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So I had a bit of a fuck up, due to the height of the plants and the weight of the colas... some plants fell down at the back of the tent and then some move fell over onto the other plants which pushed more plants over... a lot of plants had colas falling over so I had to get in there and try hang the colas up to keep them up until harvest which is not that long from now for some of the strains as some are very quick strains I believe. If I could get to the back of the tent, I could post pics of some other strains but you guys will have to wait a while. French Cookies, not sure I will grow this again: Frosted Apricots (I really really like this strain so far, hopefully the yield is good and smoke is good too): Exodus Cheese - big buds but lacking frost... This strain needs no introduction, the frost tells you what it is... Sugar cane: Blunicorn:

GTH x Slurricane starting to get really sticky.

Sorry, CG x Slurricane above post. CG x GTH a lot smaller but looks good

Week 10, flower week 1. Not much to add, defoliated to clean the bottom up and removed a few leaves from the canopy too.

@Budwizer hey brother. Thanx for the shout out. Finished up the trimming of the Crescendo RBXV2 this weekend. She was the last plant to get chopped at 71 day flower with a 12 day dry. She yielded 99 grams... Humidity went Karoo style the last couple of days in Gauteng. All in all ended up with a 320 gram dry trim weight. Will post an update on dried bud pics and smoke report shortly.. here is the Crescendo we finished up with just now..

My White widow auto bonsai experiment Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

We launched out new look and feel and totally re-did our site. We had some funnies with duplicate orders and silly things so thought it would be best to migrate the products, clients and orders on to a fresh install. We have tried to put local seeds upfront and will be loading stock for the rest of the day. We have also dropped all the marketing and analytics tools so we are just focusing on word of mouth and a happy client base. No one likes to be tracked However will still use email marketing. Would really love some feedback, the good and the bad - In return will be giving away some local seeds to 3 randomly selected folk that give feedback. Will also be running a local seeds special next week.

Dude that sugarcane looks unreal. All the plants looking super healthy and happy. Very well done

Really enjoying this album.

@Cannabist the GM are planted last night, will start a log soon and tag if you like...

Hello folks. I'd like to see if there are any other sativa/landrace/heirloom lovers here. The weed that sends your mind on a trip while leaving your body in tact and sometimes giving energy. For me this type of high has anti depressant qualities and soothing on my psyche over long time periods - my "medicine". This topic is for discussion of pure sativa and almost pure sativa, anything knowingly hybrid with indica or high CBD plants is off topic. CBD is the enemy of a trip high. Thin leafed sativa landraces or heirloom plants are found mostly in the equatorial regions of the world from around 15° north and south of the equator. Its also thought that high altitudes can play a part in evolving thin leaved plants. I have found from my personal travels in southern Africa that coastal humid areas seem to have more thin leafed plants than inland areas. Since I live in a humid area myself, its tough to try and grow the inland plants here out of their climate because they are susceptible to powdery mildew. The popular thin leaf growing regions of the world are best separated into large areas sharing similar plant traits for eg. Thailand/Cambodia/Laos/Vietnam plants are very similar and share many common traits. Mexico/Panama/Guatemala/Honduras plants also very similar. Going further south in the Americas to Peru/Columbia/Brazil you start to see the change to broader leaf plants but its hard to get good examples of plants from these regions because cartels have been importing genetics since the 70s. There are quite a few isolated Columbian sativa that are pure that people have managed to keep around, but in the case of Brazil, I have yet to see one legitimate landrace sativa from there and its all "Crip" basically landrace x modern stuff. I guess this wouldn't be complete without some pics of the skinny girls. Here are some pics from other sativa growers, some friends of mine, some not. Durban Tropical Seeds co "70s" Durban (from 2009 JHB import) Dutch Passion circa 2000 selected for narrow leaf over some generations Locally collected Malawi Balaka Village collected Green hornet seeds Mulanje Afropips * Will update with pics when can find them * Transkei / Ciskei Herbaria * Will update with pics when can find them * Tropical Seeds co Lesotho Mapoteng town collected Swaziland Congo Senegal Tropical seeds co Angola Vibes collective Central African Republic Vibes collective Nigeria * Will update with pics when can find them * Ghana Jah Green Label Ethiopia ACE/MustaFunk - Ethiopian highland Mauritius Vibes Collective Reunion Island French Touch seeds Zamal Mango Carrot French Touch seeds Zamal K1 Kalite Tizane Gypsy Nirvana Zamal Thai Real Seed Company - Hmong hill tribe Real Seed Company - Ko Chang Gypsy Nirvana - Thai stick Laos BLB Luang Prabang Vietnam Vietnam Black Mexico CannaBioGen Oaxaca 1979 Panama Cannabiogen 1974 Panama red Honduras Ace seeds Columbia Cannabiogen Punto Rojo Landrace Team Punto Rojo Venezuela

Ye to sum up - know you guys are legit Just thought Nirvana changed their packaging and we didnt know. Enough hi-jacking the thread, @StickyD420 looks awesome, will be watching for when you get the Grease Monkey going.

Thanks man. When you say flush you mean only water from now? This lady has had nothing but water from day one. Notice your Glamberry x Lemon Jedi OG in the background. 1.9m from top of pot. Sent from my DRA-LX5 using Tapatalk

@Marijuana Seeds SA ye not questioning the credibility, just though we missed the boat on some packaging changes. e.g. Telling if we get old stock from looking at the packaging (Yes they have batch numbers aswell ). Like the old GHSC discs vs the black cards now etc..

Let me lesson some concerns here Unfortunately we do not sell in retail packs as we ship our orders the exact same shipping method used by Nirvana Seedbank for their international clients. Due to the discreet packaging used, our seeds are packaged differently. But rest assured, our stock is fully legit and you are more than welcome to verify our stock's legitimacy with Nirvana directly at https://www.nirvanashop.com/about-nirvana-shop/official-distributors/ Hope that clarifies some concerns some may have

it is very easy to over fertilize your ladies as is with the already tested nutrient solutions on the market. so as mentioned above, it would be better if you knew the ratios of the nutrients in the mix that you make so that you can adjust and improve on the stuff... but not knowing each product and mixing them together could produce much worse results than you were expecting. but if you do have a good understanding, you are likely going to mix something that will work well

Very neat build, love the black! Far better than the plain silver.

@Dr. Green Thumb never heard of it, not sure whether its organic or not. Got a link perhaps? Mixing nute lines is possible, but you should at least have a rough idea as to what you are doing.

That's some nice frosty gear you grew there. I look forward to seeing what you do with our gear. Cheers brother

That’s how mine was packaged as well Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Out of interest, is that how the Nirvana seeds where packaged or did you cut the labels off and that's what's in the pic?

I don’t like having anything in the grow tent that doesn’t have to be there The QBs are 480w total, split in two fixtures I mount the drivers on a board outside:

White widow from the real OG @GGG

We have some CPK s1 And we have some FruitLoops - And here we have - Black Queen

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SNAPSHOT OF THE MONTH MARCH 2021 THEME - BEST BUD SHOT This month we're looking for the best bud/cola shot. Shots of buds/colas late in flower (6 weeks into flower and onwards). How you execute the shot is what will win you the prize. See the Judging Criteria at the bottom of this post for guidelines. This month is sponsored by www.thehighco.co.za www.lightitup.co.za What's being given away this month? 1st Prize A TheHighCo R500-00 voucher Sponsored by TheHighCo 2nd Prize Digital USB Microscope 1600x Magnification Valued at R400-00 Sponsored by @Light It Up HOW TO ENTER? Simply reply to this thread with your entries. Attach the images to your reply or embed the images from a 3rd party website Snapshot of The Month Rules: Original images only please. If your entries are found to have been pulled from the internet your entry will be void. Members can enter a maximum of 5 images each. Images entered this month may not be entered in future competitions. If you enter more than 5 images, the last 5 images you posted will be considered. Members can submit photos and/or graphics designs of their own Once entries close, entries will be narrowed down to 10 nominees which will then go to a private poll with the Competition Voting Panel Members can only come 1st in an SOTM once every 12 months, or 2nd and/or 3rd twice every 12 months. Judging Criteria: Overall originality - What sets the image apart from others. Creativity & Effort - was there a good amount of creative thought and effort that went into the image. Wow factor - does the image get attention. Quality and clarity - Is the detail in the image decent. Is the photograph clear, well focused and not blurry. Entries close 05/04/21 Good Luck! --------------------------------------------

Hey guys! I am really looking forward to this grow. Objective is for personal breeding purposes. This will be my first time experimenting with breeding cannabis, any help is appreciated Currently growing Laughing Buddha (Barney's Farm) and Charlotte's Angel (Dutch Passion). Plan is to cross Novakane with these strains, as well as breeding Novakane F2 seeds. Novakane F1 seeds were sourced from @Totemic. On a side note, just a thank you from my part. The beans I ordered arrived swiftly, with a lot of freebies! The quality of these seeds are unmatched. Started germinating today, soaked 5 regular seeds for 30min in Explogrow. Afterwards transferring them to a 1:100 solution of Explogrow and pH 6 water for 12 hours. Am a fan of the paper-towel method, and have had great success placing said paper-towel inside a plastic bag on top of my router. Will do this next... Grow setup: 240W LM301b + Epistar 660nm Kingbrite Quantum Board Freedom Farms Premium Soil T.A. Pro Organic Nutrients 1.2 x 0.7m Grow Tent

As a side tip, if you going away or cant manage to be around for a few days, hit the plants with a good drenching of Neem, or AQSF, and then nothing (basically nothing) will touch it while you away. Preventative is always better than cure

@Cannabist I assure you they are fresh from the breeders We continually rotate our stock with Nirvana directly to keep them fresh and ensure viability The packaging (for international clients) has always been the same (hence it seems old) as it is the most discreet and safest way so far. May I ask what you mean by GHSC discs?

Looks great! Turned out very nice!

Haha ya you don’t wanna walk into them. I’m still looking for a heatsink with a thinner base, but these things are hard to find in this country.

Yip that's how I got my Nirvana seeds as well from Marijuana SA. I was admittedly kinda worried initially because it's usually a red flag if a seed bank removes seeds from original packaging and then repackages. The worry is that the original seeds are either swapped out for some random jutt or the off chance that a packer accidentally repacks the wrong seed and sends you something else. However after having grown the seeds, they were obviously the strains I purchased so I was chilled. My assumption is that this is Marijuana SA's solution to the problem of selling packs of 1, 3, 5 etc and stock management. What happens when you have two packs of 3 seeds but you have 3 customers that would take 2 seeds each, what do you do? There are plenty of seed banks sitting with single seed packs all over the place. For me I could work with a single seed especially if it's a strain I've really been looking for, but how many of me are there? Most often that seed is probably just going to sit there for a long time. For a newbie it shouldn't really matter getting original packaging, it's nice, but for me it really gives me confidence that what I've got is genuine and that I am not going to be wasting my time. TLDR; You can trust Marijuana SA that the seeds you are ordering are the real deal regardless of the packaging. Edit: Ironically was smoking some Aurora Indica while typing this, grown from a seed purchased from Marijuana SA so there you have it, full circle

Hey @Cannabist they come in the cards, in disguise and that also helps keep them safe from damage. How do you get them in from supplier? I'd imagine in bulk it would be a different story, just a guess.

Not fun loosing plants. Drop us a pm, we have a pack of mixed autos we can't sell due to being lost over a year ago and found in our store room this week, can't garentee they will germinate but pretty sure they will. Happy to donate them. Think it's mixed autos from 00 seeds.

We will tidy up the site tomorrow, mainly the breeder logos, some styling and mobile view Have uploaded around 80 percent of the stock, mainly international. Hopefully by end of tomorrow all the local stock we have now will be up and getting motherland genetics sometime is the week aswell. Also happy to report that we are a now a monthly donator to Fields of green for all - just need to send them our bio and related to be up on their site. Wanted to hold off till new site is sorted. Have an epic night guys.

not much to update, but thought I'd show the girls very happy to see the 2 that started stressing is getting their colour back and looking better every day. few burnt tips here and there. definitly too much N for all of the girls. I'll give them numbers as in order of apeal, they all got all the same nutes and only two reacted so strong, so might just be weaker genetics. Zkittly Zizi #1 top view structure Zkittly Zizi #2 top view her structure - growth was also stunted Zkittly Zizi #3 top view her structure - also stunted a bit here is the Sour Lemon OG her structure will probably give them another 2 weeks then put them all in 30L pots then tie them back a bit more

@Budwizer thanx bro much appreciated. I am already busy with the second grow on my strain journey. Got the next batch germinated and will run a new 6 strain diary shortly. Running some @Totemic Palomino and Tortoni alongside some TH seeds Bubblegum, Garden of Green Girl Scout Cookies, Braincake by Ripper and Twisted Helix by Inhouse. Then on to some old school genetics supplied by @Golden-Goose for the next run. For the love of growing

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LSD - 25 by Fast Buds Aroma of diesel and berries.

Wedding Cake LC-18 x Transkei Inzane In The Membrane Trankei Transkei

Week 9. A few additions to the cupboard, 240W light, exhaust fan and scrog net. Did the last top dress and switched to 12/12 today. Feed alternates between plain water and molasses/seagro mix. I'm thinking of getting a bloom booster for weeks 3-7 of flower, will probably go with this https://zootly.co.za/product/freedom-farms-fire-juice-500ml/

Luckily for the rest of us...

I was working in the tent with the Gelato selection, removing abandoned fan leaves for ... an hour. When I left the tent, my right arm was rather sticky and the smell made me imagine to wrap a paper around it and set it on fire. Thank god, I still got my right arm without any burn marks .. those plants are part of the Gelato I tackle the potency record at Canabliss.. lets see if I fail 28 March ^^ is fat in my agenda No1 (Sativa Dream, at least to me hehehe) No2, i had em praying from start to finish (fingers crossed, about 10 days to go). But temperatures escaped me a few times over 26 (<10 times), never over 28. Winter harvest might have more punch... so far I am a happy chap Meet E, she is one of my favorites in my Gelato pheno hunt. And just if you ask yourself... if I don't have a goal, i get bored

Week 8. Looking happy under temporary 60W flood light. Next step for the cupboard is to cut intake and exhaust holes, and lightproof the doors. I ordered an inline fan, ducting, and a new light this week. Carbon filters are out of stock everywhere

@Prom if you like techno you must know Stephan Bodzin... AKA Sephan Godzin. haha

Here are two 7 footers i grew last season outdoor organic,just some good bagseeds :)Thnx for those incredible pics!

@oldsandals Respect Dude! (subbed) We want to grow up to be like you. Dis darem mooi! Thank you - I agree with Crex and Prom - this made my day!

Plant porn... would love to try all those African strains. I tried Thai in Europe total disaster outdoor. Plants started to flower when we got our first snow hehehe they didn't like snow either That post made my day, Thanks a lot!!

Nice thread @oldsandals ! Thanks a lot for sharing with the group. These kinds of strains hold a lot of potential, hope to see more growers preserving these old varieties with seed. Subscribed My most sativa strain is a hybrid Laos x Hawaiian - Hawaiian Snow Greenhouse Seeds