http://forum.sensiseeds.com/ This is an XML content feed of; Sensi > Cannabis Forum : Grasso : Last Posts Sun, 21 Mar 2010 01:17:49 +0000 Sun, 14 Mar 2010 21:12:45 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Web Wiz Forums 9.08 30 forum.sensiseeds.com/RSS_topic_feed.asp http://forum.sensiseeds.com//style_Seeds/Sensi_Seeds_Cannabis_forum.gif http://forum.sensiseeds.com/ http://forum.sensiseeds.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=6372&PID=50436#50436 Author: Grasso
Subject: Little lab logs
Posted: 14 March 2010 at 21:12

Hi,


This Dragonswanbee is flowering along. Her sister and the girdled Capricorn -which can be seen on the left- are dying, it was just too much. The Lowryder in the foreground is stable while the other one -not shown- is shrinking, both have powdery mildew.


Potassium-per-manganate, zinc-nitrate, modified Substral and iron-/sodium-chloride make up the chemical arsenal.

Greetings,
Uli]]> Sun, 14 Mar 2010 21:12:45 +0000 http://forum.sensiseeds.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=6372&PID=50436#50436 http://forum.sensiseeds.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=6109&PID=50338#50338 Author: Grasso
Subject: Southern Outdoor 2009/2010
Posted: 11 March 2010 at 17:58

Hi,

it is looking all lush and tidy, but no plant even remotely ripe. Skunk is "mid October", in your latitude maybe April first.

Greetings,
Uli]]> Thu, 11 Mar 2010 17:58:09 +0000 http://forum.sensiseeds.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=6109&PID=50338#50338 http://forum.sensiseeds.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=6372&PID=50213#50213 Author: Grasso
Subject: Little lab logs
Posted: 05 March 2010 at 19:40

Hi,

thanks a lot, Sarah-Lou. Indoor growing is hard: Hitting the soil in the right pots with the stream of water, wetting it evenly but not making a puddle. Providing a good climate and clean water. Hiding it.

Greetings,
Uli]]> Fri, 05 Mar 2010 19:40:35 +0000 http://forum.sensiseeds.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=6372&PID=50213#50213 http://forum.sensiseeds.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=6372&PID=50186#50186 Author: Grasso
Subject: Little lab logs
Posted: 04 March 2010 at 17:28

Hi,

could this diary be moved to the other ones? Today I girdled the two Dragonswanbees and the smaller Capricorn by cutting off the bark close to the root. The Capricorns have been that heavily fructified by the stray Shiva Haze ( that the cross with Lowryder will be hard to find. I have a tri-foliate apple seedling.


Them all

*:

Resinous bracts

Greetings,
Uli]]> Thu, 04 Mar 2010 17:28:30 +0000 http://forum.sensiseeds.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=6372&PID=50186#50186 http://forum.sensiseeds.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=6372&PID=49875#49875 Author: Grasso
Subject: Little lab logs
Posted: 16 February 2010 at 23:58

Hi,

as announced I tapped and smeared pollen yesterday. While I slept late today this Adam opened some sacks in order to reach one or another Eve. He is on the window-sill now. The other Dragonswanbee male is still infant and the Shiva Haze male has been castrated; so there is more greens in the chamber than when I conducted strict separation of sexes.

Last winter I fed my plants minerals extracted from wood ash by means of nitric acid. I quit that because it was not balanced and contained also unwanted trace elements. At this start of winter inscriptions on the Substral Hydro bottle told me of a seven-fold zinc deficiency. But I did not act until plants were suffering. The zinc has arrived, I am going to apply my just-so chemistry knowledge and dilute ions millions-fold.

That is it for now. All comments are welcome.

Greetings,
Uli]]> Tue, 16 Feb 2010 23:58:45 +0000 http://forum.sensiseeds.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=6372&PID=49875#49875 http://forum.sensiseeds.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=6372&PID=49777#49777 Author: Grasso
Subject: Little lab logs
Posted: 12 February 2010 at 16:42

Hi,

I messed it up. Slow growth, dying leaves, too many males. I am going to obtain pure Zink, dissolve it in mineral acid and water with that.

Capricorn #5 x #1 seeds are growing, solely on the touched bud. Two Dragonswanbee females are going to be going on a love trip to meet Lowryder males soon. The nicest Dragonswanbee looks like a male.

Greetings,
Uli]]> Fri, 12 Feb 2010 16:42:35 +0000 http://forum.sensiseeds.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=6372&PID=49777#49777 http://forum.sensiseeds.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=6065&PID=49478#49478 Author: Grasso
Subject: RUERALIS INDICA, is it worth it
Posted: 03 February 2010 at 18:48

Hi,

I like both Ruderalis Indica and Ruderalis Skunk. They do not auto-flower reliably, say I would not count on it, but they have vigour, say they are not picky about their environment. The Indica grows nugs of resin. The Skunk adds the anal smell if it is not of the fluffy coffee phenotype.

I cannot confirm Solidopc's bad outdoor experiences either. Cultivating dwarfs around the solstice, they have always grown good buds for me.

Greetings,
Uli]]> Wed, 03 Feb 2010 18:48:26 +0000 http://forum.sensiseeds.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=6065&PID=49478#49478 http://forum.sensiseeds.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=6480&PID=49435#49435 Author: Grasso
Subject: honey instead of molasses?
Posted: 02 February 2010 at 18:38

Hi,

sometimes organics are better, as with syrup of sugar beets: The minerally fertilized stuff tastes nastily bitter while the elitistically organic stuff tastes nice -- and costs thrice as much. Sometimes the place of origin makes the difference: I bought Russian mustard power, and the mustard made from it is much hotter than usual "hot" mustard but like strong fresh horseradish. The Klitshko effect.

Greetings,
Uli]]> Tue, 02 Feb 2010 18:38:52 +0000 http://forum.sensiseeds.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=6480&PID=49435#49435 http://forum.sensiseeds.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=6465&PID=49350#49350 Author: Grasso
Subject: Electricity and the Electricity company
Posted: 31 January 2010 at 01:04

Hi,

1.) Yes, but as already stated those lamps draw twice the current at start-up. That is not because of ignition but because the bulb becomes heated up to operating temperature during some minutes.

2.) Yes, but why not begin by running one lamp? Then, you can still decide if you want to burn down the house.

3.) The hydro company compares bill sums with actual readings on branch meters. If you want to deal with spies, try to steal.

Greetings,
Uli]]> Sun, 31 Jan 2010 01:04:07 +0000 http://forum.sensiseeds.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=6465&PID=49350#49350 http://forum.sensiseeds.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=6372&PID=49302#49302 Author: Grasso
Subject: Little lab logs
Posted: 29 January 2010 at 19:28

Hi,

have a look at how my wardrobe turned into a plant:


In the upper right corner is the fan blowing downwards. The wardrobe door is made of two wings. When the right wing with an air-duct is closed, some air leaves the wardrobe at the bottom while the rest is pushed through the cultivation chamber. Therefore plants get a mixture of old and fresh air.



Plants are hit by nearly parallel rays, just as with direct sunlight. I hope they will rise to the middle, though.



A small #5 cutting rooted. A bigger clone and all Dragonswanbees each have two thirds of a liter of soil. Of the Lowryders, two males were brought into the cellar while a third one, a female and a yellow one are still here.



Leaves are yellowing because on repotting I forgot to fertilize, I mean I watered with plain boiled water. I smeared #1 pollen into a bud on one evening, and its pistils wilted next day. But later on most ones recovered while ones on other buds withered. What should I think of that?

Greetings,
Uli]]> Fri, 29 Jan 2010 19:28:38 +0000 http://forum.sensiseeds.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=6372&PID=49302#49302 http://forum.sensiseeds.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=6448&PID=49014#49014 Author: Grasso
Subject: Bugs are finally starting to die
Posted: 22 January 2010 at 02:03

Hi,

they look like aphids including their metamorphic gnat state to me. Illnesses are strange; these days I have to cope with mildew which haunts me and my plants. I was affected by a friend who bred it but the persistence! Can't nuke the planet and start all over. I wish you a bountiful harvest as soon as possible,

Uli]]> Fri, 22 Jan 2010 02:03:46 +0000 http://forum.sensiseeds.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=6448&PID=49014#49014 http://forum.sensiseeds.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=6372&PID=48867#48867 Author: Grasso
Subject: Little lab logs
Posted: 16 January 2010 at 13:54

Hi,

sitting here with a cup of tea, it is hard to garden with a concept, because one needs to dissemble first in order to be able to resemble later on. We are on this planet doing things, not just watching and waiting.

When also the newest seedling grew spindly, I downsized the incandescent back to 10 Watts. My explanation is that total light intensity of 30 KiloLux and colour temperature of 4000 K are too low to accommodate so much infrared. Yet I have seen beautiful plants grown under incandescents. Still in the Lego age.

The reason why I ground a spoonful of Seramis is that my hydroponic fertilizer falls short in several trace elements which I thought to supply by the artificial clay. But the roots were trapped between magnetic needle crystals. Even the intact Seramis seems to be an obstacle. It is all in the dosage. I still think that peat needs some extra density, say sand. Life is a lapse, but who cares?

Uli]]> Sat, 16 Jan 2010 13:54:20 +0000 http://forum.sensiseeds.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=6372&PID=48867#48867 http://forum.sensiseeds.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=6372&PID=48852#48852 Author: Grasso
Subject: Little lab logs
Posted: 15 January 2010 at 21:02

Hi,

this is the presentation effect. I expected much more vigour so I would be able to select the best. The thread feels rather dry, but on the upside I do not have any critters.




One #5 cutting rooted and started flowering. Three others are shrinking but not wilt. I mixed a new soil batch, this time without grinding any of the Seramis, sow a few more seeds and repotted the older plants. There is new growth but older leaves are showing stains.

Uli]]> Fri, 15 Jan 2010 21:02:06 +0000 http://forum.sensiseeds.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=6372&PID=48852#48852 http://forum.sensiseeds.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=6372&PID=48606#48606 Author: Grasso
Subject: Little lab logs
Posted: 03 January 2010 at 10:37

Hi,

Do your seedlings always get so tall Uli?

I switched to the bigger, brighter lights yesterday also because of this behaviour which took me by surprise only by its great amount. Right now the seedlings are shaking in the wind with their leaves standing horizontally.

Keeping the parents in the cool cellar and running 12/12h in the appartment does not help rooting but I try to reduce complexity, say not fuss around too much.

Uli]]> Sun, 03 Jan 2010 10:37:51 +0000 http://forum.sensiseeds.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=6372&PID=48606#48606 http://forum.sensiseeds.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=6372&PID=48593#48593 Author: Grasso
Subject: Little lab logs
Posted: 02 January 2010 at 17:36

Hi,


Second stage ignited. Too much clay in mix. Older cuts died, will new ones root? One seedling dampened off so new seed sown.

Greetings,
Uli]]> Sat, 02 Jan 2010 17:36:19 +0000 http://forum.sensiseeds.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=6372&PID=48593#48593 http://forum.sensiseeds.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=6109&PID=48534#48534 Author: Grasso
Subject: Southern Outdoor 2009/2010
Posted: 31 December 2009 at 07:52

Hi,

I am sorry for you, Sarah Louise.

Uli]]> Thu, 31 Dec 2009 07:52:13 +0000 http://forum.sensiseeds.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=6109&PID=48534#48534 http://forum.sensiseeds.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=6109&PID=48475#48475 Author: Grasso
Subject: Southern Outdoor 2009/2010
Posted: 28 December 2009 at 20:29

Hi,

your plants are making good progress, Sarah Loise. You provide a lot of detail for everyone to pick out the interesting bits. I am looking forward to seeing buds.

Uli]]> Mon, 28 Dec 2009 20:29:29 +0000 http://forum.sensiseeds.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=6109&PID=48475#48475 http://forum.sensiseeds.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=6376&PID=48474#48474 Author: Grasso
Subject: please help
Posted: 28 December 2009 at 20:15

Hi,

I was denied access, too, but found that one can still upload via the gallery and then embed the preview and link in the post. One of your plants has either its own sweet way or a problem. Until now you must decide for yourself.

Uli]]> Mon, 28 Dec 2009 20:15:35 +0000 http://forum.sensiseeds.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=6376&PID=48474#48474 http://forum.sensiseeds.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=6372&PID=48456#48456 Author: Grasso
Subject: Little lab logs
Posted: 26 December 2009 at 06:41

Hi,

thanks a lot, Sarah Louise! I read about Columbian Gold which is made by girdling. Some time in flowering, the phloem (which in annual plants can be equalled to the bark) below the lowest shoot and leaf is removed. To see the consequences of this botanical circumcision one has to know two things. First, the phloem is the layer in which raw products of sun worship such as sugars and hormones are transferred from place to place. Second, in order to sustain deliverance of water and nutrients to overground plant parts, roots need to keep growing, which they cannot without sugar.

For the moment the plant still draws up fresh water through the xylem which means wood but as its lower end fades the tops follow. With a little luck the plant will change its colour to a golden brown and open up olefactorically.

What you are referring to with the Avocados is to girdle only the highest shoots of the plant. When these most productive shoots cannot share their sugars anymore with roots and lower shoots their fruits swell abnormally. It is also done with grapes.

Lastly, some invasive tree species are hard to deter. As with the Hydra, when they are cut roots grow new shoots. The tree is too intelligent to fall for complete girdling as done with Cannabis, either. But people found a way: In the first springtime a nearly-complete girdling is performed. So roots get enough food to stay calm but too few to maintain energy reserves. Next springtime the narrow bridge is removed so roots starve and the living system falls apart. Comes third springtime it is all over.

Uli]]> Sat, 26 Dec 2009 06:41:50 +0000 http://forum.sensiseeds.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=6372&PID=48456#48456 http://forum.sensiseeds.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=6372&PID=48453#48453 Author: Grasso
Subject: Little lab logs
Posted: 25 December 2009 at 20:25

Hi shamen and madmen,

indoor Marijuana cultivation is a nice wintertime occupation. Running at the moment are a warm-white 35 Watts high-intensity gas-discharge and a 10 Watts halide incandescent.


From the cellar were fetched cuttings of Capricorn which is a sativa of South American and Dutch origins. On the top left you can see a fresh cut of #2, on the top right the auto-flowering male #1, the rest is #3 and #5. I also sow inbred Lowryder 2 and Dragonswanbee ((Caramelicious x White Widow) F2). The root medium is peat with some Seramis (red burnt clay) and seaweed (also used for soups, had to wash off the salt) and is watered with hydroponic solution.

The objectives:

• Cross a Lowryder 2 female each with Capricorn #1 and Dragonswanbee in order to obtain an auto-flowering indica/sativa and an exceptionally resinous fast flowerer.


• Girdle Capricorn and Dragonswanbee sinsemilla in order to gain practical insight in plant physiology and harvest tasty brown weed.

All potlets are now sitting in the half-shade of seeded Ruderalis Skunk plants. Later on I am going to switch to 70 Watts neutral-white + 20 Watts incandescent. Then Stripe Rudy seeds shall be ripe, and new pollinations occur. Then bigger females shall be girdled until the final harvest of this indoor season. Many things can go wrong; plants have their own will; HID lighting cries for safety measures; I feel adventureous.

Greetings,
Uli]]> Fri, 25 Dec 2009 20:25:54 +0000 http://forum.sensiseeds.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=6372&PID=48453#48453 http://forum.sensiseeds.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=6366&PID=48407#48407 Author: Grasso
Subject: Spider Mites
Posted: 22 December 2009 at 21:57

Hi,

you can rinse the plants, washing off the critters. They should not come back.

Uli]]> Tue, 22 Dec 2009 21:57:23 +0000 http://forum.sensiseeds.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=6366&PID=48407#48407 http://forum.sensiseeds.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=5859&PID=48399#48399 Author: Grasso
Subject: Male?
Posted: 22 December 2009 at 03:55

Hi,

I do not see male flowers but live aphids and cadaveric white flakes.

Greetings,
Uli]]> Tue, 22 Dec 2009 03:55:30 +0000 http://forum.sensiseeds.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=5859&PID=48399#48399 http://forum.sensiseeds.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=6322&PID=48380#48380 Author: Grasso
Subject: My first grow diary - Barneys Nightshade
Posted: 21 December 2009 at 20:41

Hi,

congrats to your grow, Tommy! The reason for the spoiled leaf edges probably is excessive ultraviolet radiation. It is funny that growers run bulbs designed for use in closed fixtures (UV- and explosion-wise) in open fixtures.

Uli]]> Mon, 21 Dec 2009 20:41:12 +0000 http://forum.sensiseeds.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=6322&PID=48380#48380 http://forum.sensiseeds.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=6342&PID=48263#48263 Author: Grasso
Subject: Jamaican Pearl outdoors?
Posted: 15 December 2009 at 21:09

Hi,

even New York City can get hard frost. Now imagine continental, elevated regions such as Colorado, Armenia or Sinkiang. Regarding frost or rather the lack of it it is coastal Europe which has a "strange micro-climate".

Uli ]]> Tue, 15 Dec 2009 21:09:13 +0000 http://forum.sensiseeds.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=6342&PID=48263#48263 http://forum.sensiseeds.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=6284&PID=47831#47831 Author: Grasso
Subject: easiest and hardiest sativa for indoors?
Posted: 28 November 2009 at 16:56

Scientists have bred out the as you say and may well be right "day-neutral" flowering out of tobacco, I think in the laboratory. They grew such a plant in a 6 meters high greenhouse, and it reached the roof. Its ancestor grown by side was only 2 meters high.

Originally posted by Bartmanuk does the lowryder start flowering quicker under 12/12 compared to 18/6?

At least not later, but certainly while still smaller. In Lowryder et altera the potentials for day-neutral and long-night flowering are both present, running in parallel and summing up. ]]> Sat, 28 Nov 2009 16:56:37 +0000 http://forum.sensiseeds.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=6284&PID=47831#47831 http://forum.sensiseeds.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=6284&PID=47798#47798 Author: Grasso
Subject: easiest and hardiest sativa for indoors?
Posted: 27 November 2009 at 19:16

Hi,

Originally posted by Ganja only autoflowering strains are non-photosensitive.

This is not true. Lowryder under 12/12h finishes weeks faster than under 18/6h.

For hemp flowers when it is not:
* too cold
* too dark
and for all except auto-flowerers also
* too short the nights

Many plants like tobacco and poppies are auto-flowering, or better said short-night-flowering. If this trait is bred out then plants grow bigger as they do not start flowering before autumn. Hence this trait could be called dwarf.

Greetings, Uli]]> Fri, 27 Nov 2009 19:16:27 +0000 http://forum.sensiseeds.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=6284&PID=47798#47798 http://forum.sensiseeds.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=6263&PID=47628#47628 Author: Grasso
Subject: dehumidifier water
Posted: 20 November 2009 at 20:58

Hi,

such a device filters out air-borne microbes and spores, so you should not drink the water -- raw. Another point is the metals used for the cooler, usually copper plates and tin-lead solder, a bit of which dissolves and would accumulate in the plants.

Greetings,
Uli]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:58:45 +0000 http://forum.sensiseeds.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=6263&PID=47628#47628 http://forum.sensiseeds.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=6207&PID=47249#47249 Author: Grasso
Subject: Growing 2 especies and not crossing their pollen
Posted: 07 November 2009 at 19:09

Hi,

sow your seeds rather late in the season so the plants will not get huge. Look at them each day. When the first pollen sack is about to open then pick it off, open it with your fingernails and smear the dusty crumble onto a pistil. Cull the plant and bury it far away.

Good luck with your farm!]]> Sat, 07 Nov 2009 19:09:03 +0000 http://forum.sensiseeds.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=6207&PID=47249#47249 http://forum.sensiseeds.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=6194&PID=47141#47141 Author: Grasso
Subject: how 2 change PH of soil??
Posted: 03 November 2009 at 17:51

Hi,

there probably is much limestone in soil and water. Use purified (rain, reverse-osmosis or boiled) water and bigger pots (in order for humus to decompose).

Iron is a micro nutrient and toxic in higher dosage. Your stuff is meant for etching and probably of only technical grade of purity. Careful.

Uli]]> Tue, 03 Nov 2009 17:51:08 +0000 http://forum.sensiseeds.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=6194&PID=47141#47141 http://forum.sensiseeds.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=6180&PID=47090#47090 Author: Grasso
Subject: Veg Growth
Posted: 01 November 2009 at 18:31

Hi,

Even in a well pruned room the light from a G-Watt (1000 watt light) will only be effective about 40 inches from the bulb.

Pruning a plant or planting a prune, yes, but how does one prune a room? My latin teacher told me to think before talk or write but I did not listen. How far a light reaches does not only depend on its power but also on its radiation pattern, say the reflector. Uli]]> Sun, 01 Nov 2009 18:31:30 +0000 http://forum.sensiseeds.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=6180&PID=47090#47090 http://forum.sensiseeds.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=1603&PID=46857#46857 Author: Grasso
Subject: Introductions (for New Forum Members)
Posted: 24 October 2009 at 17:35

Aloha Americano, I have been trying to get my life straight, you know eating, cleaning, washing, sports, friends, love and labour. Last night I ate up a pumpkin risotto I had cooked in the afternoon. I read my father's books, right now Charles Darwin: Scientist's voyage around the world. Cheers, Uli]]> Sat, 24 Oct 2009 17:35:32 +0000 http://forum.sensiseeds.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=1603&PID=46857#46857 http://forum.sensiseeds.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=6147&PID=46830#46830 Author: Grasso
Subject: LEAVES ADVICE
Posted: 24 October 2009 at 00:08

Hi, are the leaf tips bending down like claws? This syndrome has been linked to over-watering or more generally a problem with soil and roots. Once come up it is hard to get rid of it again. Uli]]> Sat, 24 Oct 2009 00:08:22 +0000 http://forum.sensiseeds.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=6147&PID=46830#46830 http://forum.sensiseeds.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=6124&PID=46582#46582 Author: Grasso
Subject: Temperature
Posted: 16 October 2009 at 22:01

Hi,

it is bred to ripen at these and lower temperatures. The potting soil (I guess that you do not grow them in the ground) should stay warm, though.

Uli]]> Fri, 16 Oct 2009 22:01:14 +0000 http://forum.sensiseeds.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=6124&PID=46582#46582 http://forum.sensiseeds.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=6090&PID=46446#46446 Author: Grasso
Subject: Late Start
Posted: 13 October 2009 at 15:24

Hi, Europe is exceptionally warm. Vancouver is a sweet spot, too, but smaller. Anecdotal Alaska (fjords?) is also warm. This is all due to Passat winds and warm sea streams. On the other hand, continents are big and cold out soon after the equinox. From the Basces over Arabia to Thailand and Eastern Sibiria mountains have raised; western North America is mountains, half of Africa, too, and the Andes have been cultivated ever since. A rule of thumb is that at intermediate latitude Indicas can be grown. It is a bit different in China, though. Uli]]> Tue, 13 Oct 2009 15:24:39 +0000 http://forum.sensiseeds.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=6090&PID=46446#46446 http://forum.sensiseeds.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=6113&PID=46444#46444 Author: Grasso
Subject: Outdoor freezing temperatures
Posted: 13 October 2009 at 15:03

Hi, my plants can usually stand that. They might get a purple finish. Some say that frost even raises potency. Uli]]> Tue, 13 Oct 2009 15:03:15 +0000 http://forum.sensiseeds.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=6113&PID=46444#46444 http://forum.sensiseeds.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=5941&PID=46307#46307 Author: Grasso
Subject: Just a pic of something odd...
Posted: 09 October 2009 at 22:33

Hi,

from here:

Originally posted by Sarah Louise rud indicas... well they have most definitely failed to 'autoflower' and totally screwed my successive harvest plans. On the bright side, the first 2 to show gender are actually both female... glad I didn't toss the suspected male immediately.

I also read that you grew other Ruderalis Indica originals and the inbreeds in winter. Ganja and you promote it as a prise-wise window-sill variety. Truth is Cannabis is a short-day flowerer, even the auto-flowering varieties still are. Hemp can auto-flower only in summer, preferably at high latitudes.

Uli]]> Fri, 09 Oct 2009 22:33:12 +0000 http://forum.sensiseeds.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=5941&PID=46307#46307 http://forum.sensiseeds.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=5941&PID=46295#46295 Author: Grasso
Subject: Just a pic of something odd...
Posted: 09 October 2009 at 12:48

Hi,

I find it hard-stretched to call seedlings auto-flowering if they have been started before the spring equinox, Sarah Louise. Any Indica flowers in the daylength of 13 hours or so you have now. Even in summer, at any Australian latitude one cannot tell apart a "big autoflowerer" like Rudy Indy from a standard photoperiodical Indica. Only dwarfs like Lowryder can be "proven" there.

Greets, Uli ]]> Fri, 09 Oct 2009 12:48:27 +0000 http://forum.sensiseeds.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=5941&PID=46295#46295 http://forum.sensiseeds.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=1603&PID=46281#46281 Author: Grasso
Subject: Introductions (for New Forum Members)
Posted: 09 October 2009 at 00:07

Hi, americano, I have been missing you. ]]> Fri, 09 Oct 2009 00:07:05 +0000 http://forum.sensiseeds.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=1603&PID=46281#46281 http://forum.sensiseeds.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=5739&PID=46129#46129 Author: Grasso
Subject: Ruderalis indica
Posted: 03 October 2009 at 20:29

Hi, if the whole plant is around to mold up then you must chop. But if there is only a limited amount of mold spots while the rest of the plant (carefully inspect a sample bud!) is healthy then you can wait. They live in your garden so you can watch them everyday and should somehow feel when it is the time. I would not mind to see some pictures though. Uli]]> Sat, 03 Oct 2009 20:29:15 +0000 http://forum.sensiseeds.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=5739&PID=46129#46129 http://forum.sensiseeds.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=6063&PID=46124#46124 Author: Grasso
Subject: sex my plant
Posted: 03 October 2009 at 15:30

Hi, nice plant you got! It is too early to tell sex. Give it nights of strictly 12 hours length and in two weeks you will see, or let it grow bigger by giving it shorter nights! It is all explained in the FAQ.]]> Sat, 03 Oct 2009 15:30:26 +0000 http://forum.sensiseeds.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=6063&PID=46124#46124 http://forum.sensiseeds.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=6050&PID=46051#46051 Author: Grasso
Subject: Strain info needed!
Posted: 01 October 2009 at 23:54

Hi, Ruderalis Indica is strong weed. My plants did not auto-flower but finished in late October. Some people report purple pistils and F2s but to me it is a green variety. I read that Maple Leaf Indica was a possible ancestor. To me an Indica is a plant on which a bract embraces two others, resulting a hops-cone-like appearance, while on a Sativa plant bracts embrace only pistils and seeds. Uli]]> Thu, 01 Oct 2009 23:54:06 +0000 http://forum.sensiseeds.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=6050&PID=46051#46051 http://forum.sensiseeds.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=1603&PID=45943#45943 Author: Grasso
Subject: Introductions (for New Forum Members)
Posted: 27 September 2009 at 17:48

Hai, 1200W is a lot of juice. I do not strive for the orgasmic high anymore but for a good, satisfying taste. Indeed it is nicer to hang with everything on and break off the dry buds. White pistils show that bracts are still growing thus are a STOP! sign to the sicle; only mold or the huns can override it.

I started growing ten years ago, had my first crop five years ago, and have since tried out a lot. It is not the goal but the way, hit or miss. My motivation party is the love and party the lack of other opportunities. The internet is the place where I show off and hide out. Uli ]]> Sun, 27 Sep 2009 17:48:30 +0000 http://forum.sensiseeds.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=1603&PID=45943#45943 http://forum.sensiseeds.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=6033&PID=45932#45932 Author: Grasso
Subject: Fungus Knats
Posted: 26 September 2009 at 22:40

Hello,

in gardening shops one can buy sticky yellow (and blue) cards which catch bugs like fungus gnats. I read that it also helps to deny them access to the soil by the use of sand.

But in the first place they are attracted by slime and rot. One week of overwatering, use of bad compost, anything, and here there proliferate the black little crack dwellers.

Uli]]> Sat, 26 Sep 2009 22:40:52 +0000 http://forum.sensiseeds.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=6033&PID=45932#45932 http://forum.sensiseeds.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=6028&PID=45899#45899 Author: Grasso
Subject: lowrider
Posted: 25 September 2009 at 20:16

Hello,

great result, cocogroweruk! I grew Lowryder #2 outdoors; resinous with rich lemon taste.

In an irregular light cycle Lowryder will not revert to vegetation or start to hermaphrodite. Further on yield per area per time is higher since it gets 6 hours more light per day.

Uli]]> Fri, 25 Sep 2009 20:16:17 +0000 http://forum.sensiseeds.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=6028&PID=45899#45899 http://forum.sensiseeds.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=1522&PID=45800#45800 Author: Grasso
Subject: Fluoro's, CFL's e.t.c
Posted: 22 September 2009 at 20:11

Hi, i think that a mix of one 2700K and one 6000K tube is good for vegetating plants. You cannot overdo with standard fluoros. Screw the fixtures onto the ceiling, glue tin foil to the walls and construct ventilation strong enough to let the plants shiver oh so slightly. By the way, in Brazil springtime has just begun, so what about the great outdoors? Uli]]> Tue, 22 Sep 2009 20:11:14 +0000 http://forum.sensiseeds.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=1522&PID=45800#45800 http://forum.sensiseeds.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=5639&PID=45607#45607 Author: Grasso
Subject: Hydroponic Starter (Noob)
Posted: 14 September 2009 at 14:54

Use only one type of growing medium from start to finish!]]> Mon, 14 Sep 2009 14:54:18 +0000 http://forum.sensiseeds.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=5639&PID=45607#45607 http://forum.sensiseeds.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=5639&PID=45567#45567 Author: Grasso
Subject: Hydroponic Starter (Noob)
Posted: 13 September 2009 at 22:22

yoka86,
Perlite holds even less water than coco does. What I like about peat is that one one hand it holds as much water as soil does and on the other hand does not contain significant amounts of nutrients hence behaves more predictably than soil/compost/manure does. You're welcome,]]> Sun, 13 Sep 2009 22:22:27 +0000 http://forum.sensiseeds.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=5639&PID=45567#45567 http://forum.sensiseeds.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=5959&PID=45543#45543 Author: Grasso
Subject: Help Please, Wilted Plant
Posted: 13 September 2009 at 00:52

Hi,

how is it going with your plant, amediagirl?

Ganja, when you write about 'ring-barking' you mix something up: The green layer below the bark (cannabis has no real bark) is the phloem in which sugar juices and hormones flow. It is an adaptable, living thing. Hemp fibers are made from retted phloem. The wood enclosed by the phloem is the xylem which brings up water with dissolved nutrients from the soil and keeps the plant rigid. The xylem (which means wood) is a dead one-way street. The xylem grows by being plastered by the phloem.

Roots need to constantly grow and therefore need sugar which is made in the leaves. Cutting the phloem below the lowest shoot is called girdling and starves the roots. A plant cut off below the lowest shoot can come back by growing a new shoot from a root but a girdled plant is doomed. After some time it wilts.

Girdling is used to eradicate neophytic trees such as Robinias in Europe. Closer to the topic Columbian Gold is made by girdling; one gets a fermented, smokable produce and can rotate the crop.

Greetings,
Uli]]> Sun, 13 Sep 2009 00:52:52 +0000 http://forum.sensiseeds.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=5959&PID=45543#45543 http://forum.sensiseeds.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=5639&PID=45509#45509 Author: Grasso
Subject: Hydroponic Starter (Noob)
Posted: 11 September 2009 at 23:54

Hi,

yes, it did not really expand as was written on the package so I had to grind that mean stuff with my own bare hands. Coco is not better suited for plant growing than soil and Rockwool is but it suits the economy better as it is based on a cheap third-world resource and heavily processed and shipped using fossile fuels.

Peat (turf) as digged around the North and Baltic Sea is fossile, too, but proven for a long time (dutch greenhouses) and buffers hard water. You do not have to mix in Perlite but just start with small pots and then re-pot regularily. Canna Vega contains all necessary nutrients (except for Calcium which should be in the tap water), one bottle is all you need. It should be dosed in the same (several times lesser than advised by the manufacturer) amount from start to finish.

Vacation and indoor growing do not mix. With hydro-electrical help (timer, pump/valve and dripper) or dimmed lighting one week absence is allowed but beyond that you need human supervision. And if you are not back after a month then why did you start growing at all?

Greetings,
Uli]]> Fri, 11 Sep 2009 23:54:24 +0000 http://forum.sensiseeds.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=5639&PID=45509#45509 http://forum.sensiseeds.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=5978&PID=45508#45508 Author: Grasso
Subject: Led Lights question
Posted: 11 September 2009 at 23:38

I do not think so. They are too inefficient and have the wrong light spectrum. Semiconductor lighting still is a hype.

Stores, offices and fat-cat nests including artificial plant lighting are lit with Tesla tubes or ceramic metal halides. HPS is only used as supplemental lighting or outdoors. Anyway gas-discharge lamps are proven technics.

Uli]]> Fri, 11 Sep 2009 23:38:41 +0000 http://forum.sensiseeds.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=5978&PID=45508#45508 http://forum.sensiseeds.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=5948&PID=45256#45256 Author: Grasso
Subject: Altitude?
Posted: 04 September 2009 at 17:19

Hello,

the sun is brighter, air pressure is lower and the weather is more extreme in the mountains, cut short life is harder. But the most important factor to the well-doing of your plants and a tasty crop are you.

Greetings,
Uli]]> Fri, 04 Sep 2009 17:19:50 +0000 http://forum.sensiseeds.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=5948&PID=45256#45256 http://forum.sensiseeds.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=5949&PID=45253#45253 Author: Grasso
Subject: Dutch Hemp Bust Screw Up
Posted: 04 September 2009 at 16:45

Hi,

this is a sad story of human folly. The rippers should pay the growers the "street value" of the cannabis as a symbolic act of reparations.

Greetings,
Uli]]> Fri, 04 Sep 2009 16:45:45 +0000 http://forum.sensiseeds.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=5949&PID=45253#45253 http://forum.sensiseeds.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=130&PID=44668#44668 Author: Grasso
Subject: Cannabis/Hanf, Haschisch und Marijuana
Posted: 16 August 2009 at 13:47

Ja, noch, aber gleich geht's an den Badesee. Inzwischen mehr Erfolg gehabt?]]> Sun, 16 Aug 2009 13:47:59 +0000 http://forum.sensiseeds.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=130&PID=44668#44668 http://forum.sensiseeds.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=5850&PID=44466#44466 Author: Grasso
Subject: Room Grow
Posted: 10 August 2009 at 23:27

Hi, one cubic meter of air can hold approximately as much grams of water vapour as its temperature is in degrees Celsius. Under a light like yours plants can suck several liters of water each day. If you do not fan enough then water will condense and slowly but surely destroy the shack. Uli
]]> Mon, 10 Aug 2009 23:27:32 +0000 http://forum.sensiseeds.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=5850&PID=44466#44466 http://forum.sensiseeds.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=5854&PID=44439#44439 Author: Grasso
Subject: Plant too bright
Posted: 09 August 2009 at 23:52

Hi,

hard to say what is wrong. Do you check the weight of the pots before watering? One option was to water more thoroughly but less often. You could also apply some fertilizer. These are only guesses as I have never grown plants in the sub-tropics. Many ways lead to Rome. I would not move the plant around, just let it get what it gets. Good luck,

Uli]]> Sun, 09 Aug 2009 23:52:22 +0000 http://forum.sensiseeds.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=5854&PID=44439#44439 http://forum.sensiseeds.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=5810&PID=44217#44217 Author: Grasso
Subject: Ruderalis Skunk and indica
Posted: 02 August 2009 at 21:24

Hi,

the autoflowering in Ruderalis Indica is recessive which means that this trait only shows up in environmental conditions which promote it. Half of the individuals of a cross with Lowryder flower early.

Greetings,
Uli]]> Sun, 02 Aug 2009 21:24:03 +0000 http://forum.sensiseeds.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=5810&PID=44217#44217 http://forum.sensiseeds.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=5735&PID=43264#43264 Author: Grasso
Subject: Quick question about scrog, help please
Posted: 23 June 2009 at 14:50

Hi, as for now it is not much of a SCROG yet. The shoots must push against the net. Do not worry, it looks nice! Uli]]> Tue, 23 Jun 2009 14:50:08 +0000 http://forum.sensiseeds.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=5735&PID=43264#43264 http://forum.sensiseeds.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=5724&PID=43246#43246 Author: Grasso
Subject: questions about Ruderalis Indica
Posted: 22 June 2009 at 15:56

Hi,
a RI grown hydroponically under 12/12 metal-halide took longer and got bigger than Lowryders and yielded nearly 200 strong seeds. See my gallery! The male was big and healthy. All plants stayed smaller than what I would expect to happen under 18/6. I wildly guess that then you would need at least 250 watts of lighting in a chamber 2 meters high. In my opinion LEDs suck.
Uli]]> Mon, 22 Jun 2009 15:56:11 +0000 http://forum.sensiseeds.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=5724&PID=43246#43246 http://forum.sensiseeds.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=5706&PID=43147#43147 Author: Grasso
Subject: Guerilla's 'Gusto'?
Posted: 19 June 2009 at 01:28

Hi, it means taste, choice. Uli]]> Fri, 19 Jun 2009 01:28:04 +0000 http://forum.sensiseeds.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=5706&PID=43147#43147 http://forum.sensiseeds.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=5664&PID=42754#42754 Author: Grasso
Subject: HELP Hemp seeds!!!
Posted: 04 June 2009 at 17:21

Hi,

hemp seeds sold in Germany as food are usually viable.

Most of the certified varieties are 98 percent feminized, 1 percent female and the last one male. The offspring of such a crop, in explanation if you illegally sow your crop or your bought bird food, often are crippled one-housed plants. The next generation may turn out masculized which would mark the end of the line. It is called "industrial hemp" for a reason.

There is a half-certified variety called Finola, formerly FIN-314, which is two-housed (standard sexes) and early-maturing, resembling what Czars Katharina and Peter payed their castles with.

Good luck,
Uli]]> Thu, 04 Jun 2009 17:21:14 +0000 http://forum.sensiseeds.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=5664&PID=42754#42754 http://forum.sensiseeds.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=5603&PID=42151#42151 Author: Grasso
Subject: Infra red cameras - is there any protection?
Posted: 11 May 2009 at 20:58

Hey,

infra-red shares a lot with visible light, its spectral neighbour, as for instance that shiny surfaces such as polished metals reflect it. Also worth noting is that it is hard to spot a grow lamp in all the house-heating, water-boiler, nvidia PC, sex-machine noise.

At nights I sometimes hear a motor which I believe belongs to a little drone flying over town. People doing such things usually are not hobby enthusiasts but crazy professionals. Caution yes, paranoia no.

Uli]]> Mon, 11 May 2009 20:58:04 +0000 http://forum.sensiseeds.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=5603&PID=42151#42151 http://forum.sensiseeds.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=5570&PID=41791#41791 Author: Grasso
Subject: repotting
Posted: 26 April 2009 at 14:23

Hey,

soil compacts over time. The wetter the faster the decay.

Some seedling soil is made of fine peat (turf) and must be used shallowly, no more than two fingers high. When the seed or cutting has rooted all through the soil it can be transplanted.

Cocoa fiber is mixed in to prevent compacting, keeping up a matrix.

Uli]]> Sun, 26 Apr 2009 14:23:58 +0000 http://forum.sensiseeds.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=5570&PID=41791#41791 http://forum.sensiseeds.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=5527&PID=41440#41440 Author: Grasso
Subject: indoor grow questions
Posted: 03 April 2009 at 19:40

Hi,

indoor growing is best suited for the wintertime or cool cellars. As there is no winter and few cool cellars in the Philippines indoor growing does not make much sense there. If you persist then try to get a 150 Watts lamp with 3000K ceramic metal-halide bulb! Mount the lamp at the top of the cabinet, line the sides with tin foil, germinate seeds in pots on the bottom of the cabinet and ensure good ventilation!

Germinate enough of those local seeds so you can select the strongest growers and fastest, truest bloomers! Switch to a 11/13 photoperiod from beginning on!

Good luck,
Uli]]> Fri, 03 Apr 2009 19:40:47 +0000 http://forum.sensiseeds.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=5527&PID=41440#41440 http://forum.sensiseeds.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=5201&PID=41410#41410 Author: Grasso
Subject: second grow diary
Posted: 01 April 2009 at 16:42

Hi,

the smallest, wild peppers are the hottest. Seeds are tiny and plants stay foot small. I did not flower them indoors and imagine that you either need to bring them outdoors in summertime for pollination or do that with a Q-tip for yourself. Photoperiod is not that important, 14/10 is fine, Cardante, use your own approximations!

Uli]]> Wed, 01 Apr 2009 16:42:10 +0000 http://forum.sensiseeds.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=5201&PID=41410#41410 http://forum.sensiseeds.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=5425&PID=40723#40723 Author: Grasso
Subject: Feminised Seeds showing early male signs??
Posted: 07 March 2009 at 01:36

Hey,

my vote is "cull". You probably did not water right, soil staying too moist, or used a bad kind of soil. Try to get it done with the four good plants and the light you have! Early Girl seems to have auto-flowering tendencies.

Uli]]> Sat, 07 Mar 2009 01:36:07 +0000 http://forum.sensiseeds.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=5425&PID=40723#40723 http://forum.sensiseeds.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=5249&PID=39699#39699 Author: Grasso
Subject: fecking cops... fecking summer
Posted: 12 February 2009 at 22:19

Hey,

are bushfires not a natural feature of the land the aborigines can deal with? People living alongside rivers deal with floods, the japanese with tsunamis and earthquakes, and so on. Some people have even adapted to human society. If you drop some seeds now here and there onto the ashes then in a month or two you will make the news.

Greetings,
Uli]]> Thu, 12 Feb 2009 22:19:57 +0000 http://forum.sensiseeds.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=5249&PID=39699#39699 http://forum.sensiseeds.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=5150&PID=37965#37965 Author: Grasso
Subject: how do u turn ur pant purple
Posted: 29 December 2008 at 04:58

Hi,

you need a white, red or light-blue pant to begin with and some clothes dye. Ah, wait, you mean pLants! Some strains grow purple buds (and green or purple leaves) even with moderate temperatures, for example some Hazes or Purple #1. If you already have plants growing you could try with cool days and cold nights. Purple buds have a sandy, curry-like taste.

Uli]]> Mon, 29 Dec 2008 04:58:27 +0000 http://forum.sensiseeds.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=5150&PID=37965#37965 http://forum.sensiseeds.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=4657&PID=37943#37943 Author: Grasso
Subject: Botanical BDSM - final pic 28 Feb
Posted: 28 December 2008 at 16:50

Hi,

I nearly lost the poor little fella to heat exhaustion last week. I suppose that's what happens when it's over 100F and you're a black bunny...

and do not have a den. In Germany winter has taken hold; the Virginia tobacco plants have wilted.

Sorry to read from the rip-off! Maybe it was a hunter as sometimes they are even more hideous than their game.

Good luck with the plants in the greenhouse! Play it cool but do not make it colder!

Uli]]> Sun, 28 Dec 2008 16:50:31 +0000 http://forum.sensiseeds.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=4657&PID=37943#37943 http://forum.sensiseeds.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=5131&PID=37854#37854 Author: Grasso
Subject: Hydrogen Peroxide
Posted: 23 December 2008 at 15:12

Hi,

Where I used to live it came from a reservoir now it comes from wells in the ground.

So probably this reservoir, behind a dam, is fed by small streams running through woods and such. Rain water does not contain minerals. Water from ground wells does. Do Advanced Hydroponics not have different solutions for hard and soft water? Investigate, and you should find a remedy.

Uli]]> Tue, 23 Dec 2008 15:12:55 +0000 http://forum.sensiseeds.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=5131&PID=37854#37854 http://forum.sensiseeds.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=5131&PID=37740#37740 Author: Grasso
Subject: Hydrogen Peroxide
Posted: 19 December 2008 at 20:29

Hi,

I think the slime consists of bacteria. They eat dead root hairs and organic components of the fertilizer. The question is why they have come up now.

What is the quality of your water? Do plaques of limestone form in your water boiler? Does the water in the bubbler have the right temperature? Do you dose the fertilizer as recommended or have you worked out an individual mix?

Uli]]> Fri, 19 Dec 2008 20:29:11 +0000 http://forum.sensiseeds.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=5131&PID=37740#37740 http://forum.sensiseeds.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=5096&PID=37241#37241 Author: Grasso
Subject: Skunk#11 and Outdoor MIX day 55th of 12/12
Posted: 08 December 2008 at 18:08

Hi,

very nice plants you have there! But the bulb seems to stick out of the reflector, and the light should be still closer to the plants. Did you come to any conclusions about the strains you had? Greetings to Poland,

Uli]]> Mon, 08 Dec 2008 18:08:17 +0000 http://forum.sensiseeds.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=5096&PID=37241#37241 http://forum.sensiseeds.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=5086&PID=37240#37240 Author: Grasso
Subject: feminised seed
Posted: 08 December 2008 at 18:00

As-Salam,

thank you, folks! It is a quote from Der Zauberlehrling by Goethe, Jack.
The ghosts I summoned
I cannot get rid of anymore

Another nice formula was written by Goya and goes in translation
The sleep of reason produces monsters.

Cheers,
Uli]]> Mon, 08 Dec 2008 18:00:24 +0000 http://forum.sensiseeds.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=5086&PID=37240#37240 http://forum.sensiseeds.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=5086&PID=37214#37214 Author: Grasso
Subject: feminised seed
Posted: 07 December 2008 at 15:55

Hi,

they are offspring of monoecious, meaning one-housed plants, in explanation plants which carry organs of both sexes each of which grows from a seperate crook. Dioecious, meaning two-housed plants carry only one sex so two such plants, one staminate, meaning pollen shedding and one pistillate, meaning pistil or stigma bearing are needed for reproduction. Hemp is usually dioecious.

Hermaphrodites combine both sexes in a flower. Hemp shows this very seldom because it relies on the wind for pollen transfer and not on insects, birds or bats.

If two monoecious hemp plants interbreed or one such plant pollinates itself then the offspring is usually pistillate say female. But under stress staminates, say males as well as monoecious plants and cripples come up.

I understand that if a monoecious plant breeds with a purely pistillate plant then the offspring is even more bound to be female. Furthermore breeders do not wait for spontaneus monoeciousity but claim to select pistillate plants which are known to heavily cling to that sex and then force them to grow staminate flowers by application of silver ions. Excess doses of metals are pure stress for any living being. Silver is used because of its good reputation or because it worked better than for instance aluminium, lead or mercury. The silver is sprayed on the leaves either as the nitrate or thiosulfate salt or as colloidal particles.

Uli]]> Sun, 07 Dec 2008 15:55:36 +0000 http://forum.sensiseeds.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=5086&PID=37214#37214 http://forum.sensiseeds.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=5063&PID=36999#36999 Author: Grasso
Subject: Hemp Products
Posted: 30 November 2008 at 01:30

Hi,

they can be made into fiber if they are retted after harvest. However they will yield neither quantity nor quality. Fiber hemp is sown densely and reaped early.

If the crop is sinsemilla then of course one cannot harvest any seeds. In order to harvest hemp seeds one needs to cultivate either male and female or hermaphroditic plants.

Uli]]> Sun, 30 Nov 2008 01:30:11 +0000 http://forum.sensiseeds.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=5063&PID=36999#36999 http://forum.sensiseeds.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=5056&PID=36911#36911 Author: Grasso
Subject: distance from plant to light??
Posted: 26 November 2008 at 12:09

Hi,

around half a meter, less than for a stronger light, but it depends.

By the way, I wonder where the grow-FAQ is gone. As a substitute you may search for Farmer Mick's thread where he guides you through growing a crop.

Uli]]> Wed, 26 Nov 2008 12:09:15 +0000 http://forum.sensiseeds.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=5056&PID=36911#36911 http://forum.sensiseeds.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=130&PID=35939#35939 Author: Grasso
Subject: Cannabis/Hanf, Haschisch und Marijuana
Posted: 24 October 2008 at 22:53

Hi!

Wenn ich einen der grünen harzigen schön angeschwollenen Brakte aufreiße, finde ich besagtes millimetergroßes grünes Ei mit einem ebenso blasenförmigen braunen Kern. Die Weintraube soll entweder gut ausgebildete Kerne oder gar keine haben aber bitte nicht so ein Zwischending.

Ich habe es momentan auch nicht so mit dem Rauchen. Doch der diesjährige Tabak im Kurierungskorb riecht schon so gut, daß es sicher nicht dabei bleibt. Es gibt noch so viel zu sehen!

Der Geruch jeder Hanfsorte bringt andere Kindheitsgefühle hoch. Ich kann nicht sagen, in welcher Situation und wieso ich so gefühlt habe, doch das Gefühl ist eindeutig und sinnlich.

Auch in einem heißen Bad, in Keksen oder Schnaps macht sich unser Myrrhe-ähnliches Kraut gut. Außerdem kann man sich im Fermentieren versuchen und sich von jahrealten Threads im Forum hier anregen lassen.

Herzlichst,
Uli]]> Fri, 24 Oct 2008 22:53:18 +0000 http://forum.sensiseeds.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=130&PID=35939#35939 http://forum.sensiseeds.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=4947&PID=35899#35899 Author: Grasso
Subject: 1 winter question
Posted: 23 October 2008 at 18:58

Hi, I would not set it outside unless you really are into perennial CANNABIS or mixed it up with an apple seedling. Keep it at your heart, Uli]]> Thu, 23 Oct 2008 18:58:21 +0000 http://forum.sensiseeds.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=4947&PID=35899#35899 http://forum.sensiseeds.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=130&PID=35871#35871 Author: Grasso
Subject: Cannabis/Hanf, Haschisch und Marijuana
Posted: 22 October 2008 at 19:36

Hallöchen!

Der tiefere Sinn der letzten Nachricht erschließt sich mir nur unvollständig. Doch wollte ich eigentlich berichten, wie es mir dieser Saison ergangen ist:

Der Sommer war grottenschlecht; zwar nicht ganz so dunkel wie 2007 aber dafür noch kälter. Das ist zumindest mein Empfinden, ich werde mir die Wetterkarten der NASA aber noch einmal anschauen. Ich hatte Lowryder, Lib30 (dänischer 16-Stunden-Blüher), K.C. 33 und Indicas an verschiedensten Plätzen. Zwei Swazis wachsen noch. Der sonnige Oktober hat nur den Totalausfall verhindert. Zum leben zu wenig, zum sterben zu viel.

Mal sah es bei der Ernte noch gut aus, aber nach dem Trocknen bleibt nur Popcorn. Die Swazis sind zwar schön harzig, aber wirkliche Buds werden das wohl auch nicht mehr. Außerdem sind sie versamt, denn die Samenanlagen sind auch ohne Bestäubung auf Stecknadelkopfdicke angeschwollen. Die Indicas haben noch die dicksten Buds, besonders schön wurden zwei Pflanzen der Abstammung Ruderalis Indica x Shiva Haze im Wald.

Das Klima von Westdeutschland und Benelux ist nicht für die Trockensiebung von Haschisch geeignet. Eiswasserhaschisch und Öl haben kein Aroma mehr. Jetzt sitze ich also trotz Vorzucht seit April, vielen dutzenden Fahrradfahrten und schlaflosen Nächten auf einem Haufen Äste. Indoors im großen Stil anzubauen finde ich aber auch kacke, denn besonders das Killen des Geruchs mit Aktivkohlefiltern ist wider die Natur der Sache. Aus der Existenztraum.

Grasso]]> Wed, 22 Oct 2008 19:36:33 +0000 http://forum.sensiseeds.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=130&PID=35871#35871 http://forum.sensiseeds.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=4935&PID=35762#35762 Author: Grasso
Subject: L.E.D. in conjunction with CFL?
Posted: 19 October 2008 at 17:29

Hi,

you would be better off with a metal-halide light. A 150 Watts "Philips Master-Colour" or even "Osram Powerball" works great.

If your cabinet fits fluorescent tubes you can try a bunch of these, too, especially in the "5-bands" "930" or "940" spectrums and run with electronical ballasts.

Finally if the sun is your measure then you need incandescents for their wide infra-red emission.

Uli ]]> Sun, 19 Oct 2008 17:29:17 +0000 http://forum.sensiseeds.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=4935&PID=35762#35762 http://forum.sensiseeds.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=4911&PID=35484#35484 Author: Grasso
Subject: second leg? Never seen this strange behaviour?
Posted: 13 October 2008 at 00:21

Like this: http://forum.sensiseeds.com/images/users/a_grasso/a_looking_for_freakdom_i7542.html

I have seen several plants like this all of which sprouted from seeds from a K.C. 33 motherfather. The worse germination conditions were the more likely plants bloom like this. Here bad weather seems to induce male flowers while bad soil seems to induce this extreme legginess.

One of those plants had extraordinarily strong resinity and odour but others have none at all. There are two normal KC33-like plants, too.

Where did the clone come from, Connery? A nice greenhouse you have, by the way.]]> Mon, 13 Oct 2008 00:21:13 +0000 http://forum.sensiseeds.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=4911&PID=35484#35484 http://forum.sensiseeds.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=4855&PID=35220#35220 Author: Grasso
Subject: Lighting spectrum question
Posted: 06 October 2008 at 01:44

Hi,

welcome aboard, GreenerThumbs!

The older Radium bulbs do not have an UV filter. Bulbs which have it usually state it. Those old Radium bulbs badly burn any terrean plant.

Is the fixture equipped with a safety glass? It should protect from water drops and bulb explosions. It could also contain an UV filter although I reckon that it might not since water filters UV and since such a filter would attentuate blue light a bit, too.

The HIT bulb probably has 10.000 K, simulating the sunlight a few meters under the surface of the sea. The Radium one does not state the color temperature. It shall be warm to neutral white, in other words 3000 to 4000 K.

Bulbs are not that expensive anymore. As you are in the Netherlands you do not need to care for conversion bulbs (even the English should not, BM, as I think this is a 115 Volts issue) but can run any high-pressure bulb for external ignition and horizontal operation. You would vegetate plants using a 4000 K lamp and add a 2000 K lamp in flower.

If you are still serious then you should make sure that the fixtures are in good working condition. Should you experience continued flickering even after the bulbs are heated up then the ignitors are run down. Let an electrician service them, never mess with them as a layman! Growing plants indoors can be as easy as deadly.

Grasso]]> Mon, 06 Oct 2008 01:44:28 +0000 http://forum.sensiseeds.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=4855&PID=35220#35220 http://forum.sensiseeds.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=4258&PID=35122#35122 Author: Grasso
Subject: Very first time (last pics: October 1st)
Posted: 02 October 2008 at 22:33

Happy end! If you snap the buds off the stems and stick them in jars at home in order to cure them then you may even get a smooth crediting and fade-out. ]]> Thu, 02 Oct 2008 22:33:36 +0000 http://forum.sensiseeds.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=4258&PID=35122#35122 http://forum.sensiseeds.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=4826&PID=35120#35120 Author: Grasso
Subject: early strains
Posted: 02 October 2008 at 22:28

Hey,

darling, you should choose INDICAE such as Early Girl or Guerilla's Gusto if you want a stoney punch.

This summer has been bad --although it was not as dark as the one before it was even colder-- yet none of my girls in humid western Germany has a mold problem. Lowryder, Lib30 (Danish Lebanese) and generic hemp which is pretty resinous and smells like bubblegum have been harvested already. Keep them healthy and do not overfeed; in case of doubt do not feed at all; and you should be fine!

After a storm plants should be checked for damage. Plants with hermaphroditic tendencies must be looked after. Or you just might want to have a picnic with them. Life is what happens...

Swazi sucked up all summer light; when they felt the equinox coming they went boom! As this is a SATIVA it might not be much help to you but the explosive way of flowering should be even more pronounced at your location farer north.

Setting plants out in early March sounds too early to me because especially INDICAE will spill prematurely and then possibly not properly go back into vegetation. How about late April?

Good luck,
Uli]]> Thu, 02 Oct 2008 22:28:55 +0000 http://forum.sensiseeds.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=4826&PID=35120#35120 http://forum.sensiseeds.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=4767&PID=34465#34465 Author: Grasso
Subject: purple leaves
Posted: 19 September 2008 at 15:03

Hi,

it is the cold nights we are having now in conjunction with a genetic pre-disposition. Yesterday I have seen a girl with purple buds but still green fan leaves. Sometimes it is the other way around, for instance KC33 can get purpled leaves while the buds stay green. Ruderalis Indica does not get purple at all even if it stands until November. Snow White is an indoor variety by Nirvana, is it not? Growing in a warm environment it probably does not change color.

Uli]]> Fri, 19 Sep 2008 15:03:26 +0000 http://forum.sensiseeds.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=4767&PID=34465#34465 http://forum.sensiseeds.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=4762&PID=34430#34430 Author: Grasso
Subject: outdoor season soon come to an end
Posted: 18 September 2008 at 22:18

Hi, well, a year is a lifetime for a marijuana plant. Nice healthy plants! Uli]]> Thu, 18 Sep 2008 22:18:57 +0000 http://forum.sensiseeds.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=4762&PID=34430#34430 http://forum.sensiseeds.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=4741&PID=34390#34390 Author: Grasso
Subject: cannabis and cool weather
Posted: 18 September 2008 at 01:21

Hey,

Originally posted by jimdandy The weather here only gets down' to around 50 F up to the end of December.

JackFlacket based his latitude estimate on the above, the temperature, so he is not arguing in circles, Sarah Louise. I do not shit on anyone and I am not as savage as it might seem, Bartmanuk.

Uli ]]> Thu, 18 Sep 2008 01:21:31 +0000 http://forum.sensiseeds.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=4741&PID=34390#34390 http://forum.sensiseeds.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=4741&PID=34267#34267 Author: Grasso
Subject: cannabis and cool weather
Posted: 14 September 2008 at 22:35

Hi,

nice picture, Madam, but the small plants have had too much "love". Maybe your kind of soil lives with the seasons too much, or maybe a self-fulfilling prophecy? Bartmanuk, you argue by dry logics as if you had never risen a plant, but make it up by quoting the sensi FAQ. Columbian days have 12 hours. Still acclimatized plants grow for months before starting flowering.

German farmers sow hemp when soil temperature has reached 7 degrees. I sowed 3 seeds at around 5 degrees. Two seedlings arose. Believe it or not!

I sowed tiny homps (hemp x hops, the latter being very recessive) seeds at the solstice. Although this summer has been week and although my garden has a very simple loam soil I had to prune the plants twice in order to keem them ducked behind the tobacco. Now they flower nicely. I can grow sweet corn in summer and spinach in winter, so why can jimdandy not have an autumn grow in his sub-tropical climate? It is the easiest because the season is at its pinnacle and the most stealthy because noone suspects small ganja plants around this time of year.

Uli]]> Sun, 14 Sep 2008 22:35:21 +0000 http://forum.sensiseeds.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=4741&PID=34267#34267 http://forum.sensiseeds.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=4741&PID=34247#34247 Author: Grasso
Subject: cannabis and cool weather
Posted: 13 September 2008 at 14:50

Hi,

let me pick out your answer, BRTMNK, for the sake of chit-chat:

mj stops growing when temps drop to 57F

Um, that is 14 degrees Celsius. Average temperatures of my season are around this value or even less. I have germinated hemp seeds at around 5 degrees, maybe one degree more since the wetted potting soil and the germinating seed produce warmth by themselves.

to get anything worth harvesting you will need to veg plants for at least 2 weeks before putting them into flower, to veg them you will need to give them more than 12 hours of light per day, which wont be possible outdoors at that time of year.

I thought that a seedling vegetates for a month or so before it starts to flower, no matter what photoperiod. A fast auto-flowerer in a hot environment may show sex already after two weeks. Plant cultivation in living rooms with artificial lighting is considered hot by natural standards unless air conditioning, dichromatic reflectors, cool tubes and such are used.

As long as you do not choose an auto-flowerer or a fast INDICA the plants should grow at least knee-high and finish in December indeed, jimdandy.

then the flowering period for most of the quicker strains is approx, 8 weeks. you have to bare in mind that the days will start getting longer in late december, which again may affect flowering.

One month vegetation plus two months flowering equals a three month lifetime, say Oct-Nov-Dec. Now jimdandy lives way down south where the days do not get that short. At the solstice the change in photoperiod is slow (which is why big stone circles had to be used to determine solstice) and plants should be able to finish without problems.

20'Thai rambled about winter growing, stating that in South Africa, Australia and elsewhere the winter crop --which may live through frost, snow and storm-- is sometimes considered the best. Hemp can stand arctic weather not just anecdotally but rather reliably although this also depends on the variety and the general state of health.

Uli ]]> Sat, 13 Sep 2008 14:50:19 +0000 http://forum.sensiseeds.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=4741&PID=34247#34247 http://forum.sensiseeds.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=4741&PID=34233#34233 Author: Grasso
Subject: cannabis and cool weather
Posted: 12 September 2008 at 20:50

Hey,

yes, go ahead, jimdandy! As plants do not keep their tissue at a fixed temperature (as mammals do) their growth depends on the temperature of their enviroment. Hemp is the most continental plant and likes warm summers, though.

Uli]]> Fri, 12 Sep 2008 20:50:53 +0000 http://forum.sensiseeds.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=4741&PID=34233#34233 http://forum.sensiseeds.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=4692&PID=33667#33667 Author: Grasso
Subject: Soil or Pot?
Posted: 28 August 2008 at 12:59

Hi,

Sensi do not sell many dud seeds but they do provide some dud information. I have an old pocket book on home gardening written by Keith Mossmann who explains sowing pretty well. Big seeds such as hemp, cucumber and sunflower are sown in pots while small ones such as poppy, lettuce and onions are sown in a seed bed in the ground. There hardly is a plant as attractive to snails and mice as hemp so you better protect it well for the first weeks. Have a nice irish winter, do not miss springtime and see you when pathetic smoke rises to the sky,

Uli Erbie Mascott ]]> Thu, 28 Aug 2008 12:59:17 +0000 http://forum.sensiseeds.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=4692&PID=33667#33667 http://forum.sensiseeds.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=4627&PID=33013#33013 Author: Grasso
Subject: n-p-k question
Posted: 15 August 2008 at 21:25

Hi,

I think that this fertilizer is not the best choice for growing common plants such as CANNABIS because it contains too much phosphorus. The N to P to K ratio should be around 5 to 1 to 4. Nitrogen concentration should stay at 30 ppm throughout the whole cultivation, in explanation for every liter of water drawn up by the plant you should spend 30 milligrams of Nitrogen. This is the standard for hydroponics. In geoponics usually only nitrogen must be fed with the water while the soil contains enough K, P and the rest (although water hardness, in explanation calcium and magnesium content plays an important role, too).

Phosphate binds to heavy metals. Superphosphate may contain 150 ppm uranium. As uranium is very dense it does not travel far in the plant, but beets and potatoes are contaminated. Uranium slowly breaks down into polonium, radon and lead, causing severe radioactivity in tobacco. Fertilizers are often tested for copper and zinc, more seldomly for mercury, cadmium and lead (lithium content of the biosphere may rise, too) and rarely for uranium. German CANNABIS magazine Hanfblatt tested several brands and found great differences in radioactivity.

As phosphate binds to heavy metals it may render them harmless. On the other hand there should not be any contamination to begin with. Too much of something is waste. Just my 2 cents,

Uli]]> Fri, 15 Aug 2008 21:25:30 +0000 http://forum.sensiseeds.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=4627&PID=33013#33013 http://forum.sensiseeds.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=4592&PID=32707#32707 Author: Grasso
Subject: What strain for next season...?
Posted: 08 August 2008 at 14:24

Hi,

I think I remember that your terrace could have a bit more sun. You would have to cut some trees. Varieties, fertilizers and techniques are not worth discussing unless you have enough sunlight. I wish you a good time with yo' plants, a nice harvest and a deep smoke,

Uli]]> Fri, 08 Aug 2008 14:24:48 +0000 http://forum.sensiseeds.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=4592&PID=32707#32707 http://forum.sensiseeds.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=1603&PID=32329#32329 Author: Grasso
Subject: Introductions (for New Forum Members)
Posted: 29 July 2008 at 22:56

Hi,

except for that Hungary, Poland, Czechstan and what split vasalle state else belong to the EC now. Greetings,

Uli]]> Tue, 29 Jul 2008 22:56:04 +0000 http://forum.sensiseeds.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=1603&PID=32329#32329 http://forum.sensiseeds.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=4564&PID=32325#32325 Author: Grasso
Subject: A very odd question...
Posted: 29 July 2008 at 22:38

Hi,

if your kinsman ate a lot of meat in the civilized world --anywhere except for the Antarctis and the Altai mountains-- his ashes are full of heavy metals. Crematories in western cities must filter out any dust from the exhaust in order to keep their license. Please do not use these ashes!

Uli]]> Tue, 29 Jul 2008 22:38:28 +0000 http://forum.sensiseeds.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=4564&PID=32325#32325 http://forum.sensiseeds.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=4569&PID=32324#32324 Author: Grasso
Subject: snails killing my plants
Posted: 29 July 2008 at 22:09

Hi,

you need to know where they hide out. Depending on their calendar and mood they like hemp either fresh or wilted. The stem circumcision is the way in which they cook hemp, in explanation make it wilt.

Uli]]> Tue, 29 Jul 2008 22:09:17 +0000 http://forum.sensiseeds.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=4569&PID=32324#32324 http://forum.sensiseeds.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=4566&PID=32322#32322 Author: Grasso
Subject: when flowering ?
Posted: 29 July 2008 at 21:45

Hi,

it depends on the type of soil. I do not fertilize loam but treat it mechanically. I mix horse apples into sand. I shower peat with urine and other teas.

I object blackmore. Although indoor cultivators are used to lubricate a lot and city dwellers are used to see it go down the drain or to the dump anyway and although phosphorus is called a macro-nutrient, when you see (in a hydroponical experiment) how much is really needed you would rather call it a trace. One bottle of PK13/14 lasts a centner of weed. The backdraws of matter are the following: Phosphorus has radio-active isotopes. Mined phosphates contain more or less heavy metals. Even guano is not safe as the dosage makes the poison. Furthermore phosphorus is a rare commodity. And over-fertilization spoils the ground-water.

Turkish farmers have been outputting heaps of grapes for decades using only a bit of sheep poo. Keep it simple, less is more.

Uli]]> Tue, 29 Jul 2008 21:45:33 +0000 http://forum.sensiseeds.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=4566&PID=32322#32322 http://forum.sensiseeds.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=4545&PID=32037#32037 Author: Grasso
Subject: drying help
Posted: 23 July 2008 at 17:46

Hi,

is it that hot in Wales? It was great if it was because heat helps the dying plant to cure. The circle of life goes from from black dirt over green leaf over brown tea over white ashes to black dirt again. Just my 2 cents,

Uli]]> Wed, 23 Jul 2008 17:46:07 +0000 http://forum.sensiseeds.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=4545&PID=32037#32037 http://forum.sensiseeds.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=4536&PID=31947#31947 Author: Grasso
Subject: hydro by hand??
Posted: 21 July 2008 at 00:56

Hi,

as rockwool is mostly inert you must provide nutrients now. Watering by hand is possible as long as the plants are that small that they do not suck dry the medium too fast; or can you stay with them all day long?

Greetings,
Uli]]> Mon, 21 Jul 2008 00:56:32 +0000 http://forum.sensiseeds.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=4536&PID=31947#31947 http://forum.sensiseeds.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=4530&PID=31903#31903 Author: Grasso
Subject: ballast problem
Posted: 20 July 2008 at 12:45

Hi,

some shielding metal or ceramic is needed indeed because some part out of wear or mishappen could decide to raise and burst like a broodjes and your box and appartment could catch fire. Another problem is that you do not have 5KV-isolating wire for the live connection between ignitor and bulb and have not mentioned the bulb socket either; an electron arc can transfer energy destructive to flesh and stone.

Uli]]> Sun, 20 Jul 2008 12:45:35 +0000 http://forum.sensiseeds.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=4530&PID=31903#31903 http://forum.sensiseeds.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=4151&PID=30871#30871 Author: Grasso
Subject: Our First Grow Diary
Posted: 24 June 2008 at 21:15

You are welcome, Keith, but it still may be a problem because hydroponics is more picky about the water than geoponics is.

Ground water is usually enriched with calcium although I do not know how much limestone is present in Irish ground from the ice age and how much has been imported for agriculture. Potting soil buffers the calcium, what means that most calcium falls out as limestone on the humus fibers hence the plant does not have to take up the waste. In opposite to that a hydroponical medium is less suited as a calcium sink hence it falls out on the roots and in the cells of the plant.

This spoils them and you as you consume them. Hydroponics is a sharp sword. Since you live on a farm why not use mother soil --you should have compost-- and possibly a greenhouse with additional lighting? Anyway you should really use rain water because ground water is never good for plants.

Uli]]> Tue, 24 Jun 2008 21:15:18 +0000 http://forum.sensiseeds.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=4151&PID=30871#30871