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Great idea. I can only look at the good genetics and dream. This route makes things a lot easier This has also sprung up a separate board idea now. Seeing as trust plays a large role the board will have to be restricted by a reasonably high post count. Of course the element of risk will still be there but that's up to you guys and where you take the collective buy after the topic has been created A member who wants to look for collective buyers for a specific pack can start a topic of their own and look for other members to join on the collective buy. Let me know if this something that would be worth setting up

Personally I would recommend Jamies soil or Organics Matter. The others to me are, as you say, more base soils that will need feeding. There's no guarantee that Jamies soil or the OM soil won't need feeding but far less so than the others on the market IMO.

Im gonna add them just for shits to see how many are wasting their time and money

Vote for your preferred soil in 2020 Please comment with any additional options I can add to this soil list. Must be available locally.

Good idea. Will start it now

As some members pointed out, this poll should have been redone a long time ago... sorry that I've only gotten to it now Please vote (again for some of you) for the best local seedbank of 2020. More than happy to add options to this list. If you have any suggestions please reply below Criteria to consider when voting: Overall service Quality and variety of genetics Communication Delivery Times (Does it reflect what is indicated on their website) Do the seeds get delivered in original breeder packaging

We have our SOTM Winners decided! In 2nd place @Onion ...and in 1st Place @Scoobydoob Great pics guys. I'll be contacting you by PM shortly

We're happy to welcome a new vendor to the 420SA family! @Futurama Hydroponics has joined us. You can find them in the Sponsor & Vendor Lounge Futurama is an online one stop grow shop, with a physical store based in Somerset West, Cape Town. Futurama has been sharing expert growing advice and selling premium quality growing equipment for several years! Visit our online store now at www.futurama.co.za Futurama can help you grow! You can visit their website HERE

Morning guys Here are our nominees in order of submission @Scoobydoob @Scoobydoob #2 @Scoobydoob #3 @Nibiru @DamDave @MyNameIsDyno @Onion @Toby @SkunkPharm @Pants Voting will now go to the voting panel. Good luck!

Entries are closed guys. Nominees will hopefully be announced this week

Done

No. We'll get going with both the indoor and outdoor next year

https://www.enca.com/news/parliament-puff-and-pass-cannabis-private-purpose-bill

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What medium are you growing in? What kinda feeding regime have you been following of late?

What a bunch of beauts T! The love and passion is shining through these plants Genuinely looking forward to some test runs of my own

I would suggest setting your flower light schedule from 9PM to 9am. This is a good move for heat management anyway Yes eskom does load shed during the midnight hours from time to time but not that often. They most commonly load shed from 9am to 10PM so at least you get 11 hours of light in when load shedding runs

@Teal Smith what stage of growth are you in now? Veg or flower

Touchy subject if there are partners/wives in the picture

I think 70 or 80L/min is the minimum suggested for a vortex

We're happy to welcome a new vendor to the 420SA family! @Biltong and Budz has joined us. You can find them in the Sponsor & Vendor Lounge Biltong and Budz boasts the largest collection of local and international genetics in South Africa, offering everything from affordable bulk seeds and local breeders through to exclusive US breeder imports. You can visit their website HERE

Very smart move to do your research before jumping straight into it! With an 80x80 tent you need to factor in heat. With summer on its way and a good few warm months ahead, heat can be a real problem. In veg it can be dealt with but in flower it can cause all sorts of issues. Naturally, a flowering cannabis plant would gradually experience declining temps, not rising temps. The higher the wattage bulb the more heat gets released. In an 80x80 tent 400w is definitely the limit with HID and even that could be too hot at times but your options do sit between a 250w or 400w. Most grow stores dont stock 250w ballasts so a 400w ballast would be your best bet. Dont buy a ballast that pulls more wattage than the bulb, it needs to match. Unless you get a digital ballast which can be dimmed to match the bulbs wattage. A 600w ballast will end a 400w bulb's life very quickly You may be able to mitigate the heat issue with a LED light, there are plenty members here who are more knowledgeable on that subject. Although I'm not sure whether your current budget could accommodate an LED that could match up to a 400w HID so HID might just be your best bet at present with that budget

I use a 45l/min pump and does the job well for an airlift brewer in a 25L bucket. There is a way to check whether your flow rate coming out the pipe is good enough for sufficient aeration and mine passed the test quite easily... This video will give you a better idea of the flow rate

That list that Live Canna supplied will do... although I cant really see how phosphoric acid would do any harm to microlife and such. It's used as PH down with hydro. It's also used with beer brewing to lower PH so I really don't see any harm in using it. I found lowering ph with things like vinegar or lemon juice took a lot of the stuff to get the desired results to the point that my water stank of the stuff. Whereas with phosphoric acid you just need a few drops. There are also options like nitric acid or citric acid(essentially concentrated acid from a lemon). Up to you though what ultimate route you wanna take.

Let us know your thoughts in the poll You can find details in this link https://businesstech.co.za/news/trending/424244/here-are-the-new-cannabis-rules-proposed-for-south-africa-including-limits-penalties-and-criminal-records/