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Roughly the 8 week mark, and she is just cruising to the finish. Only just starting to see a spot or so of PM and removing the leaves as I see them, but otherwise in perfect health. She will go on to harvest by mid to end June I reckon. She is maturing bottom up, with bottom buds starting to swell.

So I decided to give her the chop. 2 weeks earlier than I'd have liked, but she was just klaar. The snail damage did a number and most branches started drying up. Plus our first proper cold front is rolling in tonight. I lost 4 long colas to catapillars that ate the colas from the inside out. Never the less, I'm happy. The haze vibe is there, buds are fluffier than I'd like, but she still managed to stack quite ok, despite a mid flower transplant. Bubbleberries mass of pistils has carried through, and going to dry with a rooibaard vibe.

My first grow , outdoor this year

Hey Guys, I’m G . Looking forward to meeting you all ! Just done an outdoor grow and now looking to setup an indoor one.

I'll get a whole pool for you @CreX Can't say I pay much attention to water temp unless it's warmer than 21C

Agreed. The last grow I did I only had puny 20L DWCs and they were not enough! Had to basically refill every day. Now I have these 30L DWCs and they are so much better. Only need to refill every week now in flower.

I like it! I still feel you should get a larger DWC res for next round... It really takes the edge off. Something like a 30l - 40l in that space and you will notice the difference. Currently I set my res up with hortimix up to 1 EC... Literally leave it alone for 2 months except add water that's been displaced... No extra nutes, no pH checks... And the plants explode like volcanoes.... Damn the efficiency of DWC!!!

Welcome man!! May the green be prosperous with you!! Maybe hit us up with a few highlights of your outdoor grow while you're at it

Hey G, what is your budget? What can you spend on your grow on a monthly basis? Monthley expences is a good place to start in this ecomomic situation we find ourselves in. It does not help you buy the most expensive equipment and you cannot afford to run it. Enjoy your time here. Experiment allot. We all have.

A little tester before harvest. Critical Purple Kush

Another week

Hi Please help - 3 rows of 3 pots. All a local cannabis craft soil. I have been feeding low doses of Biobiuzz nutes & stimulants through a Blumat drip system. Strain is a Purple Punch cross, ( that needs extra cal/mag and I gave a bit ) . The first row is airpots - and everything looking healthy and green 2nd two rows - locally made fabric pot - bottom big old leaves have turned a pure yellow ( now forming brown patches ) - no curling , no leaf tip burn - and newer leaves are a pale green . Difficult to see in pic one - but right two rows are the pale green ones. I narrowed down to a lack of Nitrogen, ( from what I can research ) so I have given a good feed of BioBizz fishmix. Question is - is this lack of N and why only two of the three rows with cloth pots ? Lack of O2 due to fabric maybe ? PS...There is a knat problem - but not too bad - they came in the soil Please, any advice appreciated 1

Hi, thanks for the replies . I’ve got about R7000 to get started but can add on as Months go on. I would be spending the money on buying anyway if I don’t grow my own. I’m looking to grow about 4 To 6 plants indoor at a time. My outdoor grow was pretty awesome. After buying for so long I’ve been smoking my own since January when my first outdoor auto tangematic from fastbuds was harvestEd. I grew way too much too close together that I couldn’t harvest it all on my own before a bad week of Gauteng weather kind of ended it. I grew a lot of autos to.My triple cheese and liberty haze were awesome. My phantom OG and acapulco gold got pm and I ended up tossing it. I’m currently still harvesting a Franco’s lemon cheese but she’s mostly cut down now and have one Swazi regular female and a royalI ICE that’s still a way off and I’m not sure will survive tonight’s cold. I’ve also got 2 blue cheese autos that I’ve just started. I take them out during the day and put them under 2 45w cfl bulbs inside at night. I’ve tried to chose more pm resistant strains for my next outdoor grow with short flowering times of 6-8 weeks and a few longer ones so my harvest is more spread out. I’ve got seeds for Holland’s hope, Church, Pineapple chunk, peyote cookies, S.A.D and LA confidential but might get white label master kush and Afghan kush regular seeds instead. My mind changes a lot . Anyway, nice to meet you all!

Entry #4 two headed skunk top view

Noice... I would even consider consolidation to even larger bucket... Ones where the volume of water in use is lager than currently... Do you measure your water temp separately to your ambient?

Welcome to the forum @Gee88 , best damn hobby in the whole world! Like Skunkpgmharm mentioned, quite a big layout when starting indoor, what kind of space do you have available as your grow area, usually a good starting point to evaluate costs etc.

Very nice bro, going to be some dank DWC no doubt!

Right hand is the GDP, left is RQS Royal Gorilla

Yo @1000Hills Nursery looking fire man, setting the bar nice and high for next season bro You are going to rock the SA grow scene dude This PineappleSkunk has very nice budstructure man, nice colour as well, I assume she is tasty and a good high, what is in the nose on this? Looks Terpy Epicness Awe now we talking! That's a decent number of males to choose from. Have u got a solid idea what kind of Male you are going for, or perhaps a few males? Super stoked man, the males look legit, some beefy okes in there and some proper phat leaf bras as well, dig it my bruu. Blessings and buds for u and the KZN crew that side!

The genetics between the two are so different I would definitely redo the right plant again if I had to choose between the two for this manifold technique. The left barely stretched and grows really really tight. I'd probably recommended the left plant as a Sea of Green technique, but still confident on getting good yield and bud from both from this harvest

For a 60 x 60 area I would grow an autoflower under a Mars TS-600, which is R2 900 at the moment with the standard 3 year local warranty fulfilled in Cape Town. Thanks @CreX

The COBs I use do not use drivers, I am aware that probably also impact my power usage. My 100w ebay chips cost me around R80 - R120 each. Used alu to build the frame and added a few fans to keep it cool. They were bought before lockdown, so importing is now an obvious challenge Sent from my CLT-L29 using Tapatalk

Hi everyone. The lockdown got me growing my own bud. my entry #1 is my DIY Lockdown Growbox (this is motivation for why i need that Dark Propagator 60 lol)

It looks good. I would not be to worried this late into flower. As long as the upper leaves dont yellow. Take off the leaves as they go completely yellow.

Hey man. So there will be a lot of sold out issues due to the fact that the boards are all imports and this isn’t happening at the moment. Don’t fear because all is not lost. I have heard a little bird singing and apparently there’s a company making quantum boards locally. Also remember the pricing you see now and the pricing with the Rand dollar exchange rate change will be different. So expect things to grow In price. if you’re keen to check find out more about this, feel free to drop me a line. The company will launch soon but I’m sure we can waggle a pre launch del out there somewhere. I am sure we are also able to work with your price-point as we have gone a custom route where each client will be dealt with on personal need. Feel free to contact me if you want to know more. fyi. All warranties are local so there’s no shipping back to China if something goes wrong or any delay as we literally place the leds ourselves etc.

Winter Outdoor grow in progress with Totemic Genetics have a Choco NL and Bubbleberry going. Hoping for a successful winter grow. Helps being on lockdown, constantly moving the babies to better sunny spots.

Well, it's been more than a few hours but; Greetings everyone! Lol Update time. The tent is looking awesome right now. I changed the timer to 12/12 and flipped the bloom switch on as well. They're due for a feeding when the light comes on later. They're also in for a major defoliation in a few days... Let's hope it isn't too much for them to handle. So I took on a small project that took me about 45 chilled minutes to get done. A Small DIY CO2 generator. I know some of the advantages and disadvantages of running CO2 in a tent and how to properly use it, but I figured it couldn't hurt even though I have a vented setup. I'm not gonna seal up my tent, try to control climate and all that stuff, it's just something new to do and maintain. Please don't hate, lol. To make the generetor; - I simply rinsed out a 2L bottle, filled it a bit over the label with tap water (my tap water is pretty clean @67ppm). I know distilled water is better to use but I wasn't up to waiting for some to get delivered or setting up a quick distillation apparatus. The cost is minimal this way. - I added almost a cup full of brown sugar and shook the bottle until all the sugar was dissolved. - I made a hole in 1 bottle cap for the sugar/yeast mixture and hot glued a pipe in place for the CO2 to travel through as well as to serve as a detector in another bottle. - I added a 20g sachet of dry, high foam superbrew yeast to the bottle and shook it up a bit (closed with a normal cap) first to mix it up. I then screwed the cap with the single pipe onto this bottle and left it aside to allowe some time for the mixture to start reacting. - I made 2 holes in the cap for the "detector" bottle, 1 for the pipe from the first bottle submerged in water and the 2nd to channel the CO2 to the circulation fan with both pipes sealed onto the cap with hot glue. The pipe is submerged so it can develop bubbles as CO2 is being formed. This is so I can monitor how active the mixture is. - I tied a small hand towel over the yeast mixture to shield it from my grow light and placed everything in the tent. I'll maintain this yeast solution by emptying out 70-80% of the solution out, filling it up with fresh water and adding another cup of sugar. This will be done every week or so, I'll judge by how many bubbles per/s can be viewed at the detector. The process creates byproducts that will make the solution toxic to the yeast if left unattended for more than a week or 2. Here's a short video on the setup; https://www.instagram.com/p/CAgmEdQh96P/?igshid=5rkucicrj7bt I'll put up a few pictures of it also, in case the link doesn't work for you. I've included a few shots of the girls as well. Enjoy.

^^ #3 The dark side of the tent and #4

Totemics Chocolope clone ''pink'' winter colours.

Yah love this place , love the pics... good luck guys!!!

ETHOS - Banana Hammock

Blue Kush by Dinafem, coming down this weekend... 9-10 weeks flower. Tight compact flowers, and raspberry and orange smell about her....

Aaand here the Ethos Strains are; Inzane on the left I gave them another defoliation a couple of hours ago and I'll flip them soon. Just waiting for the to-be clones grow out a bit more. Hopefully it doesn't get too crowded once flower is in full swing. The first 2 pictures are the before shots, last 2 are the afters.

So you want purple buds huh?

My snap #2. Grown outdoor. This plant was 2 Meters tall from the ground up! Swazi Skunk. Hope you like it.

The 5 week tight nug. Sour Tangie X Bubba Kush doing its thing!

Both are Bruce Banner #3, one showing a strong purple pheno. Sent from my CLT-L29 using Tapatalk

This is my PCG Cookies x Keylime Pie.

Gorilla glue fem fading out nicely Colours are insane

This is Ezekiel my preymantis He has been with me for 2 grows either he's loyal or he loves cannabis?

Trudging along slowly, little bit of progress every week the smell is becoming more and more pungent

Some mainlining Sent from my CLT-L29 using Tapatalk

Not sure if it's just the pics but looks like you need to do another defol. Quite a Bush you got going there. I did a defol on my plants last night and adjusted them a bit, will see how it's looking tonight once they've adjusted and take it from there but light penetration is already much better. Sent from my Redmi Note 7 Pro using Tapatalk

Entry No. 2 The indoor Sun

Another week, some progress. She is still pushing pistils like crazy...got to wonder when she is planning on finishing. She's practically only just past half way now. Have a snail infestation that is literally ringbarking this girl, so I made a copper collar around her base. Hopefully it'll keep those bastards I couldn't find away. I'll be hunting daily now for the next few weeks.

Thanks man, going to do an update tomorrow and show off some preflower The great and powerful @PsyCLown hooked me up with this particular 250W QB. So far loving the performance and it's up to this point comparable to my experience with using 250W MH/HPS. I will make my overall opinion once I get that sweet sweet smoke into my eager face Strange that you are getting different results from the three QB's do they all use the same diodes and driver?

Another week and she is going on really well. Been an absolute nightmare scanning her for nanners every morning, but all her new growth is healthy and normal. She is pushing pistils like crazy still...

She is doing well so far. I've been able to cut down on my watering to once every 3 days, and she is recovering, with new growth healthy and overall colour and posture just happier.