Aussie Growers Thread

[kmoo]

knickers - i soaked in water then planted in the damp jiffy, it's actually not doing that badly now lol i have checked since the last post

new guy - hi, uhmm all you can do is try lol or get your girlfriend into pot. the reason a person would germinate directly in the jiffy block is because the transplant shock between papertowel and soil kills off a small percentage of babies, or a lot as per my last grow. so this time i'm going safe/slower to decide which i prefer

i've decided i'm pro dwarf racing, even though i once got nutted in the boob by a british dwarf, i like them all except him lol

gonna go make some pita chips and munch out, ARRR NUM

 

[kmoo]

i'm trying a few in rockwool too, will know in the next couple of days how it goes

 

[Knickers]

I germ in paper towel then put in rockwool

 

[XxNinjaxX]

I germ in paper towel then put in rockwool

I hate finnicky little shit, i end up snapping the tap root half the time..

 

[Knickers]

Even if you just crack it you'll likely get there faster

 

[kmoo]

most of them had a small taproot when i put them in, the rest i let soak a little longer til they were slightly opening.

ninja - so you germ in rockwool or germ then transfer?

 

[XxNinjaxX]

I take the seed out of the breeder pack, or the stick i bought (whichever the case may be) and drop it straight in the rockwool, which i have had soaking overnight in purified water. I get a 90% germ rate, and thats b4 i hit em with the sandpaper, which gets em almost everytime

 

[kmoo]

ok that seems good, now on a more important note - what is up with celebrity masterchef? lol queensland premiere ffs? playin it a little fast n loose with "celebrity"

oh i'm so fuckin merry my head may explode rainbow sparkles everywhere, ha. the pita chips were yum!! i'm goin to bed so i can wake to lovely healthy sprouty little babies!! lol

 

[XxNinjaxX]

Lol, its like Santa is coming 2u Km.. Only 1 more sleep Haha..

 

[jzs147]

i germ in a glass of water

 

[madazz]

hey kmoo, soz mate been not well, back on track now.

u may want to check your po in a day or 2

ill catch ya soon

take it easy,

mad

 

[kmoo]

the rockwool is goin well ninja, you may be right on that one!!! it's def a little slower but i'd say next time i can cut it down by a day or two.

madazz! my favourite cousin! lol shit i forgot about that completely!!! love your work, will let ya know how that goes

ok has anyone had any experience with the ice cream strain? and nick's mix - anyone used/heard things of it?

mwa

 

[tapper21]

<----sandgroper here, any others kicking around on the site? I'm still a newbie tinkering around with my first grow (hydro closet grow) I started from seed and the only method that I consider successful was putting the seeds in a plastic container full of cotton wool soaked in distilled water until they cracked, then into rockwool, 100% success with every attempt so far, the shot glass method and the rockwool method both failed miserably when i tried. Does anyone have any experience with the 130w compact fluoro's you can buy on ebay or at hydro shops? I'm using an assortment of 4 foot cool white and grolux tubes at the moment but I want to build a second "room" using compact fluoros for flowering, my plan is to use 3 130w cfl's (2700k obviously). My theory is that they will use much less power than any hid and less heat to get rid of in summer, while still providing a lot of light for my girls to thrive. Anyone have any thoughts? I'm open to suggestions
cheers

 

[jzs147]

dnt see why it would't work.
id upgrade to hps lamp maybe when ya have the money then use the cfl's 130's as side lighting

 

[kmoo]

soo how do you mean tinkering?? are you just playin with different kinds of germing or you have a grow on the go? etc

maybe work out the heat issue, hps would be better for flowering

 

[Knickers]

I advise not using cfls with high watts such as those. 28W has more lumens per watt in test results posted on this site. I use 48W bulbs from bunnings at only $28 each, and recently found 65W globes for $31.

 

[coopadupa]

lol i only looked at those exact cfl's the other day at bunnings. Imo hps all the way tho. Get a cool tube and a good fan and dont worry about temps.

 

[jimmy130380]

leave the nelsons alone they are shit
use the 28w phillips twist they crank light (im using them atm)
the nelsons are good for cloning but shit for growing

 

[coopadupa]

Also im with ninja in relation to germing. I have just soaked rockwool and dropped the bad girls in. I think also about 90% +++.

 

[jimmy130380]

the cool tubes the go when i build my new setup its hps cool tube all the way