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I pollinated one branch on the 13th Nov with Purple Haze..... Cant wait to germinate them! She is a bush full!

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I'm personally not as optimistic about the recreational side of things as others seem to be, I mean I'm ready to be pleasantly surprised. But it feels like the way everything is being approached, especially by Government is that there is 0 incentive for them to give a fuck about the local market in terms of end use. I feel like they're going to fixate more on the medical side of things, and probably just define limits for the court ruling, but I honestly can't imagine seeing a well structured, fair and locally productive route for recreational usage. I've always thought we'd likely see medicinal implemented for several years before we see recreational addressed in any form we'd like to. But even then I see them taking a Canadian approach and making everything run through government with the favour of foreign companies as suppliers and government owned outlets. Personally, I'm not too phased - as a grower for personal use, I'll continue to do as I do and grow for myself. But I certainly would like to see the stigmas removed through a well structured normalization.

Got the lights set to 140W. About max 40cm from canopy. Refreshed the res again this week and increased EC to 2.0. Varied the pH quite well this week. Veg continued:

@CleanGreen Always good seeing happy thriving plants. Looks like you going to need to put a net on top of that canopy to hold all those 100s of colas up so that you can have some support and penetration... It's going to be the difference between an okay yield and hitting it out the park.

The Plant Matters pots are the best I have tried so far! I prefer them over the Freedom Farm ones and the Grow Guru ones.

The Canadian model has failed. The US model is failing. They are excluding the average small farmer. The black market has thrived these countries and with their regulations the black market will remain. If we want things to change court case will have to be faught. The premier of the Eastern Cape is at least trying to change things. And their is some talk between government departments. But things are changing to slowly to be in effect by September. Sent from my VTR-L09 using Tapatalk

Yeah, with only 10 months left for parliament to rectify the law to align with the concourt ruling, one would expect that we would have been invited to submit public input already. If we, the ones exercising our new found rights to grow our own, dont even get that gap, then those 'very clever' money hungry MPs who dont have clue about growing are going to keep us oppressed because it will suit this ones cousin and that ones brother. The hawks are already having a field day. There has been no real footwork in changing the stigma around this plant since the concourt ruling, and both the far left and far right are still anti cannabis ie anti drug.

Sahpra only deals with the medical side of things. And if you want to produce medical cannabis that is whom you should listen too. But what about recreational use and a regulated framework around that? Or will the black market just continue as usual? Sent from my VTR-L09 using Tapatalk

Message Kyle from plant matters he does give good prices for volumes Sent from my VTR-L09 using Tapatalk

This has been getting shared today and appears to be legitimate based off internal linking in the document. While it doesn't impact the recreational market or provide much insight into the home grower, it does provide a lot of information as to where the government is heading in terms of medicinal. The proposed model seems similar to the Canadian one, which isn't great - but it's certainly progress. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1L4oW7YajBkvmMX_XHeIYozc6TESs99yG/view?usp=sharing

Good taste in music @Dank! Big fan of Fortunate Youth.

For all the rebels Keep it blazing @420SA

Hey guys, Thanks for the feedback I managed to get some ones from Hydrobiz at 60 bucks a 20l bag so Im getting them as they are re-useable so Im cool with that. Thanks for the advise ....

Fabric pots are great. Just judging by the way the roots grow its clear it's superiority over plastic pots. In saying this it is an expensive exercise regardless of you getting a small discount. One option is to make your own. It's actually quite easy to do and works out really cheap. In saying all this I've moved away from fabric pots because the dry out times are a lot quicker and when life gets in the way you have very little room for error more especially when using coco. Proper plastic pots are not cheap either. The cheapest way for you to provide a big enough pot is quite dependant on your intended grow style and plant size. I personally buy used 25ltr plastic drums at the local plastic recycling centre for R10 a pop, cut the top off, drill some drainage holes. What I like about them is they are square in shape and really allows you to optimize your floor space.

Pity that site went down Here's a decent tut on Youtube

Just some good tunes Sent from my G3312 using Tapatalk