The UK Growers Thread!

[tip top toker]

Only transplanted her a couple of days ago but the root growth is rather bonkers. It was just a lump of mud with some roots in it when i popped her in, now theree're white roots here there and everywhere Fuck cloning and rockwool, gonna do the same to a TGA Void this evening.

 

[del66666]

bicarb, skimmed milk, neem

theres a few del just wondered if any1 had 1st hand experience of using em at wk 3 of flower?

bicarb is really harmless cant see it hurting 1little bit

 

[supersillybilly]

Bicarb is harmless. Ive snorted it when Dura gave me some white. lol

 

[WOWgrow]

@TTT looking into it after lunch, still ok to transplant? won`t wreck the roots? .. If i can`t get bigger pots is there any other solution to stop the roots wraping up?

you could get some bits of plastic and put them in to make a divider, but they're going to have really tiny root space anyway in those pots. its the lesser of two evils really!

 

[tip top toker]

That's what i was thinking, just a sheet of perspex or such and just slot em in like a wine rack means if there are males or hermies you're not gonna be having as large a nightmare as you would otherwise.

 

[Griffta]

couple of update pics from my LED grow. 6 weeks into flower now is these cheeses

 

[WOWgrow]

looking very nice griffta, that one with the burn looks fine anyway, doesnt seem to have done much damage to the bud production

 

[bamslayer]

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[mad dog bark]

nice work ther griffta. wot led panel r u using? is it the 357 magnum? really wanna give them a try. no heat and all cant b a bad thing. hear the new generation leds r dam good and flower great. no few canadians who grown with hps and leds and they swear the leds taste alot better and less time dry and cure

 

[bamslayer]

couple of update pics from my LED grow. 6 weeks into flower now is these cheeses

dude do u get much heat off that LEDand is it just 1 you use?

 

[Griffta]

cheers everyone, its not a magnum mad dog, but they are supposed to be the bollocks. If you search '140 watt custom LED' on ebay you'll find mine.
its just one panel bam and no heat at all. I can put my hand on the light after its been on all day.

 

[bamslayer]

wiit no way fuck cfl lol im gettin 85 degrees in my cab if i close the door with all lights on for 5 mins(1x300w 2x20w)im gettin results but fuck the heat id better have a 250 w dual spec sod than these

 

[AcidTest]

quick question - how long after putting seeds into potting medium does it normally take for the first leaves to appear above ground?

any advice for getting from seeds to healthy seedlings would be appreciated - I've germinated the seeds first using the paper towel method, then planted them in a moss peat / perlite / vermiculite medium about 1cm deep. 200W CFL about 2 inches above the pots on 24hrs, fan for air circulation around the pots, keeping medium moist as it drys out, temps about 30C - does that all sound OK?

 

[mad dog bark]

cheers everyone, its not a magnum mad dog, but they are supposed to be the bollocks. If you search '140 watt custom LED' on ebay you'll find mine.
its just one panel bam and no heat at all. I can put my hand on the light after its been on all day.

does your panels use 3w leds? how much was it? if i40w led must run at roughly 70- 100 watts and if that is the only light used on them plants then u done well there fruit. i got a 150 hps and my light cant get that deep penetrating light to th lower part my plants. worth a look into as really wanna give leds a bashing next round

 

[Airwave]

quick question - how long after putting seeds into potting medium does it normally take for the first leaves to appear above ground?

any advice for getting from seeds to healthy seedlings would be appreciated - I've germinated the seeds first using the paper towel method, then planted them in a moss peat / perlite / vermiculite medium about 1cm deep. 200W CFL about 2 inches above the pots on 24hrs, fan for air circulation around the pots, keeping medium moist as it drys out, temps about 30C - does that all sound OK?

Sounds to me as if you might fry the seeds with the cfl being so close. Move it up another eight inches till it sprouts.

 

[arsenal69]

help please

ok so i have some mite on my girls they are 4 weeks and 4 days in to budding, i've just let of this in there has anyone else used this before
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Bed bug
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Carpet beetle
Coleoptera: Dermestidae
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Cat flea
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Tribolium confusum
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Dog flea
Ctenocephalides canis
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German cockroach
Blattella germanica
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Grain weevils
Sitophilus granarius
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Indian meal moth
Plodia interpunctella
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Mill moth
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Mosquito
Anopheles
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Blatta orientalis
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Tropical warehouse moth
Ephestia cautella
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Wasp
Vespula vulgaris
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[Jamal1989]

Wondered if anyone could help I'm planning on growing in my cupboard. I was going to try a couple of autoflowers first using a 125w cfl light and will this be enough? Any advice on which nutes are best and nice strains etc would be appreciated

 

[mad dog bark]

Wondered if anyone could help I'm planning on growing in my cupboard. I was going to try a couple of autoflowers first using a 125w cfl light and will this be enough? Any advice on which nutes are best and nice strains etc would be appreciated

i have a 150 hps and growing 4 flowering plants at mo. got big buds so depends on how big u want and how many plants u wanna grow. maybe my light lacks abit power to b fair and a lil side lighting would bin useful. i also ent a fan of cfl as most journals i have seen using cfl the plants look weak and skinney. mayb it down to the grower tho. i have seen utube footage off a yank i think, growing huge buds on cfl so prob is down skill. also aint cfls blue or red as in one for veg and 1 for flowering? seems alot messing bout for me and they get hot also. i wood thought 125w off power for light b enough for 2 plants but am a newbie myself and anybody else here wood no better. i wood only grow with hps or led during flower stage but that just me. cfl and t5s more a starter or veg light or a light for mother plants but everybody does it different i guess. sure chaps here b more off a help.
for nutes r u hydro or soil?
strains go for wotever ya fav smoke is or easy starter plants or good yeilders

 

[kana]

i need to calibrate my ph pen, but i am unable to find any shops selling distilled water, can anything else be used to substitute distilled water?

 

[tip top toker]

pet store or hydro shop anywhere in town? Hardware stores and home shops (distilled water for irons) should have distilled water.

Alternatively, draw blood, or knock up a very simple evaporation catcher and boil off your water