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Hey everyone. I am Psy, been wanting to dabble in growing cannabis for quite a while now and have finally decided to pull the trigger. I've learnt a lot in the past few days and still got tons more to learn. You'll certainly be seeing some grow logs from me in the near future. Having a local forum is quite nice as the products we tend to get locally are often limited to what the peeps across the ocean have access to unfortunately and that can often make things more difficult for a beginner. See ya'll around!

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I hope my entry is valid considering it's the 26th Zkittlez Auto by FastBuds. Day 79 from seed.

He delivers to me in the breeders packs. I am happy. Sent from my VTR-L09 using Tapatalk

Oh wow, this is awesome! I'd love to enter as soon as I can I assume after today polls go up and we vote?

These two pretty ladies are in line to become mother plants. The seeds came from a very special Blueberry Kush (F2 generation) that popped up in our grow this year. This specific plant had all the traits of the original stock that came from Cali, on the plant, the buds, and when smoked. I thought I would enter these babies as this strain is responsible for helping (in his words "cured") a few terminally ill friends. AKA - Guff's Meds

As it still the same plant l et me give a bit of update on the little mainlined lady. Day 91, 4 weeks into flower and looking not that bad: Day 91 - Flower showing some trichome development:

There is just something about organics that make buds so tasty. There is no better organic growing than in a "Living Soil" teaming with beneficial Bacteria, Mycorrhizal Fungi, and everything else your Cannabis needs to grow the dankest of bud. And best of all, you don't need any other nutrients at all for the entire life cycle of the plant. When I decided to go a full on organic route, I spent hours and hours searching the net for formulations, that are firstly effective, and secondly, has ingredients that are easily obtainable in South Africa from a sustainable source, and affordable. I have had to make many substitutions, since guano’s are not so readily available, and they are super expensive when you do manage to get hold of it. So I thought I would share my soil mix that I grow all my babies in. Super Soil Ingredients 60l Potting Soil (I use DoubleGrow) 40l Mushroom Compost ( Also DoubleGrow) 25l Worm Castings (Hortishop) 500g Bone Meal 500g Talborne (I do not use the Fruit and flower, but the VitaVeg 6-3-4) 1kg SeaMunGus (Chicken Manure and Kelp pellets and plants love it!) 1kg Lucerne Pellets (Rabbit food) 500g Agricultural Lime 500g Volcanic Rock Dust (Turbogrow) 1 sachet of rock phosphate 500g Mycoroot 1 Compost activator sachet (Effecto Brand) 500g Brown Sugar (You can add Molasses, but I find that it takes the micro-organisms longer to eat up the sugar) Once all these are thoroughly mixed, this soil needs to mature and stabilize over a period of 2-3 months minimum; however the soil becomes sweeter the longer you leave it. I store my soil in large black bins, and chuck the whole lot out and mix through once a month for the first 2 months. This soil needs to be kept only just moist, but not wet. Pro Mix Ingredients 60l Coco Peat 30l Worm castings 30l Mushroom compost 20l Perlite 40L Super Soil (This first needs to stabilize before using) 500g Bone Meal 500g Talborne VitaVeg 6-3-4 500g volcanic Rock Dust 500g Mycoroot 500g Agricultural Lime Regardless of the size of the container I grow in, I fill the bottom half with Super Soil, and the remainder with Pro Mix. From seed to harvest I have never had deficient plants, and I only use de-chlorinated tap water (Just let it stand for 24 hours or more to let all the Chlorine evaporate. Unless your tap water pH is really off, you don’t even need to pH correct your water. The lime in the mix is a brilliant buffer to acidity. It does cost a bit to mix this soil up, but the results speak for themselves!

I've been eyeing out fabric grow bags but the prices at the local nurseries are insane. Turns out they are really easy and cheap to make yourself I'm using landscaping fabric / weed shield. The smallest roll I could get was 20m for ~R220. I'll be able to make many pots from that. Here are some detailed instructions, if you want to try it https://northernhomestead.com/sew-grow-bag/. My wife is doing the sewing so I've got very professional looking bags now The fabric bags are great for drainage, aeration and "air pruning". I'm going to move a few clones out of the kak plastic bags and into these to see how it goes.

Yeah, I got mine at a nursery. I suspect builders will have it too. Hopefully you can get it for R60 like @Zaskar09 said, thats way cheaper

If you’re in Gauteng look up Damax plastics. They sell 10m rolls for R50-R60. I was planning on doing exactly this, just haven’t gotten around to it yet.

At least it's not the whole plant, moving my plants to s friends house tonight. Saw what happened to you, that's fucked up! Moving to my new home hopefully by end of the month, much more secure.

Nah... ones mind is far more horrifying

Looks great, looks store bought!!!

Well fuck bru I'm sorry to hear that. That's some fucked up shit right there, death to the thieves, may they be plagued for generations to come Sent from my G3312 using Tapatalk

Thanks for the help! (It comes with calibration mixes but that is only for the first time. I've got calibration solutions arriving this week.)

Wanted to enter a plant but when I got to the grow to take the picture my 3 late bloomers were stolen. Please do not stop the comp...

I have not looked into it, although what about CBD hemp when it comes to THC content? I think we might get the international pharma companies bringing their products in and selling them here?

Hey fellow canna enthusiasts Just another person fascinated by the wonderful herb ! Hoping to expand my knowledge as much as possible about the plant and hopefully make some good friends in this beautiful community of South African Cannabis - the home of the dankest dank !!! Peace , love and happy trees

With my new controller here I can't be happier [emoji16][emoji16]gonna set it up tomorrow so it can start doing its thing asap Sent from my G3312 using Tapatalk

Whats up bru. Welcome to our community and enjoy your time here Sent from my G3312 using Tapatalk

Strong this herb is, stoned you will be. Hahaha[emoji28] Sent from my SM-A500F using Tapatalk

I can handle it when my plants are damaged due to nature, but when people try and steal your plants, or parts thereof, it infuriates me. You can't even smoke the buds yet. Purple Bud LSD-25 Before After