Yes yellowing during flowing is totally normal and yes it is because of a deficiency. bloom fertilizers dont have very much N and thats why your leaves turn yellow. Ideally we want our leaves to stay green and healthy all the way up to harvest, so I suggest supplementing some more N for your...
I use 42w cfls and you certainly arent going to grow 3 plants with just one. so ya go buy yourself a proper HID setup or get a bunch more 42w cfls. BTW what do you mean its hard to find clones in the bay area? are you serious?
Yes you should absolutely LST. LST is just fine for flowering after all it is LOW STRESS training. LST is always beneficial no matter what size the plant and I consider it to be mandatory if your flowering under smaller lights with less penetration like CFLs (or in your case T8's). I LST all...
I grow for love and I use an HPS. Bigger yields mean better quality. MV is hella old school, if they were at all superior to HPS then people would still be using them.
do you mean the bulbs are coming in contact with your reflector when the you have them plugged into a y-socket? if so thats fine dont worry about it. when we refer to cfl wattage we dont consider the incandescent equivalent, the only figure we're interested in is the true wattage.
Seedlings dont need large containers until they get ample root growth, so start in your 16 ounce containers. then transplant at two weeks old when your ample root growth needs a large container.
Spider wire is definitely strong shit, have you ever used it for fishing and tried to bite through it with your teeth to put on a new lure? Its very difficult. I used it two years ago to protect one of my plants, no deer got through it.
I start all my plants in 16 oz. containers. They will be fine, I've finished autos in 32 oz. to two gallon containers before. Starting with a smaller container is better because you have more control over the moisture of the soil with your babies, you dont want your young seedling to be...
lol in all of your twenty years of cloning last saturday was only the second time you've had a supermoon. Just because its something thats not fully understood or not common knowledge doesnt mean its bs. Farmers have been planning their crops based on moon cycles for a very long time, theres...