Overview of the Conflict Minerals Issue. The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is a Central African country with vast mineral wealth, including reserves of cassiterite (tin), columbite-tantalite (tantalum), wolframite (tungsten) and gold.n an effort to address the humanitarian crisis associated with conflict minerals, the United States (U.S.) enacted legislation requiring that U.S. companies report to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on their use of conflict minerals sourced from the DRC and surrounding region 2) .
Over watering is more of a threat to lavender plants than not giving them enough water. When plants are young, within the first 1 to 3 years, lavender plants will probably need to be watered once per day unless it rains. Lavender plants like at least 6 hours of sun per day, and if it is overcast for a few days in a row, consider watering less. You can always test the soil, by sticking your finger down (3-4 inches away from the root/main stem) to see if the soil is dry.
Because of photoperiodism, you can easily induce flowering in cannabis plants simply by changing your grow room light cyclesâreducing the light from 18 hours a day or more, to only 12 hours each day.Again, what is really important to the plants is changing from six hours of darkness or less to 12 hours of darkness. few hours of extra light will not hurt anything. Remember, you do not need enough light to keep them growingâjust enough to make it not dark. 1  To maintain vegetative growth, use 18-24 hours of light; six hours of darkness or less. 2  To promote flowering, alternate 12 hours of light with 12 hours of darkness.