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Another week. THC Bomb Bubbleberry Then the 4 pots between the 2 are 4 x Strawberry Fields(Crockett Family Farms/DNA Genetics), that I'm expecting above ground tomorrow. A few of us in CT pitched together to get a 12 pack. Really excited to be adding these to the hunt.

We set up a proxy using cloudflare workers and modified the headers to cache the requests on cloudflare so only the initial request had the latency delay, all other "api" requests would be cached and re-fetched when our edge cache ttl expired. This subdirectory cannabist.co.za/seedfinder/* (e.g. https://www.cannabist.co.za/seedfinder/?br=G13_Haze&str=Barneys_Farm) is another cloudflare worker serving up a custom app we wrote to represent the seedfinder info/data in a cleaner way - we just saved the page as pdf and that's the pdf you are referring to. As our site is WordPress/Woocommerce, it was faster to mock up the thing in angular and just embed it on the product pages via iframe. If that makes sense We have to write the php side of it as a custom wordpress plugin and then we don't have to use a iframe to inject part of own site into our own site lol - Started the plugin and then we last interest as mentioned, felt like we were just duplicating the seedfinder site. However feels like it might be growing some leaves here after some of the feedback. Regarding the landraces, like someone mentioned a few posts ago - imagine if guys in SA could run 1000s and select the best, rinse and repeat and market their progress.. However, what the local guys like @Totemic have achieved with the limitations of our law is outstanding to say the least. We are so stoked with the feedback, really didnt even think people would discuss and just click the poll so cheers to 420sa community for the epic epic thread.

So got me some Ethos autos, being split with @Ill_Evan (Pluto Cut) and @CreX (OG Kush). Keen to see how they turn out, I will most likely create a grow diary once they are going for those who want to monitor and see the progress etc. @Ill_Evan I guess you could post updates of your plants in my thread if you wanted to. haha

This little one munched down on something...

Hello peeps,been smoking for years,attempted my 1st grow over 2 years ago some bagseeds outdoor,.Since then iv tried 2 more outdoor grows,last years harvest came out pretty decent for a outdoor nothing special from seeds I got from GreenSmokeRoom. I'm currently attempting my 1st indoor grow,coming along nice! Cape Town boi!

Seems like you are getting some exercise [emoji123], plants look great Sent from my F5321 using Tapatalk

So first training started today. Impressed by the tight internodes Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Getting all hot and sweaty with all this geek speak. 420% understand, just wish I knew how to code properly, if only I had not dropped that Java book down on chapter 4. Its happening across the globe and here in SA and Lesotho, African Landraces. I am going to a licensed grow in Lesotho around end of March to see some landraces that have been grown for about 3 years, they are currently flowering 10000 plants!!

Great news for you. There is not just one book, I think there are 2 or 3 and a movie!!! One from his wifes perspective. But the original is worth the reread anyway. If you guys are talking and loving local, consider buying our own SA born smugglers book, The Unexploded Boer by Erich Rautenbach. He sadly passed away from cancer about 3 years ago and was then based in Canada. Its a great read too, you can buy it locally, try bidorbuy or takealot. He was a genuine man/smuggler/stoner. I got him to sign his book too, damn I am posting the message, it means alot.

Lovely, looking like flower time ☝

Weekly Update:Molly grew balls and got the chopI am now carrying 60 litres of water up the hill per day, compared with a week ago when I was on about 40 litres a day with 7 plants and I'm now down to 6. I will put a DWD clone out in a pot to take the place of Molly. I am pleased with their progress, have no major pest issues to report and no pest management / feed changes.Photos as follows:Holly - Transkei originMystery Purple - bag seed Purple HazeInzane ITM - cloneDWD (my only plant that has serious pest problems is stunted)LC-18 x TranskeiWedding Cake - clone

Welcome welcome. Looks like a nice and healthy plant there Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Mr Nice. Met the legend years ago in London through a friend. Greeted the guy and small talk during the evening. If only I knew then what I know now. You got me wanting to read the book again. Anyone who hasn't should. Sent from my DRA-LX5 using Tapatalk

I met Franco briefly many decades ago in London, never met Simon or Arjan. I got GHS hooked up with Dr Ben Dlamini ( ex Registrar of the Examinations Council, and cannabis activist ) and a couple growers we had been assisting. Iam not to sure why i did not meet them, I used to be very underground and avoid most things due to working for companies that did not appreciate cannabis. My best meet was Howard Marks, I think around 2007/08 when he was doing a tour in SA. His book was published in '95, Mr Nice, was one of the main reasons I started getting involved in cannabis and it was an absolute honour to meet him, share a joint and get his autograph. I love getting autographs, dont now why, its a fetish. 1 year ago today Dr Ben passed away from old age. He had been advocating for the legalisation of cannabis since the 80s. People laughed at him then, but now their heads are out their arses and they are still trying to work it out. RIP good man. Made this music video for Bushy Williams around 2007, with Dr Ben in it. Lol at @Ill_Evan, my eyes at the end looked a little like the image you created, not cooked though, more baked.

Not to sure how you set it up, but the API might be less resource intensive than using an iframe? Plus also the iframe would be pulling data from overseas servers. The pdf is perfect, exactly what I was talking about. Awesome work, now just to make it work for you. One of my best experiences, assisted Franco with his venture into SA/Swaziland, and afterwards he sent me 5 kilos of GHS stuff. Something I did not expect. What an amazing man, RIP. This has been happening since the 90's, but there still are landraces, its the reason why I say Durban is rated as the top 10% rarest genetics in the world, and still considered a dominant landrace. Its documented and catalogued. I dont think there are good enough reasons to dislike GHS, yes they did take landrace strains, swopped them with european genetics with farmers willingly. But the work they have done for cannabis?

I'm going to do mine outside so would be interesting to see the difference.

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Here's a thought. A local version or similiar directory for exclusively SA genetics. Come now IT guys, here's something...

It's important to have as many countries that legalize it as possible and I am very happy about that. I feel like when the drugs will be legalized (at least the soft ones like marijuana) the less people will look for something stronger in my opinion. I have worked as a volunteer in many rehab centers and I have seen what cocaine and heroin and meth do to a person. It is not a pretty sight that's for sure. I have always been interested in helping people, that is why I have been volunteering at the rehab center. I really think that a lot of people don't understand just how hard it is drop a destructive pattern like drug addiction. I have been studying different Drug rehabilitation programs (specifically those they use in this rehab center I volunteer at) in a way to understand what works for certain people and what doesn't to sort of be able to help them get there faster. I am writing a thesis on this. I am hoping that soon the rehab protocols will be optimized in such a way that we will be able to help people get better so much faster. That's why I think that the veil between drugs and people should be as transparent as possible so people would know what awaits them if they become addicted but also I want them to know that we are there to help them in any way we can to get through it

Hello hi, Here with the week 3 update. Stretch has been pretty darn good from the Frosted apricots, hopefully she boast nice terpy profiles too! The White widow didn't stretchy that much however, the internodal spacing is almost null and void, so many bud sites, and she might get taller, who knows. My plan was to reuse these pots (for years) and to total 6 x 40l come winter, then start from clone, but plans change and now I'm back at the drawing board seeing which options suit best the living soil model. Regardless, I've been reusing my soils anyway from my second grow. I've been so fortunate to meet helpful people here in Cpt from this forum that I would have never really made progress without them, plus too, our bunch of friendies really come together and look after each other. So spoilt with the vast genetics I'm terribly back-logged with already, I'm going to do my best to work through them nicely. Strains that I want to grow and re-grow 2021 ---------------------------------------------- Ghost Train Haze #1 - Rare Dankness Spumoni - Plug Seedbank Zurple Punch - In House genetics Slurricane - In House genetics Bunicorn - In House genetics Sugarcane - In House genetics Platinum Gorilla - In House genetics Orange Kush Cake - Ethos White wedding rbx - Ethos Strawberry fields - DNA genetics OG Kush - Bagseed All Gas OG - Humboldt SeedCo Tortoni - Totemic Jack Herer - Unknown Some of these strains are still yet to crack a taproot so I might only see them later in the year.

definitely first grow wooos, I’ve seen guys grow with that brand and kill it. yeah I suppose it’s imported

I totally agree with @Prom reputation is key. I am a sucker for great cannabis genetics and price rarely features as long as I have a good understanding of the breeder and their breeding practice. It's quite easy to explain. I initially only focused on international breeders due to the "trust factor". Tried and tested in the States and Europe so must be good enough for my tent. Then I joined this forum and realised that we have our own breeders with exceptional knowledge and skill to produce some fire genetics. I received my @Totemic order today and was very happy and surprised to see some extra seeds from one of his projects. I will run his gear alongside some InHouse and Ripper seeds in my next run. I dropped Royal Queen Seeds from that run to make space for his fire. So in a nutshell. If the breeder knows his shit, has great stable genetics for a solid lineage and has a passion for the plant I would rather support the local scene.

Had to be Gelato Happy Flowering

I am happy with the growth on most of the plants. They seem to be recovering well and new growth is explosive! This weekend I want to try and move some over to flower, not all are quite ready for flower so not all of them will go into flower. A quick picture I snapped last night, starting to look more like plants I typically have in my tent

From the very few autos I have done I have thoroughly enjoyed the Fastbuds Strawberry Pie Auto. Just from that I would 100% go for another Fastbuds strain, and based on what the mighty @Prom rates I would go for the Gelato from Fastbuds. Fastbuds is really coming out to be a winner Auto breeder.