Test my knowlege?. Do you need help? I can anwser some questions

I wouldn't not flush before harvest in soil. but usually if you monitor you quantites properly toxic salt build up doesnt happen... i have the impression that MR. smileyface like to over do things a bit. or you know you could just grow organic and not poison your plant with toxic sludge.

svchop889 said:

I wouldn't not flush before harvest in soil. but usually if you monitor you quantites properly toxic salt build up doesnt happen... i have the impression that MR. smileyface like to over do things a bit. or you know you could just grow organic and not poison your plant with toxic sludge.

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reminds me of the thead, forget where it is, titled "anyone can do it the abre basic grow setup" or similar, in which there were maybe 10 different additives and boosts, a 1000w light, you name it

the ph of my soil is low what is the best way to to bring the ph up

crumble up some cheese straws into your next feed, works magic

Ok so I have a question...
I have 10 plants that I vegged in solo cups under natural sunlight (windowsill) since they were germinated. I recently started feeding them with molasses within the last 2 weeks. I just found out that 7 are female within the last 2-3 days. Last night I transplanted them into 5 gallon buckets. I then put them under cfl's to re-vegg them since I now know they are female. I am thinking about topping them so I can have two colas on each plant instead of one. How long should I wait to do this since I just transplanted last night? Should I wait a week or two since I am re-vegging? Also, will this hurt the plants since they already have pistols growing on them where I would be topping? Any advice is greatly appreciated.

All my plants are in Biobizz allmix soil & the issue is that the PH always seems to increase after a week. The water going in is PHed at 6.5 & when I water again a week later the runoff is at 7.5PH. What can I do or add to stabilize the PH within the soil?

Alright ? 4 anyone... I have one plant that it's bottom two leaves are yellow and drying up rest of plant looks good and healthy...it's week two of flower... Sorry can't post pics

84silly said:

Alright ? 4 anyone... I have one plant that it's bottom two leaves are yellow and drying up rest of plant looks good and healthy...it's week two of flower... Sorry can't post pics

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are you looking at the two very small round ones at the bottom? if so thaty're the *can't remember name* basically the outer casing of the seed i tihnk, and they are meant to die and fall off

84silly said:

Alright ? 4 anyone... I have one plant that it's bottom two leaves are yellow and drying up rest of plant looks good and healthy...it's week two of flower... Sorry can't post pics

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Well if you gave it a superbloom when you switched to flower, The bottom leaves are the first thing to go when nitrogen levels go down. Nitrogen is easily washed away is the most mobile nutrient. Its normal for that to happen when the bottom leaves get no light.
The seedling(cotyledon) leaves die when they feel like it so if the very bottom leaves are dying dont sweat it.
Now if your plant is appearing light green and the bottom leaves are dying,The lower leafs cannot produce chlorophyll and become yellow. That is a first sign of a deficiency.
If you spray your plants or mist them you should think about the nitrogen that is leaching off the leaves.
It can be fixed quickly. If you are using hydroponic nutrients you shouldnt have a problem with N deficiency because a three part hydroponics mix contains complete and chelated forms of "chemicals".
If you are using some like 10-30-20 you might have a problem with nitrogen after the early flower stretch or when you spray your plants early with a miticide.
From experiance that is what happend to me. After the 4th week the plants appeared to be a little light green. I then ditched the 10-30-20 for a three part hydroponic recipe with molasses/carbo, fulvic acid/humic acid and at the 6th week i used a koolbloom to ripen. And then the last week( i FLUSHED with the KARBO BOOST(molasses/carb)
I was acautly impressed with my first performance.

svchop889 said:

everyone else read this right? I came to this thread to prevent people from receiving your poor information I've recieved more rep in you informational thread than you have.... and just so you know I never said you shouldn't flush I just asked if it was necessary to. I'm not too familiar with hydro.

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Lisen im not try to say im a professional grower alright. Im just bored and have a 6 oclock cerfew. "test my knowledge" means see how much i really know.
I dont need dicks like you in my thread thinking you know everything about this. Really i dont think you know so much.
Do you know the differnce between an active system and a passive system?
Defenitly the passive system needs a week flush. The active is a little differnt because you can control the solution in the medium more because there is no buffer. Soil/Soilless however holds the nutrients/water longer. That is why you cant be shy when you water and allow a runoff. If you allow a good run off on soil you will rarley have a salt problem. Now if you add to much food at once a salt problem can form alot quiker.
Now an active hydropincs systems you should give them straight water for the last 3 days. A passive hydrosystem should be flushed for a min of 5 days. If you have to much nitrogen your bud will burn poorly and have black ash. Now if you did a good flush your ash will turn grey and wont be so harsh on your lungs.
Ive heard that if you cut all your fan leaves off for the last three days your plants will remove access fertilizer from your buds instead of your leaves.?

Thanks smileyface and tiptoptoker.... I have not started using any flower nutes yet... The seedling leaves fell off already this are the first true leaves that r doing this...thanks again

iloveit said:

All my plants are in Biobizz allmix soil & the issue is that the PH always seems to increase after a week. The water going in is PHed at 6.5 & when I water again a week later the runoff is at 7.5PH. What can I do or add to stabilize the PH within the soil?

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Can anyone help me out please.

tip top toker said:

agreed, i also have gotten a lot of rep from the thread

and you do not HAVE to flush, in the same way you do not HAVE to flush prior to harvest if you don't want.

i've never flushed a plant over than before harvest (well other than one which i gave a whack with some funky ph) and they all did just dandy.

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can you fix a noisy ballast? sounds like loud vibration

mex2425 said:

can you fix a noisy ballast? sounds like loud vibration

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Go digital!! they dont make a peep and there is less start up.
ANYways the really loud vibration means you have a bad capacitor. The old magnetic ballast always hum. But if it sounds more high pitch then your capacitor needs replaced or you should go buy a new ballast.

hey wats up. being a new grower, this is my first project, ive germinated using the paper towel method, and trasplanted to a cup, now im using the green house method, ceramwrap, waiting till it sprouts, not using any lights till it pops out im told, but do need 2 water it still when its wrapped up and waiting 2 pop?

iloveit said:

Can anyone help me out please.

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What are you feeding them?? Anything with sulfur should bring the PH down. Most fertilizers are acidic. You might have a zinc/ iron deficient if you dont lower to ph to 6.5
I dont see why your soil should be so alkaline. Did you add extra lime?? Your problem can be fixed very easly. That is easy cause most fertilizers that contain sulfur. Sulfur is very acidic
Here is what you can do. Go get some PH down and add it to your mix.
To make it simple all you have to do is flush your soil with a water ph level of 6. That should bring you ph down half a point.
Im sure your potting soil contains lime, Did you calibrate your PH Reader?? Lime is a PH stablizer. It keeps the PH at a neutral 7, and it can never raise the ph above 7.
The best food for soil would be Jacks or Peters. It contains no calcium. And its slightly acidic. 10-30-20. How many weeks in are you?

88toker said:

hey wats up. being a new grower, this is my first project, ive germinated using the paper towel method, and trasplanted to a cup, now im using the green house method, ceramwrap, waiting till it sprouts, not using any lights till it pops out im told, but do need 2 water it still when its wrapped up and waiting 2 pop?

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Dont water unless is dry. Since you dont have a light on it, Its probly not dry. You should just leave it. If your soil is evenly moist then you will be fine till it pops up. If your not using an hid then you shouldnt water for a week. Soggy wet soil causes air cut off. If you plant your seeds to deep and your soil is soggy they might not sprout because they dont have enough stored energy.
Just dont let your soil dry out. Keep it evenly moist. I think you should take that plasic off the top to avoid damping-off. Just be patient

mr.smileyface said:

Go digital!! they dont make a peep and there is less start up.
ANYways the really loud vibration means you have a bad capacitor. The old magnetic ballast always hum. But if it sounds more high pitch then your capacitor needs replaced or you should go buy a new ballast.

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Thanks very much. i noticed your on curfew man i feel ya, im on electronic bail.

Is a capacitor expensive? i cant actually afford a new ballast.

+ how often should i be feeding my plants? there growing in a soil grade of coco and perlite and they're 6 foot tall. I read in a mag today that i should be feeding 2-3 times a day during light hours.. This is wrong aye?

How come during my flowering, one of my plants is all of a sudden getting loads of yellow leaves?

I am worried that maybe it was due to the LST i did or maybe the fish emusion i added or possibly the water was to low, today i raised the water level but my other plant is doing just fine, btw i am useing DWC, if u want pics i can do so..

mr.smileyface said:

What are you feeding them?? Anything with sulfur should bring the PH down. Most fertilizers are acidic. You might have a zinc/ iron deficient if you dont lower to ph to 6.5
I dont see why your soil should be so alkaline. Did you add extra lime?? Your problem can be fixed very easly. That is easy cause most fertilizers that contain sulfur. Sulfur is very acidic
Here is what you can do. Go get some PH down and add it to your mix.
To make it simple all you have to do is flush your soil with a water ph level of 6. That should bring you ph down half a point.
Im sure your potting soil contains lime, Did you calibrate your PH Reader?? Lime is a PH stablizer. It keeps the PH at a neutral 7, and it can never raise the ph above 7.
The best food for soil would be Jacks or Peters. It contains no calcium. And its slightly acidic. 10-30-20. How many weeks in are you?

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I use all Biobizz nutes & soils with no addition of additives.

Yep I calibrated the PH pen & same results.

Ill try PHing the water going in @ 6.0 & see what happens.

Thanks mr.smileyface