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Howzit guys I started this adventure trying to find the cheapest and simplest way to grow some good bud. Unfortunatly from my personal experience. There isint really a cheap way. If you dont want to be frustrated and and have issues all the time and have a successfull grow to be proud of. U need to spend a decent amount of cash. Enjoy. . . Germination So i germinated 1 banana monkey seed from biltong and budz. Thursday night(9-07-2020) 13 hours in a shot glass. Then moved to a paper towel. And a plastic bag and left in darkness near my modem for warmth.(10-07-2020) .Until a taproot was visible. GROW setup Big shoutout to the forum for helping me get this grow box right. @CreX @Prom @Fridgedoor @StickyD420 @Bakstein420 @TheUltimateNoob @Ill_Evan @oldsandals @Totemic @ORGANinc. Full DIY vegbox 500x700 x 1000 high (double wall cardboard) 2 x side intake vents cutout with net coverings. 1 x 150w acdc cool white floodlight (Highly reccomended by @Crex. 1 x high power pc extractor fan. 2 x air circulation pc desk fans inside. 1 x chinese air humidifier 2 x white box stands to raise the pots to the light. Inside of the box was covered in foil. And then sprayed matt white for even light distribution. Grow medium and nutez. Freedom farms classic(green bag) Biobizz - gro- bloom-topmax Seagro 2 galon fabric pots Grow monitoring Hygrometer for temp and himidity Ph pen(ordered from wish) Tds pen(ordered from wish) No timer used. Temperature range Night low 17 degrees Day high 26 degrees. This grow box is solely for veging and providing the dark cycle for the plants. When flowering starts. Plants will be moved outside at specific times and back to dark at specific times. I will start of with 24/0 And then with the advise advise of the forum change my cycle. Will probably use the veg light to extend the daylight hours just a little bit. COSTING BREAKDOWN. 5 Seeds with delivery- R430 Nutrients biobizz nd seagro- R800 Syringe and jiffy starters- R20 Soil -R200 Fabric pot and sauser-R75 Pc extractor fan- free Double wall Cardboard box-R140 Foil- free Matt spray paint -R70 2 x circulation fans and cables-R120 Humidifier- R100 Hygrometer-R100 Veg light -R380 Extension cable and multiplug-R100 Ph pen+shipping -R150 Tds pen+ shipping - R140 Microscope+ shipping- R70 420 FORUM advise - FREE FREE FREE Total = R2895 More to follow. . .

Week 6 Added a 150w Hps in the corner of the tent. Just to get more of a yellow colour in there.

Hi guys, thought id start my own grow diary here Strains: Amnesia Haze (Anaconda) Master Kush Grand (Bulk Seed Bank) Grandpa Banner (Darkstar Genetics) Big thanks to @Master_G for the GDP and BB3 seeds. (Also have some Bruce Banner #3 for next time) Indoor or outdoor? Indoor The Grow Space 1800x900x500 stealth cabinet Growing medium Freedom Farms Premium Soil 10 liter fabric pots Nutrients and Supplements Blackstrap Molasses Compost Tea Lighting 150w LED dimmable 3500K from @Master_G 75W LED that will be added as a supplemental light later on Other equipment Inlet and exhaust fans (90m3/h) STC1000 temp controller Small fan heater Oscillating fan Space blankets and some other reflective sheeting i had on hand. Will add any additinal info as i go

Got a new work toy. A Flir MR176. Handy for more than just moisture detection. I'm happy with my indoor environment stats even with these cold fronts moving over.

Hey guys awildmeme here :) Hope to share some knowledge and grow the dankest of dank. Based in beautiful Cape Town. Ended up here being refered from Carbonite's growers thread ( PC forum not the best for discussing home grows ) . Currently doing my 1st grow . Did go balls deep with the tent and all and already busy converting my extra cupboard into a veg/propagation area. The bug has bitten and I hope to be here for a while with you guys.

Forgot to post this for you guys to see... Anyway, here they are! All the goodies from @Cannabist The last pic is a sneak peek at my latest setup, gonna be pushing some good production from now - just need to get the ball rolling. Thank you again to @420SA for the amazing opportunity. Look forward to competing next year!

Yeah man. Start a separate grow log. Make for easier information surfing.

I must have been doing autos wrong the whole time. But I think the true test is still to come. The smoke test.

@awildmeme Welcome bro... Just a few quick tips. That slow release fertilizer is not for cannabis grown in coco. It's going to cause issues down the line. Seedlings require food alot earlier in coco compared to soil. Once you see the 2nd set of true leaves the plants reserves will be close to being depleted. With regards to nutes the floraseries 3 part works well. You will still need to supplement calcium as there is not enough calcium in these nutes to keep the plant and the coco's buffering happy. The only calcium available locally that can serve that purpose correctly is greenhouse feeding company Calcium. It's expensive but should last you a few grows. Everything else will cause issues with too much N. If you on a budget hortimix 3 part can grow decent bud. None of this is to confuse you. Research coco and all the properties of it so you better equipped for the feeding. With regards to ph... GHE ph drops are excellent and very cheap. Don't buy a cheap ph pen, rather just the drops. Set your ph correctly everytime and you will have a happy garden all the time. Hope to have been of help...

Welcome brother, They mean in run off, how ever much you poor in feed wise, you get a percentage running out the pot at the bottom. Lekker setup and glad to have another on board

Noob question but 10-15% runoff meaning ? If I water with 1l there should drain about 100-150ml of water if I would guess ?

PM is a bane to any grower. There are many ways to deal with PM. From just removing the infected leaf, to using bicarb, vinegar etc. I personally always have neem in my IPM. The neem stimulates the plants immune system, increases resistance. For PM specifically though, I like spraying a bicarb solution onto the areas with good results. 1tsp dissolved in 1l. Add a drop or two of sunlight as surfactant and spray infected leaves top and bottom.

What a steep learning curve. But it's so awesome to visualize the minutest vapor atmospheric disturbances on the screen. Point the laser, and the sensors just collect all sorts of info.

It's been a cold, slow start, but got 8 out ten germinated.

Baby putin has risen Both of them look pretty much the same at this point.

Damn @TheUltimateNoob thank you so much . I spoke to a friend of mine that also grows and he uses the GHE as well . Thinking this will be the route I take . Splurged a bit hard this month on everything so payday needs to come for those nutes .

Greetings bro, and welcome to the forum. Hope you enjoy your time here and we convince you to stay. Lol Okay, so your setup looks good and temps sound okay... Cfls are okay for seedlings and clones... You can pull off veg with a couple more cfl bulbs if you aren't planning on getting a veg light. With the addition of the 2:3:2 fert in your soil and the fact that seedlings should be good for the first 2 weeks without nutes... I'd say yeah you're safe for a couple weeks. It's just that you won't have a way of knowing how the general purpose affected the pH of the medium... Shouldn't be a train smash though if your water is alright. GHE has a pH test kit for like 80bucks and can be found at many gardening stores, and like all grow shops. I can help with your GHE feeding schedule. My medium is a mix of coco, Perlite and a bunch of amendments, but I found the feeding schedule that I'll attach is a good starting point to figure out your strength limits and then tweak it to your grow - keep pH in mind here as well once you start using it. I use the GHE Flora Tripack (Micro, Gro & Bloom) and nothing else... Works like a charm. The amendments in my medium allow it to hold water for a few days which means I don't have to water every day (as you would a normal coco/Perlite mix) so maybe someone else can help you there.

Dude so good to hear. Thanks a mill for that.....makes my little green thumb twitch with joy!!! even more reason I’m stressing!! All that love and this PM might steal it from me

Plants are looking fire though!

Ps, if you remove leaves or spray, or basically anything right now with regards to the mildew, turn off your fans, and use a wet cloth or something to cover the leave when removing to not send spores all over. Plus you're going to have to clean all fans, and walls and surfaces in there now, to be very sure and use peroxide and jik. Wash 2 or 3 times with new water each time. Afterwards, increase air circulation and more oscillating fans for the win.

@TheUltimateNoob Boss, your setup is insane and a life goal respect

Thank you for the warm welcome @Newbie_2020 @CreX @Bakstein420 @SkunkPharm Here is my grow tent . Its only 80x80x160 since I stay in a second floor flat and space is limited. I have converted 2 spare storage cupboards into propagation / early veg rooms ( Its easier for me to control the temp in one room early on ) I can keep my cupboard above 20 at all times since its in my room with my PC and a small heater. In my mind this will allow the smaller plants to thrive a bit better. Rest of my flat ( where the tent is ) can go down to 16 on a cold night so its not to bad. I just figured if not why not. Once the 3 seedlings are a bit bigger ill move the other CFL light to the other side so the light is a bit more concentrated . ( I know these lights wont grow the plants big ) All the plants in my cupboard is bag seeds so they will probably move to the outside balcony area if they are females . Will be adding some herbs outside to lower suspicion to a point. I am running 2 putins punch seeds in the tent and they are about a 5 days old ( will send some pics later ). Soil im using coco and perlite as my base ( Added some 2:3:2 all purpose in the groun when mixing just to let it set , should be good for the first 4 weeks or so ? Need to do a bit more reading before the firs 4 weeks regarding nutes . Gonna probably just get the GHP soft water 3 pack . To my noob knowledge it covers all bases. Using rain water at the moment to water the plants as im waiting on my PH pen. Gonna grab a swimming pool PH tester kit this afternoon just to last me till I get the PH pen. Overall looking to grow 2 in the tent and 2 - 3 small plants on the stoep

Signed too

https://fieldsofgreenforall.org.za/petition/ Signed

Hooo yaahh! Lol All the best man, I'm gonna go ahead and sub along. Sent from my POCOPHONE F1 using Tapatalk

My seats, in the upright position, tray table is stowed away. Ready for take off Capt

Again, it's only a pleasure to help. Which Lux app is that, looks like you can change some variables or Kelvin and such? On Migro YouTube channel, he takes a Apogee PAR meter and actually tests it side by side a different app from the store, he has the link to it and tests it at different Kelvin too for reference, and lays it on a graph, to get slightly closer to the actual PAR of your light. Might help... So far excellent write up brother and await the next to come Added:

nice man! sounds like a recipe for success

Ok. Will start a new grow diary

Started my own grow diary here

Chop it. Grow propper indoor.

Great stuff, thanx bro. I will be sure to keep that in consideration for the final veg stretch. Seems like that stretch will be quite intense.. Thanx for the tip on offsetting the growth. Much appreciated. I am excited to see the main cola exercise, sure it will look awesome with your tree tending skills!

I agree with totemic, start a grow diary. And take lots of pretty pictures

Spumoni going into the winter colors already.

Oh yes, nothing like a good DIY if you can and have the means. Everything is over priced and you learn and get satisfaction from building something yourself. I see a modded light, or was that a repair, or repair and mod

You want to get everything that air touches, I missed that you had a dehumidifier or would have called it too. Does yours have a HEPA filter? You can't use the same one if you do, unless you spray soak it too with jik but could destroy the filters purpose. Spray bottle very handy for this job All over, the ceiling, the door, floors, anything in the room.

Aweee, nice one bro... Nice writeup as well. I feel honoured, lol. DIY stuff is awesome... And yeah, no one here wanted you to have a shitty first grow so what you had to spend to get up and running is kinda the minimum if you're starting from scratch. I spent a similar amount when I built my first box that had a bunch of cfls in it. Wish I thought of the LED flood lights though. Can't wait to see what comes of this. Happy Growing!

Thought we could have a place to drop info about new genetics,especially those that hit our shores first so to speak. I've noticed that some of the LA strains are very strong visually and have strong effects but sometimes they only grow in clusters on the plant.Anyone know what type of cross causes this?

No problem at all man. Really amped to see how your grow turns out [emoji1362][emoji1377] And yeah, you'll notice how quickly your tree responds to light intensity, just tinker with the positions a bit to find out where your lights sweet spot is and you get some nice even growth. I'm excited to get going on my experiment as well, I've just finished setting up my entire grow space, so I'll be creating some new threads and diaries soon... Finally have the space to grow more than 1 tree Sent from my POCOPHONE F1 using Tapatalk

Hi all I am Norseman, a hobby grower you might call it and a reviewer of gear for Vaping and now also for gear connected to dry herb. The reason for doing reviews on gear directed towards cannabis is because of chronic back pain and the only thing giving me some relief is cannabis. Nice to be here.

How's it going bro, their are a couple capetonians here that grow some fine herb. Any pics of your setup/grow?

Happy clones brother, Super happy my feedback is helping or can be of assistance to someone. Your mainline is coming out sick, good show

What’s up my fellow growers. So here’s an update on my grow! The girls are looking good and are happy so far, had a hiccup but it’s been resolved atleast, I think my medium was a bit hot for the little girls but they seem Gucci now!

so i removed the 320 and had to pull all my plants together. Its a bit of a shit show atm. i found the problem i guess. a faulty multi plug with a power surge effort that went haywire intermittendly and has basiclly fcked my entire grow. ok not entire. but many of my plants have seeded here and there 2 x LSP Hermiea.Those ladies are outside now. (its not that bad but its still seeded and a massive loss to a gorgeous plant) 1 x slurrijug still inside the tent as its almost finished. guess i will have to pick out some seeds this time.before smoking lol. I have moved all plants next to each other under 480w if 300ok leds. i split my one light up for coverage over the entire 1.2 x 1.2m area the plants now occupy. Various plants are at different stages of flowering. they all mobile so I can shift them without too much hassle. i think ill just finish this grow off before i start anything new. those seeds need to.hang on and wait. the bud bud bling tingz and tropicanna rose is massive so im unsure what i should do with it... anyway. so below we have the current all squashed up together but i have a lot.of fans on them Then i suppose its only fitting to show my hermie Who can Spot the seed?

What’s up guys! So just a little update. I will begin some LST training next week some time as the ladies are looking beautiful!

Early lemon berry

Woah!! These pics are almost unrecognizable compared to now. The super tall colas are all Aurora Kush... Seems to be a stretchy biatch... But stacks well so let's ride it out.

And then onto the stretch! Neatened her undercarriage completely. Compare to original stems from transplant day. Tallest Cola seems to be topping out at 1.8m from the floor and the rest are averaging between 1.6and 1.7

Yeah I realise it a Hell-mary questions. Will have a scope at your recommendations Shot!