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Day 45 The decline continued since my last update. As I'm sure many could see was gonna be the case. This is definitely the last time I grow in plastic pots beyond the seedling stage. That, and I need to sort out my potting regime. I keep underestimating root growth and allowing the plants to get root bound (see below) as a result the plants look like shite now. It's still manageable at this stage though and if this new soil doesn't incinerate these plants I'll see them bounce back nicely. I went ahead and repotted into 40L fabric pots yesterday afternoon. A few days to settle into the new pots and I'll start some training

And the male has been cut down, given a good neem spray and back to veg he goes to reveg.

These guys with their monster bushes, pfffft Just finished the training on The One, probably the most effort I've ever spent on training a single plant she's looking nice and level, kinda reminds me of umbrella thorn trees. So now I am thinking of when to flip and the final shape of the plant. Basically a week until the flip deadline so thinking of just going right until the end.

The Geloto from @Prom is really a stand out plant.. Awesome terpene profile and nice and frosty..

Day 7 Week 7 Update Had not much time.. just made the picture ^^ (and notice 2 hours later.. I haven't pressed send either

Well my fellow growmies... Seems assif Covid will force us to hone our skills further... The deed was done.. I potted up to my planned final pot but I fear it was a bit early as the root development was far weaker that I antisipated.. This might come back and bite me but so I learn.. No1 was put in a Super Frass FF PC and DE mix.. Nr 2&3 in a FF PC with some DE, Rock phosphate and Calcium phosphate mix.. They were droopy since the last watering and that was part of the reason why I decided to pot up.. But as you can see there were allot of space for more root development. Part of my issue here I think is wrong watering technique.. I gave them a good soak afterwards but never before have I been nervious when doing a pot up and today I was... They bounced back quick.. Not realy want to do any of my torture chamber routines on them as I can not afford to loose vege time.. I will see how they do and maybe do some HST & LST next week Tuesday to have them recover before the flip on Saturday the 3rd.. Enjoy the weekend and stay safe.

We will get him there my brother. @Wayne502 succeeds, we succeed.

what strain are you running to get the 800g yeild? who do you know of that is getting 800g in that space so that you think you will also be able to reach that? it sounds like you have some grow knowledge, or spend time with peeps who have the grow knowledge. but 800g in that space is pretty much pro level...a better goal for a noobie as you say you are is around 400g

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I could fit another 6 plants in this setup, maybe even push a kilo.. This is probably going to be the next grow diary after I'm done with selecting my Tortoni F1. Pushing kilos baby.

@Wayne502 Welcome! Firstly, let's start using meters as we're in South Africa and it's just simpler that way. 1.2m x 1.2m tent, the height would typically be 2m but 6 feet works out to 1.8m? That extra 20cm makes a big difference if you want to run HID lights. For LED's not as much of an issue or concern. Lets first start with what you want to achieve and what you restrictions are. You want to try get a yield of 800g - many ways to achieve this. What is your restriction? Money for the initial setup? Space for tents / plants? What are you trying to achieve? 800g from the smallest space possible or can you consider a larger space to fit more plants? In a 1.2m x 1.2m tent, stick 2x 240W Quantum Boards inside for a total of 480W of LED power and you're good to go. With this lighting you should be able to achieve 600 to 800g dry, but other factors need to be taken into consideration. Environment, strain, plant size etc. etc. In terms of air circulation for inside the tent, a single 30cm box fan should suffice with the louvre turned on. Hang it from the top of the tent facing downwards. You can get away with a simple extraction fan to exhaust air out of the tent, dangle some ducting for passive airintake. 6" extraction fan is more than sufficient for such a space. You could likely get away with a 4" extraction fan if running LED's and no carbon filter. I would advise against HID's due to the heat, you want extra height as well and to keep everything cool is a mission and often leads to issues or one requiring to spend more money - especially in summer. Also the bulbs need to be replaced every now and then as well which is an additional cost.

I think don't LST, the time left till flip and end of comp won't allow them to get much bigger even if you grow a christmas tree shape. LST will only set you back another day or two

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Okay! Definitely one plant is more exuberant than the other, no matter... I have trimmed off some more lower fan leaves and ones that go inward to the plant to expose lower growth. Some stems seemed to grow a bit faster than others, these I have pinched and rolled to slow down the growth for a few days to let the shorter stems catch up. Plants are happy and are not displaying any signs of stress or issues, it is smooth sailing for now Only 10 days left for them to do their things! They will be considerably smaller than other plants I usually put into flower, but I am hoping for the best, juiciest, most succulent flowers come harvest time

Hi guys, new to growing, looking to run 12 plants in 12 litre pots under a 1000w hps in a 4x4x6 tent aiming for a yield of 800g+ if possible, idk what to expect, any input would be appreciated, question is, with an air cooled reflector and 6 inch fan pushing air through the hood with a mini DIY cooler box filled with ice and a computer fan directing cold air through the 6 inch fan ducting be sufficient at cooling the 1000w hps light? Trying to save cost on electricity by eliminating the need of an AC unit

I grow in a 1.2m tent and my limit is 600g of dried trimmed buds can't see how I will get more than 600g ever.

Got about 800g myself using a 1.2x2.4m tent and 3 x 240W QB LED. 12 plants, 17L fabric pots, coco perlite 70/30, GHE nutrients. Seed to smoke roughly 3 months. Proof

I have not tried this, heard of people doing 12 / 12 from seed, however I feel everything will need to be on point in order to get a good yield. One mistake and it's tickets to your yield.

Growing beautifully now. Im so far behind Im gonna treat them like autoflowers and LST. No topping. Lessons learned and will be stronger for next years growoff.[emoji123][emoji123] Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

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Day 40 10 days to flip. Today they got watered with a light dose of blackstrap molasses introduced for the first time. 1 week of growth (minus me removing the odd fan leaf). I've been pressing the branches downwards by hand to try develop a more flat+even surface for light to land.

Yeah man, I consider my space dialed in, and I still average just over 500g in 1.2x1.2 To the OP, Double your space to 1.2x2.4.... Half your wattage by dropping the HID, and run 720w of Led in the double space. Then you are going to hit your 800g+ mark.

I believe in you, Doctor

The dry yield could be improved in such a space too, add another 240W QB and maybe tweak a few more things. Although far more easier to achieve in a larger space obviously.

Flipping close

Very similar to what I was saying, just reverse in a sense and leaves air pockets or uneven watering. Like having air pockets, or even similar to like having root damage, from or similar to air pruning but non intentionally, by having air in the mix or uneven watering and dry spots.

It never went full yellow(sorry I confused the matter) just the edges of the leaves but went super bright yellow. Beautiful colour actually

Have you noticed any fungus gnats?

Morning growmies.. These little weedlings are showing some vigour.. Had a verry good germination rate and of the lot only one Grape gorilla have not sprouted.. All the pots with two seedlings are the DQ and SxDQ regulars. When sexed cuttings will be made and made available to forum members as gifts..

Damnit I keep missing these. Two reasons. One: finally managed to get an app that can take better photos without the disco effect. Still blurry as I can’t keep my hand still, will set up the tripod asap. Two: something is seriously stunting these girls. Little growth means little change so I keep forgetting to update. Enough excuses, here’s the ladies. Been getting microbes, calmag and rainwater. #1. Don’t think the FIM took. So just lst as the top grows out again. #2. She’s catching up to her sisters. #3. Strongest grower but tip burn? From orgasoilux and calmag? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Very nicely done.. If you top your plant and take a cutting, they'll be the size my plants are now..

This week I've caused some more tip burn and clawing. It's either the salty coco, or too much Nitrogen.  Everything has been sprayed quite heavily over the last couple of weeks. I don't increase the dosage of neem and garlic, but I increase the frequency to every 3 days, when the bugs are around. I find that a spray of fish mix (1-2 ml) helps with the bugs, but that could've also caused the problem with the burnt tips. When things get all out of whack then I just give plain water and half a teaspoon of gypsum. I took all the raddish out and removed any rotting debris from the pots. The big Buddha cheese girls came out for a hair cut and inspection. 3 distinct phenos and they all smell strong, when I rubbed them. With Mycorootno mycoroot Once they hit the top of the canes (1.2 m) I will start flowering.

Next level shit right there...

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Day 6 Week 7 Update I sorted the branches after the picture, rest the same, no feeding.

DAY 35 Sins there is about a week or 2 left or less before the flip to flower I have decided to take a chance and repot 2 of my gals. Hope the gamble plays off, didn't look like they had any shock during the re-potting, the Velcro makes it very easy to trance plant them Added about 10L of coco to the new pot (ph/nut), buff for the new soil to match as closely as possible to existing media to prevent fluctuations and shock. Haha there first time being outside Back in there tent happy again

So got medicated and when I checked again a fim 2 tops were done and it wasn't planned.. Side view of the little girls..

My first 'proper' run in my 1,2x1,2x2m tent and I managed to get 240g of dried trimmed buds and about 100g popcorn. Only have a 420w. Your conditions are going to have to be on point.

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ooof.... that way you gona get 20g per plant.... you will need to double space, max out the room, bud sights from corner to corner, if you wana aim for 800g

Ye plan on growing some green crack photoperiods, sativa dominant, 1 month veg or either 12/12 from seed

you also have to replace bulbs and ballasts too, loose light intensity after first grow... pffs I thank the higher power every day I started growing after the age of the HID, seems like a headache to work with compared to the LEDs. I would highly suggest LED over HID, specially with the modern tech we have.

You can achieve 800g by doubling your space, or more even, but then you gotta go toward 1000 True Watts. also double pot size. 20L minimum and GGG refered to airflow, you gona need 3 or 4 circulation fans in that space and a 15cm inline fan for extraction, could go bigger (20cm) then run it on low and have the fan last twice as long.

Well well she hermied.. Had this feeling from the start but just had to try.. So compost it will become.. Ne real smell to her.. Close to "parkie gras".. and absolute no stickyness to the touch.. Be gone...

16 sq ft total, ye i thought as much, as im new to growing im looking at what to get, came up with that playing around with ideas, but my aim is for 800g yield, i looked at running x2 bestva dc 2000w with a true draw of 390 each, 790w total draw..but uncertain whether it would get me to 800g vs running HPS

what's up! @Wayne502 4x4x6 what? meters or foot? with a 1000w HID I sure hope it's not foot, or you gona make toast. struggling to think that it's meters cause a 6m high room is a bit much also the DIY option you got in mind will not help you. you gona create fog with ice and a fan, that will damage the light if it blows through it. also you gona need a TON of ice and legwork to keep the ice icey, so much so that it will quickly become impractical. are these the resources you have to work with or are you looking at what to get?

I have not but I will do a check again today. I've been using Blumats for about 2 weeks now aswel but noticed it before the Blumat.

The 4 as they are right now.

Yip just went from 8 to 18 don’t know if if it was really necessary but figured why not [emoji848][emoji51] Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk