So you want to grow Marijuana, your ?'s answered here.

[ocitown]

Originally Posted by jcj77d

man im almost ready to call it quits on growing (but i need it for med reasons), when i restarted growing about 2-3yrs ago i was getting 2oz per plant & this was w/ no ph meters, inadicuate lighting, wrong soil & nutes. my plants didnt look te best, but they produced some great smoke. now that i have invested in ALL the right stuff (ph meter, lights, fans, nutes, & lots of care, etc all my plants die for unknown reasons, b/c im doing everything right, unlike b4. maybe im trying to hard. its been 6months since ive had a harvest, & have had about 15 plants just die. im baffled. i had 7 plants going, 3 died, & now it appears that maybe 2 more are dieing

It sounds like the only thing left is to have some of your runoff water tested by a chemist for some unknown major consistant deficientcy or lethal level of something.

I just saw a HydroRx water & soil Analysis test kit for $39.95,hydrofarm does it,you mail out your samples and in 2-4 days they will e-mail you with detailed analysis from an actual test laboratory(so they say). If you use them please post your results,if i was faced with quitting,id try everything i could 1st,good luck bro and dont give up,there are millions of blades who NEED you.

[jcj77d]

Originally Posted by ocitown

It sounds like the only thing left is to have some of your runoff water tested by a chemist for some unknown major consistant deficientcy or lethal level of something.

I just saw a HydroRx water & soil Analysis test kit for $39.95,hydrofarm does it,you mail out your samples and in 2-4 days they will e-mail you with detailed analysis from an actual test laboratory(so they say). If you use them please post your results,if i was faced with quitting,id try everything i could 1st,good luck bro and dont give up,there are millions of blades who NEED you.

oh, im not gonna quit unless i get through all my seeds (50+). i didnt really have trouble until i went from soil to my 2nd HB grow, so maybe im not cut out for hydroponics, well see i got 3 fem master kush in 4-5gal HB now, & 1 fem mk still in HB party cup. does anybody know if ferts go bad, b/c im thinking that my veg ferts have gone bad, b/c it got moisture in w/ it, but its still sealed up.

[ocitown]

Originally Posted by jcj77d

oh, im not gonna quit unless i get through all my seeds (50+). i didnt really have trouble until i went from soil to my 2nd HB grow, so maybe im not cut out for hydroponics, well see i got 3 fem master kush in 4-5gal HB now, & 1 fem mk still in HB party cup. does anybody know if ferts go bad, b/c im thinking that my veg ferts have gone bad, b/c it got moisture in w/ it, but its still sealed up.

Get some fresh nutes and some soil and do some testing bro,youll figure this out by a process of elimination real fast.

[jcj77d]

Originally Posted by ocitown

Get some fresh nutes and some soil and do some testing bro,youll figure this out by a process of elimination real fast.

i figured out what was wrong & im PISSED, 1 the perlite i bought was contaminated (went back to get more & saw a sign stating this), 2 i just found out that if u use a ph up, that the ph up bonds w/ the vermiculite & creates a high ph, so i tested my runoff & it was @ 7.

[budman10]

can someone pleasee tell me how i can make a nugget with shake ( pieces of weed that have flaked off from the nugget) by reforming a brick? in otherwords i want to form my weed into a nugget to smoke in my bowl from the loose shake that has flaked off. you help is much appreciated
thanks

[suspect]

Originally Posted by budman10

can someone pleasee tell me how i can make a nugget with shake ( pieces of weed that have flaked off from the nugget) by reforming a brick? in otherwords i want to form my weed into a nugget to smoke in my bowl from the loose shake that has flaked off. you help is much appreciated
thanks

thats 1 of the dumdest things i ever heard, you must be tryin to rip somebody off, Id smash you if you tried to give me a bag of shake, good luck with that!

[ocitown]

Originally Posted by RobsGreen

The Lucas formula is for any kind of lighting, if you use fluorescant bulbs all you need to do is use less of the formula. Instead of full strength 8ml per gallon maybe try 4ml per gallon, just as long as you take the same amount off both liquids. Here's a link to a thread started by Lucas and it talks about nutrients a lot, its a long read but lots of good info in there.

http://www.cannabis-world.org/cw/showthread.php?t=892

Thanx man for this link!! This lucas dude is sharp and his spiritual outlook is quite interesting to say the least.

[jcj77d]

Originally Posted by budman10

can someone pleasee tell me how i can make a nugget with shake ( pieces of weed that have flaked off from the nugget) by reforming a brick? in otherwords i want to form my weed into a nugget to smoke in my bowl from the loose shake that has flaked off. you help is much appreciated
thanks

Originally Posted by suspect

thats 1 of the dumdest things i ever heard, you must be tryin to rip somebody off, Id smash you if you tried to give me a bag of shake, good luck with that!

u dont have to press shake to smoke it, just load it like normal, or roll a spliff

[budman10]

i was trying to compress it back to a nug so i could give my buddies some and they like it n nugs...and is there ne way to compress the broken down weed in to a nug again?

[ocitown]

Originally Posted by budman10

i was trying to compress it back to a nug so i could give my buddies some and they like it n nugs...and is there ne way to compress the broken down weed in to a nug again?

Sure,put it with something that has moisture in it(some like orange peels some hate it) in a sealed bag until moist,then into a medicine bottle or the like and find something that fits snug which is longer than the bottle (ilke a piston in a cilinder)and push it down with a weight on top. Add some small holes in the lower sides so it dont mold and when its dry it will be like some of that mexican compressed weed,nug style again.I never tried this so you may need to try dif. ways to get what you want.

[jcj77d]

Originally Posted by budman10

i was trying to compress it back to a nug so i could give my buddies some and they like it n nugs...and is there ne way to compress the broken down weed in to a nug again?

do u have a keif press?, if so u can put the shake in it w/ a drop or 2 of water & press it & let it dry. your not going to get a nug looking piece from pressed shake. oh & dont try to school us about pressing it & reselling it to someone else, may i quote budman10 "another thing is im tha dude who has to hook his boys up so its better to give them nugs than the shake...you wudnt like it if some one sold you nothin but broken up weed would you? could you make a bunch of sugary thick syrupy water and put it on the weed and cram it together?"

[jcj77d]

hey oci, id thought u like to see this, since u were worried about to much mineral content in your tap.

[GodfatherofEir1]

Do you have a lot of experience with crossing your own strains? I got a pretty long & complicated set if you'd be willing to take a look at it, since no one else seems to be willing to.

[jcj77d]

Originally Posted by GodfatherofEir1

Do you have a lot of experience with crossing your own strains? I got a pretty long & complicated set if you'd be willing to take a look at it, since no one else seems to be willing to.

ive done it a few times, whats up.

[GodfatherofEir1]

I'm just tryin to create a strain combining the qualities of different types of bud. The cross would/will take 6 generations for the final product harvest, uses 11 types of seeds, and requires 9 hybrids to be created (10 if you count the final plant). I know it may not seem like its gonna be worth it, but I can just smoke the bud that I don't need to use crossing in the meantime.