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Day 33 of flower. 37 to go. I hope may push them to 77 days at this rate.

They are cruising along beautifully now, just slowly feeding home made inputs that my friend @anotherzolkop (Instagram only atm) made for us. Finally figured out my camera settings as well, super crisp pictures to come from now on!

Day 2 of Week 13 Update They got nothing ^^ Tarryn Sisa

Week 10 Update / Flower Week 4 It has been a joy opening the tent every day to find something new. It also really cool to see that all 3 plants are very different. The hydro girls They love to eat and drink, they're loving their EC a little higher now during flower between 1.8-2 seems to be golden. Anything less and they go pale green, anything more and the tips burn a little. These plants grow like crazy, thick thick stems with older fans much bigger than my hand. Ms Organic Classic and dainty, she grows out perfectly with beautiful buds. If she were a person she'd be calm, collected and walk with class and grace. Some pics: Tent view: Bud close ups showing the different expressions: T1 - Back right: T2 - Back left T3 - Front left

Banana 1 week hanging, storage room goes dark, rh50-60%, temperatures in there go from 17 to 25°C Canopy now, the banana took quite a lot of space Zkittle 1, signs of fade coming on with a bit of nute burn Zkittle 2, quite a bit of fade on lower part of plant already, haven't looked at trichomes, will probably do so during the week. Zkittle 3, absolutely no fade yet, instead she's turning a little purple and like I said, small buds but best smells coming from her out of the 3. Super Lemon OG, also started to fade over the weekend.

Update: recovering nicely an pleasantly surprised. Did some cropping and a watering and will leave them there until Wednesday and give them a feeding of some nutrients and molasses. For now, just pleasedthey are pulling through. I did however lose a few branches here and there but better than the whole crop.

Update for day 62. I harvested the GZ on day 60. The plan was to let the medium dry out then do 48 hours of darkness, but she was completely done drinking a week ago I think, it took 5 days before I felt any difference in the weight of the pot. So I think she kinda died and I should've harvested on day 56 instead of giving it the final flush. The sad root ball in the pic below explains the stunted growth, it basically grew in 2 litres of soil, inside another 15 litres. I'm guessing this strain's roots are just more sensitive to colder temps, and/or sensitive to over watering and soil compacting. Next time I will add a little more perlite and not water so much immediately after a transplant. Funny because the LC received the exact same over watering and cold temps and seems to be 100%. I guess that's where the real experience and art of growing comes in, knowing why, when and how to deviate from the textbook. I'm paranoid about losing the harvest to mold or rot because ambient room humidity in the cape right now is 75-80%. So I have them hanging in a dark bathroom right next to a slightly open window and there is a desk fan in the corner making sure there is no time for one mold spore to settle! (fan is not blowing directly on the buds, but they do sway in the wind slightly) Franco's Lemon Cheese is coming along nicely. I don't get much lemon smell at all, there's a little bit of fruitiness but mostly just sweet, earthy, CHEESE. From what I've read this strain usually goes well past the breeder's minimum of 9 weeks. But maybe because of the cold and this pheno leaning towards the cheese/skunk side it might finish asap? My total noob guess is that harvest is 4-5 days away, which will be the middle of week 10. I know the best way to tell is to look at magnified trichomes but I don't have one of those loupe things and budget is tight as usual. I appreciate any advice that can be given here, based off these shitty pics. (already bad quality then it gets compressed again when uploaded) Bottom buds, these are very soft and squeezable still. Apologies again for the kak pics.

Yeah that was my main reasoning for crossing in the chocolate Gelato that is very compact... To reduce the stretch. I was only expecting Gelato terp profiles with the F2 seeds I've just harvested, but was surprised that the gelato terp profile dominates more frequently at the F1s already.

Took the cut tonight

Is one of those fertilizers.. they do all perfect Page itself recommends to use it as foilar feed.. the content of the product MULTIGRO contains nitrogen, phosphorous, potassium, sulphur, magnesium, iron, copper, zinc, manganese, boron and molybdenum. Is very much open to all possible fuckups.. i don't think is magnesium.. as the product he gave contains it. Ph might be bye bye.. I would suggest to flush the stuff out and use a proper cannabis fertilizer.. where you know what ratio of NPK you actually give the plant. They don't even give any ratio on the website, what is inside but not how much of each.. this fertilizer is a no go zone for Cannabis.. to much guessing involved my 5 cent to the issue

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got a compliment from Qure and the Futurama guys.. had the small slab with.. but machine refused to give a test result.. concentrates.. not hash. But they use the same testing method as CanaBliss (photo spectroscopy, just a Humbold machine, not the Israeli version, also 4 times the price of the machine Canabill uses.. way way faster in giving results).. and confirmed, the results fit, you just get way less information compared to a proper laboratory test. The ranking list is still the top around 21.xx% (I think was 03, CanaBliss was 20.something last time i was there).. ^^ seems to be the limit SA growers can pack out.. come on boys and girls.. we can reach 25%... show meeeeeeee!

I'm in too.. give the lid a squeeze to pop it off easy.

And the winner is Canna Pro Amino Boost Harvest difference was very slim, 1.5g ahead of the Bio Heaven Potency difference was also very small but both times Amino Boost won. One pair had 0.2% more potency and other pair 0.7% stronger then Bio Heaven Bio Heaven is not as good as Amino Boost... but a lot more expensive... A LOT!!! Get yourself a bottle of Canna Pro Amino Boost.... those 150 rand are very well invested!! Just replace the Bio Heaven with Amino Boost and use exactly the same way. I didnt do any Ph on the full grow with FF green bag soil.

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4 week mark, this competition is flying by. The girls got a hefty feed, 1 tsp molasses, fulvic extract, aminos, microbes & full dose kelpak, they starting to yellow out on the bottom growth, slightly on the smaller 2, quite a bit on the big girl. The plant in the back has been pulled apart for more penetration. I’ll be doing a fish 1ml per liter + 1/2 tsp Epsom, every Wednesday from today onwards, additional to my usual feed

They will be moved outdoors in about a week.. Need to finish up a little greenhouse/ nethouse for them.. There is just no space indoors and this will form part of their torture to see what they do.. There is excactly one weeks difference between the larger one and the other 2..

That looks like what the 10 days of flower would have done. Those are all calyxes from what I can see, and not balls if you are concerned. Just stick to the veg cycle until you are ready to flip

ordered the biobizz pack

Ok cool, I will give it the last flush today and aim to harvest towards the end of week 10. Thanks @PsyCLown

Looking good. That crazy stretch happens to a lot of the in house strains I've grown, including the slurricane. Keen to see the bud once it's fully developed. Sent from my Redmi Note 7 Pro using Tapatalk

Without seeing the trichomes colours, it's near impossible to say whether they're ready or not. How long ago since all the pistils were white? When did the bud stop fattening up? Usually around 3 weeks to go after the above happens (pistils are no longer white and the bud is finished fattening up). At this point its just a waiting game as the trichomes need to mature and this stage plays one of the biggest roles in determine what type of effects you're going to get. Too early can feel less potent, make one paranoid, wake up groggy the next morning etc. Sent from my Redmi Note 7 Pro using Tapatalk

Im getting the graphs from Switchbot app on my phone... Switchbot hydrometer - via Bluetooth can sync to your phone. Runs on batteries. https://www.geewiz.co.za/smart-home-accessories/122389-switchbot-thermometer-hygrometer-wireless-temperature-humidity-sensor-with-home-assistant.html Some say I'm lazy, I say I'm an effort efficiency freak. So in order to monitor remotely beyond Bluetooth range... the sensor syncs to cloud and therefore also to the app on my phone by connecting the sensor to this hub - https://www.geewiz.co.za/smart-home-accessories/108860-switchbot-hub-mini-smart-remote-works-with-alexa-google-home-siri-ifttt-.html I'm not sure this is the best or most cost effective solution to tick those boxes if that's all you want but a factor in why I went this route was because the bigger plan is to get one of these to switch the heater on based on temp+humidity sensor readings. https://www.geewiz.co.za/smart-home-accessories/107823-switchbot-wifi-smart-switch-button.html I find it fun to play with automation gadgets like this so when there is an opportunity to incorporate it into my grow then even better. It is however rather reassuring to be able to go away for a bit and by the power of WiFi cams and sensors I can be confident from anywhere with signal that my experiment in the garage hasn't burnt the house down [emoji119] Its the small things you know. Can also give instructions to your plant-babysitters from your phone through the WiFi cam if you are a control freak like that [emoji14] Sorry for the product links if that's not allowed, promise I have no commercial interests with Switchbot or Geewiz [emoji3] Sent from my SM-G998B using Tapatalk

Oh wow. You can definately see there is different pheno's in there. Mime all look pretty much the same.

Just an update on this topic. I've been using these 50watt floodlights in a small vegging tent and seems to be doing the job wonderfully. Many plants have passed by under these lights. I haven't changed them for almost a year now. Also added some cheap led bars to the top of the veg tent keeping the mothers happy. These lights would be a great alternative to anyone starting a grow and looking for cheap veg lights. They're also easy to wire up.

Update: Week 5 of flower The plants are getting pretty big now. Flowers are starting to come along as well. I'll try get a few pics of these two outside in the sun tomorrow morning if possible. Hard to see the full plants like this

July 23 - 30: They got freshly caught rain water this week. Nothing added. From this camera (above), left to right: #1, #3, #2. 31 July. 4 weeks into 12/12 Won't lie I get quite excited to peek into the tent when lights come on so frosty ❄ Purple shades continue to appear on the leaves across #2 however I'm not seeing any clear signs of distress and buds are developing so gonna let it play out and see what happens with that. From front on, left to right: #2, #3, #1 Look over here, no I mean over here: Last few days humidity has been spiking a bit high for my liking when lights go off. Going to setup the heater outside the tent but near the air intake to raise temps and lower humidity a bit but not risk proximity to the heater being as much of a threat as inside the tent. Thinking of transferring one of the Tortoni clones outdoor when sun comes round and target a 200L pot by end of the year... proper Chistmas tree... who wants to see it grow-diaried here on the forum? I took clones from #1 and #3... I've never tried anything beyond 80L, nevermind a 200L pot before but keen to grow a monster or go grey trying.

Good old Jo. I wonder what he is up to. I believe bongalong has new owners? Sorry for opening up an old topic, but how is this for luck. Saw some smoke coming from a neighbours abandoned house, went to go investigate, not to sure who started the blaze, but threw some sand over it and was looking at all the trash that the mad mutt left lying around and guess what i found. A bongalong v1 in great condition. Thank you very much.

Cool. Thanks. Wasn't concerned about being male, I've spent the last year learning to 'spot the male' and pretty good now. Was concerned all the stress I've put the girls through was doing something else. Really want to flip again but I'll give it another week and decide. Sent from my DRA-LX5 using Tapatalk

Yeah, getting something to see the trichomes is a must I feel. 60 days is a really quick flower. I'd say leave until week 10 as this is more average for most strains. Sent from my Redmi Note 7 Pro using Tapatalk

what's up Hooper, the way they curling there seems to be more canoeing and only little bit of clawing. The two differ a bit in that the canoeing is a signal of either heat and/or low RH stress or the onset of Magnesium deficiency. Clawing will begin in the early stages of Nitrogen toxicity. You got bit of both aswell as slight discoloration on the leaves. I haven't used any ecobuz products, had a quick look at the multigrow and I see 5ml product to 5L water is recommended dose, so that shouldn't be the problem. First two questions I have for you, you got a ph pen? You got a ppm pen? Can help us a lot right now. If not, you gona have to tell us more. Cause it may be heat stress, what are your temps mornings, noons and nights? What medium? What feeding regime? What foliar regime? You got other plants of same genetics growing there aswell?

Decided to give the full Canna Pro range a go and compare it with BioBizz.. will pick up a set (Mega 3 bottle set and Silicone additional to the Amino Boost) this coming week.. and might just let them compete with a batch of Lemon OG Haze I run from Nirvana anyhow. Local product... rather cool still have a smile on my face from the cost reduction to kick Bio Heaven out of the cabinet

One of my major concerns with my Autopot watering system is that the top layer of coco is always dry. You read all about how bad it is for coco to dry out, yet Autopot doesn’t recommend top watering in Autopots because they are a bottom-up wicking system, and salts that concentrate in the upper strata are best not flushed downwards towards the root zone. Each 11 litre pot has an air dome to feed air to the root zone. The air dome gets partially buried in clay pebbles between 2.5 and 5cm deep. Then the rest is the medium, in my case Freedom farms F1 which is a craft “soil”, mostly coco perlite with some amendments. Anyway after my last grow I carefully lifted the medium out of one of the pots for some analysis. Here are some pics: This is a side view. The pot had been out of the watering tray for a couple of days, so may have dried out a bit already. Nevertheless you can see three distinct zones, the dry top, the middle being moist coco, and then the bottom layer which is almost always permanently in feed water, this layer is dominated by wet clay pebbles and roots. This is what happens inside the air dome. The roots are almost in a deep water culture here, almost always submerged in liquid with air bubbles from an air pump. Here you see the bottom of the pot with the air dome still in place. I have to say this system seems to work. There is a healthy root mass and surely that’s what matters most. A last fun pic. See how the stem has grown out of the jiffy pellet.

I'm on my first run with autopots. Only the surface of my soil is dry but 2cm in its moist. I don't use airdomes

i use Coco, i dont recommend using soil with autopots (altho you can)

So found a spot or two of WPM. My own fault as with the electricity installation and swop around in the dungeon, I haven’t put the extractor fan onto the flower box. The vegging plants are fine. Off for more h2o2 then. #1 The runt #2 still vegging. Need a cleanup. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Beautiful on 4 weeks [emoji323] Sent from my Hisense Infinity H50 using Tapatalk

First Day of Week 13 Update They got 2 liters of 1/3/4 (Grow/Bloom/Top Max) and 4ml per 10 liter Amino Boost Tarryn Sisa Forgot.. flower tent got a Serenade Spray

Got this epic shot just as I got home from work yesterday.

The One has stretched to the point where I feel I needed to get her under a net. I was thinking of using wire or even super cropping but since I've been harvesting I now have more space in the flower tent to focus on her more. I've spread the branches as much as I felt comfortable tonight but I'll try getting the net just a tiny bit lower to get a little bit more light to the lowest nodes, also maybe a minor defoliation needed in the middle I have an extra LED available since harvesting that I have added to get her through flowering properly, seeing as she's so eager to grow.

Gonna follow everyone's advice and veg for longer. Little observation after reading comments on the re-veg. My plants battled in the beginning due to big pots and water retention. Then I flipped to flower on the recommended date. 10 days later put back into veg as I saw major problems growth wise. Here's my thoughts. I think my plants were so shocked for whatever reasons which resulted in stunted growth. They were in a state of shock still when I flipped to flower. 10 days later I realized with help from you guys to re-veg. Then I replanted into fabric bags. Plants started recovering. Thing is. Due to whatever stress the plants were going through did they actually go into flower in those 10 days due to their condition? I've got what looks like pistels but no re-veg signs ie: single leaf's after 2 weeks and the plants are booming now. Sent from my DRA-LX5 using Tapatalk

Some pics from today

Standing here looking at the plants I think I may just have to flip this weekend. Possibility I might run out of height.

Update: Thursday 29th July. 4 weeks into flower. I've seen a huge push from all the ladies. Main cola's have definitely overtaken their counterparts. I'm seeing a slight purple color on the pistils of T3. T1 T2 Full tent shot

Getting frosty

Eish! Sorry capn!! Look at me slipping at the end!! Coe now Richard you're better than that Alright so full on flower pom poms now and so far so good. Must note they the cola leaves on most peeps flowering plants come out small and aren't really getting much bigger... Not sure if this is a fault of my own or what, but yea, just an observation.

Day 55, took a few photos. You can start to see the difference in the Zkittle phenos, so I put them as 1, 2 and 3 Zkittle 1, whole plant with light on, the bulkiest of the 3 phenos, would say the she stinks more but is a bit less resinous. normal light close up phones macro option Zkittle 2, light on whole plant, shortest and over all smalles of the 3, bit more frost, but think nr 3 is frostiest? normal light whole plant close up phones macro option phones macro option with flash Zkittle 3, light on whole plant, she's the tallest and stretchiest of the 3, but looks like slowest with bud development or she's just gona make more, smaller buds, we'll see close up phones macro option Super Lemon OG, whole plant light on, I really like the look and smell of this plant! normal light whole plant close up phones macro option Banana Hammock, whole plant light on, everything that's purple, stretched out over the whole tent whole plant normal light close up light on phones macro option, light on phones macro option, normal light add on - almost forgot a photo of the canopy Here is the veg tent. ladies potted into 20L and one 30L, one month left in here then moved over to flower tent.