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Hi, first time grower and member here
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Slayer717
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I'll pick some up when I go there later on todayFYI my Home Depot carries Sunshine Mix 4 which is basically Promix HP. I use Mega Crop for my nutrients and they seem to be liking everything, including the natural sunshine.
Thanks man
and don't worry after you've grown awhile, you'll have all the buds you want, and the forum is fun to figure out 
..mmm, as long as you're not on a phone, well maybe one of those big ass tablet size phones 
And here's some more bud porn for ya...just after my "MG period" ...I was still in the closet at that point
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Dude, that's some amazing looking fire. I hope to be half as good as a grower as you are. I just had two new seedlings sprout today out of the MG soil so that brings me up to 9 plants. I hope to find the best strain out of all of them and clone it. These plants are are bag seeds from dro purchases so it's a waiting game to see which one is the best. I have one plant that is already letting out aroma from the leaves so I'm hoping that's the prize plant there.Thanks man
And here's some more bud porn for ya...just after my "MG period" ...I was still in the closet at that point
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@MochaBud is 5 gallon buckets the ideal container to grow until harvest or should I buy 7 gallon buckets?
Thank you sir, I've been growing since '07, and I'm still in love with it...don't tell the missus
and being bag seeds, unless they came from the same strain, you may want to take clones from each one as you won't know till you smoke it
I up-pot as they get bigger in veg, from solo cups to 1 gallon...from 1 gal to 3 gal...and then to 5 gallons and into flower
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Awesome. I'll take that route bro.
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If you decide to go this route, keep in mind there are zero nutrients in this mix, it’s technically considered a hydroponic/soilless media. What I really like about it is the fact it’s pretty hard to overwater it like coco is but the peat moss holds moisture a little more so it doesn’t dry out as fast as coco. The two plants in growing in it are outside in 100+ weather so I water them twice a day. The peat moss will only hold so much moisture but will hold onto it, perfect for people who are the forget to water then overwater type.
Really look into Mega Crop, I didn’t know about it until I came to the forum and I’m happy I found growers using it with some amazing results. Two specific reasons I like it, it’s a one part nutrient for your entire grow, no mixing multiple nutrients at different growth stages, all you do is up the dosage during your grow. The second is it is cheap and I am cheap, therefore I like it. FYI they used to have free 1000g samples but now offer a 75% discount on it, still very worth trying out. If you haven’t already check out Jack's Land Of The RDWC Autos! his plants are proof of what MC can do.
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Thank you sir, I've been growing since '07, and I'm still in love with it...don't tell the missus
and being bag seeds, unless they came from the same strain, you may want to take clones from each one as you won't know till you smoke it
It's definitely a bunch of different strains lol. I'll take your word for it bud. Damn, you've been growing for almost 15 years now. I'll catch up when I'm in my 40's.
And probably have more experience, this place is a treasure trove of knowledge
Yeah started growing right after I retired from the Army, was still civil service for another 2, but was growing. Tried my hand at Hydro first for a year, did okay, but too much shit, too fast
if I had a fluctuation it would effect the plants instantly 
Then I went to soil, MG to be specific for about 2 years, then organics for another 7 years and still use it outside in my veggie garden. Now I'm in Fox Farms Ocean Forest and love it...the used stuff goes outside to my compost bin to be mixed with everything else for organics. I've also tried Hempy, (just perlite)... Coco Coir, and Areoponics...I hate PH pens, hence the FFOF and Organics
and I can fish in my lake, drink my beer (IBC or A&W) and not have to worry about my girls... ya my beer is root beer very rarely do I drink anymore 
peace brother 
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They do look like pollen sacks. I’ll wait for Mocha to confirm in case I’m seeing something wrong with it potentially being wierd growth from the topping but it definitely looks like 2 pollen sacks to me.
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I've heard a few others say the same too. Pollen sacks. I've pulled it already. Sucks to see it dying though.
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It always, always, always, seems like the best looking/nicest growing plant of the bunch turns out to be male. Which I guess makes sense if you look at it from a biological standpoint, the male plant probably needs to grow taller and wider than the female plant in order to get a better dispersion of pollen when the time comes.
If you check out Indica Inda Closet: Red's First Grow Journal page 12, post #233 you’ll see Red also just had a male plant that he pulled and is going to make into a tincture. Maybe stop by and ask him how he’s going to do it if something like that interests you. Or go to the Tinctures section and look there.
If you check out Indica Inda Closet: Red's First Grow Journal page 12, post #233 you’ll see Red also just had a male plant that he pulled and is going to make into a tincture. Maybe stop by and ask him how he’s going to do it if something like that interests you. Or go to the Tinctures section and look there.
Yeah man,
those are nads pull it asap!!
If it was a bean from a known strain, you could collect pollen, and make your own cross strain
Yes it does, every time
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Well, you'll need a separate room...let the male go until the pollen sacs start to open and take a "baggie" (it's easier to manage collection) and hold it below the sacs, I use my trimmers to snip off the sac and save them in the baggie....after the pollen collection toss the male...in the same room, place a female that's showing her sex, and I use a toothpick and moisten it by holding it in my mouth, I then stick the moistened toothpick into the pollen...don't get too much on it...then use that to gently brush a couple lower "calyx/pistils" at the stalk...and let that girl go into flower by herself in that room, she doesn't need a lot of light, cuz we're not looking for buds, we're looking for mature seeds