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Aweh @Brain Welcome to the forum, best place to ask questions and learn. Seems you allready got some greenfingers there, nice yield. Good advice in the above posts, bit late in the season now for planting photo periods. You could go the autoflower route if you want to start now, but as mentioned they can be finicky. Your soil doesnt look bad at all. (We have pure sand here on the northcoast). For growing cannabis it would benefit from some aeration and more organics as mentioned. You could for example add coco, perlite and wormcastings and build your own soil or you can buy prepackaged soil such as Freedom farms. You say you have space, why not start a compost pile for next year, then all your plants will benefit. A greenhouse or nethouse will help a lot with weather, wind and vegetarian pests of which there are many to contend with. Make sure about location! We have a 18m2 tunnel where our flowering plants finish up to avoid weather, butterflies, worms and hoppers, cause you cant spray much on your plants while they are in flower. Enjoy the journey.

Mararet Roberts also has a product for worms. Contains the bacteria Bauvaria Baussinia that stops the worms digestive system, they basically die from hunger, but it does take a day or 2 to start working. Its a granulated powder that contains the bacteria, you mix with water and apply with a garden pump sprayer. I have used it with good success and its now part of my IPM as it can be sprayed dirimg flower.

Evening fellow florists Just a wee bit of an update. Some good some bad.... Most of the country had some bad weather and we were no exception, luckily our greenhouse remained grounded, but 2 of the girls sustained some damage. Luckily broken branches can be mended. Very happy with the growth on the Purple Pineapple Express clone, she is a bit bushy and branchy but another defol will sort that. The Purple Stiltons and Fruitpunches are doing great, the 2 in the greenhouse are putting on weight and getting nice and frosty. Their counterparts outside are a bit slower going into full flower, which suits us fine as we can stagger the trimming. One of the Bubblegum girls got damaged in the hectic weather and split her stem quite badly. Looks as if she'll recover as both have gone into preflower. The plants in material bags is our R&D dept. Have to do pheno hunting of course. Mixed batch of WWxCheese, Swazi, DBN, Pineapple Skunk and an overtly Peppery indica. Sticking to the biobizz range nute wize, alternating with banana, apple and comfrey smoothies, AACT and SST.

Grasshopper types are difficult cause you dont really want to spray any insecticide on a plant you will be consuming later. Not sure if neem or pyrol might work as a deterrant. Other than building a nethouse or tunnel to keep them out, otherwise daily inspection does work.

Glass is the way to go. Your worst enemy here is light/UV and fluctuating temps and high RH. Got a few jars stashed in a dark cupboard that was chosen because the temps and RH fluctuate the least. Some jars going on 10mnths now, some strains develop more flavour and smoothness with a longer cure.

Also did a bit of harvesting of another kind. Been dabbling in chilli sauces, smokey jalapeno and cayenne and very soon a batch of hot habanero. The last of our tomatoe harvest, getting too hot on the north coast for them now. Sweetest sweet potatoes we ever tasted, grew in 50/50 canabis soil and sand mix in a 75lt tub.

Looking verrry nice.

You have to dig Old School...

With those being auto's I doubt it will be a problem. They should anycase still be recieving indirect light on the verandah. Too much direct sunlight during flowering may affect/reduce the quality of the buds' terpene profile as some terpenes are more sensitive to sunlight than others. As an experiment some of our plants(mostly photos)are moved to a shadier spot during the last week or 2 of flowering to try and preserve/enhance the terpenes/flavour quality of the bud.

Aweh. This is an awesome forum, lots of knowlegeble growers here willing to help out and give advice. Enjoy the forum. And pls do a grow report.

Aweh @Pants Looking yummy. Interested in edible shrooms. Would you mind sharing the details for those pink oysters pls? Welcome to pm me. Cheers.

It needs to be considered that some strains are just more susceptable to mildew. Sometimes all it takes is a few days with high RH and boom.... While you follow your plan of action or treatment, you could cut a few 'clean' clones(just in case), it would be faster than starting from seed again.

We've been growing outdoors in the woolies bags for a couple of years now. At approx 20-25lt they are a good size too and much more durable than other 'carrier' options. But they remain a budget alternative and are not UV resistant. They become weak and tear easily after about 2 years in the sun outdoors. So they are not what you'd call robust, if you are going to move your plants around a lot I would rather suggest proper material bags.

Thats exactly what was done, doubled up on the ropes securing the tunnel. From the N and E were ok, but most exposure to the weather is from the S and W. So far so good.

Aweh greenfingers Ladies are doing well, Fruitpunch and Purple Stilton started preflower. Bubblegums getting ready and pushing spires. Eloise moved in last night, spent most of yesterday securing our grow against the incoming weather, been raining solid but the wind has behaved mostly. Not keen on 100km/h gusts. Water levels were getting low but in 12hrs we've maxed our rainwater capacity of 6500lts. Thanks Mother nature Cheers

Used to ride technical and hard enduro. Traded 2 wheels for 4....x4, but that mostly doesnt count haha....except when the water fills the footwells.

Enjoying some Bubblegum sativa, Fruitpunch f3 and a dash of Purple Stilton during the daytime. Waiting for the Purple Pineapple to finish curing.... Variety is the spice...

Wasnt intended for grasshoppers, possibly the essential oils might deter them? You can try it and check if it works. Grasshoppers and locusts are difficult to control outdoors cause they move around a lot and they can fly. As a second line of defense plant some companion plants in the mean time. Let them to snack on that, rather than the cannabis.

Yeah, go easy on the ash (woodash only) as its very alkaline. Banana smoothies work well for me. Blitz half to one banana per plant in a food processor (peels and all) with dechlorinated water. (I do banana, apple, comfrey, aloe vera and mix in a bit of carrot and potato peels) You can mix in some molasses 25 - 50ml as well. Then dilute in 20lt water and feed your flowering plants. As an option you can add some organic flowering nutes as well. Just keep ratios and strength of the mix in mind. Plain molasses in water also works well, it feeds the microbes, who in turn feed your plants.

Cotton and soybean seed meals or 'cake' are also worth mentioning as soil amendments. The byproduct of oil pressing. But...seems finding a supplier is a difficult. RSA is not as clued up on organic amendments/supplements as the US of A.

Welcome bruh, Kickass forum this. Enjoy, learn and ask questions. Post some pics....or it didnt happen haha...

Yeah that looks like they are fading to the finish.- which is very normal. Just remove the yellow and dying leaves. Those ladies are very 'bushy', preventing decent air movement through the plant, that could possibly lead to conditions for PM, due to no air movement. Depending on your local weather conditions of course. Inland your RH would be lower than here by the coast. I would have done a lekker defoliation before they go into flower. Just my 2c Are you feeding them anything to fatten up?

Aweh greenfingers, 1st things first- Purple pineapple smoke report is goooood. With such a short time in the jar the smoothness was unexpected....she plays nice and euphoric but as soon as you decide to chill/relax, she puts you to glorious sleep. On to newer things.... Endevouring to adapt our grow technique to comply with the new (to be gazetted) laws. Strain and pheno hunting aside herewith the ladies that made it to the big flower league. Most are local crosses, the Fruitpunch f4 and Purple Pineapple being my own project lines. The 'new' (ever evolving) amended soil is coming into its own, no deficiencies thus far. Had a dash of Ca and Mg problems last year, but no probs currently, leaving time to focus on organic IPM evolution, hence the tomato leaf and catnip extract spray applications. Had some good results so far with the spider mites/ aphids, with Margaret Roberts keeping the worms under control. If you look at each plant's presentation you can see which are in preflower and which are preparing to go into preflower. Depending on their genetics they all react differently to light and the flowering window. Go big or go home. Cheers vir eers.