Naughty.Psychonaut

@GGG what's up brother, hope all is well your side I believe the most important part of taking clones is the health of the mother plant aswell as where you take the cuts from the plant. with these two points, hardening off is out of the question. IMO, regarding your question, best thing for hardening off once rooted is to not pamper them like babies. my method is, pour a cup of RO water, take my cuts and take off any leaves and branches that would be taken off anyway. this exposes pathways for the plant to uptake water quicker than straight through the branch. just leave two fan leaves at top and one axillary bud atleast if not the apical meristem. once cutting is clean, cut a new fresh cut at base and make sure you cut through another axillary bud or 1mm below. as soon as fresh cut is made drop in RO water, let sit for 12hrs, this is harding off, then you got 12hrs to prep what you gona put them in. I prefer rockwool, soaked in RO aswell. after 12hrs I simply take the cuts and carefully slide them in their individual cubes and place them in my humidity dome. 99% rh and completely closed for atleast 24hrs. sometimes I like to let my whole dome sit in some water for the first 24hrs. then I start to gradually take the water away, slightly opening my dome little by little every day letting RH out. by day 7 you should be at 50% RH (everyday you should lift the dome atleast once for complete FAE and get rid of the water that has collected at the bottom and spray the dome with new fresh water) remember, the plant has no immune system and can't fend for itself for shit, so first sign of mold or any of that shit can hinder the rest of that plants life. there are wounds the pathogens and bacteria can enter, so keep it RO water. your plant doesn't need ANY form of nutrient during this time. day 6/7 you should have roots. when I see a root, I plant straight into ff premium classic and they go into my tent and I treat them like normal plants. no wasted time, money or effort. 95 - 100% success, no products used.

feel free to scan through this thread where I show what my 50w did for me

pleasure brother if wanting to save a few bucks and just looking to veg a few plants the floodlights that come in boxes that's for alternative use usually have a life span it has to fulfill and a year or 2 guarentee, just read the boxes. if it stops working in this time you just run in and grab a new one. tip, IP65 electronics are built weather proof and they last ages. you can literally mount them on a wall outside and they will work till you wana get rid of it. you just have to remember these are by no means grow lights and there will be 100 different ones on the shelf, you have to be sure to grab the right spectrum for veg. the plus side is that the wattage given on the box is usually more true (they range from 10w up) I usually suggest the 50w one as I have one myself, but I know the 150w one is most popular here on the forum. https://www.acdc.co.za/pages/product-individual

almost got excited now hahah there is a forum member who had one of these, lasted less than a month. they even look gimmicky if you ask me. I was at ACDC in somerset and they had a huge chicken wire bin in the middle of the store with these things tossed in there and a big sign with the low low price slapped on. can imagine they selling like hot cake. I am also not so sure that thing can be even close to 200w.

any updates?

thanks man! well surely it helps a bunch when you already got a handle on breeding with plants! I assume you already had the space when working with peppers and this is key to doing a project like this and is what is keeping a lot of people from doing it. pretty cool you found a line to work with and invest in! with the poly hybrids you expect a bigger gene pool and a "new" set of different phenos and new traits to work with? or do I have this wrong? you still after a certain trait?

Hey @Totemic hope all is well your side! I would like to quickly guage a few personal stances and hopefully give myself and others some motivation. since before growing cannabis and other stuff I have always been intrigued by breeding for genetic isolation, seeing what you doing here and being able to follow along is like mining for charcoal for years and one day you lift the pickaxe and boom there's the shiney nugget of gold that just happens upon my way! really appreciate your time and effort man! So, if you don't mind me asking, here's what I would like to know. How long have you been doing this? When did you start taking cannabis growing serious and pushing your first harvest? How long did it take you to go from just growing to breeding? a guy I know been growing for 13 years and only now starting to think about breeding. he has done a few small breeding projects, but nothing really to write home about.

looooove some good root porn

day 25 first signs of frost Zkittle banana Lemon Veg tent. 4 main girls for next run need bigger pots, I need bigger space.

faqme that's a bit far hahah I'm in the winelands cpt, I'll keep you in mind though and if I ever make a mission over to that side I'll pack you a kit!!

@Bos hahahah yeah fuck sounds like you got a full plate there!!! understandable! what area you in man? I could possibly gift you a colonised bag and all you have to do is poke a few holes, keep it in a well lit humid place with no direct sunlight, maybe spray a few squirts of tap water once or twice a day and watch them grow? let me know @PsyCLown indeed it is, constant new challenges and constant rewards!!!

I seriously need to get a local drinking water analysis from the municipality but then, how do you believe what the paper sais is true? I wana measure it all myself, will get there, but for now I need to be as safe as possible and "have faith" lol. we fall under the Drakenstein municipality here in the valley of wine

more King Trumpets, boiiiii

Why don't you try it brother? Believe it or not, I only been eating mushrooms for about a year now. "gourmet" ones that would be. I remember getting sick from eating one when I was a kid. never touched them again till I turned 15 and had a magic mushroom shoved in my hand. first mushroom I had since. only ones I at till the other day was magic, they obviously opened me up to EVERYTHING!!! my favourite is going foraging for edible mushrooms on mushrooms and having mushrooms for dinner.

oooh outy hahah nice nice nice, where you at? cpt has nice outy, though A LOT of people are growing now and A LOT of people are selling and running around trying to get rich off their backyard bag seed buds. some, with emphesis on SOME of the rastas have good outdoor weed, then a community of good growers who do the rounds but don't sell,as they would say, "to the masses". best bet paying R150 for 10g outy in cpt is either some darker dense indica type mountain/valley grown wild outy seeded as hell, but get's you high as a fucking monkey and then puts you to sleep like a little baby full of milk and honey. or if you got connection you might have some DANK and we just don't know it! only way to know for sure. is to show us!

thanks for the reply! what instrument you measure the chlorine ppm with? my tap water comes out at 0.0ec, will test ppm to be more sure. and 8.5 ph. when I put my feed in it brings down to 6.8/7. then I drop a small drop of ph down in 10L of feed. brings it to 6.0ish.

this is really good to know!!! when I hear "tap water" it's like an alarm goes off. "dechlorinate! dechlorinate! dechlorniate!" what the hell was that all about? why are people always talking bout dechlorinating your tap water for your cannabis plants? would you say it's just misinformation?

A bit of chlorine is a good thing? this is new to me could you explain? I know it's a good thing seeing mycelium ontop of your soil, but you do know if the mold grows faster and is more dominant than the plant it will consume the plant aswell?

BioNeem does not harm insects. It changes the composition of the plants enzymes, making the plant "taste bad" to insects. It's said that Neem increases your plants immune system and this helps the plant fend better for themself. the only "bad bugs" you get are the ones eating and breeding on your plants, so they'll be kept at bay, while other insects that are more predators of other insects and don't generally eat your plant are left unaffected. though, I have had a plants brix % tested throughout it's life and the Neem did not increase the % at all, though I am a thorough believer that it works at keeping the bud guys at bay. it's a prominent part of my IPM too. there certainly is a "too much" of a good thing here, though. I have burnt my plants with Neem, might have been too strong dose, but yeah be carefull of changing the compostion of your plant that much that it will be unfavourable to yourself. another noteworthy thing, Neem doesn't work THAAAT great with mold and diseases, in that regard having copper soap on hand will defs help when shit hits the fan. Aswell as having Pyrol on hand, because when you get lasy and don't spot bugs or mold spots right away, you grab the Pyrol. It will work better on infestation or infections. and trust me, don't matter how ontop of your game you are, you gona get hit with infestations. we all do.

I stopped brewing teas, might get into it again. I always try inoculate some microbes every week or two straight into the soil. I have seen the differece, although I cannot say which product works best. I got some biodyne at the moment. have used explogrow and various mycorrhizae products.

what's up man! what exactly you aiming to do? It sounds like you wana know how to grow? if so you would need a few things and quite a bit of info. If you haven't done any research or haven't worked with mushrooms or with someone who's worked with them I would suggest doing some research on the broad spectrum of exotic mushroom cultivation. then you take from that what would work best for you, maybe start setting things up and getting resources together then we can talk again about where you need some help and what you need help to understand. the reason is, there are 3 phases of growing mushrooms, if you can spend money whole time you can get away with doing only 1 phase. if you wana save some money you have to do 2 of the phases and becomes more risky and you need more resources and knowledge. if you really wana not spend anything I gotta take you through the whole process of selecting a mushroom to clone and then doing tissue culture and all that. and with all these different things that need different resources you get different techniques of doing every second thing and it all depends on your given situation what environment you're working with what you need to do. so I really can't just "give you a few pointers", but if it was basics you looking for, what you see in the pics is mostly my grow room. Humidity is 85 - 95% at all times. Temperature 17-24°C all times. Good air circulation and what not. Also, almost every second mushroom want different environments, so if I wana switch to shiitake I have to change a few things. Shiitake actually prefers growing outside on solid hard wood. whole different story, but very fun back yard project. @Bos Indeed I have!!! chopped into strips, a heavy spoon of butter in the pan, salt, pepper and sweet white wine, cooked them till the edges became crispy. couldn't stop eating my lady and I split the 270g big boy, it was a whole meal by itself. pretty soon I will be growing these off nut tree wood

if they're carrying the active compound (THC) you cannot legally sell them commercially. You can however get involved with Natures Farmacy that owns some kinda lisence to sell. low key, they are also not legit. here's whats interesting, I know a guy that wanted to become a grower for them, went through all the paperwork with a lawyer, got a warning that it's not all legal, but was encouraged by the lawyer to go ahead and do it, because of the current state and future of things cannabis related. the paperwork is just to keep things regulated and place most of the "risk" on them. becoming part of the movement to get things legal means at times we gona have to do some illegal stuff. If you aren't already making plans to get these gummies on the shelf, I would say make it so! You got my support brother!

also, I know my own level of ability. If I buy 10 seeds and only 1 germinate I will have a problem with the supplier, not that I would wana have them replace my seeds, it would just be a while for me to support them again. usually just takes some convincing through seeing others' experience with the bank if there is no convincing and everyone had a shit experience, support for the bank will naturally go down. if my situation was isolated and everyone got good germ rates, I will place fault on myself. the gamble of life. same situation when you stand face to face with the breeder and he hands you the seeds in original pack and gives you his word that they're viable. ultimately you still have 50/50 if it's gona pop or not depending on the legitimacy of the breeder it will determine his success aswell with myself and the seeds I've gotten. you even play this gamble buying seeds in a shop, which is possible here in western cape. Belville Stodels sell cannabis seeds. a commercial nursery. aswell as Paarl and Stellenbosch Natures Farmacy private clubs.

will do brodie

Well, this was a rollercoaster ride of decision making for me hahahah so here's what I concluded I will be using the elemental blend to reamend about 90 - 100L of ff green bag for the 2021-22 outdoor season. Will be adding worm castings. if I look at the ingredients of the soil and buy them individually I am gona pay the same amount as just buying that amount of fresh new soil. reason is cause I can't buy per gram, so have to grab a whole bag in cases where I just need half or whatever. so it's a no brainer from here, if I don't try the elemental blend with worm castings, I will just grab fresh green bags