Naughty.Psychonaut

IMO, best medium to start with is earth. So, soil, I guess, but not bagged soil. Firstly to get to know the look of decent soil, that will hook one on the composition of the soil and from there you take it step by step. Some bagged soils may look and smell amazing and is adverized as the best thing under the sun and this can really be discouraging to some as most comercial soils do more harm than good when it comes to growing cannabis. Understanding the whole picture, instead of building an interest around one thing and seeing that as the holy grail and only thing that works, just because it makes more sense to you. More importantly, WHEN is the best time to START? Honestly, few years ago. Second best time is RIGHT NOW.

What's good mr.Scooooob That little fuckker is a Gnat Larvae. Eggs in the soil hatch out when conditions are favourable. It's only the first 5-10cm of the top soil that's the problem. The mixture of oxygen and moisture and bacteria in that area is often times just perfect for them and 90% of soil has some kinda bug eggs in it. Don't let your medium get water logged, if your medium doesn't dry out in 48hrs, give less at a time (in theory it's better to water 3 times a day than once every 3 days). Low air movement and high RH is what they want, so make sure your RH is where it needs to be and you got goooood air movement everywhere in the tent. (Undercanopy above the soil in this case) I am sure your Bioneem will help you a lot (doesn't solve the problem on contact, for that you will need Pyrol). Like you mentioned, keep spraying the Neem, weekly. Just don't spray during flower!!! I love bioneem, always have it on hand! If that light brown stuff on top of the soil isn't DE, I would also suggest to keep a good amount of Diatomaceous Earth on hand. Always. Mix it into all your grow mediums and top dress with it!!! Sorts out any living thing in the soils. I've even seen people wetting the plant and literally dust covering the whole plant. Leave it on the plant for 2 days and wash it off. Peace and love for the big dog

You only grow outdoor? If so, do you use pots or in the ground? I agree, it's definitly economical in the long run. Going organic is really a way of investing in the future for your whole garden, if you're really into it, aswell as investing in yourself. You mentioned that one can really run into much bigger problems with organic than with synthetic grows, however building a thriving symbiote and some real fertile soil will make your grows seem effortless, it will be "just add water".

I see what you mean here and I've seen guys growing DWC and really doing some amazing stuff, no doubt about that. The reason why I wana grow organic is because it will stand the test of time. It is the knowledge that comes with it that I desire. I want to know about microbes, bacteria and nematodes and all the other living things. I believe, even though being not so skilled, I'll get there faster if I take the right steps. I've got some background with synthetic nutes, not only with cannabis. I feel at the end of the day the best for me is going to be to plant straight into the earth and growing organic will add to the knowledge one needs when cooking up some nice living soils. Creating your own mediums and amendments is what it's all about, for me.

If she's outside I would say more than 2 weeks still.

I see what you mean, yeah. I am only doing my second grow with the material pots right now, but will look out for that in time. Right now I water manually once every 3/4 days. Should give less at a time so it can dry out even quiker, so I think my pots are still fresh. I get a bit worried when they don't dry out fast enough, but this is also only now during the colder times.

This is very interesting! I will keep an eye on my pots then. In your case, would a plastic pot dry out too slow?

@SkunkPharm Very exciting, always get the "kid in a candy shop" feeling when starting some new genetics! All the best with the grow, brother! If you don't mind me asking, what's the glad wrap around the pots for?

Thanks man! These ladies are doing a whole lot better than my previous grow. Got tons to improve on, but this is only my second grow. Also got myself a loupety loupe Soooooo, you all know what that means!!! -still getting the hang of it, but this is just my phone cam and the loupe This is the pic I get Then I zoom with the phone and get to this

Update: Not much has happened except the plants grew some more.

G'day mates! Got some eye candy for ya'll, switched off the blurp so I can share their true beauty. Approching the finishline slow and steady. Flushing all except the SLH gona get one last feeding. Super Lemon Haze Cheeze Blueberry Banana Hammock Here's a canopy shot Did a defo and found this golden leaf. Thinking of framing it.

What's gooooood!!!!! Join the circle, boet

Zoinks, Scoob! How'd I miss this one?? Lookin gooood, Here, have a scooby snack pack

I wana know how many of these have sold!? I don't think a one man band can make enough music to fill that space, if you know what I mean... Would have to quit your day job and employ a staff team!

@Stinger96 No worries!

Otherway around brother. The craft soil is the white bag. The green bag is premium classic. Once the seed popped you can plant it into the green bag for sure. Guys with autos that wana keep away from transplanting even pop their seed in that soil. @EthWal Winter time slows everything down, the colder it gets the slower things go. You got a dstv decoder or perhaps a modem or something that's constantly giving a bit of heat? You just wana get out the room temps, so pop that whole wet paper towel in a jiffy bag, grab 2 plates you would eat from and put the baggie between the plates ontop of the modem/decoder. Plates are there just so your seed is not directly on the device so you don't toast them and it acts as a little heat mat. Also, plates should be inverted ontop of eachother so the sides you would eat off faces eachother and the seed inbetween - so you don't crush the seed.

Jeeeebus. How does one pick his favourate rainbow? I haven't found seeds of this plant, was lucky to grow out a clone and it came out just as I wanted. Will fill up my space with it next time I find it. Elvis. Cross between Skunk #1 and AK47 and absolutely amazing. It's a sativa dominant hybrid that you can smoke all day and it fucking knocks your socks off, but doesn't make you wana sit down for hours. Frosty buds like you would not believe and the skunky skunk lineage makes for that super loud smell and pungeant taste. Another plant making the realms, being kept alive by someone supplying clones of it to the whole cape, is the famous Big Buddha Cheese. Always big pleasure getting my hands on some of that and will grow it out every chance I get. Those are two from my growing experience, from my history of smoking there's a few names that come up. Mostly the crowd favourites because, well... why else would they be crowd favourites? GorillaGlue#4 GSC is right up there Gelato And many many others

Now that she's standing, be carefull of water logging and damping off. I'm sure the foam cup has holes in it for drainage? Let the medium dry a bit more and only give a shot glass of water every few days. Don't saturate the medium. Make the roots go look for the water. Once true leaves come out back under the 240w. You gona mix anything into the FF soil? Or else I would suggest biobizz as mr. Dank has before mentioned.

This is how I tie my branches down. Are you using plastic pots? Kinda looks like terra cotta?

Oh wait, it's not organics matter soil, it's grow station. Have not heard of many people using that as their "go to soil". The contents look right though, it's not barky? Just for the sake of experimenting, maybe give the ff premium mix or the just cannabis bags a go next time? Maybe check if you can see anything on the forum about people growing in that soil and see what they experienced..

@PeeWee Yes, if you got lots of space both sideways and up the dicision is all yours if you wana top or not. Once you're flowering you'll notice that the buds closest to the light will look the best, they'll become bigger than the buds elsewhere on the plant, sometimes frostier too! If you have a christmas tree shape plant you gona have one big cola right by the light and the rest of the plant too far away and hidden away under the rest of the plant. Some guys have great success with christmas trees, but I prefer a uniform yield rather than few big buds and lots of mid quality buds. I am trying a scrog for the first time right now, but my canopy is uneven as fuuuck In a little while when I get home and my lights are on I'll show you how I tie mine down. Super easy. Few paper binders from the write shop and garden wire from any nursery even some checkers and spars and those big retail shops have garden wire. I have no experience with organics matter soil myself, but have read lots of good things about it here on the forum. I would highly recommend getting some microbial inoculant such as mycoroot, trichoderma, biodyne, explogro. To keep the microbes thriving keep a bottle of molasses on hand. Always. That soil has everything cannabis plants needs, but also good to maybe keep a few biobizz nutes on hand. They really help alot when plants act up in living soil. About the ph meter, I can highly recommend the bluelabs equipment, all of it hahah! Got their ph and ppm pen and never given a hickup. Only had it for about 2 years now though. I have heard and seen people using that yellow one in the second pic, but they say they're like throw away testers. They last a year or two and when they start giving trouble with calibration and to get them fixed would cost the same as getting a new one. So this is one of those times where buying cheap will cost you more, but this is only really so if you're a hydro grower that need use ph and ppm pens much more often. As soil growers we need a soil ph probe. I was asking about the probe, cause you can test what the water is when you give it and thest the runoff and that will kinda indicate what the soil ph is. Although it should regulate itself, being a living soil, it can swing for many reason. It should be between 6.3 and 7.3. About the drainage, do you water till run off each time or only with the clean water? Do you let the plant sit in the run or do you throw it out?

@PeeWee So the garden stones won't be a problem and will defs help with the bugs. I like that you didn't use bark or some kinda decomposable matter. The pyrol I would suggest only spraying when you see a fungi outbreak or insect invasion. It's good for curbing those kinda problems in the early stages, but I don't think it can be used to wipe out infestations of any kind. Also should not be sprayed if there's nothing wrong with the plant. For preemtive care I would suggest BioNeem, which is the milder version of pyrol and wont do any harm, it also acts as a immune booster and a mild foliar feed. Which pyrol does not do. But on the other hand, if you have invasions or outbreaks the neem wil not be strong enough. What medium are you growing in? Does it drain well, no water logging? Do you let them dry between each watering? Do you have a way of testing ph? What's the table of contents on those bottles? NPK ratio? With nutes like those (and obviously depending in the growing medium) I will feed the plant nothing untill I see it needs something, then start feeding at recommended dosages. No less. You can go even bigger than the 27cm pots. Just remember, bigger pot bigger plant. So if you want small plants, that's your choice, but just keep in mind for future purposes. I think those 27cm pot only hold about 10L of medium. You can go one or even two nodes down... once you top her, you have to open the side branches by tying them down, so the light can penetrate the plant and make more than one cola for you. Topping a plant helps it bush out, so it's up to you. You wana grow a christmas tree shape or a bushy bush shape?

Welcome back man! Back problems is not a joke. I hope the surgery will be a success in the long run!!! Be careful man, remember to lift with your legs! Luckily we got our meds sorted.

Kill them with kindness, that kinda vibe? Hahahah! I am not the most intelligent, but surely they can be more clear on what exactly is concidered "a flowering plant equivalent", because honestly with the education of our officers these days I wont be suprised if they mistake my mother for being a flowering plant equivalent.

Nice! Welcome @Biltong and Budz I'm always looking for beans, now I know where to place my next order!!