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@StickyD420 Beautiful, healthy well trained canopy. Well done. With regards to your thoughts on quality of weed grown in soil and soiless, I would have to disagree. Both can produce equally as good quality. In general DWC rocks. @Ill_Evan all you need to unlock your dwc results is a few quality plants. You should oneday do a coco grow with as many small plants as you can fit in your flower space. Keep copies and then put the best of the lot in dwc at reset. In general 2/10 plants are decent. The others in most cases are mediocre.

No nutrition for 3 months now, they look super happy to me.

Early lemon berry

So here we go again! Here is a Pic that best describes my grow... And a few closeups. Things are getting interesting! Only a few more weeks before it's chop chop!!

Final yield dried buds this does not include popcorn 590g 555w of light used, my best yield yet Im sure if i grow pheno #4 clones in a mono crop i can get 700g plus

Couldn't agree more. We need a Trinity Farms session. Sent from my SM-G900F using Tapatalk

That's a hectic thing. So much potential and only so much space/time. Just do the best by the ladies and they will show who is best-thats all you can do. Then trying to pick a winner out of the group, when there are so many potentials.... But getting it right - priceless. Sent from my SM-G900F using Tapatalk

French cookies are the densest tackiest heaviest nugs in the tent right now and have the fewest dark pistols still... Keen to see what happens, the current smell is very garlic and vampire warding smells lol

Either way, I have found that larger beds are an amazing wonder... I am hoping to convert to a single large bed for all my plants 1.1mx2.0m about 30cm deep With the larger buckets I'm using this round, I have had fewer issues than ever and watering is really quick. Might even convert to a system like @PsyCLown with all his carrots

Secret Jardin Dark Steet tents are the best on the market imo They come with much more than just a scrog net. They have a space saver that prevents the tent walls from being sucked in due to extraction. The tent comes completely sealed and you choose where you want to make holes for your extraction cables and intakes. The intakes are also light proof. You also get clips to manage cables. I think me and Cool J spoke on Facebook

Most certainly, soil can be more expensive, though the soil builds itself up over time and gets better even through the 5th grow in the same soil. This the decrease the costs and the life inside the soil accumulates ever time. The biggest mistake made in soil, is the use of synthetic nutrients, which will do the job of the Microbes, therefore making them go on holiday and they die off. If you learn how they work, how to feed them, and use them to your ability, you'll soon see the difference. Not to say it's better at all, though it is a earth friendly method and there is less of a footprint left behind, which is proven and more sustainable. Very true, the nutrient manufacturers are extremely good at making what the plants need and the smell and such from these grows has been excellent, with a solid high and taste. I grew in coco and used GHE my second run, and wasn't working in my favor at all and was told to try it by a grower I knew, who in turn has switched back to soil and my method of making soil, as his clients preferred that. They say soil needs to stand for so long, this is true, to build its Microbes and such, but you can get very detailed and technical and that is also a little extreme for me, but others might like to do it, and I let mine build as I use it time and again. If you build your soil correctly too, you can growth just like hydro in soil. Also, thank you for the interesting conversation and challenging views, it's what makes us learn and grow, pun intended. Peace.

@PsyCLown I have a humidifier going as the heater dries out the air, so i need the extraction fan on the regulate the RH, i have 2 fans inside of the aswell to circulate the air, so far it seems to be working well, i did what @CreX advised and so far looking good! Heater has a thermostat so is only on when temps dip, so far im happy!

Hmm, do you have issues with RH if you turn your extraction fan off or is it really just to get some fresh air in? If its due to RH, I'd get a sensor which will turn the fan on/off based on the RH. If its just to get fresh air in, I'd say put it on a timer and turn it on every now and then only - a digital timer is easy enough to find and not that expensive - cheaper than electricity with a heater running 24/7 You should also have fans inside your tent circulating the air around, it should not be the extraction fans job to do that IMO. If it were my setup, that is what I would do if I was growing in a shed.

I am running a 525w led. It gets nice and hot. I have a dedicated oscillating fan for it.

I know a way that will surely help pick the keepers... A smoke sesh at Trinity Farms... Besides Its been too long since I've last had some of that passion fruit that I honestly have high ratings for... Tasty, smooth and wonderful high, a plant to be proud off

That canopy looks good.[emoji3] Sent from my SM-G900F using Tapatalk

I get like that too... Currently my tent smells like old peanutbutter bread until I get in there On the up side... If you walk past my outside window you can pick up subtle hints of something growing hehe

Done a grow with FF Classic Premium also but it need nutes after 3-5 week, its great for seeds or rooted clones with only water for that that time. Sent from my F5321 using Tapatalk

There you go, thanks for that... I've noticed and found in my search that the minute a nutrient is used, you will keep needing it, and so far so good with proper made up soil, and hit with teaming Microbes.

Thanks for the kind words. To be honest I'm not a big fan of the smells atm... It's too much of a mixture of everything hitting you in one go as soon as the door is opened. But individually smelling them one by one up close and personal really is one of the highlights of growing.

Looking for ideas for the floor in my grow room. I’ve got a setup in the garage and thinking of covering the floor to help raise and maintain the temperature in the room. Thoughts about a carpet maybe ?

Aurora Kush are the tallest in the tent by a long shot... Not as frosty as the others, but certainly a high yeilder!!

Could not agree with you more bro. Another valuable lesson I learnt here on the forum and from a highly respected brother local grower - fire man. You get out what you put into them girlz.

The carrots are the blumat system, the tropf ones specifically which is their dripper system. Works pretty well and easy to fine tune. Zero leaks. Super simple system actually, only waters when the soil needs it as well. Sent from my Redmi Note 7 Pro using Tapatalk

At the moment I have 2 large totes, one with soil and one with coco... I like the coco more to be honest, but I'm getting decent results in the soil as well. But yea, large beds of whatever is the way! Just expensive to buy 400l of craft soil VS relatively cheap to buy 400l of coco.

I feel worms are good, when I was using the Organics Matter soil I found worms in my soil a few times. So depending on which soil you're using, you may already have worms. Sent from my Redmi Note 7 Pro using Tapatalk

That's right @PsyCLown I make it up, buying from the manufacturer my amendments to add to my basic non fertilized soil in packet, coco, perlite, etc. Never turning it, thus not harming the layers built, and no need to fluff, my soil falls apart like cheap cottage cheese and is rich brown black like chocolate cake. Your feed the soil and not the plant, so this way you shouldn't need to flush anything as the plant took what it needed and wasn't told to use this amount, or a readily available source of nutrients, so it doesn't have excess anything. You can do teas, which are feeding these Microbes and teaming with them too, and I have a special tea that I'm thinking of making up, but it needs to be fresh, as still healthy with Microbes and not aged. We dont get good teas here and as mentioned it must be fresh made, or wasting your time essentially, so out the question to import it. I do pH, but with natural goodies only. Puff puff pass.

ph has been fixed , doing dechlorinating I planted the clones and just watered them a bit , i generally give them about 500ml water every second day

I'm all for that synergy and symbiosis and in a garden it's certainly something one would like to try and achieve. So microbes, trich, mycorrhizal fungi and water? Then simply reuse the soil, don't even turn it or fluff it out? You didn't start with packet soil though, you started with a soil you made yourself? You don't oh and don't add any additional amendments along the way? Just keep recycling the soil grow after grow? Obviously no flushing then either, although that's a different debate altogether. Sent from my Redmi Note 7 Pro using Tapatalk

Hey Bakstein420, Well, I pull the soil away from the stem base and remove the root just there, not all of it, enough for the next plant to fit. Plant the new one, then build a humus layer on top of that original layer working just the top 10 -15mm down with finger tips, water that in as you do for new plants potted up, and there I go again with pure water. That's the idea, and on my first grow of this soils life, with only a dose of Biodyne liquid gold, and a dose of ActiVera from Biobizz (1ml to 5L) to start the factory going.

The Dark Street come with a bit of extras and you can customize to how you want the placement of extraction and inlets etc. You basically get a sealed tent and make your own holes.

Thank you all for the kind words, very much appreciated. Exactly @1000Hills Nursery you can get same or better results in DWC and or coco, though those mediums need more precise inputs and you become the scientists telling your plant what it needs, when you say so. Which I've done and feel for me that this way now, works best for me. Kind of like, set it and forget it (other than watering). I just want to learn and help everyone where I can, there is no reason we cant all have success.

I would have to make some sort of plan soon to raise it yes.

My panel heater is set to go on at 18degrees and switch off at 20 degrees. So night time temps are between those. Day time it goes up to 25 to 27 degrees. I regilate tat with the extractor fan.

Perfect in my opinion, that will feed the soil you using, which feeds the Microbes and they feed the plants roots, Mycoroot is also good to add to that. I've seen some wow that's big heads, and some wow that smells and looks crazy good, but the delivery of it and feeling was very lacking, and most folk are heading back toward building a proper soil ecosystem, than growing in non living mediums and even overseas the market is going more craft cannabis, as there is a something to it others seem to be after, and that's the market speaking. Very interesting actually. A guy I knew grew a batch in coco and a batch in soil, the soil didnt last a day past ready to jar, and it was all taken.

I'm game, nothing like putting things to the test, and I'm only repeating what I've learned from very reputable soil growers regarding what they are aiming for now, after years of growing. Who has the time and space now to do such a run side by side? Migro has a comparison video on soil vs coco vs hydro, but with chillies, as it's not legal to do W...uhmm hemp.

Congratulations to the winners! Well done. This really was not an easy decision at all, very close indeed. Sent from my Redmi Note 7 Pro using Tapatalk

So@Ill_Evan I guess the question is. You going full on microbes or going to be using nutes? Or no nutes, I'd be curious to see a comparison of cuttings - one in soil and one in dwc. See how they grow and then end yield. Sent from my Redmi Note 7 Pro using Tapatalk

Hi@Popcoen, as advised the panel heaters is way more efficient than the element heaters, I put my panel heater just behind my oscillating and the cold intake air behind the heater, I think it helps to move the warm air around better before the warm air gets sucked out Sent from my F5321 using Tapatalk

Congratulations to the winners, thoroughly deserved

@SmokeyZero so rhino board was an option, but it weight a ton. Instead i found something epic! Its called Supa Wood, They usually use it for the backing on cupboards. Its sturdy, about 5mm and is white on one side. Super cheap R140 and comes in large sheets. Then Cape Plastics in Cape Town stock plastic sheets for R80. Its thicker than usual plastic sheeting so it holds as a sheet.

First time grower looking into alternative medicines for chrinic accute back pain

Week 2 of flower

What us the size of your tent? I run a panel heater on a sonoff wifi switch with temperature sensor. A panel heater only uses 420w.

I could upload the combined file.. so here is day 25 to 32 1.15 you see a small move of the pots, went 2-3 cm towards the cam. Is all I did so far on the plants beside feeding them

Agree with @1000Hills Nursery and@CreX Water in a ring around the stem and let them get over the transplant stress. Adding more stress now will just set them back further or cause them to hermie. Once good strong growth resumes you can start fiddling again. Sent from my SM-G900F using Tapatalk

Some last minute entries

Peace and lover fellow growers, smokers and nature lovers

And this is where I will pick up where I left off! Since the last update, my flower area is harvested and restacked, my veg area is barren and I have a few small ladies in the cloning station getting ready for transplant. I managed to find some homes for some of the plants, and one of the 4 Aurora Kush babies has found a home in @PsyCLown tent. The remaining 3 are in the flowering tent now and have been pulling out some magic. I have gone with large 160l totes for buckets and one has soil and the other has coco. So far, they are about the same... Coco dries out faster. Here's a few pics of everything in the tent now. The Aurora Kush ladies are in the front, and I'll introduce the others gradually. I put them into the flower tent and let them settle nicely into their new homes by keeping them in veg for some time... I think 4 weeks more, or 3....cant remember... But the growth was much. Iv upped the wattage on the lights to about 75% which puts me around 370w. Id like to add an extra light panel or 2 for better coverage. But it's okay for now So here are pics from the transplant... The scrog... The trellis, and the start of flowering.