AK-47 Gold Arabesque

With this grow for the first time I'm now trying FloraCoco DualPart, Grow and Bloom. Also have FinalPart and the FlashClean which I'll be using.

24 November This is where we are now. Planted into pots, and second grow light up. Opened two of the passive intakes at the bottom instead of an inlet fan. Trying passive intake and a bit of negative pressure this time. Going to wait a bit longer before feeding first nutrients. Would be interested to know when other salt nutrient users start feeding? Any input appreciated. Back left Hiroshima in the last post's photo also died. I need to stop meddling. The line-up is now Hiroshima, G-Fawke both by Renegade Seed Co. Also from a friend's personal seedbank I've added a seed labelled "Pierre's Black Mountain Temple" to fill the last spot. Hiroshima #1, #2 and #3 Number 1 and 3 are healthy and doing fine. Number 2 struggled a bit straight out of the seed, one leaf shrivelled on the end. Not sure why that happened, but it seems to be recovering well. G-Fawke #1 and 2 and the Black Mountain Temple are doing fine.

Hello hello, As I'm doing my first photoperiod grow I'm going to end up lollipopping my plants. My research has led to a little bit of confusion. I see many different takes on the subject, and was curious as to the opinion of you experienced growers. Some people lollipop a few days before flip. Others a week before. I see other grow diaries and resources that show people lollipopping a week after flip, even up to two weeks after flip. When do you decide to lollipop? I'd be interested to see the different responses. Is there any reason for these differing schools of thought? Or does it really not matter and its all anecdotal. Is it strain dependent etc?

14 November 5 seeds pushed out of the soil. Not sure what happened to thee 6th, as it showed a root and the seed popped. Oh well. The middle left seedling had the seed casing stuck, and stupidly I tried to help by prying the seed helmet off. Ended up taking off the one leaf. RIP. Not sure if it will make it. Germinating the 2 promo G-Fawke seeds I got now, to replace the damaged and non-starter seedlings.

Welcome!

You guys ever tried the Green House Seed Co variant? Arjan (the owner) was the guy who did the Strain Hunter documentaries, and South Africa was part of that trip. I'm sure its pretty close to the original: https://shop.greenhouseseeds.nl/feminised-cannabis-seeds/exodus-cheese/ "GENETICS Exodus Cheese (the only original Cheese)." They took landrace strains back home. Pretty sure Arjan is also one of the people who introduced exodus to the rural growers in the mountains as well. Remember something like that when I watched the documentaries.

12 November One so far

Amazing!! I still don't get how you manage to achieve 4 strong main branches like that? Do you top the third node, and prune everything between that and the bottom two branches?

First time growing photoperiods, quite excited. Genetics Hiroshima by Renegade Seed Co. 6 Pack High THC, and according to the product description should deliver "high yields of dense, rock-solid buds." Hoping to achieve that. Want to make one a mother and start learning to clone. The description says "These highly stable genetics produce two phenotypes at most." Should be easy to choose a winner to reveg. They advise topping, which I am also looking forward to learning. Want to also try "FIM" a plant or two to experiment. Grow Setup Same as before. Here ~ Lets go 9 November Seeds arrived. Also received a Promotional 2 Pack of G-Fawke. 10 November Seeds into a glass of spring water. Onto a heating mat and into a dark cupboard to soak for 18 hours. 11 November Seeds started showing roots. All 6 seeds popped, gently took them and placed them root facing down in Jiffy Preforma Plugs. Covered the holes slightly and into the ROOTiT Small Propagator they go. Heating mat underneath, and gently misted with spring water. Also threaded the hygrometer reader through a ventilation hole, to see the environment reading. I think this reading is fine for germination. Any and all feedback welcome. Hoping for them all to push out effectively over the coming days. In hindsight I should have maybe done the paper towel method to get the roots longer, before putting them into the plugs. I've also previously had a failed germination where I watered a bit much, so just gently misting this time as to not drown/stunt the seeds.

I just bought some seeds so I can also contribute, yay HIROSHIMA, - by Renegade Seed Co. First time I'm going to try photoperiods, and premium US genetics. Hoping for some proper dense buds this time round, as the description said. https://www.cannabisseeds.co.za/store/feminised/renegade-seed-co-hiroshima

I agree with the above two mense. If you do feed them any nutes, remember that you need to do half or quarter strength as they are autos.

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

@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.

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.

Is this website your place? https://westcoastwanderer.co.za I'm going that side this weekend, will pop in and say hi

It would be a crime to not process the trimmings from this plant One of those smaller leaves has more trichomes than a whole bag of outdoor you get from a dealer

Stunning. love the cannabonsai vibe

I know there won't be much of a visual difference, but I'm super curious to see weed that you've been curing for 3 fucking years Care to share some photos?

I assume those buckets with holes are to separate from the pot from the cold floor + catch your runoff for you? Genius I've seen people use metal grates, milk crates and pallets, but the cheap plastic bucket is a great idea. Also easier to pH your runoff. I may steal this idea

This makes a lot of sense. Exactly why for my next run I'm educating myself and gearing up to keep a mother, and become a man of the clone culture. As of now I've only grown R80 seeds from local breeders, and even when those seeds didn't pop I was bummed. Especially considering I have a heating mat etc. I'd give up if 4k worth of seeds died on me My next grow I want to get ~R200 a seed US/NL genetics. Nobody wants to buy seeds at that price every time they want to grow more premium genetics, only to have some pop and some don't. Just makes more sense to buy premium genetics once, select the best pheno and just make clones from then on. Plus all the other benefits with clones being identical, and the shorter veg time. Makes sense to me now why most experienced growers on this forum just run clones, consistency

Final update for this diary bud shots of the Amnesia Haze My Critical's I wet trimmed, so with the Amnesia I chose dry trim to experiment. I also did the whole 2-3 days of darkness before harvest this time, just to try it. Not sure if it contributed, but these are for sure frostier than the Criticals. To be fair these did flower a lot longer, as needed with Haze strains. 15 days controlled dry in the dark tent, whole plants with leaves. Long and slow. Dry trimmed now, and time to cure. Quite "fluffy" bud, a fair amount of leaves and not very dense. But for a first attempt I'm happy.

Last harvest done. No more plants, final stretch. Left the last three Critical + Amnesia Haze in darkness for 3 days. Final plant lifespan was 93 days, a bit over the recommended. Definitely was needed to let them grow longer, as I can see these three are fatter and have more trichomes than the other two I harvested earlier. Have learnt a lot The other plants just smoke and taste better every day, curing really does wonders. Thank you for sharing with my journey

Do you have a cheap hygrometer or something to measure environment? What are the temps and RH? If air circulating is a problem, find a generic fan in your house or get a cheap one to blow under the canopy and move around what I assume to be humid, hot air.

Buds dry enough to pop off main stem, but still bounce back. Did a final trim on some of the smaller leaves, and now curing one batch. Other branches need a little longer. The bud is leafy, but I'm quite happy. Still have three other plants I'm letting flower for longer before harvesting.

Do you know how many watts all your setups together pull?