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And then there was 2. These are the ones i wanted to grow from the start. The other one turned out to hermie on me. It was weird. Male flowers grew from all the sites where I pulled the fan leaves. The stress site. What have I learnt? When you get a feeling about a seedling go with that gut feel and pull it.

Hi guys, been on and off the forum for a while. It's about time to say High Tried a couple random grows using known genetics from some of the locally loved banks. With varied results because i Wasn't doing basics like environment control and of course drying in jozi climate is mostly too dry haha. I was just happy with the idea of my own home grown. Stopped for a while but recently had some fun convos with my og grow bud and fellow 420 buddies and... boom, ended up back at the entrance of that rabbit hole with no end, loving it! Early days, a couple Ks down the hole and one word to describe my vibes - Hooked Looking forward to growing with the community - 1 Love

Did the night shot thing! She starting to show me that she gon be a stacker! Is our buds getting thc tested again and all after this round?

Finally day 1 of flower. 2l plain water shared between the 3. Sent from my DRA-LX5 using Tapatalk

Grow box update phase 184. Retired the 12watters as I picked up another 50w spot from Mica for R120. [emoji102]. Says ip65 and cool white for veg. Got the side lights angled in. Also fridge added to the dungeon. #2 is Soooo happy vegging along Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Try Authentic Genetics. You will have to import ot though. It is probably as close as you will get. Follow Mel Frank on Insta they are the real OG's

welcome man!! this is the right place to keep your fire burning!!

Skunk #1 is very real. Wether or not Sensi still has the original P1 stock might be up for debate. Breeders will sometimes lose their P1 stock. Often because of police raids or theft. That's why cuts will sometimes be labeled as "pre" a certain date, so that a prospective buyer knows he is getting the original that made a name for itself, and not an attempted recreation of the strain. RKS (roadkill skunk) is supposed to be a pheno of Skunk #1 that stank to high heaven. Apparently it smells like a dead skunk... whatever that smells like.

I am a total soil doffie... i come from the hydro sector, DWC. Got told to use FF, so i do I enjoy soil for its simplicity.. but i also like to try new stuff. This Canadian guy does soil he mixes hinself, just waters and changes mix on repot.. we have anything like that local? Would like to try it..

Are you referring to Skunk #1 or RKS? RKS has reached that mythical unicorn status, with some even questioning if it ever really existed. Skunk #1 was brought to market by Sensi Seeds. They still sell it : https://sensiseeds.com/en/cannabis-seeds/sensi-seeds/skunk-1?sqr=skunk&

All good afterwards and no after smell

Why do you not use the soil amendment pack from Jamie? It is called the elemental blend.

Didn't realize this was such a hot topic now. Thanks for starting the conversation. Some good points raised. Recently, I was seed hunting on our local online banks and surprisingly found some "New" (not sure if this is new for all or just new to me ) added clones, on a trusted local bank's site - GSR seeds. Like Psyclown mentioned, purchasing a pack of in house easily breaks the bank. So I decided to order a couple of clones from them this week. It takes 1 - 2 weeks to get delivered. Never having grown from clone before, Im looking forward to getting my hands on them and sharing the experience in the not so distant future

Day 6 of Week 13 Update They got both 2 liter 1/3/4 (Fish Mix/Bloom/Top Max per liter) and 4ml Amino Boost per 10 liter. Also gave the plants a Serenade spray.. they need a bit clean up ^^ Not very resistant to PM. Tarryn Sisa

Hey watsup guys. So I've just recently gone about experimenting between living soils and coco/perlite mixes with GHE tripart nutes. What I have noticed is that the growth is some much quicker with the GHE coco/perlite. I originally tried 2 different strains, both treated the same but for some reason the one is struggling with some sort of issue. Break down: 4x 20lt pots with coco 80% and perlite 20%. Coco was buffered for 24 hours everytime new substrate was made (used granual calmag supps, enough to bump EC from about 0.2 to 0.4 max. Usually not higher than 0.3EC), water was also PH balanced to 5.8 with the buffering. GHE tripart. Watering always between 5.8 and 6 PH and the EC is within the range for vegetative growth according to the final vegetative feeding amounts Plants went from clone to 12cm pots to 23cm pots to 20L grow bags, everytime going through the same buffering etc. To be honest I never know how to measure my RO water. I would feed the plants between 2lt and 4lt of late, depending on how much RO I get. I usually aim for 20% to 30% RO. So the big question is what is making these specific plants do this and not the other strains? I have been noticing yellowing coming from the tops of the leaves. I am not too bad with understanding mobile and immobile nutrients etc. Maybe I am shit. I don't know. From my countless hours of trying to figure it out, the conclusion I have come to is that the plants are struggling from a sulphur deficiency. There is zero yellowing coming from lower leaves. At the tops they have been a little yellow throughout their lives and it's gotten worse now a week before flowering. The yellowing seemed very mild and would see blotches on leaves here and there becoming yellow and yesterday I saw for the first time both fan leaves growing from a node being way too yellow for my liking. What I have done so far is do a very light foliar spray of Epsom salts (1x teaspoon with 2Lt water) and the next day when I watered, I decided to give them each 2lt water with 1x teaspoon Epsom salts in the growing medium. Ph was balanced to 6.0 and out of interest I measured the EC and got close to 1.3 EC. Reason I haven't been adding Epsom Salts to the GHE is because then my EC would be through the roof. I can't seem to think of any other info needed to help diagnose this issue. Please let me know if there are more questions that would help with diagnosing this issues. Also if you are super pro and know how to measure runoff and read it, it would be greatly appreciated for a quick explanation on how to measure and read it.

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Ja I accidentally came across all of this. But Jirre I was born in that year they found this. If you are on instagram this is a good oke to follow.

Many thanks brother! Very interesting indeed

https://www.instagram.com/tv/CQE67ixhNtb/?utm_medium=copy_link Origins of skunk#1

@Chtzb4st Welcome and enjoy your stay!

You reap what you sow, take care of your ladies and they shall reward you for it! Start the diary when your plants arrive

Welcome brother , show us what [emoji91] you have going Sent from my Hisense Infinity H50 using Tapatalk

Thanks for the welcome CreX and Marzcanna! It only took a couple friends to fuel my "problem" initially. Now with a whole 420 community fueling this fire, what could go wrong

You can get some recipes with a quick google search if all fails

Welcome! indeed this is the right place

Come what may.

I am not great at diagnosing deficiencies as I struggle with colour a bit. When I use to buffer my coco, I would get the calmag solution a lot higher than 0.3 EC I would aim for around 1.2 EC to 1.6 EC to let the coco sit in to ensure proper cation exchange. Perhaps it was a bit excessive. I recall someone mentioning they used an EC of around 0.8 when buffering their coco and never had issues. To me, 0.3 EC to buffer seems a bit low. So it is possible that is part of the issue. As for why it is affecting only one of the strains is a bit weird but could be due to the demand for certain nutes which the one strain has vs the other strain. You could try add a little more micro to the mix as that contains some the calcium and some magnesium too. You could add a bit extra calmag as well (I think it was 1g or 3g per 10L for maintenance) to the feed if you feel the coco may not be buffered properly. Now a days I just purchase already mixed and buffered coco, much easier for me. Are you using the soft or hard version of the GHE nutes and is it normal tap water? Filtered water? Borehole?

this is key brother, original skunk#1 does not exist anymore. well, I shouldn't say it doesn't exist at all, because I haven't met every single grower on the planet, but even the highly regarded growers of the world who are doing some big shit, the cannabis kings can't even get their hands on the skunk#1 everyone is looking for. chances are it might still be growing somewhere, but probably not somewhere it's meant to be found. I would bet it's either being shared amongst a select few who know what they are doing and care to preserve the genetic, or it just doesn't exist anymore. next best thing is phenohunting a variety of hybrids that some breeder is calling "skunk#1" because he made a cross that seemed similar to the skunk and you might find something similar to what you're looking for. this is really only if one has ever had the privilege to experience original skunk and can remember what to look for, otherwise how would you even tell if it was what it's supposed to be, even if you do find the original genetic?

They got their last neem spray tonight.. With lights off Their last sulpher spray.. From next week, if needed. I will continue with Serenade.. Soaked them with some microbes and kelp water and took some more fans that was in the way.. Had to sacrifice two branches that was going to cause issues later on and they are sure sticky and smelly.. Some update pics.. Safe weekend to all traveling to the GardenRoute for the Expo and be safe guys and gals..

Heres a good article on silica from Dudes Grows Dude Grows Using Silica In Garden

Threw some Wood vinegar all over the ladies tonight

I noticed a familiar logo on some shelves in a store and figured why not support a fellow comrade from the 2021 Indoor Grow off - @mantis and "bring a little luck into my grow" with 3 Mantis pots which 3 of the stronger clones have moved into. The furniture got rearranged

I do not have a instagram account, but that is a very interesting video indeed!

Much appreciated bud! This is what I was talking about

Thanks man! Sounds almost too good to be true, but cancels out when buying clones coz you're never 100% sure what you're getting. See why I'm into this topic Will let fellow 420 buds know for sure about the experience! Might be good for me to do a grow diary, push me to take better care of the ladies. I have been known to be a neglectful dad in the past

Thanks oaks. I think I will keep it as is with the scheduled feedings but add a little more Calmag. I think I still have a abit of EC to play with. I will increase the Calmag for now and see what it does. My biggest problem is I have to finish this grow before end October as I will be moving. Don't want to be moving with flowers in their peak. Therefore I'm forced to flip next week wednesday the latest. Thanks for all the help.

Hey guys what do you guys think if he ups his ph to about 6.3? Sent from my AMN-LX9 using Tapatalk

Howzit brother. It was sold out last time that i checked. Probably easier and safer to pay a little extra and get something that has the correct ratios of ingredients rather than trying my luck with mixing my own and probably burning my plants. Thrive seems to be the best value for money so far.

Nice, welcome to the forum and good luck! Growing cuttings is very similar to growing from seed, just they're a bit bigger and rooted already. Let us know how it goes and perhaps start a grow diary once you get your cuttings?

These plants are looking great! If I may ask, why do you allow the roots to be exposed on the surface as above?

So the two males are evicted.. Very nice looking plants.. They outside till I can collect a small ammount of pollen and off to the composter they go.. The other girls are now starting to enter pre flower it seems..

Know I’m not allowed to enter, but here is my latest experiment. And 12 days later, still alive. This morning Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk I

Aug 4 Day 82 of the grow Day 32 of 12/12... 3 days away from half way to Valhalla? For the readers with OCD wondering why I don't have the plants in numerical order... your time has come. From left to right: 1, 2 and 3. Ninja cam view- left to right: 3, 2, 1. Last night they got watered with some worm tea. Worms have been munching avo for a month so this is like worm tea that went to private school. Started at 10ml per 1L water and will up strength to 15ml and 20ml per 1L water assuming no adverse reaction. #1 - frostylocks - definitely the frostiest of the 3 at this point: #2 the runt of the 3 however bud development picking up here too. Besides the purple leaves, this plant is generally a lighter shade of green than #1 & #3. #3 doing her thing. Pistils on one of the heads have started going orange

Looking fire. I have 2 that has the Ice Cream super sweet smell and one Sour grapey smell.

Once I've released seeds I have no control over who does what with them, and it doesn't bother me either. If anyone finds a plant from my stable that's worth spreading around then it's goal achieved. Getting good weed to the people.

Just some considerations around the endless factors that come into play here... I know many of the conversations are here to help and inform people what would be best when going about growing. But this understanding is not appreciated enough.