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• HighGrow Program Objectives
• New Features and Bugs fixed
• The Cannabis life-cycle
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• Hints and Tips for better Growth
• Temperature, Humidity, and Plant Growth
• Marijuana Grower's Guides
• Finalwords of Thanks

HighGrow FAQs

Question: Is it possible to run version 3 and 4.20 at the same time?

I have some plants growing in version 3 that I would rather not lose. I am eager to try out version 4.20 but when I install it version 3 resets itself or something cause it doesn’t see my plants anymore. I uninstall version 4 and everything is back to normal. I have installed version 4 in different folders in different locations and even tried using a different account and no luck. Just wanted to know if anyone is able to run both OR if its possible to import your plants from version 3 to version 4, if so how? Thanks for any support and for the new version.

Answer: About importing plants from 3 to 4. If they simply install the new version in the same folder where they installed version 3, their plants will automatically be visible in the first grow room in version 4.20. Or, they can simply copy the three plant files into the new installation folder if they installed it somewhere different to the original version? (Slick email posted by WW)

Answer: Yes, Ca = calcium

N = Nitrogen = Nitrogenium = Stickstoff
P = Phosphorus = Phosphor
K = Potassium = Kalium
Ca = Calcium = Calzium (fire n ice, in fertilizing 2nd)

Answer: No, when you got a female and male plant in bloom at the same time in the same room the female plant will grow seeds. That's how you get new ones. (Skyer)

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Question: When I try to install it up comes something about the system is not suitable for running ms-dos any help would be great.

Answer: Does the error look like this???

"C:\Windows\System32\AUTOEXEC.NT.
The system file is not suitable for running MS-DOS and Microsoft Windows applications.
Choose 'Close' to terminate this application."

"C:\Windows\System32\config.NT.
The system file is not suitable for running MS-DOS and Microsoft Windows applications.”
Choose 'Close' to terminate this application.

The files are autoexec.nt and/or config.nt. check to see if they are in the C:\Windows\System32 folder. If not go to the C:\WINDOWS\repair folder, copy the file you are missing, then paste it into the C:\Windows\System32 folder.
These files are also sometimes removed by certain spyware and adware programs running on your computer.
Hope this helps. (JohnC)

Answer: Before you format your computer follow the instructions for moving your plants to a new computer.

Answer: You should simply copy all the files in the HighGrow installation directory (including all the hidden files) onto the new computer and create a shortcut to the HighGrow.exe program file.

Answer: plants only go into flowering when there is less then 12 hours light, and they revert back to vegetative state when there is more then 12 hours light. so to answer your question: its meant to happen (g00nster)

Answer: If you copy your grow rooms (i.e. antique attic.hgb) from High grow Directory to another disk, you should be able to copy them back in at a later date (after format) and then re add the grow room in HighGrow like normal. (zoopy)

Answer: When installing High grow select full install, you should be asked where you want program installed to, default is normally c:\program files\highgrow, either leave it like that, or change it to a different directory like c:\games\highgrow (zoopy)

Answer: Simply copy your music files to the C:\Program Files\HighGrow\MP3 folder or C:\Program Files\HighGrow\MIDI folder. (Myst)

Answer: most people would not fertilizer ant plants until they turn to seedlings then give 1 - 2grams (mixed) of N P and K if Ph drops below say 6.5 give them a little Ca which should increase the Ph, in vegetative stage give 3 - 5 grams of N P K (zoopy)

Some good advice is to start with peaty soil because you don’t need to add any fertilizers to it at first. Its not a bad medium to use just don’t over water it (it gets soggy) and it might be a little acidic because its heavy in nutrients/organic matter. Add calcium to it to bring up the PH if it gets too low. (Nicholai 420)

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Answer: Is a problem with "plant files" not necessary to reinstall the application, remove old plant files from version 3.0, or just delete plant 2 & 3,the plant 1 work probably proper so we by me. (aby)

Answer: I have found a solution to this problem, if you prune the plant that started this (with me it was plant 1 in room 1) it seems to stop pruning the rest, or that is what it looks like in my stats! (zoopy)

Answer: Click on the "Plant Menu" at the top of your HighGrow window, look for "Harvesting" then click on the plants listed which you wish to harvest. (Myst)

Answer: Yes there is a way to change the backgrounds of your grow rooms!

If you click on edit the grow room icon (beside plant name in toolbar) and then look at the bottom right hand part of the screen you should find a drop down menu with all your grow rooms in, select the one you want and then save changes.

One more thing you can only change the grow rooms you have added, not the default ones you get with the game. (zoopy)

Answer: I’ve done it thank you for all the help....in case anyone has the same problem here is what I did....
I moved the plant files out of the HighGrow file and put them onto my desktop, then I deleted all of the grow rooms and then reloaded the up (add grow room) then I just transferred all the plant files back into the HighGrow folder and hey presto it works fine. (jyla)

Answer: Yes the soil you choose can affect a plants development. For more information on some of these new features in 4.20 check out this page:
[www.highgrow.us/info.php?page=addingroom] (Myst)

Answer: Yes you can!

You can now copy all your favourite MP3 or MIDI music files to the HighGrow installation folder and have them play back in a random order when you enter any of the grow rooms!

I'm sure that everyone agrees that MP3 music files are MUCH better than MIDI files, and MANY people have sent us emails asking how they can play their favourite MP3s instead of the music files included with this game. Now, your dreams have come true!

This new version of HighGrow will install eleven MIDI music files into a folder that can be found within your game's installation folder (usually C:\Program Files\HighGrow). If you enable the HighGrow music player, you will notice that one of these music files will automatically start playing whenever you enter any of the grow rooms. To stop (or restart) the music, you should simply select the "Start/Stop Music Playback" item on the HighGrow "Start" menu.

When this new version installs, it also creates another folder inside the main folder called MP3, and this is where you should copy all the files that you would prefer to be playing instead of the standard MIDI files. To play back MP3 files instead of the MIDI format, you should select the "Grow Room Music" item from the HighGrow "Options" menu (or press the CTRL+S keys). This will display a dialog box which lists the names of all the music files that can be found in the relevant folders. This is also where you can select which type of music file to play, and where you can enable or disable the grow room music player. (usrhlp)

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Answer: At 8.8 you actually need more fertilizer, not more calcium.......the farther down the scale you go the higher the acidity, the higher the number the more basic the soil is.
If you add too much fertilizer, the soil becomes high in organic matter, and therefore more acidic.......when this happens, the number will drop, 6.5, 6.0 5.5, etc. That is when you use the calcium, to bring it back up towards normal, that being in the 7.0 range. Same thing though, if you add too much calcium, the number will continue up, 7.5, 8.0, 8.5 and so on......that is no good for the plants either (JohnC)

Answer: I know that you can swap plants from left to right or from one grow room to another!

It is as following: The (hidden) files are counted beginning with one,
1 to 3 in your first grow room (Plant01.hgp, left / ...02 middle / ...03 right.
...04 to ...06 in room two, and so on.

If you rename a plant name (by changing the number within the name) you can set it to any position and room, you like.
For example: changing file "Plant03.hgp" (the right one in room 1) to "Plant10.hgp" will put it into room 4, left side.

Got it???

You should have an eye on the Growth Log before and afterwards but under normal circumstances the program will check that and work on properly. Although I had or still have a problem in my first grow room (when I water the left plant, the right one gets the fluid in its pot and vice versa), but I think this problem is due to another cause.

And its always clever to backup all files in another folder... (fire n ice)

Answer: You click on the plants option, and then go down to Harvest. that should take care of that. (draco7326)

Answer: I’m positive there are. They all look and grow differently and some seem to consume more water than others. (Zed_eX)

Answer: As far as I know yes the program will only let you plant one of each seed at a time and only import one seed of each kind (Jyla)

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