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interesting - bud does not normally go amber before the leaves trichomes start going amber.

if so, they can go a bit longer

check the trichomes with your phone, i was very jealous at the level of zoom you can do with your phone man hahaha. do you know the day of flower they are in? you could probably take these to day 65 or 70, depending on what the trichomes say

its pretty simple actually. i take an airtight jar, large enough to fit a cup of water in it (literally the cup and the water, not a cup of waters worth of water) i start with hot water, seems to work fine - although i have noticed that as long as there is water, it will work, regardless of temp. i place the cup of hot water in the center of my large jar, and then put all the bovidas into the jar, at the bottom of the large jar, around the cup of water. it is important that you dont let the bovida get wet by the water, this will damage the 2 way breathable fabric. and thats it - check in a week and see the condition, and if its all gooey again with no hard bits in it, its ready to go and be used again. be careful that you dont completely forget about them either tho! - bovidas have a weight on them when you buy them, this weight goes right down when the bovida is spent, but the weight climbs back up when its hydrated again, i try stick to no more than 10-20% heavier than the standard weight. 8g bovida dries out to like 5g, i rehydrate to 10g and then reuse. 68g bovida dries out to something like 50g, and ill rehydrate it to 70-75max and reuse

mmm, im not sure his quick mention of the method without a follow up of that specific method is really an answer to it working, maybe try it yourself and let us know? also the Tip - take the pony out before dark period lol - this method would be for okay if you had a plant or 2 - but im not sure its worth it even then.

unbuffered coco leaches calcium big time... but nothing 2 weeks of adding calmag every feed wont fix, the coco WILL get full of calcium. i use the Haifa range of nutes and i add a bit of Ca EDTA and a bit of epsom salts per feed - as well as the Haifa Duo which is Calcium and potassium. so double Ca but its not double, its just half and half really.

looking good man!! put some of this fire on the home page for us man!

you can most definitely go coco and biobizz... you would need to be adding microbes and fungi tho or else you may not get the results you are looking for... i think biobizz still requires some kind of biological assistance?

for us home growers, we will never know lol. the only true test would be a whole harvest (same plant for the whole test) that gets sampled at 10 days 20 days 30 days and so on. i think i saw a study a while back that says the scent and aroma of the bud can improve if kept in a cool environment for a few months, and the bud should be fully decarbed by that point naturally so it could be good. you could even eat the bud and get high after a few months due to that natural slow decarb process there are anecdotes about the bud being smoother, more rounded, a fuller experience to me, its about the same experience as drinking a 3 year old whisky, or a 25 year old whisky - they both taste very similar still, and the one wont get you drunk faster than the other - its more about the subtle nuances that the mature bud can offer you

@Ponica nice work man!! sounds like a seriously nifty controller you have there! out of interest, how much would this set one back if they were to get it built like you did?

come now! dont be shy we looooove pictures of any and all cannabis plants!! show us your outdoor lady man! you can play it by ear on the inside - but do yourself a favour and read up on the teas for hydro - if you dont need it and i was wrong, then atleast you gained some tips and tricks for the day you do run into trouble - it will be an easy ride to get her big and healthy again! just gotta make sure you have the correct bacteria and fungi in your res. all the ingredients can be be bought locally - where do you reign from ? maybe we can point you to a nearby store

if your tap water is 1.0 then you need to consider buying lower EC water or moving to RO water my EC out the tap is 0.1

also to note - those stones you have there - are also contaminated with outside bacteria and fungi and will also cause the downfall of your hydro setup. im not sure what hydro you are running, if its a sterile system or living system if you did not know before, well... now you have a living system lol

looking good man! are you ready for your next selection of plants?

eish man - you wont realize it until later on - but that move is the beginning of the end for your hydro setup. when i tried something similar in my early hydro days, taking a plant inside from outside, washed the roots and so on - i actually did exactly what you did TBH. first thing - plant roots are very fragile and do not take well to washing, recovery will take a while second thing, and this is the kicker - you have brought your outside bacteria and fungi, and introduced it to your res - they will multiply, and cause shit. like im not even gonna consider any other realities for your res man, it is infected and you need to make a compost tea with the right bacteria and fungi in it or you will not experience a happy plant in that bucket ever again... even deep cleaning with bleach wont help you now - only the tea can help you now. that or buy a new bucket and new everything that touched the water in your res. thirdly - is that an auto or a photoperiod plant? if it is an auto - it will likely not survive to give you any decent bud - if it is a photo period plant, make sure its getting 18 hours of light a day. heres a link to a tea i have made with huge success. https://www.420sa.co.za/topic/2631-teas-teas-teas/?do=findComment&comment=29973 stick close man - i dont mind helping you through this time

i like to keep whats between the top net and the bottom net - or a max of 30cm from the top - anything lower than 30cm from the top gets shaved off. then i let flip to flower and at week 3 i clean up again, but not so much

Let me get them out and do a count... I don't think I have 300 but I have a fair amount

how many seeds needed for a comp about? i have about a large amount of seeds of about 2 strains (regs) that would love to see get grown out! Its those seeds that came from the last comp where i grew, flowered, pollinated the room with the Chocolope and managed to collect quite a few seeds. if i remember correctly, there were the Grape diamonds and my Aurora kush that were pollinated - i have another strain that i might be able to suggest as well, but need to check some things first. if no breeder steps up to play a part - i will gladly donate those seeds

"Yet"

the only thing that will trigger flowering response is an extended dark cycle of 8 hours and longer - Veg plants can take a beating with light cycles

indeed i have old chap!! it was out of necessity that i tried it - i have known about the technique for long but never needed to use it. my Dad has a small grow as well, but the timer he has for his tent is an analogue timer which loses its time if it loses its power. so what i did was set the timer on to 2 hours off, 4 hours on - and then repeat that 4 more times to fill up the 24 hour schedule. the main thing with vegging, is your plants must not get more that 8 hours of continuous darkness, or it will trigger flowering responses. with this method, even if it is a 4 hour loadshedding, it would not leave you hanging for longer than 8 hours ever . not only does this keep your veggies lekker in loadshedding, it also keeps the pennies in your pocket as the light is only on for 16 hours in a 24 hour period, while fulfulling proper veg growth.

there is no standard man there are hundreds of parts to a soil mix. What you seem to be understanding is a ford and a porche both have four wheels so why call it is different things...they are both cars right? they are obviously not in the slightest the same thing, other than similarities. same with soil. if you have 1 part perlite (VERY light stuff) 1 part coco (very light material) 1 part compost (dense heavy material) thats one way to mix a SOIL but what if you have 2 parts perlite, 2 parts coco and 1 part compost? the weight per liter will differ from brand to brand and if the soil is not mixed properly, then even from bag to bag

sjoe, an 8" extractor for a 1.2x1.2 - it has the power, but you will need to run it slow or get some passive air intakes from secret Jardin maybe. the sucking pressure it creates can damage your tent and wear the zips out more.

no sweat man! the more coco blends have the light coco in them, where the less coco blends with more grainy sand and compost with it, will be heavier because of the ratio of the blend. even from bag to bag it may differ (they should have had a better mixing method to ensure a more even packaging process) but it does happen

i think im starting to get your question you are in the process of maybe building your own product and are just asking the questions perhaps? maybe different options? 20l at a set price, 30l, 40l and then eventually the market research will show you that the 30l option is the best seller, and then you can scrap the other options