Recent content by oltimer34

First, you need better lighting. Cheapest I know, Walmart led workshop lights,4',10,000 lumens. I'd suggest two. Second, get the foxfarm dirty dozen. And stick with the schedule. But don't start week 1 until two sets of real leaves (3point). Third, get a small oscillating fan. This helps control...

I've grown like that for years. First, shorter light cycle during seedlings stage or veg stage cause stretching. Longer light cycle and the right lighting prevent that. Second, anything set outside before June, to start flowering, will try to reveg. The plant senses days getting longer. Third...

Almost everyone I know that tried their hand at growing got stories like that. It frustrates them that they get a runaround, when it comes to internet advice and help. Too many people trying to sound like experts. Guy probably had a different group tell him the exact opposite. And three others...

That's the problem with online seeds. Everything is hybrid. That's like inbreeding for humans. Sure, every once in a while, one turns out okay. But most take a wrong turn somewhere along the way. It's way too easy for a company to blame the growers. Which they planned on to begin with. It never...

Not sure. Looks like a deficiency of some kind. I had the exact same thing couple years ago with some white widow autos from ilgm. Been growing for 34 years and never had that happen. Everything was right but they done just like that. I was told it was everything from over watering to wrong pH...

Let it go until older bigger leaves turn yellow. If it's still going, let it do it's thing. I only done a few autos and hated them. Too problematic, not enough yield. I can get them almost same size as photos, but the output is way less and seem more susceptible to disease, mold, and budrot...

Okay, I used a greenhouse sometimes. You need skirts for the pots, if in direct sunlight. Heat can cook the roots inside the container. I'd get some sledgehammer flush (foxfarm) and boomerang (foxfarm). 2 teaspoons of each to a gallon of water. No water or nutrients until completely dry. You can...

Preferably, you want to wait until summer solstice June 21. Days are getting shorter from then on. From December 21 until then, days are getting longer. If you're starting inside, run the whole veg stage indoors and move outdoors to initiate flowering. Takes about two weeks before any signs of...

Don't kill it if it's a black rat snake. They kill other snakes and eat rats. Farmers best friend. 5 second rule on those cookies though.

Looks like the start of a Hermie. Looks like male in some places and female in others. Give it a few days. If the male sacs show definitely,chop it. Hermie's can be worse than males. Kinda like getting Bruce when you were expecting Kaitlyn.

I usually start indoors vegging,then move outdoors for flowering. They will stretch a bit after they are outside. Wouldn't recommend that way for autos. But then I have only grew a few autos. They do better with a constant 18/6 light schedule. Tie it down (lst) should slow some of the stretch...

Been growing for 34 years! I've tried twenty some seed banks through the years... they're all just as bad. Ilgm been doing that for at least 15 to 20 years. Bad genetics, lineage, and bloodlines. Most aren't even what they are saying. I grow for myself and several others. Have seen ilgm get...