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Indicas finish quicker than sativas. So the short answer to your question is yes. Still early days for you but your plants are looking good!

Thought I'd give an update on what's happening my side grow wise 3 different strains running in my tent at the moment, soon to be 4. Back left - Rare Dankness scotts OG in the Organics matter living soil Back right - Humboldt seeds Amherst Sour Diesel. Also in the OM soil Middle row left - Rare Dankness scotts OG in my own soil Middle row right - Humboldt Seeds Amhest Sour Diesel in my own soil Front - Rare Dankness Starkiller OG in my own soil Delicious Seeds Sugar Black Rose soon to enter in some more OM soil. The Scotts OG's are now 2 and a half weeks through flower. They are clones of the same plant. They were transplanted into their respective soils a week before flip. They came from a regular seed The Sour Diesels are 2 weeks through flower. Also transplanted a week prior to flip. I'm pretty sure I put them in the flower tent too soon but that's no major issue. The Starkiller OG has been in flower for 4 weeks and 4 days now. She came from a regular seed. Only bought 2 regular seeds of this strain, thank fuck the gamble paid off. The first seed I germed and grew out turned out male. So i germed this seed with a clenched nort till she showed sex! As you can tell I'm running the same strains in my soil and the organics matter soil. This wasn't initially intended but I've essentially got a comparison going here. They are clones of the same plants and were very similar in size before being transplanted into their respective soils. Game on! Will do my best to keep you guys updated The Starkiller OG

That's the idea yes. Mixing about 40L at a time would be fine so the drum doesn't have to be that big. The crank bit leaves me blank. Wouldn't know where to start or where to look for something like that. I agree an electric motor isn't needed. As long as the bin rotates smoothly.

Shot bru I would but my 3 year old is yet to be indoctrinated and doesn't care much for money. He'll do it anyway though

Not really something I would recommend. Organic nutes like Biobizz are meant to supplement the soils food web and not be a complete feeding solution on its own.

Must be. Probably why they're not openly trading as cannapax. Dodgy AF too to have staff asking random people on the street if they smoke weed to rope in customers. How does cannapax work with age? No under 18's or what?

Well said @highchome I also enjoyed growing in hydro and enjoyed the control. You do feel a little more involved. It took a lot for me to switch over to soil, it really is about letting go. Starting off in hydro had also gotten me used to the cleanliness of hydro. Something you have to sacrifice with soil as it does end up making your grow area/tent a lot more "dirty", in a good way of course. What switched me over to organics was kids. Don't have the time for hydro no more!

Don't get me wrong I enjoy mixing up soil. But that was when I only needed to mix up 40-60L at a time. Ideally I want to mix up a batch of about 200L of soil next which is quite a lot but doesn't really justify renting a mixer. @Bospatrollie2 the challenge is on bru. Show me the way

It's the media's sensationalist weapon... "dagga lab" "hydroponic dagga lab" and of course still using the word "dagga". It's all about the angle. The media is clearly targeting those who are strongly anti-drugs and anti-"dagga" to read their articles. They are the only one's who will read it... and us. If they say police raided a persons home and encountered a "cannabis garden" the effect of the story immediately diminishes. They've lost the reader and the advertisers lose out. A lot of people also think cannabis and dagga are 2 different things. They see cannabis as this breakthrough healing plant that they are hearing about on the news but they still see "dagga" as this drug that is ruining our youth. The media capitalizes on that. Also notice how the media will call it cannabis when its an article on medicine but as soon as its found in someone's home its called dagga again. Twats

Alright folks. Here are our winners! The decision was a unanimous one for 1st place. The poll agrees too. Congratulations @Stoukie you take home 1st prize 2nd place was so much harder to decide but ultimately we settled on @CreX. So it's all about the creatures this month. I would like to mention that @Kgrows your photo was so close with 2nd place. It's unfortunate we don't have a 3rd prize as you would take it. Not much consolation I know but thought I should definitely make a mention That wraps up another great SOTM. The quality of entries were superb as always!

Too late for entries here bud. August's competition thread is now running

The winners will be announced later today or tomorrow morning the latest

I reckon just pluck the nanners and keep going. Keep an eye out for any more

Still think you shouldn't filter your intake?

Capitalism would most likely work if 100% of us were honest. That's never gonna happen. Until our minds can be programmed otherwise. The competition polls attest to this fact @Totemic when you say cannabis should disappear from law do you effectively mean that it should be fully legalised? i.e. as legal as lettuce? lol for it to have no regulation would mean it would have to be fully legalised, open trade for all. If it was totally unregulated, what about keeping it clear of youth? Sure, educating your kid is most important but not all parents follow through with that. The only regulation I see fit for cannabis is regulating the youth's access to it.

Snapshot Of The Month August 2019 Sponsored by www.thehighco.co.za & www.freedomfarms.co.za What's being given away this month? 1st place wins A TheHighCo. Kingsize 420 Mystery Box valued at R995-00 Winner can choose between a 420 or 710 focussed mystery box 2nd place wins Freedom Farms Shirt Freedom Farms Cap Freedom Farms Fire Juice 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 Entries will be narrowed down to 10 nominees which will be placed in a poll. The poll will not be the official decider of the winners though. 420SA and its moderators will decide the winners Entries are judged on: Overall originality - What sets the image apart from others. 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. Effort - was there a good amount of thought and effort that went into the image Entries close 30/08/19 Good Luck! Nominees Here are the 10 nominees for SOTM August. Poll to go up shortly. Winners will be announced on Friday morning. @Cannacrafter @cee2020 @lokinc @Sir Blaze Alot @Ill_Evan @Jay420herb @PsyCLown @Renier86 @Timmah @Kgrows

Just a heads up guys that myself and the mods will most likely be deciding the winners once this poll ends so I would like to now declare that the poll is not official in deciding the winners. We will of course use it as reference. There is too much doubt hanging over this poll at the moment and its validity. There appears to be more suspicious activity going on in terms of sign ups and voting, no names can be mentioned as its not definitive but I am almost certain of it. If they're guilty they'll know who I'm talking about. I'm really sorry to the guys who go about this honestly. There is always that one doos, in this case a few actually, that ruin it for everyone else. This also means that in future the poll will not run as the official decider of the winners, it will run but it won't hold any bearing on who ultimately wins. That will always be decided internally from now on.

Yes. I'm actually getting onto posting August's comp in a few minutes

Always wondered this. Have never seen a proper aquaponic cannabis grow...

Neem is effective at getting rid of gnats. If you have some you can use that too

Like Totemic said sprinkle a thin layer of it on the surface of the soil. Also look at some sticky traps, they work well too

I'm curious to know what methods/machines some of you guys use to mix your own soils? Throwing the soil out and tossing it with a shovel is getting a bit tedious these days for me and tough on the back, at this tender old age of 30 Time is also an issue plus I also don't see it doing the most effective job of mixing the soil thoroughly. I'm aware of using small cement mixers like the one below. My local coastal hire rents them out for R430-00 a day delivery included, which isn't such a bad option I guess but it will be an extra expense. I'm keen to know if any of you have devised your own DIY contraptions to mix soil or just plainly how you do it. @Green Leaf Organics @Totemic @Organics Matter @Toby

Nice man! Great idea on using the water dispenser bottle. Saves a lot of energy drilling holes into the bottom of a bucket which has till now put me off building my own vortex brewer. Don't have the tools for that. I'm sorry but I'm definitely stealing your idea what size air pump are you using? I'm afraid I had to disable video uploads due to their high storage use. Once we get this forum onto some solid hosting with unlimited storage we'll start allowing video uploads again. In the mean time you could upload videos to Youtube and then embed the video here. Very easy to do.

Pat, just for interest sake I Youtubed "Infant Annihilator" cos the name obviously catches attention lol Guys before you watch the video below, mute it and watch the video for a bit. Then unmute it...