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ItsTimmyMan
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I've ordered a 30x loupe which I wasn't planning on doing, but you've all talked me into it. Hope it's worth the $1.50 
Southern Hemisphere - Sativa & Sativa X Indica Grow
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Best tool you'll ever buy for your cannabis garden! I keep selling them for small profit (or medicine) every few months, and buying new ones, though, so that helps, lol. Have you found anything close to flowering nutes yet? I got my main veg and flower nutes in orchid section of HD. I picked it because I don't like MG, and because it said it had no urea, and because it was cheap and sort of promised not to burn plants. It's suitable for hydro and soil. But, it's made locally in my state, so I don't even know if it's available around the whole country here, or in HD's world wide. If could get it through customs, I'd be happy to try and send you a bag of each veg and flower, in a week or two from now. A bag of each has lasted me several grows now. The stuff isn't near what the pros use, and sadly they're not sponsors here, but if it helps, and you want, I'll be glad to assist if I can.
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Seasol is amazing in your water as a root conditioner and as a foliar spray to encourage root production. It has virtually no nutrient value though.
I am in the same boat, in the hemisphere where toilets flush backwards. Though I've not had many problems getting high PK ferts at specialist hydro stores (not your average hardware/gardening centre though).
Probably helps to get the "right kind" of hydro place as well, some places are all fish ponds and cabbages and look sideways if you want a huge black tent or something, there should be a few places in most cities that have right nutes you need.
I am in the same boat, in the hemisphere where toilets flush backwards. Though I've not had many problems getting high PK ferts at specialist hydro stores (not your average hardware/gardening centre though).
Probably helps to get the "right kind" of hydro place as well, some places are all fish ponds and cabbages and look sideways if you want a huge black tent or something, there should be a few places in most cities that have right nutes you need.
A 30x is good enough.. You'll just have to angle it a little, to the light to really be able to see them.. 60x-100x is a lot easier to use, cheap enough to buy if the 30x ain't big enough...
Power feed is in the green bottle and is kinda paired with the seasol. Looks like this
I find its a great all round combination but really does lack the phosphorous.
I find its a great all round combination but really does lack the phosphorous.
Sorry I forgot to add.. I tried ordering seeds 3 years ago with attitude to no avail, ordered all their junk with it to, to try hide them. May have been a good or bad idea I don't know. I then ordered 6 weeks ago with paddy seeds. split the order to my place and mates. My half came, his didn't... shared what made it of course ha ha.
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I wasn't actually intending on buying one, but now that I've ordered it, I'm pretty excited to start staring at some trichs! I bought some manutec orchid food because it was the highest in phosphorus out of everything else at the local HD, but I ended up buying some Maxibloom by GH with a 5-15-14 NPK ratio and I haven't been using it long, but it looks promising so far. I've never used MG, but I've heard mixed opinions on it. What's your fertilizer called? This Maxibloom is meant for hydroponics, but I'm using it because I've read it also works well in soil. Maybe we could do a swap! Thanks heaps, appreciate all the help
The cities a fair drive from where I am, and I've been down to the local hydroponic shops but they just don't seem to have anything with the phosphorus that countries like USA have, my last resort will be ebay to buy something from overseas. The hydroponic shop here is pretty welcoming, and they're more than happy to make recommendations for flowering marijuana
What would be the optimal magnification in your opinion? I just wasn't sure whether 100x would be to much or 10x too less. There's a lot of conflicting information on the internet.
Power feed is in the green bottle and is kinda paired with the seasol. Looks like this
I find its a great all round combination but really does lack the phosphorous.
That's the one I was using for a while, it wasn't so bad for veg but I've found other brands can give the plants a lot better smell and as you said, it lacks the phosphorus so I've been using alternative fertilizers to try and find a better veg combination as well as an organic flower combination. But there's limited organic supplies of Phosphorus apart from some bat guanos which once again isn't available in my country that I know of, and also bone meal which takes a very long time to break down in the soil so I'll just continue searching I guess! I did read somewhere that shrimp scraps are 2.9-10-0, and I just had a whole feed of them! Which makes me wonder if I should make a kind of "tea" out of them
I ordered seeds with no protection what so ever, no "stealth" option, no added junk, no tracking number and didn't have a problem. Maybe it's the bank you choose!? Or maybe I was just lucky! Either way, I hope you have better luck in the future
I'll try and update soon, not that I'm sure there'll be much difference to see. As always, constructive criticism is encouraged and I hope to see some soon! Because I'm sure I could be doing SOMETHING better
I brought a 30x first also, then a 60x. The 60x is more than enough. You'll be able to see with the 30x, it just not as easy.
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Subbed, if only to see if more leaves turn out funky like that one. Thanks for sharing that.
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I'm wondering whether it would be worth ordering a 60x now, or wait for the 30x and try that out first.
I'm hoping it does shoot some more leaves like that! I'd definitely get a clone of it
I'm wondering whether it would be worth ordering a 60x now, or wait for the 30x and try that out first.
I'm hoping it does shoot some more leaves like that! I'd definitely get a clone of it
Get one with both, that way you can't go wrong.
Please don't get upset, NerdRage, but there are places warmer than Oregon right now, even in the States. 
Timmy's in the Southern Hemisphere, though where summer is starting right now.
Timmy's in the Southern Hemisphere, though where summer is starting right now.
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ItsTimmyMan
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I've lived in Southern Georgia in the past & I remember the weather dropping down to 30 degrees this time of year. How cold is too cold ? Thank you kind sir for dropping knowledge
If you get to temperatues below 45F or 7C too often, then I think it's gonna be a struggle.
Edit: and as masterKief said, I'm in summer right now so it's not a problem at the moment
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+Summer+
45F .. I've seen it get as low as 68 in my indoor grow room. Is that low considering it gets to 15F at times right now where I live.
68F is fine, obviously not optimal but they should grow through it fine. And was that with the light on? 15F is like -9.5C... There's no way you'd grow in that. Even with a glass house they'd get frost bite. It might work if you had them in your backyard in pots and could move them inside when it gets to those kind of temperatures. But 15 Fahrenheit is just way too cold.
akisunni
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NerdRage,
The Southern Oregon Coast is an amazing place. Sadly I never grew while I lived on the beach there. Pretty sure 90% of the homes around me did though. Lets just say that politically it would not have been a good idea. Even if legal.
The Southern Oregon Coast is an amazing place. Sadly I never grew while I lived on the beach there. Pretty sure 90% of the homes around me did though. Lets just say that politically it would not have been a good idea. Even if legal.
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My camera has water damage so I haven't been able to update recently, but I'm working on getting another camera and updating soon! Everything is looking good thus far though
