youtube has always been my grow buddy, it taught me how to clone. i take them in 50-100 amounts and never have more than 10% fail, i take them from all over the plant too.
currently growing there special kush no1
grew there power flower, easy bud, blue sumthing?, and fruit spirit.
would rate them at average for a seed vendor.
the fruit spirit was a very nice smoke and well above there yeild estimates.
power flower went on for 14 weeks!!
the easy bud was an early...
ive been coco for 6mnths now and daily water without problems, i use 20% perlite and always water to about 10-20%percent run off. only time i layed of a bit was when had alot of fruit flys n fungus gnats about beginning of summer. im using 3gal and 1 gal pots.
and kudos on the recycling!! as an organic grower myself its part of what diverted me to coco. aslong as you can keep it clean and disease free, you can keep on using it until it literally becomes dust.
ive yet to reach that stage and have been advised to not let the coco dry out too much so...
lol... be warned when washing the coco. first time i threw 4 of the 4£ slabs into my bathtub without pillow cases, my bathtub nearly overflowed with coco by the time i got back from another round of shopping. was a nightmare trying to squeeze it all out. i highly recommend doing 1 slab at a time.
could be natural coloring's in your nutrient line up. check your strain on google images or from your vendor website, see if your buds match are on par with the review pictures etc.
i did turn a plant black in my early years by using un-refined sugar to try and boost them. looked pretty messed...
Picture updates to come this afternoon. Put another 18 in last night to fill the rest of space. Trying to find out when is best to switch on the super hps. Pretty hot outside temperatures at the moment and my fan is to noisy running full wack even with the cool tubes. Currently using the 400mh...
Lol... wilko has supplied me growing substrates for years. The sell the trays with pellets in too. The list is endless. Plant pots are half the price too. There on par with eBay pricing. If you buy the coco slabs make sure you wash them thoroughly. Pillow case in the bath does me good.