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There is a lot of info about plant stress. Especially going from 24/0 to 12/12. Consensus is to gradually reduce the light to 20/4, 16/8 and then flip to 12/12 This reduces the stress on the plant and in turn reduces the chance of a hermie. Growers doing the 18/6 can negate this step as the plants are used to the light cycle and the switch to bloom doesn't stress them too much. That's another reason most growers prefer a 18/6.

Yea man... Even ducting... Builders generally stock it all the time, and even going to them to buy it, it's half the price of most grow stores..

I have a whole plant that I need tasteless and odorless... It's sies... So I experimented a bit with water curing, but it still left a smell. I looked under my hand held microscope and found more balls on my stalks than you did... Must admit... I only changed water once a day. All in all... I tried it and am now in the know... And know not to do it again... Just be patient... And be like me... Hang my fresh buds in the pantry

Yea man... And even in bloom where most strains get their name from, it's still very open to debate as to what it is... You might get lucky with a great smelling plant that stacks to the roof... But as for a name... Sorry son

And the taste!??? I have a whole jar of water dried bud that I'm nervous to try lol... Compared to air dried flower, the look and smell is vastly differnt and quite un nerving... Hit me with more info yo

Omg all I had to do was ask This is a major improvement haha!! Thank you so much!

Yo @420SA! Need help capt!! Okay so it's more of a question of can you add the support. I would like to see a floating mobile menu bar... Currently it is fixed to the top of the page, and it can be a bit of a pain to have to scroll up and up and up to get to the menu... Could you make it so that the menu appears when you try scroll up? And likewise disappears when you scroll down?

Going for a Blueberry Bubblegum Then I'll be happy Edit - bush I recently had may have been pollinated by a Dutch passion blueberry lady that hermied late in flower I have been collecting the seeds and might start a batch to see how they come out. - if I can find some that exhibit similar traits as the mother, and adopt a differnt smell, I might keep those and see where they take me. Ideally I would like to keep this mother going and pollinate her with the right male and keep those seeds...

I tried to read this all in one sitting.. Hahaha - not tonight

Sadly nothing with an official name, I Call her Aurora Kush She has a strong woody structure that holds its fat heavy dense nuggs all the way to the end, beautiful bud development sites and very pest resistant, 95% PM resistant I'd say Dark green leaves that shimmer blue, tends to make rediculously long petiole(iv seen 30cm before ) But what I don't like so much, is the smell of the bud... Very dirty dank smell.. Dirty dirty nothing like the fruity sweet that I'm going for.. So I'm looking to cross it with a male from a strain that is fruity and sweet, preferably sativa dominant strain

I'll tell you what I'm aiming for... Fruity sweet dense buds, with a solid structure to hold its weight. I have the female plant I would like to breed with... But I need a male I am equally happy with, that has fruity lineage.

I'm totally down for assisting breeders, I have zero experience breeding... But would love to learn and possibly enter my own seeds one day

Doesn't have any kind of structure to it... Or sac, or any kind of apparent protection that usually accompanies insect eggs... I would say it is a fungi or mold of sorts.. Tough to say without a sample... Does it smell? Does it grow?

Agree 100%... That is my usual method... Small batch brews as I need it.. The vortex systems iv seen are generally way more than I would typically use at a time, which is why I asked my question Edit - I brew for 48 hours, no more and no less... Depending on what kind of tea you are meking, fungi dominant or bacteria dominant depends on the length of time you brew for, at the right temp(iv found 25° is good for me) Fungi teas don't need a long brew time, but the bacteria need a 48 brew to fully chow the food you gave them, and multiply. Edit 2 - if there is too much food still in the tea when you are finished brewing it, the microbes will be more inclined to eat the easy to eat food you give them, over the problems in your root zone that you are trying to fix... They will eat the problems... But will favour the food you give them until they are forced to eat the problems to survive... So your tea might take a couple of extra days before you see the results you want to see. It has never taken more than 3 days for my teas to work and see healthy new root growth

I had a look online and really like that vortex system... Seems like a medium level DIY project I need to research more, do you just keep the tea brewing indefinitely and just keep adding new microbe stock and food.. Or what?

Would you say that is better than airstones?

Here is what I have First Pic is the red worm on the roots, the roots are much whiter.. The HPS gives it that yellow tinge Second Pic is the homes they make with their shit and the crap that is in the water, very good cleaners And the third Pic is the adult midge fly, harmless, they live for 5 days and then die and don't actually eat anything while in adult form... But my spiders like them In all honesty I feel that my water is really plant friendly because of them. And don't see myself taking any steps to get rid of them

I have quite a few pics... I'll show you when I'm home... Mine are also about a cm long. You should be seeing lots of green Looking mozzies flying around

Like... Little house spiders... Hundred times bigger than a mite... They do web, but they web on the walls and not so much on the plants... Not that I mind the web on the plants as I feel it improves the protection... Especially for pesky thrips and white flies

Ah okay... I have a small midge population that I keep in check with a small spider population (not spider mites, just regular bug eating spiders lol) And like I said, my roots are extremely happy with them, no damage on the roots or any bad vibes... They do a pretty good cleanup of debris within the water... And worms poop too... Fresh vermicompast lol... Albeit insignificant amounts... But it's there

Correct me if I am wrong... But blood worms are the larvae of the midge fly? I did alil research and could not find any bad vibes from them... The bloodworms eat green algea. The midge Flys are irritating but not a nuisance... And my roots are very happy, I would say even happier when the blood worms are on them.

What a wicked read!! Almost all of your info I have tried to apply to hydro growing... Especially humic and fulvic acids... I am toying with an idea to have a mixed hydro and soil grow and needed a sweet article to give me that boost in confidence!! Thanks for an awesome read man

I dono hey... Sounds like you're tryna squeeze the highest quality out... I agree, if you have the Tom to get it, go for it... But a couple of airstones and a nice air pump gives me a great tea every time. If your DIY skills are up to scratch, you could make your own one for a few hundred at most... Just don't skimp on the waterproofing lol

As I am a recent member... I was planning on entering POTM religiously.. Sucks that it has come to an end for now... Where do we petition to get it going again