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Some successful pollination

Welcome to the documentation of a local genetics grow. @the_herb_cannasseur_420 (only on Instagram) reached out to me on the gram asking if I'd like to grow some of their genetics. Hellzyea said iGrowDagga and here we are. No pre soak this time, straight into soil.

Pollen

In my opinion, I agree it's an early magnesium deficiency. That interveinal chlorosis looks bang on the money. Remember that while magnesium can be absorbed at lower pH it's most available from pH 6.0 onwards. I'd suggest aiming towards a pH of 5.8 to 6.3. I've noticed some issues on my side in the past when playing too close to the 5.5 range when it comes to magnesium uptake. That said, you can bypass the root uptake by performing some Epsom Salt foliar sprays. When I see a mg deficiency pop up on my side, I like to start making sure the soil can provide it properly, but also then do a weekly Epsom foliar. This tends to correct issues a bit quicker. The comment regarding genetics, I always support the idea of better genetics. But in cases like this, some of the more sought after genetics are actually more prone to issues like this, as some of the elites can be quite tricky plants and very magnesium hungry in many cases (I've found a lot of OGs tend to be picky about their mg) PS: Nice profile name. CSGO enjoyer?

Freedom Farms Coco-Perlite is already washed and buffered, you don't need to buffer it or worry about that, you bought the right stuff However, when growing with Coco Coir, you need to remember that the coco, over time is going to be constantly be competing for magnesium with your plant, its just the nature of the medium and you just manage it with some calmag. I like to give my plants in coco coir/perlite 1ml / 1L of Terra Aquatica Cal Mag once per week just to maintain the "buffer" of the coco coir. If there is a bit of deficiency like you seeing, you could give Calmag twice a week at 1.5ml/1L for 2 weeks until you see the new growth is looking good. However, looking at your pictures, I would have said that your nitrogen seems a bit low, what nutrients are you using and at what quantities?

Some schools fees paid. Next attempt.

Forgot to report about the Hella Jelly's... they went Flower a few weeks ago ^^ Am more busy with a new way to tackle the 1kg dry per sq with clones. My small pot attack improved the quality but bud size didn't convinced me. Quality very happy but bigger buds I would need to get to the desired goal. So we chuck the small pot attack... was a nightmare to feed anyhow ^^ And went with no pots at all. They now grow directly in a 1.2x1.2 tray.. makes watering super easy.. just dumping 15 liters per tray with a bucket 36 clones in a tray. The Eskom Stage 16 announcement really got me into panic mode. There is no WAY i could keep my Mother Tent from flowering with anything over stage 8. So yeah... freakin panic mode! My ex will borrow me 200k... I order a solar set from China and see how much I get with that amount of money. Will bridge me the house and mother tent 100%.. everything additional is just luxury after. But I am not sitting without power for weeks... no Sir! Have years of work in my mother plants.. loosing them would make me jump off a bridge

unbuffered coco lacks cation exchange sites which means all nutrients will have less of an effect. you'll reach a point where giving and giving means nothing, you'll end up with salt build up cause the plants roots can't acess the nutrients. shock treatment with calmag does not resolve this, plus a shock treatment of Ca/Mg where there are no cation exchange sites in an inert medium may cause root burn and nutrient lock out aswell. best would be to scrap the synthetic stuff, you can't buffer that medium while there is a plant in it, take about a 3rd of the top of the coco medium off, get lekker worm castings and top the pots up with organic media and shift over. a lot of people start their plants in an inert medium then "build" ontop of that as they go. but wait, it's an auto.....? with autos it's always a "one more fiddle and I give you the finger" lol I've never tried an auto cause I feel my skill level isn't quite up there yet, to grow a nice auto you gotta be ontop of your game. minimal mistakes, minimal fiddling. Maybe ignore everything I said, do what you can with this one, but with the next batch I would suggest get yourself some photoperiods. that way you can also clone them and have a second, third, fourth, fith .... heck as many chances as you want. also, they allow you to make these mistakes and be forgiven, you can turn a photoperiod around right at the grave. and I would also suggest to move over to the organic side. salt growing is quickly becoming a thing of the past, not only cause it's been proven to not be as great as people claimed in the early 2000's and infact is a big contribution to killing the planet, if you wana know more about how terrible salts are check this out .... as a cannabis grower I just cannot turn a deaf ear to this, it's heart breaking, trying my best to spread the positivety

Almost done, just waiting for the seeds to mature and turn nice and dark. This mother plant is cheese from fastbuds and the pollen is from a reversed top gun by atlas seeds.

First time im excited to see balls

Going to self pollinate it to get seeds

Just water

Currently breeding project 5th Gen Fighter in the tent, Its Top Gun from Atlas seeds crossed with GMO, Fog dog, Fruit by the foot and cheese S1. Outdoors is going well. Chopped most of these this evening, the work never stops lol.

More additions for future seeding runs

A very slow start. Was panicking. Most of the growth happened in the last 2 to 3 days. Really taking off now

So I was looking at the NPK ratios of Talborne. if I go 50/50 on red and bone I get the below ratio. Enough PK for flower? Red : 3.1.6 Bone : 4.10.0 Total : 7.11.6 Red : 3.1.6 guano: 3.13.4 Total : 6.14.9 50/50 Biogrow and Biobloom Grow : 4.3.6 Bloom: 2.7.4 Total 6.10.10

Here we go again. If everything goes okay I will using STS on this one. Will be using Talborne red and bone. Any opinions and advise is welcome. Trying to keep it as simple and lazy as possible as I obviously won't be able to smoke the end product and dont have to flush.

I clearly did something wrong. 3 weeks from sprouting. Pointless trying to save it, it basically starts flowering in 2 weeks time. Resetting this grow and popping the 2nd seed.

We have a green light.

Ive been smaaking something kushy for a while. I was actually intending to get the OG Kush. But settled on the West coast.

At least you work with proper genetics. Never tried the West Coast O.G. from 42FB but rest i tried was good to excellent, still love their Gelato. Keep humidity UP during Veg.. autos love that.