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True that. Once it dries though its damn hard to get wet, very hydrophobic initially. Have you found that? Not a big deal but something to consider if your soil has dried out. When trying to water the dry soil it can lead to pockets of soil staying completely dry. So best not let the soil dry out, which you shouldn't do anyway

When you say garden soil I assume you mean garden master, culterra and all that shite. By all means don't use that soil. You won't find a good soil for cannabis at most nurseries or builders warehouse. You'll need to look to a grow shop for a commercially available soil for cannabis, that works. I mix my own and every grower should have a crack at mixing their own soil at some time in their growing. You may find yourself not turning back

I've found that my re-used soil seems even more alive than the initial soil. Like you say the micro-organisms cultivate as you let the used soil sit. I take all my used soil, throw it all together in a semi open container outside, chuck in a few earthworms and let nature do its wonder work

Took the words out my post there Skunk lol

Controversial one that... sterilizing an organic soil is the last thing I would suggest to be honest. I would rather suggest using an IPM to control any pests or bad fungus. Depends on your preferences of course but personally I feel sterilizing the soil is setting you back

I've had good results reusing my living soil without feeding. I didn't re-amend as well... but it depends on the soil of course @SkunkPharm is spot on

Just gather up all the Piet's in Cape Town and try see which one is the most Mal

Good to see more of these comps coming out. The more the merrier! Happy to be corrected but isn't a true cannabis cup a competition where a breeder submits new strains/cultivars they've been working on for judging? I've noticed a few entities running "Cannabis Cups" in SA and none have stuck true to how they run it overseas. Has a proper cannabis cup been run in SA yet? I thinks it's time for us to get a proper cannabis cup going in SA where we find out who is breeding the best strains in the country. I reckon it will do wonders for developing the breeding industry in SA. They'll get exposure, validation of their genetics etc. Can't think of a better situation where we are relying on local breeders and not so much on the breeders from the US and Europe.

Sounds like a very interesting way of taking a loan and paying it back (hopefully)

Alright guys here are the winners! Let me just say that this was an extremely difficult one to decide. Our poll was very close for 1st place. So if you feel hard done by, we apologise. There have been certain photo "trends" that have been developing over the months and this may have weighed against you, even though your photo may have seemed like a winner. Don't get despondent Here are our winners In 3rd place @MrKushBush In 2nd place @Blomma The 1st Place Winner @TheUltimateNoob Congratulations guys! Can @TheUltimateNoob and @Blomma please PM me the following details: Name Delivery Address Contact Number @MrKushBush I will be sending your TheHighCo voucher code by PM A huge thanks to our prize sponsors again. @Cannabist, Green Smoke Room Seeds @GSR and TheHighCo @THCSA

Will be announcing the winners tomorrow morning

Great build man

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Great looking first grow @Brendzgrow keep it up. Welcome to the forum

This thread has seen a little revival. Can't argue with @Budwizer's build! At the moment I'm taking air from inside the garage as it's winter. In the summer my garage becomes an oven so receiving air from outside becomes more crucial.

Shortly after my last update I decided to bin the blue dream as it just continued stretching and produced little to no trichomes. Take a look at these pics below, she had no hope. This was at 6 or 7 weeks through flower and she was still stretching. I have 2 of her clones in flower now and they are showing similar signs just not as bad. Will show you further down in the post. She's a dud pheno Fortunately the Pineapple Express (left in pic below) went alright and I managed to get a decent yield out of her. She was chopped at 11 weeks through flower. On the right are the 2 blue dream clones Fast forward to now... These clones are all in my soil mix which has been recycled. Again the blue dream clones will not stop stretching and they are nearly at 6 weeks through flower. The Pineapple express clone in the pot closest is growing better than her mother in the previous round and is putting out a nice aroma and decent trichome production. The blue dreams, again, are putting out almost no resin and I see myself possibly having to bin these 2 as well... which really is gutting Pineapple Express Clone Week 5 Day 3 Blue Dream Clone - Week 6 Day 4 - She isn't clawing like her mother did but it almost looks like she wants to. Her flower development is poor and continues to stretch at week 6... So in conclusion I'm sitting with shitty genetics that I'm growing here. I have a whole bunch of hobbies that have been stealing my funds so I'm not able to buy good genetics right now, just can't afford it. I have a whole bunch of seeds from @Totemic that I'm aching to grow but regulars don't suit my current situation as I don't have a space to veg out the seeds till they are able to show sex. I will more than likely make a plan regarding that though soon as I'm long overdue for a Totemic tester run. I apologise for the lack of updates guys but there really isn't much excitement to this grow so the enthusiasm for me to update hasn't been there. Will give another update a few weeks down the line.

SNAPSHOT OF THE MONTH JUNE Sponsored by www.greensmokeroomseeds.com/ www.thehighco.co.za What's being given away this month? 1st Prize 5 Pack Juggling Cannon Balls Feminised Seeds R250 Green Smoke Room Seeds Voucher Green Smoke Room 4 Ply Face Mask Green Smoke Room Lanyard Sponsored by Green Smoke Room Seeds 2nd Prize A TheHighCo R500-00 voucher Sponsored by TheHighCo HOW TO ENTER? Simply reply to this thread with your entries. Attach the images to your reply or embed the images from a 3rd party website Snapshot of The Month Rules: Original images only please. If your entries are found to have been pulled from the internet your entry will be void. Members can enter a maximum of 5 images each. Images entered this month may not be entered in future competitions. Members can submit photos and/or graphics designs of their own Once entries close entries will be narrowed down to 10 nominees which will then go to a private poll with the Competition Voting Panel Members can only come 1st in an SOTM once every 12 months or 2nd or 3rd twice every 12 months. Entries are judged on: Overall originality - What sets the image apart from others. Creativity & Effort - was there a good amount of creative thought and effort that went into the image Wow factor - does the image get attention. Quality and clarity - Is the detail in the image decent. Is the photograph clear, well focused and not blurry. Entries close 01/07/20 Good Luck! --------------------------------------------

Right guys we finally have our nominees! These will now go to the voting panel and we hope to have the winners announced as soon as we can. In order of submission: @TheUltimateNoob @TheUltimateNoob #2 @MrKushBush @Noddy420 #1 @Club_high @Noddy420 #2 @Farmbudz @Blomma @GreenMunchkin @TheUltimateNoob #3 GOOD LUCK!

Entries have officially closed. We will not be running a public opinion poll for our SOTM anymore as there have been too many issues with it in the past. Namely cheating and voter recruitment, which then leads to disputes. We therefore will be announcing the nominees sometime this week and will then begin our voting with the voting panel. If all goes well we should be able to announce winners later this week or early next week.

@Growingstoned_Sa please could you upload the images onto this thread please

ENTRIES WILL BE CLOSING AT MIDNIGHT TONIGHT

We have a new moderator onboard! Welcome aboard @Ill_Evan thanks for helping out

The prize list has been updated. Also, please take note that of the judging criteria. Just so you know The entries so far are already looking really good!