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So I've been busy working 24/7 on The Secret Garden Nursery that I have not been able to spend time prepping for this season. I did however start prepping holes with my own worm compost and old soil. And my tyre garden has decided to start the season without me.

What phonescope/microscope lens do you use to take the close-up photos?

Hammer on the head the other side is if you got poop genetics doesn't matter what you do condition wise, it's gona come out poop. but you literally get all different creeds of "weed". I've grown incredibly frosty plants that taste horrible, grow the same cut a few times cause I think maybe I fucked it up, but then it comes out like that everytime. I've grown airy buds that have more resin than some dense buds I've grown. I've had super terpy and frosty nugs not make me high at all and I've had buds that don't look too frosty and got no smell got me more goofed than most generic strains... but then I don't enjoy the smoke so it's not like one or the other, it's more like there's a million different ways it can go, you on a tight rope and gotta find that balance by making sure you do many things right. for example, get the right seeds + do what ever you can to improve grow conditions + learn to speak plant so you don't have to wait to already see damage then fix it rather try avoiding damage at all costs, and a few other things. It's a pleasure typing them I can yap about plants and plant people all day. We love to present ourselves with this ethereal positivite force always in a good mood, always spreading postivity always affirming everything and there's no right or wrong way nature works in balance, that's the whole point. we have good and bad, right and wrong and even more than that we have a spectrum of how right and how wrong. here is a photo I came across on the internet, some of my friends will have their jars filled with buds like these and that's perfectly fine for them, their priorities lies elsewhere, again not saying it to be mean, it just is what it is. people who get offended by the truth needs to accept and conform to the truth so they can be in a better mental state. People smoke leaf with no resin on. fuck knows why, I think it comes from a time being short of weed and now wanting to smoke as much as possible. and as they say, "beauty lies in the eye of the beholder" and some dudes just don't mind a woman with extra baggage to answer your question, I would say 1st thing to worry about is genetics for sure, almost just as important is light, stuff like a light leak may make you think you got herm genetics, but it's just a condition flaw. Weak light, insufficient light, wrong colour spectrum will all have you produce poooo. Like on a colour spectrum wheel, you have opposite ends, you can put the very best grow light on one end and on the other end you put a 10w CFL bulb, it's quite obvious that the cfl grow will produce the airiest fluffiest shittiest non smokable twig and leaf looking nonsense bud, where the grow with the decent light will already put you way ahead of the other grow. but then you can have the best genetics, best light, but you run your humidity too high you can suffocate and stunt growth on the plants, may get a few nice buds. but again you gona think the genetics is kak if you don't get a good expression, cause of conditions. so yeah, a fine line of many different things you have to balance, not one or the other

80% genetics, 20% growing environment. Genetics are actually such a cheat. You can grow great strains like trash and usually still get very good bud. IF you have good genetics that once were dense, but are now airy, it would be due to too little light intensity, overwatering, too hot/cold growing environment, bad humidity and bad nutrient feed, or a combination of.

@Naughty.Psychonaut you're the king of yapping, but in a good way love reading the elaborate responses. Besides genetics, what would you say are the main factors in a plant ending up leafy/airy? Light leaks? feeding? or is it just everything in general. My next grow I'm really trying to achieve some dense nugs.

Hi brother I just love cannabis and everything around it, all that was mentioned and then also good time management. I know a lot of people that would much rather go for a few beers than to finish their trimming.... and a whole lot of other stuff not trying to beat around the bush, but it just is what it is. I already know some old cats gona get suuuur gat when I say this, cause the cannabis industry revolves around status points and obviously no one would ever be able to know more than these older growers, same as the weed back in the day being soooo much stronger than we have today I strongly discourage talking to people over the age of 45 about growing. I talk to some "serious seasoned growers" and they bombard me with questions before I am finished answering one question they wana ramble off the next just trying to "catch me out" or some school yard nonsense. Majority of people who get into weed is cause they like smoking it. I am not a weed guy, I am a plant guy. My background is in horticulture, permaculture, botany and mycology. That's what I do in my spare time. I am so fucked in the head by plants that's all I do all the time, so to me the plant is soooooo much more than just the cannabis we smoke. I will talk and have long form discussions about it day in and day out, and not just the cannabis part, the rest of the plant too. As soon as the person I am talking to takes the "I'm gona teach this guy a lesson" approach, they start talking to themself. I am not into cannabis to be cool or to be the best, I just honestly love working with plants. Trimming cannabis, to me, is a huge pleasure, I take extra time to investigate and do things most people would consider a waste, but to me that just shows a person validating their own preconceptive laziness. For example - I run living soil that I build and maintain myself, but when I talk about it every second comment is "that sounds like a lot of work" or "you do too much, I only do this..." and best of all is I never even ask, they just feel the need to chime in. As things are right now I am looking for ways to better what I do, I wana do more, cause the amount of work I put in, is already done. when doing real living soil you literally doing the least out of every method of growing, it just takes work to get there. once you there it's almost no work, so when a "serious grower" wana tell me I do too much, they can go fuck a hobo. but yeah genetics make a big difference too, I would trim for others too, not a big deal to me don't even have to reward me with weed but I would never say no, just don't accept payment for it. I got only one rule, I will not trim shitty weed. I grow a plant that's too leafy/airy for my liking I just cut all fan leaves that don't have trichomes and the rest goes in the hash bags. So yeah genetics can make the biggest difference there, and then you can add to that the fact that a 1st time grower realistically faces the possibility of growing a top tier genetic and it coming out airy and leafy cause of grow tech and all that, even seasoned growers run into this when they still figuring new genetics out. Harvesting a healthy plant over a sub par or unhealthy plant can determine the trim job aswell, have had failed plants just go straight into hash bags, covered in trichomes but bud forms was off, cause I fucked up the grow, then grow that same pheno and produce nice rock solid nuggs, those I trim hope this wasn't too much of an answer

Got gifted a Tart Pops (inhouse genetics). Officially the first plant of the season in the ground. Last 4 pics are seeds popping out of my worm compost from last season.

https://www.instagram.com/p/Cvpp7xAsq_J/?igshid=MTc4MmM1YmI2Ng== Most people know how difficult it is to get a start in the cannabis industry. FCUK I've tried for 3 years with limited budget and success. Like all my grows, when something goes wrong, I always go back to basics first. Started a retail nursery attached to a farm stall/coffee shop/restaurant. I'm local and most people know I'm a passionate grower of herbs especially the Mother Herb. And to steal someone else's saying I have a growing 'Pensioners Therapy' clientele growing out here in the bush. So I'll grow this gig one seed at a time and supply the local bush folk with, well, shit we don't get out here. So watch this space. Until I can get branded packaged seeds, in the pipe line, I am passing forward seeds gifted to me by some very special breeders that have always been supportive and helpful. Yes. 420 friendly. Depending on wind direction. Sent from my SM-A032F using Tapatalk

Agree 100%. I spend so much time trimming and my buds will look nothing like these guys Honestly I think its also strain bud structure as well.

Fem search.

Cheese x Peanut Butter Breath (R) Kinda leafy.

finishing up, last 2 weeks for the 1st to go #2 & #4 first to fade #3 will be next #1 & #5 will be last photo of #4

@Totemic bringing the FIRE to those of you okes looking for US standard "instagram worthy" genetics, hit up the reputable local breeders. Knowing the lineage will help some of the older Dutch breeders catching up quick, but I feel SA local breeders giving internationals a run for their money. here's the proof passed the halfway line, two stretchers showing some sativa growth-like charactaristics so they probably right at halfway SSC#1 - medium stretch SSC#2 - SSC#3 - compact SSC#4 - stretcher in the bunch SSC#5 now a short write up more or less the same terps from all of them, can smell a lot of the candy -almost burnt sugar like- terp that reminds me of the Deluxe Sugarcane cut I grew. only #5 got a chem note hidden somewhere in it, but not chem I am used to. I've come across many chemical terps, but it's usually an overwhelming amount of a certain terp that turns it chemical, like a pungent fruity terp will turn chemical if it's fruity enough, a gassy terp will turn chemical if it's gassy enough. So there's always something with the chem. my last grow I had a Platinum Silk pheno from Inhouse Genetics, before the first smoke I was not really hyped on the strain, made beautiful nugs but I couldn't get myself excited cause it smelled like straight super glue. that nose stingy chemical glue terp that makes you go "Oh this is some real fucking gluey glue". I seriously thought there was something wrong with the plant.... after a month of cure I now understand how Gorilla Glue got the name. there's an actual glue terp, I mean I have smoked maybe 20 different looking "Gorilla Glue" strains, most of the was good weed but I never tasted glue like this. and I fucking love it, it's probably some of the strongest weed I have at the momemt and I love smoking it more than any of the other fruity stuff I have. I actually cut back on smoking it in order to savour it, so you know it's that good. back to the point, this SSC#5 got an actual soapy chemical smell that both puts me off but also makes me excited in the same way that PS got me. I am beginning to understand why there's a couple new genetics out there with "Soap" in the name. I mean, imagine smoking soap. or just consuming soap, hearing that name before completely put me off cause I just thought who the hell would go for something that may taste like soap... but now I understand.

I apologize to admin in advance. But Fcuk, this has been a looong veg period. Hoping on having the chill garden ready but you might have to bring your own beach brollie. Slowly but surely this nursery will be catering for the growers stuck out here. Or just a place to relax. So sorry admin. I'm not really trying to plug my business but am inviting everyone to flowering day.[emoji4] Sent from my SM-A032F using Tapatalk

All the best on the venture, looks amazing and wish you well. With determination you won't fail

Starting to take shape man! Photos don't do it justice. Working on the tea/chill garden. Farm Stall/Venue landlord and property owners open to 420 clientele and functions. Whoop. Sent from my SM-A032F using Tapatalk

Ok, so a bunch of things have shifted around, veg tent is now flower tent since these local genetics just exploding. flower tent just getting clean watering enough to keep soil 50% moist but not encourage much growth, also cut her back a whole bunch, reduced light and just letting her relax before the hard work starts. SSC now in w4 of flower #1 #2 #3 #4 #5

Landlord not opposed to 420 garden. Sent from my SM-A032F using Tapatalk

Brother, I wish you every success and hope you truly prosper with this venture and just life in general. Much love.

20 odd days till West Coast Vaper's Secret Garden officially opens. West Coast Wanderer farm stall and restaurant already open for business. Sent from my SM-A032F using Tapatalk