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Bovedas vs. Burped Jars: For the last few years I've slow-cured with large jars, burping over 2-3 months. Worked, but was a bit tedious. On a large outdoor plant from this summer, I cured two 1-gallon jars with traditional burping, and two 1-gallon jars with 58% Boveda packs. So far, I can't...

My remaining outdoor from last year (14 months old now) is stored in a dozen 1-quart jars, and a single 1 gallon jar. I think they might be starting to go bad though. Is anyone familiar with this? Symptoms: Turning very brown. Like brick weed you’d see back in the day. Pressurizing jars. Most...

Over the last 2.5 years, I’ve spent countless hours with my face up in colas, using a jewelers loupe to inspect trichomes and determine ripeness. Gets tiring, especially if you are crawling around in a tent. I just discovered that I can hold my 10x jewelers loupe (this is probably a $10 loupe...

I’m adding some extra lighting (COB LEDs) to fill the corners of my tent, and increase amount of light. Trying to figure out correct spectrums. Currently have: -LEC315 (4200k veg bulb, 3100k flower bulb) -4x4 tent Adding: -4 drop light COB LEDs for corners. - Either 3000k or 3500k...

I have two main-lined plants outdoors. I'm at 8 colas now, and probably about a month away from flower starting. I've pruned to roughly 1 node beyond the last topping, but this is where I'm stumped. How long do I keep cutting the secondary (suckers?) branches as these main stems keep growing...

Who likes or hates Castaneda? I’ve read all his books, and his writings have had a huge influence on my life. People usually respond to this with, “you know he was a fraud, right?!?”, and my response is, “does it matter?”. When I starting reading his books, I felt a truth resonating through me...

I've been brewing Aerobic microbe teas for a couple years, and am now looking in to Anaerobic microbe teas as well (I always allow chlorine to evaporate off before brewing). I have about 500sq/ft of vegetable garden beds that I apply microbe teas to several times a year. Up until now, I would...

I just wanted to share that Ball Jars with a shoulder are awesome for separating the microbe water from talc carrier. I use a half gallon wide mouth jar with a wooden spoon. Makes it easy to stir aggressively without spilling, and when you pour off the liquid (after settling), the talc carrier...

I noticed these teeny tiny bugs on my yellow paper, and have no idea what they are. I could only see their shape under microscope, and photos below are at 60x. Organic soil. Not even sure if they are anything to be concerned about or not. Thoughts? (The big fly is a fungus gnat) They kinda...

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I've done a bunch of searching, and while people mention True Living Organics, there was less than I thought I'd find. I'm just curious who's growing TLO style, and how things have been going for you. I recently read the 2nd Edition of True Living Organics and loved it. I've been struggling...

(I feel like this topic is better suited to the organic soil forum, rather than nutrients forum) I'm on my 4th indoor grow now, and have been mostly using FFOF potting soil, from seed/clone all the way through harvest, with very few amendments. I had initially read that FFOF had enough nutes to...

I want to lower my fan speed at night, without totally turning it off. I was wondering if there is a controller out-of-the-box that will handle this? I don't want to manage it based off of temperature - I know there are temp controllers for this. I want to manage it based off of time or light...

Just set up a new grow tent. I've been playing with my light and temperature control. Maybe I'm crazy, but it seems to me that the more negative pressure I have in tent, the better the cooling. On that note, my tent walls are taught like a drum skin when they get sucked in - like... no ripple...

Ok, I've been battling this issue for months now, and I'm on my second grow where I'm experiencing it. I've done extensive research, and have tried a few remedies to no avail. The symptoms are that after about the 3rd week of flower (photos below are week 6 of flower), the color of the leaves...

I bought the book Compost Tea Making by Marc Remillard. He states on page 69 that in order to pre-activate your compost for fungal growth, to: "Mix 4 spoonfulls of fine oatmeal (oat flour), powdered baby oatmeal, soybean meal, or oat bran with each cup of slightly moist compost. Put it in a...

Been doing a little reading on adding calcium from eggshells to the soil, and was curious about what people are doing out there. I'm 1 week in to flower (ROLS), and I've got living earthworms in the soil. I figure that the large amount of EW castings they are generating in the soil will supply...

For a slew of different reasons, I have a vegetative female plant that I would like to force to seed. I've educated myself on forcing females to go hermaphroditic, but what I can't seem to figure out is what chemical/solution people prefer. -> Ed Rosenthal recommends Gibberellins (GA3, 4, 5...

Just finished a grow where I battled Powdery Mildew. Looking for advice on cleaning the (now empty) room before next grow. The basement room is carpeted, and I have an 8'x8' piece of linoleum on the floor around my 3'x3' grow tent. Tent is not sealed - just has hanging reflective material. I...

I was planning to harvest my outdoor within the next week, and after a spat of rainstorms and cool weather, just noticed a powdery mildew outbreak. From what I can tell, it's not on the buds really, and is not widespread yet. Mostly lower leaves. I've fixed some environmental conditions that...