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So the couriers just dropped my seeds off which means I'm the official "laat lammetjie" . Thanks for the weekend's grace @420SA and community In light of this I'll start my diary off with my planned approach and then figure out how to deal with losing about 2 weeks of veg . My thinking here is to cause as little stress as possible, meaning final pots with LST and no topping. My germination strategy would be dropping the seeds into luke warm water until the morning after which all 3 will go straight into peat pellets. I'm going to use my 3D printer bed and set it to 30deg for a makeshift heat mat to give them a cozy welcoming. Once they've sprouted and roots have shown they'll go directly into their respective final pots. My normal growing method is hydro and I'm going to free up 2 slots by potting my current grow into fabric pots and then try my hand at organic with the last bean (successful germination permitting). My current grow is only 4 weeks into veg now so they should recover... right? For my hydro I'll be using my usual T.A. (GHE) Tri-Series regime but this time including Environoc 401. I'll be keeping... loosely... to the feeding charts minus about 25% and then adjusting thereafter according to their needs. A comment by @CreX somewhere in my travels here got me interested in "bioponics" and I've since started incorporating Environoc 401 in my other tent with some positive results. Definitely think this is my hydro route I'm following here. As for my organic grow I'll be using T.A Pro Organic along with Environoc 401 and MycoRoot in Freedom Farms soil and fabric pots. My set up for this grow will be a 120x70x165cm tent with an old style BestVA LED drawing about 240W at the wall, hopefully I'll be able to invest in a QB before flower . For vent I have a 6" inline exhaust fan and a 4" inline intake fan pulling air in from outside. I'm excited for the opportunity to grow alongside and learn from the veteran horticulturists here Let's do this!

WOW!! So 2 days after transplant and I walk into this. Did not expect such a big difference. The game is on now, Hahaha

Day 3 of Week 3 (24 May) The 5 finger leaves are done and they got 20ml feeding this morning 1ml Fish Mix/2ml Bio Heaven per liter mix Video 23 to 24 May

Parleys dress up this weekend with the girls Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Day 4 after planting in the jiffy pellet, we have lift off! 2 of the 3 beans are showing signs of life. Still waiting on the 3rd to push through.

Well, the little ones seem to be stunted when compared to some of the other monsters in the grow off.. Only giving them declorinated water and they received a light dose of kelp foliar feed this morning.

Hey All, I know that I hardly post my grows (logs), and this I want to change. So I've started this thread on room 2, and this will be where I bring my clones and seeds to life. Getting them ready for room 1, the flowering tent. There are a few strains in here at the moment, and some fancy clones from all over, and will keep you up dates on this thread as time grows. My next line up to come Soon as some of these plants and clones are at their new homes, room 1, 3 and 4. Thank you and hope that everyone will enjoy the grows and learning with me.

And last night I opened up my tent and saw the pistols and something else! I am used to any sort of colour only cooling through towards the end of flower.... Not this strain... I have 2 phenos that are already going red tones to the calyx and it shows! Keen to see the plants in a week!

Hey Fam, @ORGANinc. @iGrowDagga @Marzcanna @Ill_Evan As the title suggests, a debate on silicon used in either method of growing. Do you use it, why, and how do you use it? Have you found it to work, hamper or cause more issues? Which form of it do you use if so and why? Thank you

Yo guys! i have been gifted some seeds from @Prom a while back and promised to do a grow diary with them. so this is my bash at it! ill try keep it going and do a smoke report i have been a little slack with the diary entries, but am ready to post a small journey with them. i do not have their baby photos anymore since my old phone decided to pack up, but i do have a pic or 2 of their adolescent stage and now that they are flowering i am gonna be adding more updates. what a pleasure to grow this plant though... i didn't have much space for the 4 girls at first, and so they grew well into their pots before they went into their final home, never complained and actually looked better than half my other plants in larger homes most of the time. they all grew quite large leaves with a subtle blue undertone from their happy growth. i potted them up into the tote and let them stretch their legs for some time before flipping, making sure i can get an even canopy was a bit tricky with the 4 phenos, as there are 2 above average stretchers. as soon as i flipped the tote, the ladies coudlnt stop thanking me with lovely green growth and fast growth. i have taken cuttings of each pheno and man am i glad i did! the one pheno is already going red and its only the 2nd week of flower! iv never seen anything like this before haha!! please enjoy and come along for the ride.

Where has this community been all my <growing> life

Theres a few other guys plants that is realy right up there.. Also glad @420SA is not allowed to compete... and just growing allong.. But this is All Good for Totemic. He can really see allot about his cross with this grow off.. Can't wait to see the entrants plants as their flipped..

Go Sisa..! Whoop whoop... I'm rooting for that bitch...

It has been a slow couple of days. It's been really cold. Hopefully this week will be better. Only gave water about every 3rd day.

A few members have hosted a 2 Litre Grow Challenge. I have decided to part take in the challenge. I opted to use a bag seed. Soil - Organics for Africa Grow Type - Outdoor Planted When - 1 May Germination Method- Paper towel and water. Tkz Mr S God Bless Growmiez

Quick Garden Update. The girls are at start of week 6 and not looking too bad. But I thought the time for experimenting and reviewing was over and so it was time to remove the burples that weren't too bad until now but honestly..they have served their purpose. it was time to bring out the Mars Hydro SP to help out the Leon 200 finish up this grow

Hi folks. So this weekend saw the transplant of the clone ladies from 15cm to 20cm pots. The root systems looked super happy and healthy with a nice shade of white. Mind the droopy leaves they got a feed straight after the transplant.. I will probably flip to flower this coming weekend as the height of the ladies should be sufficient enough to ensure nice big and tall main colas. Will post some close up pics with my first post flip post

So true... But if my nabour is in a race with me for the best plate of food and from the start he has turkey and I have bread.. I'm off to the soup citchen... At the end of the day its all in fun and we learn from each other.. Me as a new indoor guy just love this.. I'm making notes again.. This is a awesome platform to improve ones skills with one of the best hobbies there is..

You must be a real man

its not that bad haha!! remember @Prom specialty is not photos... and he still has to pot up a few times... not sure which way he is going to do it... but he also dropped his beans first haha, he got going right from the word go! theres still time for us slow pokes

Don’t worry. I’m gonna stop opening [mention]Prom [/mention] thread cause it’s just sad checking up every time Mine are on pace with yours [emoji12] Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Doesn't look locked out. Leaves look a clear green.

Had a bit of a heavy hand when mixing Silica and BioNeem oil last, so plants has a bit of a white shine to them. Going grand non the less and will wash the leaves in the following week with a ExploGrow and FPJ's @Totemic Does #3 (The slow poke) look nutrient locked out?

Hi all, better late than never hehe, been a bit crazy with work atm. So I tried out some foliar microbes and one of the plants didn't take too kindly to it. Seems like a burn to me. The 2nd pic is the leader in size and the 3rd just coming along. Sent from my SM-A715F using Tapatalk

This is the tools I am going to be using in the Grow-Off: For the seeding and vegetative stage, I use the following supplements: Fabric Pots filled with a mixture of Coco Peak, Perlite and Vermiculite Grow Medium is buffered with Calcium and pH of 6.2 Grow Medium had been amended with Fulvic Acid, Humic Acid and Kelp Extract. Green House Feeding Grow will be used during the Veg-stage for the basic NPK and micronutrients. pH Pen / Tester calibrated before use PPM Pen / Tester calibrated before use. Light source LED: Specs: · CREE CXB 3590, 3500K x3, 4000K x 3 · Meanwell HLG – 240 – 1400B Driver x 2 · Driver is dimmable 23W to 586W VPD will controlled by the following: · Humidifier will be used to control humidity. · Fan will be used to create airflow and control leave temperature · Hygrometer will be used to ensure humidity and temperature is correct and VPD can be calculated.

Hi guys Hoping for an opportunity to learn from the gurus! Been growing for a few months. I converted a garden shed into a grow room. Built my new 2nd shed and fitted out the internals after a lot of lessons learnt from mistakes with shed 1. Learning every day but struggling with WPM (I suspect set up issues) New shed: Timber structure Sealed top to bottom Rockwool cavity batts in walls Drywall Chipboard 2x Samsung 220W LED’S 8x LED T5’s 8” Extraction Fan 2x 6” active intake 6” Carbon Filter 4x 300mm Oscillating fans 2x RAM 180mm fans 2x 230mm floor standing oscillating fans 1x Meaco 12L Humidifier 1x Jetair 9000 BTU Aircon I recently messed up timing with a perpetual grow & landed up having to flip to flower in the new shed. Long story short, leaves are all over each other and a most likely cause of the current PM issue (beginning stage) Does anyone have any proven method of 1. Stopping PM in progress. 2, changes they made to the environment to prevent PM? Sorry for the lengthy post Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I've since discovered that of the clones received, I got both those companies clones, and now the weekend, was given another clone from a seed popped locally. Very excited to see what comes of them.

Seeds are chilling in a luke warm bath

theres 2 there. the ones not in the blue circle are 160l totes that i put about 60-80l and the one for the Red Mandarine is in a 110l tote, that i put roughly 60-80l in drill a few drainage holes underneath...use the lid as a runoff tray... and Bobs my aunty and Fannys my uncle

I've learnt that when I feel my spirit damping it's due to me looking at my neighbours plate of food, instead of being thankful for having one in front of me. If we focus on our own plate, we fulfill our own hunger. But by looking at the neighbours plate of food, we only become more hungry for what he's having.

so... iv been thinking of your plants name and i cant shake the thought of Neo's spirit growing within the youngin!! but then i overthink and am like...wait...Neo is a boy... so this plant needs to be named Trinity.... which is quite ironic seeing that shes the only one out of the three you started with hehehe

nice man!! all three up and going... i would avoid spraying anything on the babies until their stem strengthens up and root system has developed a little more.

yea man it was a life saver for me as well... i was going the sterile route, but i knew very little about how to keep things sterile, and its not at all easy for a home grower, growing on the home growers budget ...and so i fucked it up and got the dreaded brown snot slime (cyanobacteria) and literally nearly packed up my grow shit and stopped growing, i was 3 days from quitting when i came across a tea recipe called Heisenberg's compost tea... sourced all the ingredients locally, made the tea,...and in 3 days after application into my res, i had new white happy roots growing in my water...i couldnt believe my eyes!! and so my growing vigor and enthusiasm resumed! the 2 most important ingredients in the tea were the mycos(great white) and the bacilli's bacteria genes(ancient forest compost) ...the rest were just additional sources for diversity or foods for the microbes. so eventually i made teas less frequently and just added regular doses of those 2 main ingredients and shit seemd great haha.

seems we can see which method is more advantageous here... i planted my beans directly into my meduim, hoping they get to grips very fast. but keen to see if this way is perhaps safer

I was wondering about adding the mycoroot to the res, didn't want to take a chance but I'll definitely give that a bash now. I normally change every +/-10 days so stretching that to 14 days would be easy. Thanks for that

Yeah some guys plants could break ones spirit.. And we haven't even started yet..

I am sure they will be beasts once the go into the grow bed. Will transplant as soon as the 3rd set of leaves push.

I do use silica, off the top of my head, Basalt, and barley would be a substantial part of my input, then Diatoms I used to add in the beginning, and have since stopped as I feel it may inhibit microbial activity if over used, similiar situation with the neem... However the two are known for creating a overall healthier rhizoshpere due to its ability to keep pathogens in check. Works well in both forms. I've recently added more than the usual basalt into my mix and happy with the results. Dou you use it... not a question, its quite an essential element, but only one of the many many pieces of the puzzle.

Fok, this thread is banging. Maybe start a new topic on this and we can debate it?

The transition to the big tote

Either its organic, or its not. There is no in between.

Oxymoron

If we debate what's organic or not well be diving very deep into each bottled nutrient and additive. I've seen the Americans create 50 page threads in one night on this debate, which turns more into argument end of day. My opinion is that I use nutrients that we make ourselves as far as possible, and Silica I've been using for 4+years same bottle and haven't had any I'll effect from it. - I stopped reading up on things and now just learn with trial and error, too many opinions* and faulty tweakers online.

Yep potassium silicate, derived from potassium salts. Well there's a few ways to make it. But OMRI says it is organic. Most certainly is not.

Liquid silica, is best and most used in organic, as a foliage spray only. Helps with PM and keeping the leaves free of pests. But it's not for the vein walls of the plant doing it this way, and liquid isn't a organic soil additive.

When did you start feeding silica?

I try and spray only after lights have been on for a good 5-7hours... If I spray before they end up getting burnt

Just put the 3 Tortoni seeds into soil, hopefully they pop super quick.

These seedlings are definitely some of the fastest. Very nice!

The Ladies is in the tent