Category Archives: Professor Lee

I’ve been growing for about a year now and I’m getting a lot better, but one problem I have is with bending and training my plants.

Hello Professor, I’ve been growing for about a year now and I’m getting a lot better, but one problem I have is with bending and training my plants. Whenever I tie a branch down, or bend a top over the gardening wire that I buy at the store, the wire cuts into the plant like…

I’m sitting in my house looking at a pack of auto-flowering feminized Kush seeds.

Hello Professor Lee, I’m sitting in my house looking at a pack of auto-flowering feminized Kush seeds. I want to grow my plants in individual containers filled with Subcool’s TGA recipe for super soil, and I have a 1000-watt HID to raise them in a sea of green configuration. I’ve never grown auto-flower plants before.…

Is there a way I can automate my system to cut down on the time between waterings

Hello Professor Lee I’ve been playing around with a simple deep water culture garden. I have four clones started from a mother plant I keep in a twenty gallon container filled with a basic soil mix. I’m growing each clone in one gallon plastic containers filled with Hydroton. Each one gallon container sits in a…

Any good recipes for getting the most out of the resin

High Professor, Hello, I hear you know how to make resin brownies? I recently cleaned my bowl and got a huge ball of resin. Normally I’d save it for a rainy day when I run out but with 420 coming up I was hoping I could melt it down in some oil. I could use…

I need help again. I have two indoor plants under the lamp right now 18/6. I think I’m about two weeks into veg

Hello Professor Lee, I need help again. I have two indoor plants under the lamp right now 18/6. I think I’m about two weeks into veg. Royal Creamatic and Quick One are the strains. But, now I can’t believe it … they are so small and now I can see white hairs … Why is…

When I make hash with bubble bags or with solvents for extraction, do I still get the terpenes

Hello Professor When I make hash with bubble bags or with solvents for extraction, do I still get the terpenes and terpenoids from the weed? Or does that make them disappear? What are the benefits of terpenes anyways? Jack Hairier   Hello Jack, Good question. There are about 20,000 different terpenoid molecules in nature and…

I grow on an upstairs balcony that gets a ton of sunlight and the plants absolutely love it

Professor, I grow on an upstairs balcony that gets a ton of sunlight and the plants absolutely love it. The problem is that I don’t want them to grow above the wall where the whole world can see them. What would be the best way to prune or train them so that I can keep…

I over fertilized my plants! I flushed them with 4 gallons of water but ….

Dear Professor Lee, I over fertilized my plants! I flushed them with 4 gallons of water but that was 24 hours ago. I used a high-nitrogen fertilizer made for sweet corn. I used 25% fertilizer and 75% water thinking it would be fine. Sorry if I bothered you. Any advice? Another Lee   Hello Another…

Can you put fungus on the roots? I thought it was bad

Hello Professor Lee, I eavesdropped on some growers, and heard them talking about putting fungus on the roots of their plants. I thought fungus was bad. Why would anybody want to do that? Shroomed and confused   Hello Shroomed, Allowing the root to rot is obviously a bad thing, but in this case the type…

Are there any organic rooting compounds or techniques

Professor, Are there any organic rooting compounds or techniques that will help my cuttings? Rooting for you, Alex in Darlington   Hello Alex, I hope you’re not Australian, harhar! To answer your question, there are plenty of organic rooting compounds out there! Both Green Light and Earth Juice make good ones; I’ve used both, and…