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Howzit guys We have our winners decided! The mods and myself decided the winners for this round and the decision was unanimous In 3rd Place @afternoon blazer In 2nd Place @Monk Our 1st Place Winner Is @Fridge Congrats guys I will be contacting you by PM for your details A big thank you to our generous sponsors @Biltong and Budz @Totemic @THCSA

Wooohoooo!!! I don't know what to say guys ....this is making my Christmas! It wasn't a great year so far, but this is just awesome. I never won anything in my life. Let's grow some fire! Congratulations to the others too!

Wassup everyone!!! I have returned... Sorry about the disappearance peeps, life got in the way - started a new job, got busy, stayed busy [emoji23]. Won myself the cultiv8kits #growyourown challenge on insta last week with an auto coming in at 113cm tall and netting my 146g dry [emoji1377] Also entered #theganjagames on insta and I'm one of the 3 or 4 finalists, grow currently underway. Anyway, I'm back, and I've got at least 3 journals I need to get going, I just threw 2 plants into flower so I'll be needing to keep track of a few things. Strains currently being grown: 1 x Purple Queen 1 x Siberian Haze 2 x Bubba Island Kush Looking forward to using the forum again, peace And Happy Growing! Sent from my POCOPHONE F1 using Tapatalk

Congrats to all the winners! Some awesome entries, all of the winners did well to fit in with this months theme.

Well deserved winners. [emoji869] Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Congrats guys. Really creative entries this month.

Welcome back bro and well done on the cultiv8kits challenge

these winners managed to incorporate our passion of marijuana into christmas and display a jolly spirit! Congratulations to all! and to those who didnt win... stay tuned, keep awake, watch this space for the next themed SOTM!!

Going quantum was the best investment I made to my growing equipment. Busy running 3 x 240W QBs in a 2.4m x 1.2m tent. I find that a single 240W QB is perfect for roughly every 80cm² - 100cm² of canopy/tent space. The 120W is great for veg, cloning and mother plants, and maybe to flower like one plant properly.

Just some more pictures I took with the lights on, thinking of letting her go a few more weeks

SNAPSHOT OF THE YEAR 2020 We're running a poll for our Snapshot Of The Year 2020 winner. These nominees are all the winners from this year's Snapshot Of The Month competitions. Unfortunately there are no prizes on offer, just bragging rights. We'll look at possibly adding a badge to the member's profile. Please vote for the winner in this thread's poll. The poll will run till 10 January 2021 Here are the nominees: January @Vinxjo February Nominee Disqualified March @Prom April @oldsandals May @TheUltimateNoob June @StickyD420 September @Scoobydoob November/December @Fridge

Hey guys and gals, Just wanted to pop in and say howsit as a new 420SA member! Keep safe and don't be strangers Chow for now!

Welcome to the forum! I am sure you will enjoy your stay here Chow

That's one awesome looking setup! Keen to hear how it goes

The purple queen: https://www.instagram.com/p/CIA9NA0gsbh/?igshid=ugbbeq9r5uik Harvest of Deimos: https://www.instagram.com/tv/CH9AIinAJ1y/?igshid=15ib3m80awyev Bubbsa Island Kush 1, before Manifold training: https://www.instagram.com/p/CH89FtKA-dv/?igshid=96idf3dksfrd Some sick trich shots: https://www.instagram.com/tv/CH3QZdOAQqg/?igshid=izmjcojt9qk9 Sent from my POCOPHONE F1 using Tapatalk

Yeah, you can purchase a 2nd 120W quantum board later on and add that to your tent. This will offer additional flexibility as well. It is actually quite common for people to purchase multiple smaller Quantum Boards as opposed to a single larger one. For example, @Ill_Evan has 3x 240W Quantum Boards as opposed to a single fixture of 720W. I personally prefer it this way as well, it offers more flexibility if you ever need to change your setup or if you want to adjust the height for a few plants only, you can lower a single light. This is exactly what Evan has done if you go look at his grow diary and the pics he has posted of his tent and plants. You will see some of his lights are at different heights due to him running multiple strains and the plants grew to different heights. I also run multiple smaller Quantum Boards and majority of growers out there do the same. Very seldom do you find a 480W or larger Quantum Board light being used by someone.

Well, once again it depends on how many plants you plan on growing. I feel the 240W QB is a waste for 1 autoflower. The autoflower wont ever get big enough to fill that 1 x 1 tent of yours. In terms of which QB is a good one to go for, well, really up to you. A lot of them are quite similar but there are differences for sure. Common differences would be the actual QB board itself, there are quite a few Quantum Boards out there which do not use the typical QB288 board, quite a few are starting to use less than 288 diodes on their boards - so less maximum output and less power handling. These quantum boards also come with more of an aluminium plate as opposed to a proper heatsink with fins and they are generally plain aluminium silver, not anodized. While these Quantum Boards will work, I personally would prefer to go for the more traditional quantum board with the qb288 boards as you are getting more diodes from the searching I have done, pricing is about the same give or take a couple hundred. A lot of the Quantum Boards which come with the QB288 boards also seem to have a better heatsink, they have fins on them (once again, not all heatsinks are the same, some have longer or larger fins than others) and the heatsinks are often anodized, which is more of a look thing. I feel it looks neater and cleaner. Then other considerations would be the accessories which come with the Quantum Board, I have noticed not all of them come with the same accessories. I have only seen one seller actually provide a power meter with their light, also not all of them offer a dimmer etc. The Quantum board you linked to comes with a power meter and they're the only seller I have seen who actually provide a power meter with their lights. However depending on how you run your lights, it may not even be needed really. If you plan on dimming your lights, then it will make a massive difference as you can actually tell how much power you are dimming the lights to. Then depending on how competent you are with DIY, some of the Quantum Boards come assembled, some require you to connect cables and some may require you to fully assemble it yourself. While this is not difficult, it is something to consider as not everyone will be comfortable to assemble it themselves or would prefer the convenience of having it fully assembled. In terms of warranty, not something I would be too worried about. Majority of the Quantum Boards come with Meanwell LED drivers which should have a 5 year warranty on them and most provide a warranty on the LED board itself, but the likelihood of anything going wrong is slim. Not impossible, but not a common occurrence.

@Slartibarfast you could even run both lights in that tent and fit 4x 20L pots inside there. Or if you want to get rid of your current light, it may be better to get a 240W light instead then. However if you really only grow 1 plant at a time and it is an auto, it wont fill that tent so you can get away with a single 120W Quantum Board. That light of yours is certainly not 600w, despite what the marketing might state. If you measure the draw from the wall, I would guess it would be around 100 - 150w at most. The Samsung LM301B diodes would be more efficient as well though. So lets say your current Besva "600w" light is actually only drawing 120W from the wall, the Quantum Board would have a higher output despite both lights drawing 120W and this is due to the diodes. To further assist, I guess we need to know: Do you plan on always only grow 1 plant or would you like to grow more plants? Will you considering growing photoperiods? A single photoperiod can be vegged to fill the entire tent space if you only want a single plant in there

By way of an update, I haven't dropped off the earth, just been beset with a few work and personal challenges this week with little time for anything else! Intro my grow: I'm mainly invested in growing a strain called Kalichakra this season as it ticked a few boxes with regards being easy to grow, having a low odour, mould resistance and a good candidate for mainlining/manifolding etc.... and I kinda connect with the Mandala Seeds vibe. These are all the boys and girls on the left. On the right are some of Amadeadly's "Grape Ball's of Fire". I had a few instances damping off during germination, so we've only got 3 contenders here. Crossing fingers there's a female here as these are set to be some stinky fire! Has a few mishaps along the way and made some rookie errors. Here's a précis: The house I'm currently living is a bit of a challenge with regards to light and I need to move this whole lot around about 3 times a day so that they don't end up being shaded by a wall or tree. It's a bit of a mission, but I've gotten used to it. When the plants were in smaller pots I had them all in a solid-bottom crate to make the daily move a bit easier to manage. Not so smart. It rained heavily while I was out visiting a mate and by the time I returned, this whole lot were pretty borderline and it took a few weeks to get them right again. I've been feeding the soil with 'crobes and taking a keen interest on how to protect root systems since the near drowning incident. Reading up on how beneficial marigolds could be in keeping root knot nematodes at bay, I decided it couldn't hurt to add a few seeds to the pots. Mistake #2. I think every single seed germinated and filled these 6/7 litre pots in about 3 or 4 weeks flat! I'd noticed a bit of a Potassium deficiency over the last weeks and couldn't figure out what was causing it!? Added some dandelion root plant juice. No effect. Added some Biobizz Bloom left over from last season. No effect. pH seemed cool, so I was pretty stumped. Didn't connect the dots that the marigolds were budding and using up all the available K in the pots ...and the last few blisteringly hot day's haven't helped matters at all! Only solution... I'm going to try keep them in the semi-shade for the rest of the week, try balance the soil again and let them recover a bit ... perhaps even start a grow diary in an appropriate sub-forum. Will they live or die? You'll have to check it out there. Have a super week everyone! Many blessings Monk

Well I know that both@CreX and@Ill_Evan use to run HID and have since moved over to Quantum Boards with the Samsung LM301B diodes. Perhaps they can shed some light on how their grow has been affected and whether they've noticed any difference in terms of bud density. I feel bud density is more strain related. Also@Budwizer will be able to give some feedback once he has harvested his plants - will be nice as he has both in the same tent so just needs to compare same strains on the left to the ones on the right. But even if bud density was better with HID, how much better and does it justify the extra heat and additional power consumption over led? Especially considering we're growing for ourselves, while some of us may aim for cream of the crop bud, boutique bud which would sell for a mini fortune in a retail store its not the end of the world if what we end up with is slightly off from what we were hoping for - is it? I'd much rather worry about the strains and seeds I'm buying, as I feel that'll make a far bigger difference. Pheno hunt for the right phenos amongst those strains. My 2c Sent from my Redmi Note 7 Pro using Tapatalk

Congrats guys.. well done..

Thanks bro will have a look

Go with the first one from lightitup. I know the guy. You won’t get nearly as good customer service from those other guys. If something goes wrong, you’ll be sorted in days rather than weeks. The lights are pretty much the same thing. Plus, that power meter comes in handy. All in all the lightitup one is by far the best value for money.

Aweee, thanks bro. It's good to be back [emoji817] Sent from my POCOPHONE F1 using Tapatalk

Greetings, greetings. Welcome, and I hope you enjoy your time here. Let us know what you have going on Sent from my POCOPHONE F1 using Tapatalk

Love this thread. I'm an analytical chemist by qualification, an avid Grower by choice, a DJ by passion, and a financial advisor by necessity [emoji23] Sent from my POCOPHONE F1 using Tapatalk

Maybe for the sake of future proofing I should consider the 240W rather, would that then be good for my size tent? Any good ones that you can recommend? Sent from my SM-N950F using Tapatalk

What light do you have? I see you have a bestva. This light would be an improvement. Also consider growing photo. With autoflowers i have found they grow best in a micture of soils. Something like freedomfarms mixed with orgasoilux 50:50. In a 20l pot.

They currently running a 40% off Christmas special on all seeds, except singles.

This is what I'm talking about these strains do the colour wheel proud with that Emoji heart green colour, those bubbleberry glues burst'd limey greeny madness in the log below. Week 2 of flower.

I was thinking about going that way, but personally enjoy the full journey of growing from seedling

Yeah man, this log slipped my mind as this kind of merged with the regular run log.

Hi guys, Just wanted to give a quick update. This is the only survivor. Super lemon haze. Would you guys recommend doing LST? (This plant is been grown on my balcony) PS I'm am using biobizz for nutes Will be watered and fed tomorrow. Have some chilli 🌶 plants growing in the back as well as some mint, lovely with tea.

What can I say. These babes are going ballistic. About a month old and nothing but water. [emoji1690][emoji12]@Totemic. Do you perhaps have one or two of these beans left over@Totemic? Want to add it to my library of local breeder's. Sent from my DRA-LX5 using Tapatalk

Three wize men

New beginnings..

Amnesia Haze auto - Week 11. The others will come down over the next 2 days. For a first shot at autos, I'm quite pleased.

Quarter Pounder Auto (capeapeseeds) Day 63 of 80/85 I've gotta learn to take better pictures

4 weeks to go

Hi everyone I'm a diesel mechanic at a construction company

Glamberry male and female taking training like a boss Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

When I get to decorate the tree... Tis’ the season to be jolly...

Pink Mango Gelato ... week 4 ... maybe some airflow problems, definitely some trimming ones

Blunicorn pushing week 6... 5 to go...

Reservation Sunrise. Sent from my DRA-LX5 using Tapatalk

All the pics are always above ground, so thought I would mix it up. If i blur my vision i can see a pugs face in the centre of the root mass

Bonsai BBG Christmas Trees

Everything was captured on Nikon D90 1. Bag Seeds 2.Bag Seeds 3. Lavender Best Auto(biltong & Buds) 4. Durban Poison Auto(biltong & Buds) 5. Jet Fuel (Unknow)

Bring the male back eh? Not cull it where it stands??

Hi my fellow South Africans. Greetings from Durban. Don't know any other serious growers. Looking forward to making new friends and sharing our genetics. Peace from the East