WOW, didn't know you were having such serious problems. Yeah, it sounds like a flush is in order. What I do is I take the potted plant to the bathtub, and I use the showerhead on a flexible hose to gently spray the soil for about 2 minutes. I repeat after 15 minutes, Then I repeat again after another 15 minutes. While spraying, if your tub is white, you can see the brownish/yellowish salts and soil chemicals draining away. Usually after the third spraying, it is running pretty clear. Then I let the pot sit in the tub to drain for a half hour or so. Then I return the plant to the lighted tent. After about 4 or 5 days, I resume feeding at about half to 3/4 strength for the first feeding, then full strength after another 2 or 3 days.

@LedCherryBerry, you are right to question regarding mixing nutes, or better said, "alternating" nutes. (Obviously mixing nutes together and then feeding is like committing Cannabis suicide - similar to a person throwing various uppers, downers, Prozac, LSD, Heroine, and Bath Salts into a Gin and Tonic, slug it down, and then chase it with a beer. You aren't coming back.) It is often advised by virtually all nutrient manufacturers NOT to mix or alternate with other manufacturer's products, and also not to feed powder-feedings back-to-back or alternatively with liquid-feedings. But that's because they are trying to help you achieve maximum performance with KNOWN variables. Since they are promoting only their product, they have used only their product in order to achieve that qualification, and then they do their best to provide you with Tables to help you approach what they believe is the best application for the species plant. That is not to say that you won't be successful if you perform alternative feeding. But the results can be unpredictable, and the interactions among the various chemicals in the growing medium can be unpredictable. One must accept that if one begins alternative feeding or mixing, you're stepping into the unknown, and the results of the experiment are your own responsibility. I have alternated feeding in the past usually with success, sometimes with problems. My successes usually occurred when I was dosing WELL below the manufacturer's recommended dosages. My problems usually occurred when I was dosing at or near the manufacturer's recommended dosages.

OMG! They upgraded me to Super MOD? Geez, I hope my head doesn't start ballooning. People are going to be afraid to talk to me. LOLOL Well, we'll just see how it goes for a while... AND YEAAAAAHHHHH!!!!! I CAN UPLOAD PICTURES AGAIN!!!!! WOOHOO! Thanks a million for getting that fixed, @Jose.gh.

Oooooowee! Gooowey! That looks good!

Curious, I checked backward quickly, but rushed since I was also writing in other areas. I didn't find it: What does DD mean? Oh, nevermind, just found it. DUTCH DRAGON!!!

WOW! That's an impressive collection of specimens. Looks yummy

Nice cropping and shaping. Keep up the good work...

You are welcome, @ladybeth. Sorry about the delayed response. I imagine you're back home by now. I hope you had a good time while you were on Reunion. Did you ever find the Zamal?

Gentlemen, A number of posts above have been "Reported" to us Moderators. I am informing you that the "Reports" as well as this entire TOPIC are now under Review by the Moderator Team. Thereby, a number of other Moderators may be involved in making a decision regarding these "Reports". I would highly recommend that you all calm down and refrain from using inappropriate language and offensive name-calling. There is nothing wrong with disagreeing with one another, just please do so in a civil manner. If there are any lies expressed, well, as misleading as they may be, there are no rules against expressing lies. But if those lies rise to the point of libel against another member, then we Moderators may have to step in. If you detect that another member is stating untruths, then just let it be. Or if it is so extremely important a theme that you feel compelled to express a counter-arguement, then simply Quote the questionable post into your next post and write your counter-arguement against their statement, and then leave it alone. If an untruth had been told, then it should be simply left to the readers to judge for themselves. In all fairness, when quoting another Member, please do not change any text of what the other had written. Further, in fairness to everyone who reads this, I shall state that every "Quote"-function within this forum is an "open-field" Quote-function, meaning that anything can be changed by the user who is performing the "Quote". As you might well imagine, that pretty much destroys any judicial value it may have, meaning that it would have absolutely no merit in nearly any court of law. But let us not speak about courts of law. I feel assured that if things go too far, the Moderators would step in. Members may be restricted or banned, and this Topic and any other Topics deemed necessary by the Moderators can be deleted. I have not issued a warning against anyone yet, hoping that you will find a suitable middle-course and resolve this in a civil manner. Thank you. Cannabissapean

I screwed-up 15 grams of excellent Kaia Kush buds trying to infuse Cannabinoids into 0,5 Liter of Glühwein. My first clue that I had screwed-up was that during the heating, there were NO bubbles - indicating that decarboxylation was not occurring. Second clue, after drinking about 200 ml, there was virtually NO psychoactive effect for the rest of the evening. It did taste OK, including the usual Cannabis taste, it wasn't bad, sortof like a red wine kräuter bitter. And the cannabis after-taste lasted for a couple hours, also not bad, you could definitely tell that you had drank a cannabis-infused drink that contained a significant amount of cannabinoids. I guess we must always have some form of oil, not alcohol, in which to infuse. But it won't go to waste. I'm gonna drink it anyway. Yee-ee-hyughhgg!!! For the time being, I'm gonna stick with making and cooking with Cannabutter. I know without a doubt that Cannabutter works. Question for Arjan, Franco and Simon: When you drank from that bottle of cannabis-laced liquor with your Rasta friend in the Carribbean, we could all see your initial reaction. LOL Did that drink produce any psychoactive effect? If it did, did he explain how he had made that drink?

Thanks, mate.

On Youtube, NVclosetmedgrower has created a fabulous 7-Part Video Growjournal, very good, very detailed with excellent grow-tips throughout the life of a cannabis plant (“Purple Chem OG”) from Germination all the way through Harvest/Drying/Curing. This presentation is so well done, explanations so very easy to understand, I find his videos are just the thing for beginners as well as for some experienced growers. I feel certain that even experienced growers will hear ideas from him that you hadn’t thought of before. He is clever and logical. If you have ever had trouble in your grows or if you want grow-tips to avoid so many common mistakes, Watch This 7-Part Series! I have liked his Series so much that I decided to outline each part for you below. Here are the titles and the current links to his presentation. Take notes; you’ll thank me later. All the following is provided for informational purposes only. Your results may vary, and the risk for you and your plants is entirely yours. The links are found at the bottom of each post, after the outline. (If the links are disabled, you can try to search Youtube for the titles to see if it has been re-posted under different links. Normally, if you can find one of them, you will have also found the whole Series. Or you can search for the author – NVclosetmedgrower.) I hope that you enjoy the Series. OK, Here we go: How to Grow Part 1, Seed Germination. The Link is found at the bottom of this post, below the outline. -Step 1: Hydrogen Peroxide (2-3 drops) in RO-water in Solo Cup for initial 24 hours in cup. -Step 2: Paper towel until Taproot extends -Step 3: Germination and transfer to Initial Cup of Soil -Soil-less Mix Description: Jiffy Seedstarter Mix with 20% Perlite, consisting of: Peat Moss, Vermiculite and Dolomite Lime, flushed with 2 cups of 5,5pH RO-water to reduce the alkaline effects of the Dolomite. One drop of CloneX(a cloning gel containing Vitamin B1 and Butyric Acid) applied 1 inch deep under where the seed/w-taproot will be placed into the cup. Maintain 70+% Humidity using a simple plastic bag over the cup. (A substitute for CloneX is Schultz “TakeRoot”, a powder which contains 0,1% Indole-3-butyric Acid. Obviously, one would need to determine whether a powder or a gel would be preferable depending on the method of its use. I have both onhand.) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LYIYFyFNMFg&list=PLfKFNZAfF1GxcVdCc4XPxMCKqmRiWVh71

Variety packs are available. They are also known as colored seeds. In the online store, at the bottom of the page, find and click on "colored seeds". Then you will be able to see the variety packs that are available.

I think that Jose means, "which type of hydro do you want to set up? In hydro, there are many different variations. deep water culture (DWC), ebb-n-flow, drip into rockwool, coco as medium, perlite as medium, mapito as medium, air-ponics, bubble-ponics, and there are other methods that I cannot remember at the moment. So, which method do you want to do? If you are not familiar with the above-mentioned techniques, then use those words and do some google- or youtube searches. You are in for a few weeks worth of learning. It will inspire you to build your own set-up. Have fun.

Nice job, Gasmeter.

Are you going to start with 70, or run a couple dial-in tests first? Are you going to run soil or hydro or both?

Why not switch up to LEDs?

Unexpected periods of darkness are usually not a problem, so long as it's not more than about 4 days. But 4 hours undesired "lights on" can be enough to seriously diminish yield, especially if it occurs in early flowering.

Does that mean you still don't have all your scheduled processes on timers? If not, you're gonna regret it one of these days when you discover that you have accidentally reversed a blomming plant back into Vegg modus by forgetting to turn off a lamp for a day or two. Or also not good, when you open your flowering tent a couple days after a similar event to discover that one of your females suddenly turned hermie from the light confusion stress, sprang balls and pollinated your entire tent of females. Both of those accidents have happened to me before. I will admit however, that these accidents have also happened to me AFTER having everything on timers. There is that little timer-bypass-switch on the timer. If I have to perform an emergency cleaning or pest-control or emergency feeding or something just minutes before the lights are due to come on or just when the lights are about to go off, I sometimes flip that darned bypass switch. I finish my job and then, because I am stoned or just plain stupid, I forget to flip the switch back to timer modus. Such a mistake is often not caught until 24 hours later, or worse, at the next feeding 3 or 4 days later. I guess what I need to do is to make a tag to hang on the zipper of the tent "TIMER SWITCH", so that I cannot forget about the bypass switch.

Hello @Bee1984, Welcome to Strain Hunters. Here is the grand daddy of all the DIY hydroponics videos. View all 9 episodes. Enjoy.

Do you mean like this one? http://forums.strainhunters.com/topic/771-music4plants-and-sh/ Or you could simply start a new topic of your own. The Chill Out Lounge is a topic-area that is quite open for just about anything.

Jim, you are right, if the dehumidifier is still in the tent. I was trying to encourage Shaggy to seal-up the output of the extractor and set the dehumidifier completely outside the tent. Personally, I think that all these problems will be resolved if he would find a way to seal that output exhaust pipe to the outside. Then he might not even need the dehumidifier.

Yes, the Perlite adds no nutrients itself, but it allows water to drain away more quickly and thereby oxygen to reach the root ball. The additional oxygen allows the microbes in the soil to become more active and thereby they create their waste materials which the plants take-up in the roots.

Interesting characteristics in the cotyledons and the initial leaves. Interesting texture to your soil. That soil looks like a super-rich compost. Have you grown in this kind of soil before? What is the pH of the run-off water?