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I'm coming along for the ride chaps. Not competing of course! Seeds began their soak at 21h00 last night. They'll be going into cotton wool tonight

Seeds arrived! Lets get poppin' Exact same bottle of ExploGrow I used with previous grow off, been keeping me happy for almost 3 years now!

Welcome to my grow diary Dare I say this competition should be interesting Seeds in water and to be planted out later today. Loved seeing the dark colours on the seed, very different to what I have usually seen Good luck to all taking part

Gonna go organic. The seedlings are gonna be in a soil with equal parts of coco, EWC and perlite. I prefer using peat moss over coco but am only able to get hold of some next week and the seeds will need to be in soil before then. For veg I'll use the same mix as the seedlings with a few amendments added. Just before the switch I'll be transplanting into my own soil mix which I'll be mixing next week. Cutting it a bit short in terms of allowing the soil enough time to cook but I should be okay.

Alright boys and girls!! I have had a busy birthday weekend for my Daughter, and missed the kickoff by a bit! But, seeds are soaking now in a paper towel and drip of water and will be planted directly into the medium and final pot Hoping that by having no transplant down time I may be able to claw back the almost 48 hour handicap!! High hopes... Or maybe it's just me that's high

So I chopped all the plants down last night. Took a few pics before I did the chop chop though. Gelato - it really looks good now. Has had quite the transformation from veg until now: Pluto Cut, I think this plant actually died - I should have been checking more frequently but have neglected them a bit... So my own fault end of the day. I do not think this will be good bud unfortunately. LSD-25, well, the colour is nice. Frost is lacking a bit. Quite leafy, but I have always wanted to grow a plant with such colouring. Done it now and not sure I would grow this strain again.

quite flat on 24 degrees. The Flower tent vents into the Veg tent (one cycle).. the veg into the germination. When the light is out in the Veg tent, the flower tent is up and shining never gets cold in the Veg tent or Germination tent.

So, the last big ones left the flower tent

Was gonna DQ you for the lost sticker but realised your sticker is much better actually.

The 2 Tortoni's I popped in March also took quite a while to split open and show tap root. I think they will be happy in the jiffy pellet and probably show some action in 3 to 5 days. Good luck man

Dont stress to much I planted some seeds a couple of weeks ago and had the same thing. They all popped up in the end. It can take 5 to 7 days.

@ThricomeInstituteStudent The first thing i do when the pistils dry up, i stop with the top max... flowering stimulator. @PsyCLown posted the picture... this is how you harvest... thricomes as preferred indicator. Sometimes the plant has other ideas, might have been stunned during flower for to long, and just dies on you. Forces you to harvest. Magnifiers, photo camera with a macro lense, electronic microscope,... at one stage we all take a closer look and decide. The better you know a strain, the less often you have to check it. And sugar leaves dont count... harvest you have to learn and be patient. Look and judge what the thricomes tell you. Early, energizer, late, relaxer... and dont worry, i harvest for over 30 years and still have to force myself to wait.

love this pic man @CoolJ

So.. 3 of 3 popped and are in the 3L pots with a moisture dome. and how I plate my seeds.. gone now ^^ towels are not wet, just moist, I also see that the seeds are not flat surrounded by the towel.. just keep the air around them over 80% humidity. sorry for my mess ^^

First warning

so, the winelands area can get hot as balls, we've been contemplating a pool for a while now. sadly, the only space we have is where my mother of a San Pedro was standing... so we had to move her.... I think you all know where this is going from here, guess the topic gives it away a bit too tips will be saved for further propagating. my lovely lady lending a helping hand there with the messy bits, I got outa bed and immediately got busy slicing up some medicine, she came waddling after probably 20min later, still in her very sexy satin nighty and coffee in her hand. didn't even hesitate to sit down and get her hands dirty with the messy bits! what a team player, right? once we got going I didn't wana take pics every few minutes or everything would be dirty and sticky as f.ck, so here is the last photo for the day we did 4 doses on the day, left them to dry, here they are. all that is left now is to powder them, cook it and then the ceremony I guess.... ALSO, anyone interested in San Pedro? I am giving away for free

I'm going to copy @Promand vent my flower tent into my veg tent. My flower and veg light cycle should mean there is always something keeping the veg + clone tent warm. Unfortunately that wont help for germination as my flower tent is being used for drying this week. Not that nearly having a bunch of dry buds is ever actually unfortunate... I think I'll use an old fish tank heater in a container under the jiffies for now. Its pretty cold this week and the stress of waiting to see them break the surface after having them in water possibly to long may be to much if they are slow . I don't have heating pads and I'm not sure how much I trust them without temperature control or at the very least some good testing.

Well perhaps @Prom can chime in here a bit as well as he has a lot more experience with autos compared to myself. Pistils are an indicator, however in no way is it an accurate way to tell whether the bud is mature or not. The best way as far as I am concerned is to check the trichomes - you ideally need a microscope or loupe to do it properly. This image should help make it easier to understand what to look for in terms of the trichome colour: Leaves can be an indicator that the plant is busy dieing or getting ready to die, but as far as I am concerned it is not an accurate way to tell whether the bud is mature or not. We do not smoke the leaves, we smoke the bud and the trichomes are what contain the active ingredients we want (THC, CBD and the others). One thing I do want to mention is that when checking the trichomes, you want to check on the bud itself and not the sugar leaves as the trichomes on the sugar leaves mature quicker than the trichomes on the bud. I do not know why, but this has always been the case and if you check on the sugar leaves you may think the bud is ready to be harvested but may not be the case. Ensuring the bud is properly mature is very important as immature bud can lead to some negative side effects which you often want to avoid, such as making one paranoid, negatively affecting REM sleep cycles and leading to you feeling groggy in the morning and a few others too. Although I will admit, with these autoflowers the trichomes are not maturing the same way my photoperiod plants have been which I must admit is a bit odd and confusing - so perhaps @Prom can confirm whether there are any possible differences when it comes to autoflowers.

True, we do not grow for looks but it is part of the package I feel... Just like with food, you want it to look good and look appealing. Same with bud and cannabis IMO. The Pluto cut I feel will be a disappointment as it looks as if the plant died and then remained in the tent under the lights. Also this is the 2nd time I am running some autos. The first it was a Daquari Lime by Dutch Passion. Not sure I will run more auto's again in the near future, but let's see and I am certainly curious as to how these autos will smoke compared to my usual photoperiods. I will give feedback once they have dried and been trimmed and cured for a bit - will post some pics of the bud once dry and cured too.

Why not join the party? The more, the merrier Going hydro? Ups, just re read... cotton wool... i just saw wool.. and my infantil brain put rock infront trys to tell me something.

shit...she holds herself up well still!! sure shes flopped over...but no folding stems or anything, very cool

Something I'm regretting now, you will definitely claw back much more! and more potential growth... I would have but I don't have the space. Nice man! Goodluck!

You can run anything off the Sonoff switchers, however you will need a contractor / relay with the Sonoff for heavy current like a geyser. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

2 of 3 popped and i put em in pots, dome over. Dont have the space in the germination tent for the cam too.. installed in the veg tent, just put light way more up Used 2ml root juice mix to wet the soil. FF green bag. Mixed lunch time and put in the tent to warm up. 24 degrees

Seeds are now placed in coco for germination Sent from my SM-N975F using Tapatalk

One week later, three waterings with a bit more nutes than usual and they are looking a lot greener, bushier and happier. Growth has also returned. Thanks peeps. That will teach me to ignore my plants for work

i will drop the seeds 8th May and start the diary.

Hey there. I see on the Humbolt Seed Company you are listed as a local retail outlet. I am looking for their Freakshow or Supafreak strains. Any chance you could get ahold of some ?

You take autos more or less before they die. Doesnt look always pretty... but taste wise you should get some great smokes out of those. Pretty plants are nice.. but we grow to smoke. You can be rather happy with your result... for a first time playing with autos, you dont have to hide yourself, that is for sure judge after you smoke the results, the LSD25 might surprise you. I know you will enjoy the Gelato

Sexy shit!!!! nice job... autos like autos should look like.

Doesn't really matter, one might get higher yields if doing extracts but I have not tested this myself. Ultimately I think the THC percentage will determine the way the strain yields when it comes to extracts. Although it does feel like a massive waste not keeping the trim and using it for some sort of extract, will likely use the trim from the next harvest though and try make some bubble hash perhaps.

For veg I use only A and B 1.5A:1B As soon as a flip I start using bloom (MPK) and switch to a ratio of 8.4A:8.4B:1MPK For both veg & boom I also add CalMag and Silicone to the mix Its been a long time since I worked that out, I think it was based on their recommended ratios. So far that worked really well for me. However now that you ask I'll compare to what you are doing

New colas coming through 10 May 2021

Sweet EC targets... I meant what ratio of the 3 so you use? How much grow how much micro and how much bloom in veg do you use, and same for flower. I ran your same ec values, but for veg, I used 1:1:1 for micro grow and bloom And in flower I went to 1:0.5:2 micro grow and bloom Had very decent results like that...

So, Beans have been dropped. Good luck to all

Even though it's a comp the vibe of the forum doesn't change. Help a brother out Only a pleasure. A huge thanks is owed to you for allowing this to happen. Without your beans, a fair growoff couldn't and wouldn't happen Let's hope this growoff does good things for Totemic Cannacraft Also a big thanks to all our generous sponsors who jumped on board. I still can't believe the value of this prize pool. The generosity among our community is a trend that keeps pleasantly growing, along with the good ganja.

Dropped the 3 seeds at 07.30 into filtered water around 27 degrees. Good Luck to all into the competition! Hope you have a blast...

Wow!

PRIZE ALLOCATIONS See prize images above --------------------------------------- 1ST PLACE 120W Quantum Board LED Grow Light - sponsored by Light It Up XL Herbal Chef Stovetop Butter Maker - sponsored by Aeradix R1000-00 Golden Goose Seeds Voucher - sponsored by Golden Goose Seeds ExploGrow 800ml Bottle - sponsored by ExploGrow 1st Place Trophy 2ND PLACE Secret Jardin Dark Propogator 60 Grow Tent & Local Seed Pack - sponsored by Cannabist R1500-00 Green Grow Room Gift Voucher - sponsored by Green Grow Room ExploGrow 400ml Bottle - sponsored by ExploGrow TERPLOC™ Bags - sponsored by Aeradix 2nd Place Trophy 3RD PLACE Green Smoke Room Seeds Hamper valued at R2500-00 including feminized and auto seeds, stickers, Green Smoke Room rolling/dabbing mat and a buff - sponsored by Green Smoke Room Seeds Large Herbal Chef Stovetop Butter Maker - sponsored by Aeradix ExploGrow 100ml Bottle - sponsored by ExploGrow 3rd Place Trophy BEST TRAINED PLANT TheHighCo Triple Matrix Bong - sponsored by TheHighCo. BEST GROW DIARY Bubble Bag Kit - 19L (5 Gallons) - sponsored by Futurama THE FATTEST COLA Small Herbal Chef Stovetop Butter Maker - sponsored by Aeradix

I think a more of a couch lock

maybe bit too much...its gonna be a late harvest

LOOOOOOOOL dont forget to check for thrips

I'm feeling really greatful to my community and peoples here... You guys are such G's

My one loves harvest season! She sits and chews on the stalks for hours (I sometimes leave airy buds for her as she loves to nibble on those). She doesn't chew any other wood that we have in the yard but as soon as a cannabis branch drops its hers.

Apollo

Thank you @420SA we now need someone to bless with this, what is turning out to be one amazing hamper. @Naughty.Psychonaut brother, you basically said how I feel too, and totally agree with the way you see things, and yes, if I'm godly for blessing someone, then I'll proudly be godly, but I can never judge anyone myself, that is human and ego. A lot of gospel, or word, has actually been modified, removed or changed to be a tool to control the masses, and instill fear or command on others. To a way that a group of people once upon a time decided was best for humanity. Now I'd love to give back and ask for the members to please start tagging others they have seen on here, who could benefit from these gifts.

bless you brother on a not so serious note, on a personal level, I am not as religious as much as I am aware that we should at least acknowledge a higher purpose for ourselves and communities we move in, with that said, we all on the forum probably know cannabis was made illegal for economic reasons, disregarding the plant as a whole and curbing research data to shine a negative light on the matter aside from its recreational use the plant has endless beneficial uses. it can replace soooooo many materials we are currently sucking the earths resources dry to make synthetically. honestly, if you go into research about all the uses of cannabis plants it really doesn't even make sense that there is such a miracle plant out there. which leads me to say the following, if there was any institutionalised way of living, such as any of the million religions out there that claim to be more holy than thou, that is set to benefit the living conditions of all mankind, cannabis would not be illegal and would be part of communal living. the earth aswell as its inhabitants would benefit greatly from more cannabis being planted and used. so, IMHO, spreading cannabis around the community is much closer to "godly work" than one would care to admit, because of the stigma around religion, especially in todays living conditions where we're strayed so far away from the endless provider you guys are doing what should be done

Some updates on some of the plants still in the tent... The one Sugarcane I still have going, this one went into flower quite a while after the others. Here is the Bananium, don't think I have posted pics of it in flower yet. How do you guys think it looks in comparison to the Sugarcane? It has not been given the attention it deserves, but very keen to grow it out again and see what it can really do! When I get a chance, I will try take some pics of the bud which is dry and trimmed so you guys can see - will be the Exodus Cheese and LSP next in terms of bud pics.

That's some good looking dank right there, must taste super too.

Sorry guys, not much to update on here - just harvesting as plants are maturing. Do not have much left in the tent anymore. Some dry bud pics, I always struggle to take nice bud pics though and these are not the best but hopefully help give you guys an idea. Frost on all 3 is pretty good, particularly the sugarcane (duh) and frosted apricots. Slurricane is also frosty but I feel a tad less than the other two. These are not macro photos, just taken with a cell camera and then cropped. These are also not the biggest buds / colas, just reached into the jar to take out what I could get. I will admit that weight wise, none of these 3 are exceptional yielders but not terrible either. I have had other plants yield less. They also do not produce huge colas, unlike the cheese and LSP which I grew this time around. You can click on the picture to open it and zoom in a bit too. Sugarcane: Slurricane: Frosted Apricots: