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These are struggling a bit in the cold. And some more genetics came to the party. Crazy Hazey from Archive seeds and frozen Fuel from Square One genetics. Plus Quattro Kush F3 and Zweet Insanity is back in the tent. They are very much some of my best smoking genetics. Oh and Hitman OG clone only from Cape Coast Hybrids

So I kind of lost motivation after being hospitalized due to COVID last year resulting in my previous grow dying completely, but I'm down to my last few grams of OG Kush and I'm tired of friends smoking that roadside kak, so I'm finally starting another grow after almost a year Strain Girl Scout Cookies Auto https://www.nirvanashop.co.za/girl-scout-cookies-autoflower-cannabis-seeds.html Medium 2:1 FF Premium : Orgasoilux Nutrients TerraAquatica TriPart (still need to decide as its been a while since I've grown in soil) Equipment 60 x 60 x 140cm marshydro grow tent 240W Quantum Board x2 20L FF Fabric Pots Training LST Germination Started 3/06 but I can only see a tiny tap root on one seed, so I popped another and put the paper towels in a bakkie under the router.

What's up 420fam! So I started another run and switched to flower today. Got 4 different strains growing in medicoir feeding Mega Solutions all in 15lt pots. Got a mix of genetics: Gelato 33 - Clone Sleeze - Clone Beach Wedding - Clone Tart Pops x Slurricake - Seed

Thanks Prom, my knowledge is still heavily influenced by a book I bought around '95 or so: Mel Franks Growers Insiders Guide. I seem to remember him saying a perfect grow will get you maybe 10% stronger smoke than if you did an average grow so I've always gone off of that. The book is still relevant however, it's incredible how little is dedicated to curing. A few sentences really and the advice is literally: leave curing to tobacco farmers

Potency, like Terps, are genetics. You make it as cozy for the plant as she likes it most, she will reward you. You can be a grow guru and still not be able to turn shit into gold... the breeders give you potency level indications. GSC is in general given as 18% THC content... we even reached on one batch 18.6%. So there is also a little space upwards. Also to mention, the average potency test result in SA is 12%... what brings most people back to reality rather fast. Growing weed is one thing.. growing really potent weed needs perfection in every way. My preferred weed.. Gelato.. gets set by the Breeder at 26%.. I haven't reached that even close. 19isch I get, but 26 i am very far out.. but I creep slowly up in potency too.. learning the strain takes time. Next factor of potency is how you dry, cure and store it. Wrong way and you reduce potency. So to make it short, if you keep all parameters from Germination, Veg, Flower, Harvest, Dry procedure, Curing procedure and Storage in the green areas.. you will get rewarded with the potency the plants genetics have to offer. Anything else.. Veg to dry, flower to wet, Temps out of range (18-25 i see as sweet spot range), dry climate off, cure humidity to low or to high, ... any pest hindering the plants development, any feeding lockout or deficiency, light strength, leaf sugar content.. every factor will reduce a bit potency from the max to reach. You want max potency weed, you have to be perfect yourself.

Yes I will keep a mother. She will be staying in my collection.

Added 2 x 75w to the tent just so I can maximize my canopy looking forward to see if I can hit that 400g

If you guys are in the mood to found a over priced internet seed bank... i'm helping

I have no rational grasp that a single regular seed can retail for 2k. Perhaps im just aiming elsewhere entirely... A R20k seed investment fills hectares in my circles...

Seeing stuff like that always makes me want to google the genetics and see what these buds look like. and 9 times out of 10, I say to myself, it looks like weed, maybe more frosty, maybe cool ass colours, and for that price tag it will also get you high. Weed is always looking cooler and cooler as the days go by, but its always strikes you when you see it on a screen and not upfront and personal. Everything is looking better than it is, and therefore selling for higher than it should. Its a modern day trick photography marketing scheme, I remember people trying to justify this shit lol. Ya, ya ya... People will only get taken advantage of for soooo long. In the meanwhile, there's money to be made @Totemic We gotta relook at the pricing.

Indeed. How ridiculous. I am having solar put in before month end.

At least are all regular seeds in that shop... what inceases the interest right away. Nothing genetically changed... easy to make your own seeds... then you can hunt phenos as long as you are in the mood. But picture this... you buy those 19k seeds and customs confiscate them. Right now... not importing seeds myself... lost to much cash. And now even Germany goes to legalize cannabis. The SA government will waste that much time, the rest of the world will have legalized it, till they manage to do their job here. And the advantages for early implementation are gone. Last draft from 2020 said they have to do the work, which should have been done in November 2020, in 2023. And honestly, if they dont implement it this time legal home growing, i will sue the SA government for not doing their job. Somebody just reminded me that we are load shedding for 12 years now... is that right??

So it’s been almost 19 days since I flipper these to flower. The Transkei just showed me it is female. She is going to take long to flower. I am guessing 16 weeks. Hope she is worth it.

Week 2 done and the canopy is thick! The beach wedding at the back stretched the most the others not too far behind. With loadshedding my main concern is airflow so got this rechargeable fan/light from game I keep it plugged in with a phone charger and the battery keeps going when the electricity is out so atleast I have some airflow, will look to add another one soon.

I agree on those points, but if you consume at home you're not "high" the next morning at work, but you'll have thc in your system. In a perfect world testing methodology/tech should be improved to discern between levels such as with alcohol. But I'm not holding my breath....

Company policies are what it is. The tide will change slowly as the older generation starts moving on, or even better this whole work from the office culture goes along with them and the problem sorts itself. Those company policies are probably 20 years old. Obviously if you are armed security, operating heavy machinery, or doing a job that clearly doesn't mix with weed, then ja, duh.

My bru this Winter has been absolutely balls for my clones and germinations. Glad you managed to get them level at the end, nice one