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So, my grows so far: Container: 20 litre paint bucket (with drainage holes) Medium: Potting soil (the cheapest available) Lighting: the Sun Nutrients: Nitrosoil and Seagro plant food that I had lying around (nothing special) First grow was Cream Cookies Auto Second grow was Blue Dream bag seed

Quick update , been feeding the coco plants with EHG nuts ( 2,5ml of each on 10l water ) and the soil bagseeds I am just watering. Since I planted the putins in the cell pots and then into the big pots and with the feeding they are going strong. Converted a bunch of old 140mm fans , a PSU and a bunch of L brackets into a airflow monster. Got a bit more space now since there is no more fan taking space.

Think I've trimmed to the structure that I want the plants to grow in. Rate I am going to let them recover from the trimming and then start the flip.

Weekly update. I watered today after a week and the girls are looking much healthier. Not sure if you guys see anything potentially wrong here, that I can attend to / correct?

What up Growmigos. Update time. Week 2 - day 8 Little girl goes out every morning into direct sunlight from 7:30am to 4:30pm. Thereafter i move her into the grow box to supplement light for 24 hours on. The veg light is about 350mm from top of plant. Temperatures are about 24 - 26 degrees inside. She stands at around 50mm tall. Have been watering every second/third day. With about 60-100ml of plain tap water. Left to stand overnight. Gona be using the biobizz range. Grow. Bloom.topmax. Should i start nutes this week. Or wait abit longer?

Nice one bro! How long she take to get to that stage? Here's a few shots of my indoor mainlined for 8 main colas... There are a few more shots in the Blue Dream grow report that I completed a while back.

Just daily check ups and water when needed. Day 38:

Thanks bru As for my growing style, I'll have to call it " bare minimum" Potplant, Outdoor in the Sun is what I've done so far... Will post some pics of my results soon.

That's basically my next run shaping right there, nice one brother

@afternoon blazer Thanks, decided to leave it in this size pot. Have started with some LST so working really well. Great learning curve on this grow.

Thank you brother, Took about a month longer than the others, so about 3 months I guess, give or take. They had meant to be my GSC mothers, and take clones from them, which I did before flowering them, after the previous spider pull, and then things changed and I lost my work and life gave a slap in the face, and lost interest in them and sent them to flower outside and started new things.

Yes sir, up to you for every day or second day, first thing yes as lights on, and fine mist, not a drenching, underside the leaves, starts photosynthesis faster and the evaporation process going to kick start the plants internal engine.

The Nebula Haze Mainline is more of a flux method, but results are on par with mainlining. Here's the journal; https://forum.grasscity.com/threads/harvested-nirvana-blue-dream-indoor-grow-nebulas-manifold.1548198/ Sent from my POCOPHONE F1 using Tapatalk

Dont be scared of Perlite, it just holds air and a place for Microbes to home and hide when you water. It will be perfect for your over watering tendencies, haha. Kelp as a foliage spray is brilliant and gets the plants system working if you spray under the leaves every morning, with a very fine spray of very weak Kelpak mix. You going for it now, and going to impress even yourself

Stoked bru hope they all ladies.

I found one for photography that has a white balance option that works within reason. Called, wait for it, Light Meter by WBphoto. Sent from my DRA-LX5 using Tapatalk

Thanks@TheUltimateNoob. Yeah, I was planning on wiring directly to the power supply but thinking rather than overloading save up for another unit. Patience hombre, patience. Sent from my DRA-LX5 using Tapatalk

Week 12. Everything seems to have settled in the grow now and the plants have started to flower. I've still been taking the plants outside every day to get some sunshine. The bottom leaves still seem to be drying out and I'm in the process of elimination stage. My water pH is 6.5 and the landlady is gonna send a sample to be checked to see if it's heavy or lacking minerals. I won't be adding nutrition as I live in the bush and only get into town once a month if I'm lucky, so no buying stuff. And then I'm gonna leave the plants in the cabinet for a week to see if there's an improvement, I'm thinking outside conditions here is a bit harsh. Usually 10 degrees hotter or colder than Vape Town with either cold winds or on the other end hot and dry winds. I was considering adding some more light but that is also on hold till the next grow and until I've saved up for another power supply, learnt a lot about power supplies yesterday and don't want to overload the one I have at the moment. Okay, baby awake and nappy change time, till next week, over and out.

@afternoon blazer cheers bro beans! excited for days!

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. . .

Hi guys. So thought I would post what I've been up to. After bud rot claimed all the main colas on my last grow I wasn't too pumped to start again. As well as taking champix to quit cigarettes I had no real desire to do anything. Anyway I popped a LSD seed and left her by the window sill (for way too long). She had some "embryonic" type of sack attached to her, first time I've ever seen that. Anyway she grew nice and healthy and I topped her at the third node. Being my first phototype I was keen to try my hand at some HST. 4 tops now, also potted up. Chopped her again to make 8. Broke a stem that I attempted to save. Was a futile attempt. I couldn't get the broken tip to take but luckily there was new growth.

Hey guys . So I figured ill move this from the new user thread and make a proper thread for the grow. This is how it all started . Planted 2 putins punch seeds directly from germination into the big pots . They got stunted pretty hard and barely grew for the 2 weeks . Bag seeds havent even broken ground yet at this point. As for the indoor tent setup where the putins were growing , light was not the best after downloading a lux meter ( yes I know not the right spectrum but gives you a rough idea ) . Light intensity was way down and got we worried. @CoolJ To the rescue . I asked if I could buy the cobs he ordered from aliexpress and he opted to give them to me . Baring in mind I splurged quite a bit on the setup this month it was a blessing . Thanx dude :D . On to after these pictures .... Here we are today . I took a chance and replanted the putins seeds into smaller pots .... Way smaller pots .Did some research after @Ill_Evan advice and I figured ill take a chance and see. They seem to be reacting well since over watering is no longer a problem and I feel the plant should develop a bit better in this . I was being as careful as I can not to disturb the roots and to be honest there wasnt even much root growth . Lesson learned . Photos small pots first . I hope these make it otherwise ill take it as a lesson and plant some more . As for the lighting situation . I am lucky to be in IT so I have access to a few extra parts . I present frankenlights. CPU cooler with some good thermal paste and a 12v fan . They run pretty cool for 16h on 8h off. Gonna run them for another week or so until I can build them into a proper frame and redo the wiring neatly. They do pump out a hella lot of light and it seems they are 3500k lights ( correct me if im wrong here , my chinglish is not the best ) Lastly just a big thanx to the community for being so welcoming and for the guidance . You guys are the best :D

Hey everybody... I'm glad to finally find a community with similar interests as mine. I'm a long time toker but newbie grower. I've managed to grow a couple of plants with my limited knowledge. Hoping to learn alot from you guys about my new found passion... Peace

What up 420 fam. I'm nearing the end of my grow and wondering what y'all are doing in the final week before harvest. I have never done anything fancy before apart from a flush, but thinking of doing a 48 hour dark period with no water this time. Apparently this stresses the plant into a final push. What do you do and why?

Welcome. Buy a decent soil. There is really good commercially availible soils these days. Organics Matter, Just Cannabis and freedom farms to name the most popular. If your in cape town there is some mixes we can hook you up with. If you buy a good soil Fertilizer is not.that important. A good microbial inoculant or your own compost teas should.be more.than enough. No fertilizer needed. Your lights should do perfectly for a first grow. Just switche them put to HPS bulbs when you switch to flower. Pot size. If its only growing one plant get a 30l pot. Most commercially availible soils comes in a 30l pot. You can also veg a bit longer if you going to train your plant you will.also get a larger harvest off your.plant in a bigger pot. Happy growing.

@Saurus howzit brother. Just catching up on your thread. Wanted to know how those 50w LED veg lights are working out for you?

Thanks bro... And yeah he can, even if he can find a small 24V power adapter like used in for input on DC electronics, that outputs at least 1.5A, you could connect the strips to that. The strips are 15w/m on 24V so that's just under ~0.63A... A 1.5A or 2A, 24V adapter should be able to power the strips up nicely. I'm using this hack to run a pair of 12V HID car headlights off a 12V, 2A power brick... Omg with 2PC fans - in my microgrow. Sent from my POCOPHONE F1 using Tapatalk

Shots bru

When the boys ask for a head to make a join for the night... FFS

Good advice for the guy as always brother, and as you have said, you never want to run anything flat out. I think he is meaning a power supply for the strips, which he can get @growopz and or an extra QB75, same place. But he can easily add the strips sooner with just a power supply for cheap. Added picture

Thanks fam I'm from JHB - Eastside...

I'm not sure about node 4 or 5, but when you see those first hard leaf ears start to fade and turn light green, or worse, yellowing, then it's time, normally 3 or 4 weeks maybe 5.

Thanks brother, was before lockdown and retrenched in Nov, just hasnt been easy with all that making it worse than before. Starting to get back into a routine with the girls again, but some days are more shit than others. Cant wait for life to go back to some sort of standard where I can plan for tomorrow again. Your plants are impressive brother, flip man, just outstanding those heads.

3 months is the norm I guess... Mainlines make really good clones. Damn, sorry brother, hopefully things turn around. Everyone I know took a hit with this lockdown... Thinking of putting some trees outside myself. Sent from my POCOPHONE F1 using Tapatalk

Stay on the 7 day watering for now, even with the perlite, You will get to water every day or second day, when the plants leaves start to get closer to the edges of the pot, not before then, and then it will normally be an indicator of the plant wanting more soil and space, or bigger pot. That's if you in veg, never change pots in flowering.

Thanks bro. Please share the link. Would be helpful.

This was how spider plant came out, Takes time to train them though into this. Added, I take a long time to grow them, so dont go on time, we all grow different and that wouldn't be a tell at all. I topped the plant again after pulling it back above, and ended with more than 50 main cola or ends when done.

Its usually just over a week between toppings. Depends on how fast the strain grows and handles stress. Topping 3 times with regular mainlining should set you back about 2 weeks... Nebula Haze's method will set you back a week. Not sure if I've mentioned my journal on Grasscity to you with the mainline... I ran the Nebula method, plan to do it again this run with my latest Inzane tree... Still in week 1 of veg. The journal is from seed to smoke, lemme know if you want the link, you can get an idea from there. Sent from my POCOPHONE F1 using Tapatalk

Dam bro. Got ur hands full. Hope all goes well and smoothly. Backing u strong.

Shout out to all the electronic peeps out there. I have a mean well NES-100-24 power supply with a @growopz QB75 half 3000k half 4000k running off it for flowering. I have 2x1m led strips that are 15w/m, 24v, 4000k that I was thinking of adding to the power supply in order to give me more area coverage. The million dollar question is: am I gonna blow all my shit up? If I can (not blow my shit up but add the lights) that means I can add another 300mm depth to my cabinet. That means 2000 bucks saved and a better light. Give me good news please bud's.

@TheUltimateNoob I just got some beans from @Sacred Seeds. Quick delivery and they got a special on some fastbuds autos, got a 5 pack of C4 for R350.00

Aweh fellow greenfingers, Been playing around this winter, a few crosses and a spot of breeding. Prepping siol for summer etc... Managed to grow some odd beans on the side and found this pretty lady.

So the soil test is almost over. They will be harvested over the next week. I think my minds made up over how to proceed with the autos. 100 days. Seedbanks tell you they are ready in 60days from seed. They are ready when they tell you they are ready.

Harlequins Moved outdoor from 24 hour vegging... Cooling off in the shade, get them accustomed to their new home. Staking and cleaning up off bottoms together with light defoliation Day 8 since cloning these gals and they have already started to root.

Precisely, and would be his best option and work very well, but just need to be on it and not slip up as to speak and forget to put it in or out. My first outside grow, I flowered it just the same way and was a very good outcome.

What up 420 Fam. Just a small update to keep the Diary going. So the Banana Monkey i germinated got potted on Sunday Morning(12-07-20). With the seed cracked open. Into the root plug and final pot. Sadly still nothing has broken through the soil. So just gona let it chill out for a while. During the week. I was feeling abit irratated. So i germed another auto. SWEET TOOTH. Tuesday (14-07-20) Seed felt better for some reason. Anyway. Same story shot glass. This time i did 24 hours. Then paper towel and plastic bag for 18 hours. Temps about 28/29 degrees. Awsome 15mm taproot shown this morning and she got potted. Put on a humidity dome. And popped her into the grow box. Lets hope its smooth sailing for now.

Looks like it will do for now. The hooks have not budged a bit and when I tug on them they feel firm. Will only upgrade when I switch lights, got some brackets with hooks already. Girls are looking perky so I am feeling good about this, they only gona be in here till the tent is empty then gona use it for clones in future. As I mentioned I had a "clone dome conversion situation" and this is what came of it. At the time I had probably 10 to 12 clones, with a couple that got root bound and some that where not worth it. I only got space for 4 plants indoors, planted few in random potting soil in pots outside. These are the 4 that got material pots and prepped to go into the "flower tent" after I harvest what's in there now. These are: 3 x Banana Hammock 1 x Cheese (front left) -small one in the corner is a Super Lemon Haze cut. I've topped all the tops, except for the one plant in front right, but I think I took this photo before or during.

SO today these are at about 10 weeks. Autos definately takes longer than the time they indicate in theit sites. I think the one has about 2 weeks left and the others i think will go at least another month.

Had the plants out in the sun today as I have been fiddling with the grow area. Just couldn't resist taking a pic of the gelato. She is so frosty and stinks up any area you place her in, even outside in the open. I see why @Prom is so fond of this strain. Would be nice if she was bigger, but I will take quality over quantity any day.