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Same, I struggle with creativity at times... Keep thinking about what would make an awesome picture.

We need to arrange another plant, I am sure you can make space for Ghost Train Haze... right? It will most likely need some support though!

Pfffft.

This is the Big Smooth?

Not quite the same type of charcoal. Get the type which is meant to be for human consumption. Go to a chemist / health shop. Activated charcoal. Sent from my Redmi Note 7 Pro using Tapatalk

One of those online Chinese stores. Mine is apparently 1600x but I heavily doubt that... Although for my needs it's great! Sent from my Redmi Note 7 Pro using Tapatalk

I watched the video as well, although I think I will be doing a defoliation when I get a chance - removing just the fan leaves and leaving the sugar leaves. If the fan leaf is really not in the way of bud sites, I will leave it. However if it may prevent airflow or stop light from penetrating better it will be removed - so probably just keep fan leave son the outside of the branches and plant. On another note, I got a cheap USB microscope a while ago to help me check my trichomes and did a quick check on the bagseed plant and its starting to turn cloudy. Really liking the microscope so far.

Welcome. Why not source seeds locally? There are many local seed vendors who stock international seeds. @Sacred Seeds is one of them and they are a vendor on the site, I have personally ordered from him before and had no issues. There are many more though, Sacred Seeds is just one of the many local seed vendors.

So I did a defoliation when I flipped to flower than akother around 2 weeks in and haven't touched it since. I may try remove some fan leaves to give a bit more light penetration though. Been toying with the idea, should I or shouldn't I. It's 1.2 x 0.6 and I think 1.7 tall. Not a big tent at all. Sent from my Redmi Note 7 Pro using Tapatalk

So I've been wondering whether to do some defoliation or not, I don't wanna stunt the bud production but at the same time it's certainly affecting the light penetration. I have tried to physically move branches around and tuck leaves to assist with light penetration. As for the light spread, I run my lights very low to the canopy and I have them staggered. A lot lower than other grows I've seen, I have the luxury of having quite a few quantum boards in that small space. How much it affects the bud not having direct light under there I am not sure - buds are still growing and resin production still seems to be happening pretty well. Realistically, I don't think majority of people have direct light under every plant. I don't feel it's a problem, it's a small area and already I feel as if 380W in the area is overkill. I can increase it to 480w, actually 504w max, but feel its really not needed. Next flower grow I may turn the power down and see how it compares. Edit: I feel a scrog net would have increased light penetration and increased the efficiency in terms of using my tent space for flowering. Next time I flower I'd like to scrog if I can. Sent from my Redmi Note 7 Pro using Tapatalk

You purchase RO water for your plants? Wow ok. I can't justify that, I don't think the difference is big enough - I would purchase a RO system but not water. Isn't it normally around R1 per L? On my flowering plants I currently use at least 18L per feed and feed at least twice a week. So R36 a week, R144 a month. R360 for flowering if you are going for 10 weeks. Surely it must work out cheaper to just purchase an RO system in the long run?

Yeah, 400W for veg and 400W for flower - sounds decent. Just remember heat with HPS is going to be higher, so ensure you are able to keep things cool during summer. Otherwise consider LED if you need to purchase more lights, will help with heat a bit as well as electricity usage - also no need to swap bulbs.

@Stinger96 how much do you smoke a day?

Well done guys! Congratulations to both @lokinc and @Jay420herb

EC is Electrical Conductivity and is an alternative way to measure nutrient concentration in your res water. PPM is the same thing in theory, just a different value. Think of it as meters and inches, they both measure just in different values.

@Za Weed Lover no reason you cannot use it for a full grow. When you switch to flower, you change your res and your nutes and obviously light cycle. You will certainly want to invest in a good quality PH meter and have a good EC / PPM meter too.

Nice! Glad it's working well for you so far. Instead of misting the plants, you can mist the walls / reflective stuff around them and that will evaporate and in turn increase the humidity, do you have a hygrometer in there to check what your humidity is? Are you in Gauteng or WC? Being by the ocean should increase your average humidity quite a bit, in JHB the humidity has been pretty low around 25 - 32% according to my hygrometer. Extra humidity would be preferred.

Well, 400W of what type of lighting? 400W of HPS, 400W CFL and 400W LED are all very different things. Also "400W" of LED can be misleading at times. Not uncommon to see "1200W" LED fixtures which only give between 120W - 250W. Also what is the size of your grow area? How many plants do you want to grow etc?

I'd say remove the CFL's, keep the LED's. Save on electricity. Even those smaller "globe" LED's, not sure how effective those are. If it were my grow, I would probably just use the blurple LED's.

It is the light cycle which forces the plants to flower, not the spectrum. However the plant wants more red spectrum during flowering, so a warm white is more beneficial compared to a neutral or cool white. I would get rid of those CFL's if it were my grow. Are the rest of the lights LED's with one reptile heater globe? Kelpak is more for seedlings, I wouldn't use it on larger plants. Multigro, sounds like a general nutrient mixture and not one specifically for flowering. I do not know what those EHG nutrients are like though, I have not looked into either of them although I'd probably consider giving those a go considering the one states it is for bloom so should be higher in Phosphorus and Potassium. Good luck with flowering!

Just for curing, not for drying?

@Kgrows That is cool, I wonder how much CO2 you get from there and how effective it is? So none of the pipe go into the tap water? How much water goes into the Sugar & yeast bottle?

Day 86 / Day 34 of Flower An update on the remaining plants, pics were taken last night. If you want updates on the Chocolope, head over to my Indoor Grow Off thread. Girl Scout Cookies (Thin Mint) x Bruce Banner #3: Lots of bud sites here, canopy turned out really nicely. Needs to start fattening up Seedsman CBD Critical Mass: I have a bit of a soft spot for this plant and have since the beginning. Really eager to try some of the bud, meant to be a 1:1 ratio of THC : CBD although potency is on the lower side at around 8% Not a lot of bud sites but the colas are well sized and are starting to fatten up. Smell is getting good, very pleasant although very different compared to the Bag Seed. Bruce Banner #3: Tall plant and looking a little lanky still, although I have no doubt she will start filling out and fattening up nicely soon. From the same batch of seeds which @Master_G has been growing, his are a bit older and looking superb! The Bruce Banner also has this double, or perhaps triple budsite mutation which looks cool and makes the bud a bit fatter - curious to see what happens towards harvest time and how much of a size difference there is etc. Grandaddy Purple x Bruce Banner #3 There is a grape scented pheno which I hope I have, although so far it is not looking that way. There is still a bit of time though. @Master_G and @greenkush have ended up with this pheno from the batch of seeds, hoping I am not left out. haha Above the canopy: Below the canopy:

So CO2 allows the plant to make use of more light, that is how it works. It can also be useful as it can help reduce pest issues as they generally need air and co2 will cause them to suffocate. In order for CO2 to be cost effective, the room needs to be able to fully seal so the CO2 does not escape. I think this is where most people struggle if you are on a budget - which most of us are. If the room is fully sealed then you could easily end up with heat issues due to no extraction of warm air (even from LED's, in a tent it can make a difference for sure). Also you need certain equipment for CO2 which locally can be rather expensive. A couple of thousands. I have never given it a try, currently not very set on trying CO2 although that may change sometime in the future. Will have to see.

So I guess I should do an update, right? Pollen certainly took, it seems as if the seeds are starting to form and the bud is fattening up too on the Daquari Lime auto. As for the Charlottes Angel, still no signs of flowering... So I took a few cuttings and popped them into my bubble cloner. They're getting seriously bushy, I did not take any pics of the Charlottes Angel. I also stopped with the STS spray on the Charlottes Angel as I am not seeing any pistils and would like some bud formation before I get some pollen.