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The name of the company that sent me the quote is Splendid Air. They also sell 2nd hand and demo units. My portable delonghi aircon also does not switch back on after a power failure. I contacted manufacturer and they told me it's not possible to have auto ON function. So what I use to do is switch it ON only at lights out. Even if I finish work late I go in and then switch it ON. Nowadays this unit has been sponsored to my veg room.

Both aircon and dehumidifier are essential to dial in conditions. If you use them together then split unit aircon with dehumidifier for growrooms. On a smaller grow the cheapest way to control temperature and humidity is with a portable air con like what you have. During lights on you vent the exhaust pipe from the aircon out of your lung room as normal with the aircon set on cooling at the temperature suitable for your lights set-up. At lights out you set the aircon to dehumidifier/dry mode and unclip exhaust pipe at the back of aircon so it vents the hot air into your lung room. If your portable aircon has the function where it automatically switches ON after a power failure. Then hook it up to a timer and only run it at lights out for the minimum time increments required to keep you safe from PM. You will have to camp out in your lung room and monitor what's going on to know how to set the timer. You will get the most efficient use of your electricity this way whilst maintaining decent conditions in your tent.

Haifa's MKP is actually 0-52-34 compared to hortimix which has higher potassium. I'm going to test Spliff 2, Haifa MKP and Haifa Duo very soon. Their rep assured me their stuff don't lock out because their blends contain finely chellated salts. Only time and my tds tester will tell. He told me that their spiff 3 is for midflower to flush. I hope their stuff works cos as far as I can see their mixing instructions don't give correct NPK s. Any experienced guys out there please check my attachments above and tell me what you think.

In veg I use 1.5ltrs of A, 1.5ltrs B and about 200ml of C into my 200ltr res.(+-180ltrs of water). My water comes out the tap @120ppm. These nutes take it to +-800ppm. To be quite honest my plants are slightly leaning towards the lime green side with these nutes. The calmag I add in every other feeding @200ppm greens my plants up and compensates for what's lacking in hortimix which is probably magnesium.

There are better dehumidifier available besides the midea that takeaway sell. In my set-up I rely on the heat created by the dehumidifier to increase my temperatures at lights out. This way my air con will switch on at lights OFF and keep the room dialed in. I just got to go thru my emails and find a quote for dehumidifiers I was sent recently. Their industrial duty unit was around 3500.

TDS_Haifa Duo 14-0-23+7Ca RSA.pdf

2019 Cannabis - Spliff & DUO (HOME GROWER) - english.pdf

Spliff 1, 2, 3.pdfI like the calmag from hydroponics.co.za in veg. It gets the plants green and lush very quickly. It did give me nitrogen toxicity in flower thou my 1st run with it. Now I stop using it around day 14. Yes hortimix needs to be diluted. The mkp is the most diluted part @ 125g/5ltrs. I dilute it even further from this initial dilution. I put my required amount into 20litre water and then add to reservoir. I think according to hortimix they recommend never exceeding 3ml or something per litre of Part C even when parts A and B are dosed at 13ml/ltr. I haven't used this Haifa spiff samples in flower yet but I'm pretty anxious to see how it does.

I agree on American genetics. Particularly everything from northern California... Humboldt, Mendocino etc. I mean look at the videos on youtube. My last 2 parcels have been seized by customs so I'm wary of losing more money. Hortimix mkp is definitely a pk booster. The problem with it is it binds with their part B calcium nitrate at higher doses then what they recommend. And in order for hortimix to work as a flowering nutrient mathematically you would have to dose their 3 parts at a ratio of 1partA-2partsB-5partsC. This would give you an npk of +- 10-30-38. Sounds like a workable npk right? Those 5 parts that you add of mkp bearly changes the EC. The calcium and phosphorus lockout and actually settle at the bottom of the reservoir. I've diluted each part even further then their recommendations and then mixed into reservoir. No luck. I even replaced my tds meter. Impossible to achieve target EC. The flora series micro and bloom have worked the best for me as base nutrients. It just doesn't have enough calcium and I think it's too diluted. Besides in coco I also had to supplement calcium in dwc. I think it would be fine in soil. Right at this moment I'm using floracoco. I don't like it but I'm going to use it till it's finished. The powdered nutes I'm testing are from Haifa Nutrients. It's actually called their Spliff range. Guys please know I stand to be corrected if I have been using the hortimix wrong. At its price I would love if it can work for me.

Yeah I do really love growing. When it comes to spending money on myself... All of it goes into the garden. I'm really excited to meet fellow growers. For the most part I feel alone as a grower. My mates that grow learnt from the little I know and grow my genetics. My outdoor grow last season was hit by spidermites and mealie bugs in late flower. I usually practice good ipm management with my Biogrow products but that grow I didn't spray my plants because I woke up 1 morning to +-50 baby chameleons all over my 2 trees. Truly amazing site. By the time the chameleons all went their own way I couldn't spray as flower had kicked in. I'm running almost a week late on flipping my current grow into flower. I noticed some thrips damage a few days ago so decided on dealing with that 1st. I've sprayed them 2 times already. 1st with biopyrol and then bioneem 2 days later. My leaves have taken a bit of a beating due to how hard I sprayed them but they looking healthier today. I'm going to spray them 1 more time today and then hopefully flip tomorrow or else I will be harvesting Christmas week if I wait longer. But anyways guys I apologise for all the essays. I just have alot that has happened in my gardens that I haven't had anyone to tell. Thanks for listening.

@420sakeThere's a kzn club that has meets? If this is true I would love to attend. I still love growing outdoor organic. Just don't like the flippin spidermites... stupid insect. Lol.

I'm looking for good regular seeds from our local breeders with some F1s. The problem is who here has the FIRE. Hortimix is not good nutes for flowering cannabis. They work alright in veg. Unfortunately the only nutes mix that work 100% for coco is the flora series bloom and micro, greenhouse feeding company's Calcium, Epsom salts and chellated iron from builders. Very expensive exercise when you have to mix a 200ltr reservoir daily. I don't know anyone growing so all my learning has come from trial and error. With error taking 1st place a lot of the time. Wish I could go back to my 2 bucket rdwc that only costed R700 in nutes a grow. I know there are many out there that are killing it. Please share on what you guys are doing with regards to nutes for coco.

Hi guys. Been busy with harvesting and reseting. Will be flipping the girls in a few days and will take pics at day 1. 1 of my wedding cake has a crazy mutation i.e. 4way branching at each node. It's growing very vigorously but I'm a bit concerned about it's stability as it's an S1. I really wish I knew how to get my hands on some quality regular seeds. Suggestions? (Pls don't state the obvious Dutch passion, barneys farm, etc). Alternatively if I could make some grower friends locally that we can share genetics. My Gorilla Girl and Sweet orange cookies are quality cuts. Can't afford decent LEDS so for now I'm running 1000W HPS with magnetic ballasts. I've been using the cheap acdc hps lamps with decent success. Nutrients is my other headache atm. Really battling to find a more cost effective way that works how it's supposed too. Peace brothers...

Some stinky vigorous males in the mix would also be nice to find... just to collect some pollen and have a try at making a few personal crosses. Would be fun growing them out.

Well I have about 10 strains going atm namely Gorilla Girl, Sweet Orange Cookies, GSC, Wedding Cake, Granddaddy Confidential, Purple Diesel Daze, Mandarins Cookie Sherbet, White Widow, Grape Kush, Lemon OG and some 1to1 CBD strains. I got 2 x 3000W Flower rooms running on a flip flop system. I grow in coco and atm I'm using Floracoco nutes but I'm trying some powder blends on a few plants this run. All my strains are from feminised seeds. Going forward I only plan on buying regular seeds preferably F1's so that I have clean genetics to sift. Happy growing everyone. Looking forward to hearing what you guys are doing in your gardens

Hi my fellow South Africans. Greetings from Durban. Don't know any other serious growers. Looking forward to making new friends and sharing our genetics. Peace from the East