Originally Posted by very oldman

Yes its a Bunnings product, a 10 lt pot is a bit small in my opinion, even shallow beds made on the ground might suit what you want to do ..tipping the plants is the way to manage the height rather than strangling them in small containers, small pots will limit the yield dramatically , even sativa's that I tip dont get over 5-6 ft in height..if your going to take the risk and grow a plant or two you may as well make it count for something, in the eye's of the law a 1 once plant is the same as a 1 pound plant, in a greenhouse I would expect to grow out plants with a couple of pound each so 2-3 plant should keep you in smoke for a year with a relatively small amount of risk BTW those compressed blocks off coco from Bunnings need to be flushed with a lot off water to remove salt deposits from them before using, or buy the certified stuff from your local grow shop Cheers and best off luck..its all in the planing..what are the clones you got?

Thanks oldman, I know I've pulled chunks of salt the size of a kingswood out of those coco bricks in the past so they always get flushed with about 100L of water. Well my clones will be of my bcbigbud and dinafem shark attack seedlings once there grown up if I don't manage to kill them before then, there in the infirmary if you want to go check out the mess I've made of them so far. Under the title "have I murdered my seedlings".

Originally Posted by very oldman

This is Mr Nice ASH it would have been a 3-4 mt plant if left untipped (sativa dominant hybrid ) they were about a 1.6 mt high by tipping them.so its not so much the pot that limits the height more the tipping. View Image

Just to clarify tipping and topping are the same thing right?

Originally Posted by DU420

Just to clarify tipping and topping are the same thing right?

Yes exactly the same thing..and I saw you seedling in the infirmary.. growyourboat probably answered your questions on that one..I start everything in coco nowadays and transplants into dirt once they are thriving it takes the guesswork out off it and the seedling seem to love coco Happy Trails M8

Originally Posted by very oldman

Yes exactly the same thing..and I saw you seedling in the infirmary.. growyourboat probably answered your questions on that one..I start everything in coco nowadays and transplants into dirt once they are thriving it takes the guesswork out off it and the seedling seem to love coco Happy Trails M8

What so you reckon they need feeding to hey Hmmmm oh well that's two to one on give em some food I might go feed em...

Originally Posted by DU420

What so you reckon they need feeding to hey Hmmmm oh well that's two to one on give em some food I might go feed em...

M8 my own personal experience with Aussie potting mix's are that once something starts going wrong its very hard to recover, your problem is either to much or to little, whats your feeling on it? what I would do if that seedling was mine is I would carefully transplant that into coco and feed it at an EC off .9 nothing else and a 18 hour cycle under the hps it should recover within a week unless you know for sure what went wrong with that soil mix your only guessing ! have you checked the ph off the mix? I've had a poor outcome most time once something started to go wrong in potting mix transplanting into coco has saved me heaps off times in similar circumstance

Originally Posted by very oldman

M8 my own personal experience with Aussie potting mix's are that once something starts going wrong its very hard to recover, your problem is either to much or to little, whats your feeling on it? what I would do if that seedling was mine is I would carefully transplant that into coco and feed it at an EC off .9 nothing else and a 18 hour cycle under the hps it should recover within a week unless you know for sure what went wrong with that soil mix your only guessing ! have you checked the ph off the mix? I've had a poor outcome most time once something started to go wrong in potting mix transplanting into coco has saved me heaps off times in similar circumstance

Well mate I think i over thought this grow my first test was just one WW seed that I paid little attention too and didnt feed until cotyledons died were as this grow I started off with probiotics and root stimulants and got alittle over my head I think. I've flushed them now so I'll let them be for a bit and hope for the best. The soil ph is 7 and when I flushed with water ph'd 6.5 the run off was 6.7 so that didn't seem too dramatic...

Does anyone use compost for their indoor soil mix?

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Debco organic potting mix.

+ with some blood n bone, crushed dynamic lifter, a little potash and a dash of dolomite. in a 25 litre grow bag.

That sounds good for my outdoor mix but if I tried that on my bonsai Mums they'd turn into godzilla mums... So will the potash just stay dormant in the soil until the plant needs it during flowering or do you have to repot?

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Originally Posted by DU420

That sounds good for my outdoor mix but if I tried that on my bonsai Mums they'd turn into godzilla mums... So will the potash just stay dormant in the soil until the plant needs it during flowering or do you have to repot?

Yep the mums could get going but you could try smaller post and weaker lights to hold them back a bit.

The potash will stay awhile provided you don't do any heavy flushing.
I use it as a general purpose soil mix for indoor and out.

I'm not a fan of expensive additives. I use this mix on my greenhouse tomatoes in pots. Works a treat with them. The potash improves the taste of the tomatoes.