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What up 420 Fam. On to the next. 2 purple sunset autos And a few bags for fun and games. PS1 8 days. Looks like it had some strugles PS2 and the rest 3 days Week 1 . Seagrow dilution Gona try some LST on these autos. Lets roll

Aweh gromies, Decided to do some ''up potting'' today. 1-2. The Purple Stilton and Lemoncello Haze ladies got new 75lt homes with some fresh soil. (1st of the summer prep with added aged/composted manure and EWC) They allready pushing pomoms so did a real carefull transplant with the least amount of root disturbance. 3-5. Chocolate Gorilla girl is pushing hard, hope she builds some monster colas. Only did a single ''mains'' topping, so she's got 6 main colas. (cloned the top and shared with another local indoor grower- she vegging well) 6-8. This Swazi lady is looking better by the day. Very thirsty/hungry girl as well, first one to show dehydration. Maybe she could do with a new home too. 9. Smoke report on the Purple Pineapple is very good, even with only 2 weeks curing she is smooth as silk, some very funky berry flavours, but beware....she kicks in very fast. Suspect that the lack of green chlorophil may be assisting the curing process. Can't wait for the 4 week tester.

I started out with DWC and am now slowly moving away from it, mainly because I want to start getting into doing SCRoG nets and doing that with a standard DWC setup is balls to change the reservoirs. DWC was definitely super cheap to start out; literally just needed to buy the nutes, air pump and airstones. Cool thing is when I move away from DWC I can repurpose the airpumps for maybe a AACT system, or if I ever decide to go Autopots I can run the airpumps into the pots for some extra bang. Ironically, soil can be either even cheaper, or one of the most expensive options. Cheap if you pop the seeds outdoor, expensive if you go indoor with proper pots, bagged soil and Biobizz nutes, plus all the other equipment. But expense aside, I am having a blast using Freedom Farms Premium (Green Bag) with Biobizz. Some of the most hastle-free growing I've had yet, but I attribute that to all the mistakes I made while doing hydro. The great thing about hydro is that if there's a problem, you can immediately flush, throw out the reservoir and make your amendments. With soil, I feel like you really gotta know what's wrong before making a fix because from what I have seen, there's about a 3-4 day delay to actually seeing a result to a fix. Although, given all the buffers provided with going with soil, in order to have gotten into a really bad problem is a feat of it's own (at least nutrient wise). So I think I'll say, yes a beginner can begin with soil. Should they though? I think what a beginner should definitely do is buy the right soil. The biggest issue I see with beginners and soil is they either try to pop the seeds or transfer seedlings into soil that's way too hot, or the soil is entirely terrible. With hydro, unless you're using pool water, or live in an area with poor water quality, everything else is pretty much in your control and in a way, less can go wrong due to naivety. Jissis I've literally gone back and forth in my head with whether to vote yes/no I'm going to take the question literally; should a beginner start with soil? I'm going to say no. I think a beginner should learn the ropes with hydro so they can attend to deficiencies/toxicity immediately and also learn the subtle art of 'less-is-more'.

I dont think soil as the ''easiest'' medium by a long shot, but you have to learn and get to know your medium- whichever one you choose, its part of the learning curve. Some growers struggle with soil, if you dont respect the parameters of your medium you can get it wrong quite easily. To make a good soil is quite a process and a number of ''retailers'' offer some good options for ''buy in bag'' which is a easy starting point for new growers. I like to know what I'm working with and I enjoy mixing my own soil. On the surface it may look straightforward, but the rabbit hole goes much deeper than you think.

Ayyy broo. My bad. Friday j. Last grow only started nutez after week 3. This grow. Trying for abit of an aggressive appraoch. If she doesnt like it. Will slow down. FF green bag

I agree completely, no reason a beginner can't start with any of those 3 and be successful. Although I feel people are quick to push soil, quick to think it's the best thing since sliced bread and has all these amazing benefits and pros over other mediums. I feel soil is a lot more indepth than people may realise.

I get you, it can help keep everything simple. Although let's be honest, mixing nutes is really not difficult. Measure of x amount of ml per L, throw it altogether in a bucket of water and then feed it to the plants (perhaps with checking the PH). Considering the difference this will make to your plants, I feel it's well worth the little bit of extra effort. Also using coco, you have nothing to worry about in terms of inconsistent soil batches and you have full control over the process - as in you know exactly what nutes your plant is getting. No guessing about whether the batch of soil you're using is too hot or perhaps lacking in something. A new grower need not worry about the nitty gritty details, simply follow the feeding chart on the bottle of nutes (be it BioBizz or GHE). No bugs will be coming out of the coco you purchased either, unlike with some soils. Growth will likely be quicker as well in the coco. Now for someone who started in soil and wants to improve and better their grow, what would you recommend? They could try mix their own soil AACT Play around with different ratios and when making their soil and teas, perhaps try and reuse their soils and add extra amendments before using it again. For someone who started with coco, well, there really isn't that much more one needs to do to improve upon it. They can start playing around with a few different additives and trying different "potions" to see if they like any of them or whether it makes a difference to their grow. They could perhaps start to look at fertigation to improve growth even further and make their life easier by automating the watering - but it's not needed. Am I missing something? I still do not see the extra effort and work required for coco. If anything I am of the opinion that it is simpler and easier as there are less variables. Coco is coco, it is inert. Provided you are buying decent coco (which can be had for like R85 for 5kg brick, which is around 60 - 90 liters) you will not have to worry about bugs, you will not have to worry about whether the batch of coco you are buying is different to the previous batch. You won't have a problem with one batch being hotter than the other or having more of some nutes and less of others. The inconsistency is gone. It's a level playing field. If a beginner grower does run into issues, perhaps they fed too little or too much nutes - this can be resolved by watering until runoff with the correct feed. Simple as that.

Contradicting opinions coming trough on this subject hahaha. In the end it's all up to the (New) grower, but they have to do some research (and there is a lot you can read up on the subject) about the different nutes, mediums and equipment required and obviously what the budget allows. Then decide which way they want to go.

Still a lot of clear trichs and some cloudy, a few ambers dotted around. Depending on the effect you require. Too many clear trichomes will induce a energetic rushy high with a dash of paranoia. Personally I'd give her another week (for more cloudy trichs) and check again. It's all up to what the grower wants from his bud.

Man this sucks

I guess someone wasn't too happy about your new passion. Been there too, but things have changed since then. I'm sure you'll be able to sell your equipment. Especially after you demonstrated what it's capable of doing to your plants.

It is blowing out of the tent. I am using one of the tent's vent ports at the bottom as a passive intake.

You have to write, proper cannabis soil. The 25 rand bags from the nursery will not do the trick. Rest, i think soil is more foregiving and buffers best for a beginner. With good soil and a big ass pot, you can skip the fertilizer and get a result just adding water. Start in soil outdoor.. is my beginner tip As soon as you go indoor, is a different game anyhow. Fuck ups not just cost seeds and in what medium to grow is a bit a Aini Meni Muh selection. I started hydro, no ppm pens at the time, ph we used stripes. Pure chemical fertilizer, 3 part NPK. Worked and hydro grows fastest. Dont think anybody argues with that. I never did coco... but when you do hydro, there is no reason to go coco, at least not in my books. I always grew soil outdoor and enjoyed the ph free hassle. Now i even grow soil indoor. I made a sexy 4/4/4 biobizz mix in Jan and took my pen out just for fun... 12.something reading ph. I had to chuckle, pured it into the pot and went on as usual. Easiest over all is soil with rain water... kinda hard to mess up

So considering the amount of threads we have on the forum of people having issues with soil, I was wondering how the majority of the forum members feel about a beginner starting with soil. Should a beginner grower start with soil, or should they rather look at getting started with coco or hydro? This is more applicable to indoor growers, although I am curious!

Hi guys just an update on my plants. I had an additional led light....but seem to burn my leaves and then i switched it off. My autoflower(northen lights) flowering looks good. Think about 2.5weeks in

Broooo.... Man, disappointing much. Anyway, I hope you get to grow again some time in the future... For reference on your next grow, run your light cycle during the night if you're struggling with high temps. Sent from my POCOPHONE F1 using Tapatalk

I totally agree with this statement @PsyCLown. At least when it comes to mixing the soil yourself. On the other hand starting to grow with some good premixed soil like for example FF soil plus using the biobizz range is pretty much fool proof (if you stick to the feeding table). Beginner growers tend to try and invent a new wheel instead of sticking to proven grow technics. Or they try to safe and buy crappy soil from the nursery around the corner. IMO these are big contributing factors why some beginners struggle with their soil grow.

I have not grown hydro myself, although from what I have heard coco seems even easier than hydro and has pretty much the same perks as hydro - to a degree. I feel coco is a happy compromise between soil and hydro. You do not have to be as hands on with coco I feel. As you have stated before, growing in soil is the current meta with cannabis. So naturally people looking to grow turn towards soil, although whether that is really the best choice for them or the simplest way to get going and will provide great results... I am not so sure. I have nothing against soil, I just feel people are too quick to turn to using soil and it may actually be beneficial for a newbie to use a different medium. It will be easier for us to guide them as well if shit does go south.

FF has its amendments, should provide enough nourishment with a weak seagrow solution. They look pretty hapy and healthy. Lekker.

Thanks bro, I was thinking of giving it until midweek next week before I chop.

Looking really good bro

The Sour Diesel Auto looks just about ready. I don't have a magnifier but I downloaded and tried a magnifying app. Also just been zooming in as much as my phone allows. These are the results.

Keen to follow this grow. I'm also considering doing Purple Sunset Auto with my next grow. I have some Quarter Pounder Auto (Canuck Genetics) seeds for the next one but I'm considering doing 1 Quarter Pounder and 1 Purple Sunset under the 75watt before I upgrade the light. Did you purchase from Capeapeseeds? Train them b**ches bro!!!

Excitement here! Going to follow along.

Good Morning ^^ late answer.. Thursday we play poker and smoke a lot You can skip the nutes with soil as a beginner. Why stress yourself.. just learn the plant, works without fertilizer. Starting to grow as a beginner.. get a quality bean (at least you will enjoy the smoke you produce), a bag of quality soil.. or 2, depending on pot size and just water it. Will still grow to a 2 meter tree in a good pot size. Can't grow easier than that..

Thanks for the explanation. So I ordered in May which was (to me) "post hard lockdown"...so maybe they resolved their issues? I don't know...not good business regardless based on that feedback, but I had a really good experience.

@CreX Yeah my dude, its quite an expensive hobby but gone are the days of waiting 2 hours at random locations for a dealer to bring sub par dank! Gone are the days of getting your hands on proper indoor once a blue moon! Im super excited...thats why I when auto for my first run, I want to harvest already @PsyCLown Its a nice tent bro...solid construction & durable materials. The big plus tho is the extra vent ports. I initially wanted to go inline fan with cooled hood + HPS and the other tents on the market didn't have enough vents to make that happen. The only downside is the white, not in terms of performance but the flooring gets dirty real quick and with the white you can easily see it Other than that, its perfect! Oooooh yeah, I dont have a seperate fan extracting. It goes Filter > Fan > Outlet. With osculating fans inside the tent with a passive intake.

No worries, happy to help with what I have learnt in my short time. I find there is so little out there sometimes (especially in saffa land) and to find your specific grow medium + nutes, + XYZ and to compare is then difficult. The Lemon juice works really well and Baking Soda for PH up works well too. (used it the other day for the first time).

Nice grow so far! They are looking healthy So I have been using the green bag from Freedom Farms too with BioBizz nutes. Using Grow and Bloom. I started feeding around week 3 or when they have at least 4-5 nodes and that worked for me. FF says to water between 5.5 and 6.0 as the soil is buffered against drops but not rises in PH. So maybe get a PH metre and keep an eye on that. I have been watering at around 5.6-5.8 (Using a BlueLabs PH Pen) recently (cheap soil PH metre said my medium was at 7.0..but its not that accurate with the difficult to read lines, so I reckon it is lower as the plants are happy) and no complaints from my ladies. I started with Bloom in the same week I flipped them to 12/12. When they were in veg, I found the 1ml of Grow per 1 litre of water got me almost to the right PH. And then I add around 1ml of lemon juice (per 1 litre of water) which drops it another 1.0 or so. I am using store bought RO water. Cheap enough if you refill at the water shops. Other than that it's been relatively easy growing. So I am sure yours will be too. Good luck! Will be following

So my tech-nerd side got to me a little bit.. Here's an update picture taken from my Raspberry Pi Cam w/ humidity and temp at the top (numbers are inflated because sensor is right next to light, just waiting for my mount to come next week). I have an extraction fan and then 2 clip fans on for 12 hours each, light is on 24/7 but I can control the on/off schedule from my phone when the time comes :) My third seed has passed away I think, she sprouted and grew her small 2 leaves last week but since then hasn't made any progress at all. Will give her 1 more week just incase

@Bakstein420 Thanks i see the last one was in Feb, We have had a few events listed at The Green Dragon Tea Garden will keep an eye out for the next one to list! There are a few alternatives you may be interested in, in the mean time https://cannabis-events.co.za/

@TheUltimateNoob not sure if you checked the 420 infusion evening they do every now and then in Bellair. https://www.biltongandbudz.co.za/event/420-infusion-evening-roaring-20s-edition/ I haven't managed to attend one yet, but hoping to catch the next one.

Hehe, summer was they same reason I was looking into it due to my grow space hitting 28-34 Sent from my F5321 using Tapatalk

@SkunkPharmThink its a good idea, believe many new growers would benefit from such a thread. Easy and manageble way to start your journey down the cannabis growing rabbit hole. An inexpensive way to get their toes wet, without the complexities and technical equipment of dwc and coco. They can grow their first plants and there after decide where they want to take it- soil, dwc or coco.

I have grown in soil and currently prefer coco. Never attempted hydro though. From a beginners point of view, we cannot expect someone living in Sandton, Clifton or Umhlanga to be experts at mixing soil and compost or to even be interested in making their own soil. People want quick and easy. So what you can buy from a store. So we have 2 identical setups, decent quality lights, nice tent, good extraction and air circulation, temperature and RH is controlled perfectly. So environment wise, it's all good and the only variable is the growing medium and the effort required on your usual "garden maintenance". Both soil and coco will require you water at least every 2 or 3 days during summer when the plants are big, coco may hold a bit more water than soil though but that is besides the point. So the frequency of watering is the same. Soil can be purchased from a shop, as can coco. Now here is where things start to differ, some people use just water and expect the soil to provide everything needed from start to finish, including flowering. I feel we can all agree that none of our local soils (which are stocked in majority of grow shops) will suffice without some additional source of nutes. This will be noticeable when compared to a plant which is receiving nutes or additional source of nutes. Now for soil you have a few options: Liquid / powder nutrients which are mixed with water and fed to the plant AACT Soil amendments Out of those options, I personally feel it easiest is liquid nutes, such as BioBizz. AACT will require someone to go through more effort, obtain more equipment and brew multiple times throughout the growing process and try source everything to go into a brew etc. etc. For Coco, there really one main option which majority of people do - feed nutes from a bottle. With coco you certainly have to check the PH, although in flower and once the strength of the nutes are high enough, this generally ends up within your ballpark so you do not actually have to try and lower the PH further with PH down. You do not even need an EC / PPM pen if you follow the feeding chart on the guide - so same as using BioBizz. I do not see much of a difference between using soil or coco if one chooses to go the easy route, which I feel majority of beginner growers who have the funds available, will choose to do. If we look at people who want something easy which will "just work" I feel using bottle nutes is the easiest option, coupled with what you can buy from a grow shop. Where is the difference? How is coco more difficult? The amount of work and effort required is the same, the only possible difference being checking the PH of your nutrient mix before feeding it to the plants. You may be able to get away with it when using a good soil which is buffered.

Please do, I think this will help a lot of members.

Excellent topic you choose@PsyCLown I started with RDWC, it was interesting at the time and I was very involved with the water/EC/PH daily. Then I tried coco/perlite and simular time was spend with the water, with both I enjoyed it at the time. Then soil came along and I started with various store bought cannibis specific soils, tried a few and they all mostly simular, however less time was spend as with hydro. With the hydro I run into a few problems and all was due to nutrient def/toxidity, my fault and not the method. So far in soil I haven't had problems besides pests and also my procrastination dendensies [emoji23][emoji12]. My opinion would be that new growers can benefit from a proper cannabis soil and get a grow behind them and then try other ways. But anything goes they all work and we need to try all and see what work for us That would be a nice contribution to the community and new/old growers@SkunkPharm Sent from my F5321 using Tapatalk

I said no, because I feel there is a lot to learn from starting with a inert medium. You really understand what it means to be middleman in that scenario, and it gives you a better picture of what the plants need. But definitely easier to grow in soil.

It is an interesting topic. I started with coco and synthetic nutes, but constantly measuring ec and ph and watering twice or 3 times day by the end of flower just didnt fit with how I grow. Organics is very forgiving, and definately a good way to start growing cannabis. Common mistakes like over feeding and overwatering is just something all of us need to get to know.

I don't have any issues with soil. It is the easiest way to grow. AACT are also a cost effective way to feed your plants. Seed sprout tea is just as eazy. Maybe I should put up an easy grow section on the forum. Easy soil recipes, aact and sst recipes.

Very nice tent, how do you find the budbox pro tent so far? Quality seems good? Any concerns or issues? Thinking about getting one as my next tent. You want the fans to oscillate inside the tent to ensure that there is air movement and no stale sections of air within the tent where humidity could build up and so forth. Is your 6" fan extracting or do you have a separate fan doing extraction? You want to move the air inside the tent out, to avoid a build up of oxygen and to help get rid of excess heat etc. As your plants get bigger, or as you fill your tent humidity inside the tent will likely increase a bit too due to the transpiration from the plants. Monitor the plants once you have adjusted the fan and see if it continues, the damage does not seem terrible. Otherwise so far it's looking pretty good and you have a nice setup!

Sounds like you have pumped a pretty penny into your new found hobby my bru! Lights, tent, extraction and air movement. You are set for a wonderful experience! Stick around and learn what you can. Your grow is likely to have little issues if you keep things as is... But growing can get really challenging at times so the more you know the better!

Yes money is something we need to consider, maybe one day we can approach a more permanent solutions. But for now, we scrape pennies. think I need to re-answer your HOW MUCH YOU SPENDING question. Anyways i'm actually fortunate to say the least. All the pasteurize / sterilize equipment you've listed above leads me to think this is nowhere near as simple as I thought it was. I did some forum searching and this particular topic had many people in stitches as to the costing modeled by something so simple ''they claimed'' (in the US) . Excuse my ignorance. Shouldn't believe everything you hear right. But then there are other methods but i have no clue as to the amount. But a good indication of how long it would last. This one involved 5 gallon bucket (closed off system) airstone in -airtight pipe out for distribution of CO2 4 - 6 cups sugar 1 1/2 Gallon water 2 tablespoon yeast last 20 days, how effective, who knows.

Whoop, electricity is back at my place. Unfortunately I'm still struggling a little to get temps right.. Temperature in my garage was hitting 27 deg today at midday. It hits above 30 easily with lights on. I'm just going to leave the door open while lights are on for the rest of the grow, or until I can find a solution.

Aweh fellow Greenfingers. Our winter outdoor grow is going well, ladies are short but the terpenes are sweet. 1-3. ''Chololate Gorilla'' lady doing her thing. 5. Swazi gold bagseed starting to fill out nicely. 6. Purple Stilton showing some pom poms. 7. Lemonchello also starting with flower. 8-9. Pregnant Purple haze x Pineapple express dubbed ''Purple pineapple'' lady. Her awesome colours inspired some pollination. Harvested about a 100 beans so far and probably 100 more to go. 10. 1st of the Purple Pineapple progeny. 11. Got gifted a bag of beautifull EWC from @420sake and his missus on our recent visit. Putting it to good use. Got some Yellow maize germing on my media player for SST for the flowering girls. Acquired a drum of molasses from the farmers co-op, R120/25kg(not paying 40 bucks for 500ml anymore.) Soil is cooking in the corner for the summer grow. Cheers.

Looking beautiful brother. I dont know WTF u doing to ur autos. But they growing bushy and large. U hitting 50 days and still in pre flower. Im hitting under 40 days and half way through flower. Im jealous. Ur yield is gona knock mine out the park. Im thinking its genetics. Well im hoping. Just hope i aint messing the plant around that caused mine to flower this fast. I didnt do any training though. Just let her do her thing.

I just received my seeds from cannabist 8 weeks after I placed my order. Have send 4 emails to find out what is happening.. NO A SINGLE REPLY. I DO NOt RECOMMEND ANYONE TO BUY FROM THEM. I have ordered many times from other seed banks like trophy seeds, sacred seeds, biltong and buds also greensmokeroomseeds. Had good service and fast delivery every time from all the above mentioned. But the best for me BILTONG AND BUDS.

Their "new logo". Just so you know who to avoid. A lion riding on a whale of lies.

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.

Aweh 420SA, Been busy in the dead of winter. 1-3.Our Kalashnikof lady is getting dank and Yummy with a Capitol Y..... 4-5. Then we have an accidental clash of Titans. Chocolope x Gorilla..... 6-7. My chosen Fella to further the Fruitpunch line. Strong, vigorous, bullit proof, slow to flower, fruity mango and stanky, pukey stem terps.... 8. Fruitpunch boys and girls at 5/6 weeks Clearly showing sex and demonstrating good vigour, even in our cold winter.