Ill_Evan

The only Mal Piet on this forum is this one; https://www.420sa.co.za/profile/845-mal-piet/content/ They were active in 2017 so I don't know if they are still around. But also, it's a dodgy move asking for someone's whereabouts in their first post on a public forum, you scallywag.

Yikes!

Snap I didn't see

If you don't mind not having to cut out your own ducting holes then the Mammoth 120 is fantastic the Mammoth also has more accessibility with the side zip that the DS120 doesn't have. I'd probably go Mammoth. It's a good size tent too.

@CreX we can probably expect a diary when @skullpill gets his fancy thangs

Why have you decided on this tent specifically? You could probably find an alternative in the size you want at most likely a cheaper price I recently went for a generic tent over a Secret Jardin. I can see the appeal of the SJ tents, and the accessories are pretty neat.

GroHydro is where I would get a secret jardin from. Supplies are min all over

I've been much surprised with what a good carpet can do, not the best but better than cold hard garage floor

You're advise is welcome @StickyD420! Carry on! Thanks all for the pointers. This is by no means an intention on doing comparisons between mediums and grow styles. I learnt how to grow cannabis in the deep end and my first grows were all with DWC, funny enough my first attempt has been my best attempt so far I want to do one soil run so that if I want to switch up mediums because of circumstances then I at least that I can. Also just want to learn

I've always used Root Juice, even in hydro, also got fish mix, grow and bloom.

I've gotten the BioBizz nutes.. but I have EM Pro soil anyways and will probably be using it.

I did the opposite intentionally to get temperature fluctuations in flower to be over 10C+ and got some awesome colours to come out, but I may have stunted growth a bit in hindsight.. lessons

Nah just keep it on veg mode during veg, but keep veg mode on when you flip bloom mode on for flowering.

Congrats @TheUltimateNoob

If you're in veg and are running LED's there's no reason to not run 24hrs of light. Unless you have auto flowers then I think 18-6 is the way to go.

Shjo! Conundrum. I suppose one could swap out the LED's with HID bulbs and birdwings so that you're getting your heat and your light from one source then swap back to your LED's in Summer. I only suggest this as it is what I am doing not an inexpensive solution but first thing to come to mind..

Those Sonoff switches are awesome. I'll be setting something similar up in my tent as well. Currently just been using it as a overpowered temp/humidity monitor The extent of insulation where your tent is situated can also be a factor. If a lot of your heat is escaping then an automated solution might end up running 100% anyways. I used to just hang my ducting out an open window but too much heat was escaping my grow room so I built a plywood fitting that went into the gap in the window with a duct flange for my exhaust. Enough heat remains within the room now that I don't need a heater at all at the moment.

Looks like a @Master_G LED. Good find I also started off with HPS then moved to a similar LED. I just finished my first grow with an LED all the way through and the temps did get quite chilly right at the end, but the cold certainly did good things for the colour of my flowers. I recently now germinated under bulbs in order to generate some heat due to the cold. You might find yourself switching between the bulbs and LED depending on what season we're in and how hot/cold it is.

Let 'em grow bruh. They probably working on growing their roots. Only mist when you see your medium getting dry. If you mist based on times per day you could accidentally overwater and cause further stunting.

Thanks @StickyD420. I am going to stop using the standard pH down and get myself a natural alternative for the soil feed. That I can believe for soil. Probably best to use as few regulators as possible in the hydro world using both pH up and down actually helps prevent pH swings as the pH up usually acts as a type of buffer.

I popped more than I needed because some seeds didn't pop and now I am sitting with more seedlings than I need the 4 seedlings in the net pots will go into their DWCs and the one in the soil as well as another one in the propagator will go into the smaller tent. I am going to be using Freedom Farms Classic. Question, the Freedom Farms site says to pH your water/feed to between 5.5 - 6.0 to maintain the soil pH. While doing my research, a lot of sites say not to pH your water when growing in soil. I only have the phosphoric acid pH down and they say that using it in soil just adds unnecessary chemicals to your medium. Freedom Farms specifically say on their site, "an incremental increase in pH resulting from tap water (pH 7-8.5) use can cause the soil pH to increase above the optimal range for nutrient uptake. The soil pH is therefore not buffered against increasing pH caused by using un-pH’d tap water. Watering with a pH of 5.5-6.0 will ensure the pH of the soil remains in the optimal range of 5.5-6.5." So they definitely want you to pH your water, so is the phosphoric acid ok to use?

Started the flush yesterday and after taking a few preliminary pics of the Royal Gorilla this morning, I spied a couple amber trichomes and decided I wanted to harvest this evening. I don't want to ripen this strain as much as the GDP as it leans more towards sativa (hence the longer flowering time) so I'd like to keep the amber at a min, but still wanted to at least catch a few just so I know what stage it was at. I will also want to cure it a little longer before really getting into it. Looking at the first pic, it's a wonder I had this next to another plant I got some shades of red on the sugar leaves like in the bottom left. Thought it was quite unique. I definitely got some light burn on some buds which may have also caused a little bit of fox-tailing like in the bottom right. I pretty much did the same training on both of these plants, but the Royal Gorilla came out way way better. Much more of the side shoots reached the height of the main colas and benefited well from the more level canopy. The buds are also so much more chunky, I'd say some at least double in size to the GDP. So while the Royal Gorilla dries, I have already germinated the seeds for the next grow. That's right, we're not pulling out this time. I've doubled up my space with a 240x120x205 tent which I plan on having two 400W HPS in cool tubes, and 4 DWC systems with 1 plant each. So that equals to 2 plants per 400W bulb. This tent can do more plants and more lights but I'm keeping things within my field of knowledge having grown with these HPS before just in a smaller fashion. Which leaves the 80x80x180 tent available once the bud is done drying in it. In this tent I am going to learn how to work with soil and do two plants under the 250W QB LED. If I like how the soil goes, I might go soil in the big tent and double up on the number of plants and use the smaller tent just as a veg tent. I'll probably start diaries for the new plants in each tent when they get bigger and I have more content

Damn dude that's a pro build. @CreX must be cromming himself

Temp currently is 24C, I'd say pretty much stable. They are without a dome, yes. I soaked them at germination and left them alone for 3 days until the seedling appeared. Then gave them a light spray whenever the cube got light and dry, say about once every two days. Now feeding from the bottom in net pots in preparation for them to go into the DWC

Royal Gorilla trichomes are looking nice and cloudy. Some buds have filled up a bit more. Harvest day should be soon.