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I find the CBD strains help calm one down and the quality of sleep often seems improved. Otherwise a nice strong indica would probably help, with more amber / orange trichomes will probably help the cause too.

Welcome! Enjoy your stay! In terms of potency, I have yet to see an autoflower reach potency levels which the photoperiods reach. The higher autoflowers I have seen have been around 26% THC - while still respectable, not the over 30% which is now being seen on some photoperiod strains. With that being said, auto's certainly have their place and I will most likely be growing more in the future

I must give this a try sometime!

Nice man! Will be keeping an eye on this grow. Good luck with the regs, hopefully you get fems.

It would actually be interesting to reset the poll and start a new one. Just because a company started out well, does not mean they are still first pick. The market has grown since the poll was first put up, new seedbanks have opened up locally and stock has increased overall. @420SA what do you think about making it a yearly poll? Perhaps start a new poll for 2020?

I haven't. But@CreX has some in flower and isn't impressed by it so far. Sent from my Redmi Note 7 Pro using Tapatalk

I believe most pests don't enjoy Cannabis all that much. There are other crops they'd rather munch on. Also more likely to have predators outside. Really upto you. Sent from my Redmi Note 7 Pro using Tapatalk

A quick Google search stats Thripex are predatory mites, Koppert seem to stock / sell them. https://www.koppert.com/thripex/

What makes a good breeder, I'd say good breeding practices... although one wants quality genetics too. Having the best breeding practices, but not having anything exceptional isn't really ideal. You don't necessarily need to have good breeding practices to end up with some quality genetics though. I agree that there are plenty of companies out there who just pollen chuck and hope for the best. They advertise one thing and in a pack of seeds you do not find that specific pheno or there are too many phenos which are undesirable. Like @trichomechaser I too prefer the US breeders over the Dutch / European ones. I too am keen to hear about some awesome breeders which are out there, in SA I feel the exposure to quality breeders is very limited unfortunately.

The stronger it is, the less you need to smoke. I find it rather interesting, keen to see what comes of it.

@CreX yeah why not!

So I have grown very hard, dense buds as well as rather airy bud under the exact same LED lights - heck, it was part of the same grow just 2 different plants and therefore different genetics. Distance from the LEDs were the same, power was the same and since it was in the same tent even the environment was the same. Good lights make a massive difference for sure, although there are many other contributing factors. I have mentioned this before, I like to use the example of a professional athlete and compare them to seeds / genetics. They have the potential, although in order for them to reach their full potential they need to make sure they eat properly and rest sleep and train hard etc. (lights, environment, nutes etc.) If you have all of that right, it is a winning combo - so good quality lights and good genetics and grown well. Then if you were to take an average Joe, perhaps someone like myself. No matter how hard I train or how I eat and so forth - I won't end up at the professional athlete level. I could have the best of everything but genetically it just isn't going to happen. I feel the 2 biggest factors in a grow are genetics and quality lighting. Environment often fluctuates a bit in most grows, nutes there are plenty of different brands and most are decent etc. etc. Having the best genetics but shitty lights and growing conditions will yield shit still. On the contrary, having shit genetics but amazing light and growing conditions will also yield shit.

Just tried it from my phone with the stock browser which I never use, Def not logged in and am able to access it via the side bar section as per the screenshot. @420SA so not being accessed directly via the clubs section. I assume if viewing permissions were adjusted for the clubs it would prevent this from happening. Sent from my Redmi Note 7 Pro using Tapatalk Edit: I can even access the other clubs without being logged in.

Your plants look happy, although the cupping of the leaves on that auto is not ideal but that has been harvested anyways.

If you look underneath the leaves, do you see any pests of any sort?

Looking superb! Sent from my Redmi Note 7 Pro using Tapatalk

What medium are you using? Coco? Hydro? Soil? If coco or soil, I feed nutes when required. With coco I quite like fertigation (constant watering, before the coco is allowed to dry out too much... generally multiple times per day). Soil it will vary, but I find I tend to water a flowering plant every 2 to 3 days in a 20L fabric pot. For hydro, well, only when needed. I also dislike using ml for nutes, rather look at getting an EC pen and start measuring and mixing nutes according to the EC or PPM. You will have better control over what your plants are getting.

Welcome and enjoy your stay! Maybe get a grow diary going and show off your grow :D Sent from my Redmi Note 7 Pro using Tapatalk

So I have been seriously slacking with updates on this grow, it has not been an ideal grow at all. I have hardly been home, so have really neglected the grow, I got some PM earlier on which was treated but I took my time to treat the PM and then I was a few days late with multiple waterings which the plants were not too happy about. I also got thrips which I did not notice right away and they pretty much wrecked the leaves on some of the plants (especially Man Cookies #2). Hopefully Man Cookies #2 will pull through. I have pollinated the Man Cookies #2 and the Grape Diamond. I have harvested the Man Cookies #1 and am waiting for the Inzane and her seeds to mature before I harvest. I have not even had time to trim the harvested Man Cookies #1 so will be forced to do a dry trim. The bud looks alright still, decent frost but I do not feel these plants have reached their full potential unfortunately and it is all my fault. I just want this grow to be over, will need to give the tent a good clean due to the pests and PM and then will start a new grow... But only once everything has been harvested. The Man Cookies #2 is looking super frosty but I am getting worried and thinking the thrip damage on the leaves is perhaps too severe and stunting the plant. Will give it a bit more time and then decide whether to scrap it or try and see what I can get out of the plant and whether it's worth while or not.

So plans have changed, had to give this plant away and @CreX is now finishing off the growing of the auto. Last I saw it did not have any colour on it, I think I may still have 1 more seed left and I still have some pollen. I still have quite a few auto seeds, but, will need to see when I can start growing them. My setup will be changing soon and will most likely be focusing more on photoperiods.

Inline fan will only be able to bring the temperate to the ambient temperature at best, which I imagine would be higher outside than inside your house. If you have an AC inside the house, then def it should be inside. I agree that having the cupboard inside your house will probably make it easier for you, direct sun I fear will increase temps quite a bit. Extraction fan outside may be a bit suspicious as majority of them are rather noisy.

Bidorbuy is the easiest option, it's where I got majority of mine. They have those rectangular ones and some circular ones - comes down to personal preference as to which you prefer. If your jar lid is metal, you can even cut a hole into the lid and use silicone to secure the hygrometer to the lid if you'd like.

So with the slots I'd be concerned about the light leaking in. I think it may be best to have a fan at the top blowing air out of the enclosure - hot air rises and you want to get rid of that hot air. A fan to circulate air between the canopy sounds good. Sent from my Redmi Note 7 Pro using Tapatalk

I don't have a vacuum chamber unfortunately, so I use heat to try and purge the butane.Probably isn't 100% clean but I hope it at least removed majority of the butane. Rosin would be far better in this regard as its solvent-less, unfortunately majority of the pressed are not cheap and a press can directly affect the quality of rosin you get and the yields too. You can blast trim with butane, although I don't see it working as well if you were to try and press trim (fan leaves with some frost etc). Sent from my Redmi Note 7 Pro using Tapatalk

Perfect, sounds very good and promising. You have your ventilation sorted as well?