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@Meepmeepza Judging by the response theirs obviously something wrong with that soil maybe it's too acidic or something I don't know haven't used it. As a beginner rather get the recommended soil so you don't end up pulling out your hair when funny things happen...

@PsyCLown Maybe my attitude towards growing is based on the fact that I remember what it was like wanting to grow my own and not having money to buy all the correct supplies. I've taken soil from the garden, used the cheapest of the cheapest of everything. The plants grew and I took it to harvest. Didn't have jewellers loupe and probably harvested too early but I was still proud of myself when I showed my mates my dry buds all on a stem joined together. We never saw weed like that before. I mean the weed we bought on the street back then came wrapped in directory paper aka slupes. My point is there is no such thing as it won't work or you wasting your time... just drop that bean and start your journey... You will be amazed where you will be as a grower next year this time.

Day 49 all is well Jolly Rancher Peyote Cookies Zsweet Inzanity Blueberry Indica x Heribei

I have 3 secret jardin tents, DR90, DP60 and a DS120. I am very happy with them and I would strongly recommend getting a secret jardin tent from the DS range. The DS tents basically comes sealed with one intake and one extraction flange setup that you chose where you want to install them. It has a space booster which prevents the tents sides being sucked in and also comes with other accessories such as a scrog net, clips for your wiring and a pouch. Best part is that the intake setups comes with a light baffle so no light can enter your tent through the intake vent. You can buy more intakes and flanges and they are very well price should you want more. I got mine from grohydro.co.za. Goodluck it's a tough choice but I believe I made the right choice with secret jardin.

My vortex brewer never stops! Im always on the hunt for new soils to add to my teas and store bought amendments that are biologically alive. At the moment I'm making a tea a week and some have really blown me away!! Keep posted to see what works and maybe give me some tips on what has worked for you!

Been a while since last update, 2 out of 2 are fems so far, second run in pic, only one plant, third run was forced due to leaking roof during our major rains of late and packet with last 3 seeds got wet and germinated in the packet so they're also now in soil and starting their journey. Sent from my CLT-L29 using Tapatalk

I must agree here. Start with quality soil and seeds from your first grow. I am busy on my first grow and nearly got disheartened by seeds that didn't germinate. @Mambawana and @PsyCLown among others steered me in the right direction and I have a happy plant well into flower (growing in a very confined space). You don't want to struggle from the get go with inadequate soil. Would make growing more of a chore than a rewarding hobby.

Hi @Meepmeepza Luckily that culterra soil is only R30-R40 a bag so rather set it aside and use it for something else besides cannabis. I haven't seen a single happy plant in culterra's potting soil and countless other growers will agree with that. Rather get some soil that has been tested and proven with cannabis. We can steer you to many good names. I'd hate for you to get all despondent and think you're a kak grower when it was the soil's fault all along, which can easily be the case.

Hey man sorry, didn't mean to offend, it was more a case of, if possible, get other soil. I've only ever had gnats when using Cultura. Sent from my CLT-L29 using Tapatalk

If I were in his situation, I would rather someone be honest and upfront with me than not say anything and later on I struggle and have issues. Together with all the posts, I think he has some good info and now has the option to either use the Culterra for chillies and get other soil for his cannabis or to try and make it work - so now it is ultimately up to him. I can see that if you had ended up with Culterra soil, you'd try and use it and make it work. I on the other hand would scrap it and get something else, nothing wrong with either approach. As long as we both get cannabis in the end I actually had some Culterra germination mix, I tried it but disliked it and gave it away. Was more like river sand. I have received rooted cuttings in Culterra soil and they went light green very quickly even with usual feeding and once I repotted into the OM soil I had at the time they were nice and dark green within 2 or 3 days. Soil makes quite a big difference. I think it was either you or perhaps @trichomechaser who created a thread or posts about which soils to avoid and the bark etc? That Culterra soil is like R34 for 30L from Builders, not too expensive and if he can repurpose it for chillies and save himself from possible issues later down the line, it sounds like a better plan to me. Freedom Farm soil also has Fungus Gnats. I have struggled to get rid of them in my grow. They're super annoying. Organics Matter soil has worms, which is a good thing. I have seen worms in my OM soil on multiple occasions.

Link him your tea thread bruh @Meepmeepza :

Congratulations guys. Well done to the winners.

Harsh bru. Give the owe a chance. He happily posted some supplies he's got as a gift towards the cause and you guys are being so despondent instead of assisting him in making it work. @Trailblazer420 Is your garden gnat free?

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Congrats guys. Some really good pics...

I have 2 x GTH tents. Look, off the bat, the plastic zips are not great, but they last if you work gently. First tent I bought was a 120/70/165. Poor training can pose height challenges, but I was growing under 400W HID at the time, so the 160cm was more 110cm. You'll comfortably grow out 2 plants in this size tent. I did 6 plants in it during winter when I didn't need to add the AC Sent from my CLT-L29 using Tapatalk

The nice thing about that soil is it comes with free gnats [emoji12] Sent from my CLT-L29 using Tapatalk

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