat bastard, I know the Northern lights will probably stay fairly short since it's more on the indica side but I'm not sure about the fat bastard. Since it's a hybrid do you think it will get taller quicker?
 
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oldman60

Well-Known Member
Northern Spark said:
I'm growing in a hollowed out speaker about 12x8x45 so pretty small. Hmm, yeah for the size that I have available the guy at my local hydro store was telling me to start flowering really early when the plants were around 3" tall.

I'm growing Northern lights and Fat bastard, I know the Northern lights will probably stay fairly short since it's more on the indica side but I'm not sure about the fat bastard. Since it's a hybrid do you think it will get taller quicker?
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Your problem will be the stretch when in flower, with that little space
I would think about autoflowering plants, I know the stigma with auto's
but there are some really good ones. I can recommend Mighty Midget
from Heavyweight Seeds or Black Jack from Sweet Seeds. Both of these
will give you very good product Lowrider or any of the hybrids of Lowrider.
 
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