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So they were flattened the fan and needed some help. They are looking good though. strong.

Close ups of the little weedlings.. Nr 3 coucht up with 2 quicker than antisipated and I'm now glad for keeping her going..

Naaaaa ^^ let them grow a bit ^^ They responded well to the increase of light.. i decided to increase it again a bit. 26 May 535 micromole PAR Dang.. forgot .. 75cm distance to the Plant

So, Got my girls some explogro last night - 5ml into 600ml water ph 6.0 Looks like they responded well as they are bulking up quite nicely.

I struggle to grasp the idea that Seedbanks would refund you for seed that didn't germinate. Why should they? Their side of the deal was complete when you received your order nicely packaged and in good time. The germination process is completely out of their control, how can they be responsible? The cannabis industry is the ONLY instance I've come across where people expect refunds for seeds that didn't germinate under their own conditions. There is no way to look at a healthy potentially viable seed to determine it isn't going to germinate. Seedbank: I'm sending this potential failure to Hardcoregrowerman011 just to fuck with him. Ya, I'll show him. I've said it before on this forum, buying seed is a gamble you take. Suppliers cannot guarantee the outcomes, in fact nothing is guaranteed. The way to get the exact same outcome is to use clones. The CPA... Lol! you are joking, right?

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Day 17 Seeing as I haven't yet given a breakdown of my setup..... It's a fairly straight forward setup with some gear that is getting on a bit now. Veg Tent 1.5 x 1.5 GTHydro tent 250w (early veg) 400w(late veg) MH Bulb 8" Extractor Fan (functioning as active exhaust) Flower Tent 1.5 x 1.5 GTHydro tent 400w(early flower) 600w(late flower) HPS Bulb.... or possibly 2 x 400w HPS throughout 6" Extractor Fan (functioning as passive intake) 40cm Wall Mounted Fan ---------------------------------------------------------- The pic below illustrates how the ventilation process works. The 8" inline fan in the veg tent is exhausting out the tent through a window behind the tent. The 6" inline fan in the flower tent is bringing air into the tent from a different window behind that tent. The tents are then linked with an 8" duct indicated below in the pic. Fortunately, as these tents are two different models, the bottom duct outlets are very close to each other. Keeping the duct short and making it easier for air transfer. When both tents are zipped closed, by pure luck really, a perfect equilibrium is achieved and both tents maintain a steady negative pressure. As the veg tent is sucking air straight from the flower tent, it's ambient temp varies between 1 to 3 degrees higher than the flower tent, when the flower tent's light is on. Which is an added bonus in winter when you want your veg tent to still hold the higher temps.

When you are stuck in Jozi but keep it costal #Braai_Times420

All 3 are peeking out the soil, checking out their options, one in particular more than the others but all in all looks like it's going to be a 3/3 germination here

An update on the babies. I’ve made a few small changes, nothing drastic. Fan and new light installed, gone with a 240w quantum board, in an effort to save on electricity. Eskom are ruthless. They are probably going to get a dash of something nice tomorrow. Possibly microbes, epic and molasses. Continuing on without fish for now. Humidity is around 70% Temp maintaining between 20-24 Dicondrah planted and waiting to sprout

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Every time I do my rounds you've already beaten me to it.

no bad rep for you at all man! but with coco and synthetic nutes - it would then be exactly opposite to what you said. coco is so light and noncompact, that even fully saturated to the point of runoff it has a substantial amount of oxygen in it. the reason that you are supposed to water till run off in coco, is to eliminate the salt build up. From your previous feed, you put in say 500ppm, but not till run off. now you know your meduim has 500ppm of nutes in it.... there is no way in the world any weed plant is going to consume all 500ppm out of the meduim... might only use 100ppm for example, so now when you water again at 500ppm at your next feed, also not till run off... you can expect the ppm of the meduim to go way higher than 500...and thats why you water till runoff in coco. next thing is when the coco dries out... the water is now less than when you watered it...naturally right? with this info, and the info about the plants not eating everything you give them each feed, what you will find is that the PPM starts to rise withing the water to the point the water can no longer hold all the nutes... and those nutes precipitate out of the water and become a salt again. so when you water till runoff, what you are actually doing is pushing out a lot of the high ppm solution and replacing it with fresh nutes at the right ppm level. this doesnt happen to such a great extent in soil and organic nutes as the nutes need to break down before they are available to the plant. So you are correct in saying you are kinda just pissing nutes away... but you are actually pissing away a high ppm solution which is bad for your plants anyways and then you get fertigation, which is constant feeding...and honestly...i have never seen amazing weed like @PsyCLown has grown in fertigation... i think you think coco and soil are similar...were they are in fact nothing alike.

Hi everyone just a quick update: My last seed also popped last Sunday but it seems to me she is struggling, hope she will be ok, other one also a slow grower but the Giraffe is doing fine and already planted in her permanent home yesterday, just added some support for the fragile stem and a small "greenhouse" till she is strong. The soil has been flushed with water a week ago and is still moisty, no nutrients or water up to date but believe she will need some water in the next day or two. Happy growing !!

Awesome idea. I print odds and ends. Busy printing signage for my wifes practice. I have attached some of my work. But a great idea to print stuff for our grows if anything is needed. Here are a few pics of things that I have done along with my setup.

For one of my grow projects I wanted to exhaust my tent to the outside and also pull outside air in. So I removed the glass window and replaced it with 4mm plexiglass, I chose a cloudy plexiglass that only allows 30% light through. I had the plexiglass lasercut to the ducting diameters and also clearance for my bolts. I then drew up and 3D printed the louvers on the one side and the duct attachments on the other.

The girls are all three now almost the same lenth.. Stretchy.. Nr one still has the best wing span though.. I'll have to heat up the room more.. Currently 56RH and 23C during the day but it drops to 15 and RH OF 70 at night..

Try Totemic... Heard great things... Good value for money and it's local fire.. Why wonder if you got the real deal if it's right here under your nose.....

Jooooooh this takes me back. I thought I could get away with a 400W HPS in a 80x80 tent when I first started and that also gave me a big hiding. If you are rolling a 600W I'd go as big as 1.2m x 1.2m with maybe an air-cooled hood/tube.

Whats up man! dont forget you need to update your diary by midnight tonight.

i dono... you should not need any staking on your seedlngs... which means your light is likely not strong enough i would give them more light

god damn,, good thing I moved away from coco then hahah yeah no, I see I see mr. @CreX and thanks for explaining! as I said at the beginning, it's more a question from my side as an organic grower, hopefully I asked something that might have been a problem for others too my understanding was that when you feed/feed/flush you kinda lean on the flush after the two feeds to get rid of the excess. so here's another question, if you guys don't mind? if you feed 1L at 500ppm and the medium goes to 500ppm (just as an example), does this mean if you water same medium with 5L ppm there are more nutes in the medium or about the same amount? because if it's the same amount I don't see any point in mixing 5L of nutes when 1L will do. that's wastefull. but you're saying giving new nutes pushes out old nutes. how does this work? do they signal to the nutes to make way for new ones? to my understanding, the plant can't make use of all 500ppm, like you said, now the medium dries out and can you imagine what happens with synthetic nutes when they dry up on a surface? this is what salt build up is, well to me. this burns the root, causes lock out. when you feed again with 500ppm you feeding a damaged root, it's not taking up nute, nute stays till soil dries out, forms more salt. and then, I also don't see how 1L of feed/feed/flush can lead to salt build up quicker than 5L of feed/feed/feed? that don't make no sence to your Old Uncle Naughty

And remember that watering pushes out old stale air in the medium and sucks in new fresh air . Sent from my Hisense Infinity H50 using Tapatalk

Just my 2cents When I did 50/50 Coco/perlite that has more drainage than just coco (I think) I fed in veg when needed . I use to let it dry out till leaves was drooping and then feel the weight of the pot and then I knew where it doesnt need to be , def keep pot of the ground for fresh air underneath. When plants got bigger and moving into flower I gave 1 Litre per day feed. When EC got to 1,5-2 I flushed with a EC of 1 properly once a week , like 3 litres and slowly so build up can desolve and gets squeezed out properly. The reason I flushed with a lower EC is I read that in some way you shock the plant with no feeds and then again feed and plant needs to adjust and you loose Abit of time....... Made sense to me at the time. Sent from my Hisense Infinity H50 using Tapatalk

I got the seeds from the Pacific Seed Bank.. like the fake Charlottes Web. Never heard of "black" Pineapple... not sure what they send me for the freebees. Tent doesn't drop below 19, at no time.. interesting plant.. rather skeptical it will have a Pineapple smoking flavor Also very Sativa oriented.. the other "Pineapple Express" are not. I take that Seed Bank off my list for sure.. Canadian.

Thank you all for the helpful advice and discussion. From here on, this is what I'll be doing: 1. Lifting the pot off the ground so that it doesn't sit in any runoff. 2. Reduce the amount that I water to 4L at a time. 3. Gauging whether to water or not by lifting the pot and weighing it + using the first few cm of my finger to check if the top layer of soil is dry 4. Would you guys recommend watering with plain pH'd water every 2nd or 3rd feed? From the sounds of things, this is a good idea to prevent salt/nutrient build up around the roots. I've never done this and my plants never showed any signs of stress that could be related to salt buildup, by my standards at least. That may be true but it might not have been optimal even if there were no signs of stress and I don't want my plants to be acceptable, I want them to be exceptional, which is why I'm talking to people who know better than me Also, would it be okay to update this thread in a couple weeks, after we can see some potential changes? I don't know if I need to go to a different section or something.

Such a good idea with the heated bed, can’t believe I haven’t been doing that with mine

Is not a good idea to let the pot stand in run off for over 5 hours. Empty and clean the tray if needed. Lifting the pot will tell you if you need to feed.. no guessing, what is the really helpful part When you can talk "plant" and can ask her if she needs water.. best way.. but if you do not let the root dry up in regular intervals, they become weaker and your plant more stressed. You have to fear overwatering.. it takes a really dry pot to let them hang their leaves.. but just 10 mins after watering, they will be back to normal. If you swamped your roots.. that will take a lot longer to fix, days to weeks. Fear overwatering not underwatering. Addon I give my 22L fabric pots 2L per feeding. Usually takes 2 days till they need again.

All 3 little guys sank so this morning I dipped them in 401 and put them into peat pellets. I set put my 3D printer's heated bed on to 30deg and put my dome on top, hoping to get a temp of +/-25-27deg in the dome, so I'll adjust every now and then as needed.

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

Anyone out there with a 3D printer? Man these tools are cool for bringing an idea to life. I know @ChefDylan and @Pants are creating some cool shit. Thought I'd create a thread to see what everyone else is doing with their toys and what 3D printer they're using. Coming from an engineering background my makes are more problem solving whereas other makes might be more on the creative side, doing figurines and chess sets etc. So what's on your printer bed and have you printed anything that could be useful for our grows, maybe we can share stl files (is that allowed?) or maybe I can help out with CAD for an idea, who knows, let's chat...

Week 3 - Day 19(26/05/2021) Starting to see some new growth but definitely not as fast as i'd like. Also starting to see some signs of stress on the leaves of the plants. Humidy kept between 60 and 70% Temps between 23 and 28 degrees. Seed 1 EHG-COCO: Realised that i did not measure runoff since transplanting and watering. Proceeded to water with plain water PH'd to 6.0. Runoff was measured at 6.5PH and 0.9EC. Way too high. Thinking this is my reason for slow growth. Stupid mistake to make Completely flushed coco in pot with TAP Water. Washed again with PH'd water until runoff was of PH 6.0 Rewatered with EHG Nutrients with PH of 6.0 and EC of 0.5, Biodyne added to nutrients Runoff measured to PH of 6.1 and EC of 0.3 Seed 2 HORTIMIX-COCO: Realised that i did not measure runoff since transplanting and watering. Proceeded to water with plain water PH'd to 6.0. Runoff was measured at 6.6PH and 0.8EC. Way too high. Thinking this is my reason for slow growth. Stupid mistake to make Completely flushed coco in pot with TAP Water. Washed again with PH'd water until runoff was of PH 6.0 Rewatered with HORTIMIX Nutrients with PH of 5.9 and EC of 0.4, Biodyne added to nutrients Runoff measured to PH of 6.0 and EC of 0.3 Seed 3 HORTIMIX-DWC Measured PH to be 6.5 and EC to be 0.4. Thinking PH here was definitely my reason for slow growth and yellowing of leaves. Added 4 drops of PH down. Measured PH to be 6.0 and EC to be 0.4. Also noticed water level dropped abit. So added 2L of HORTIMIX Nutrients with PH of 5.9 and EC of 0.4 Measured PH to be 6.0 and EC to be 0.4. Looking forward to better growth in the coming week. This is their current state.

Can make a plan to get you more seeds if you want. Let me know if you want to. Will just need to cover the courier

Sorry to jump in here; I understand perfectly what you are saying and I also need to adjust my feeding method. What is happening when you water every 2nd day, and the feed/water drains out of coco immediately? Some strains obviously need more water but i have a few that when they are due for a feed, i would say i can feed only 500ml before seeing runoff at which point I stop as I don't want the roots sitting in water Conversely, when a plant seems like it isn't absorbing any water (bag is still heavy after 2/3 days and a feed of 1L) would that be a good time to flush? (Florakleen)

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Ya they are particularly powerful grow lights and offer the best spectrum. This is the 3500 with far red. Maybe it will help my plants finish quicker.

whats up man! Dont forget that you need to update your diary before tomorrow night!

Hi everyone. Sorry for not contacting. Its all shame. So I sprouted my seeds. 2 out of 3 made it. Very proud of it because I didnt follow my normal paper towel method. Gave it 3 days to settle and a comedy of errors started. 600watt HPS will kill anything in a 80cm x 80cm tent. I resently harvested some Zkittlez and had a whiskey. I was not very present to start a Hps light! I installed the light and checked it. At full speed I lost both eyeballs looking into the tent. Pissed of my cat who sat next to me and got a tan. Bloody hell!!!! All that power for R1900!!!!! Im buying a 5x5. Worry about the electricity later. Next day I bought my cat some treats and I think Im forgiven. Got drunk to get courage to go into the tent again. Basicly I got a seen straight out of the Karoo. So Im out but not defeated. Will buy some more seeds and compete in spirit. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Sprayed a clear coat at the end

That iron man mask looks sweet, did you use one of those coatings to get that smooth finish?

It's been my 2nd year using liquid silica in my outdoor autopots. I'm using the silica plus from hydroponic.co.za at 20ml/150l Pros: Far fewer bugs. I had a few locusts, but they didnt do any noticable damage, so I left them. I didnt have to use any insecticides. Slightly faster growth, probably because I was also able to use slightly higher nutrient levels without burning them. The plants can handle the wind better & can bend more before breaking. Helpful if you're doing a scrog. Previous years I've had plants snapped in half. Cons: Silica can come out of solution. I've had clogged valves a few times. I'll switch to the bigger valves for next year's run. PH testing is critical & using PH up is a big nono, it will cause the silica to drop out immediately & you get the dreaded white cloud. It helps against mildew & mold, but only up until mid flower when the plant is maybe weaker. Just my 2c. I'm still relatively new to using silica. The Bay11 I grew last year had huge tight nugs. That could have been several factors, but the previous grow had severe mildew & molding the buds. I lost 90% of that one... Sent from my SM-N950F using Tapatalk

Day 5 of Week 3 Update They got nothing at all ^^ Video 25 - 26 May

Nice looking labels :)

Lekker high jack. Got a little wanhao i3 mini. Picked it up for R2k. Mostly dnd miniatures and bonsai pots lately. Replacement dustbin peg helped a lot. Did a minecraft chess set that actually sold to someone famous. [emoji12] Bed can only do 10cm cube. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

you sure its humic and not fulvic?

Nice one bud... Glad you still here..

The Ladies is in the tent

I bought from Budbuddies on their 420 sale , got 2 packs of seeds one pack said get 2 fem seeds free. Recieved my parcel with only the 2 packs contacted them via Facebook on friday I got a unexpected parcel... 3 fem green crack seeds , lighter and some rolling papers.