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I would use the fishmix in veg as it is quite high in N. Bloom and grow can be used in combination during flowering. I think on the biobizz website you'll find the feeding charts which will give you an idea how much of what to feed. Topmax also helps to fatten up the buds. Some here use root Juice for the early stages. This way you might also get a good idea of how much you need for the season. I think 5 liters would be a bit much. Maybe start with 1-2 liters and get new stuff when needed. I think when it comes to taste or overall quality your soil is the most important factor but yes the fertilizer plays a role as well. I also agree with @CoolJ that meeting precautions against pest is the way to go. If you've got super healthy plants they are able to fight of all kinds of pests and unwanted fungi. I am not too clued up on cover crops though. Maybe also take a look at compost teas used as foliar spray. I just wouldn't buy all kinds of bottled insecticides. And yes, you'll most likely run into all sorts of pests, bad weather, etc along the grow. That's one of the challenges of growing outdoors but makes it also an interesting journey.

Hi @BluntKnife, looking forward to follow along! I do grow my plants outdoors too and used FF soil so far. I always achieved good results. So I think you can't really go wrong with Freedom Farms. The Biobizz range is also great especially if it's your first grow. It's very difficult to overdo it and burn your plants with biobizz. If you're on a tight budget get fishmix, grow and bloom. Regarding insecticides/fungicides I always get my stuff once I know what I am dealing with.

She grew quite a lot since last time I saw her bro. Beautiful lady! I am not sure about the light as my last indoor grow was ages ago. But if you got a veg light it puts out more the blue color spectrum which might not do to your plant what you'd like it would do. Like @Dank already said it would be better if you could introduce some red light spectrum for flowering. Found an interesting read about that topic. https://www.royalqueenseeds.com/blog-cannabis-cultivation-the-light-spectrum-and-ways-to-raise-thc-levels-n269 In doubt, I would rather just let the sun do a good job. In case your nights are not below 15 degrees you could leave her outside. Otherwise I would take her in over night.

Definitly looks awesome for 3 or 4 weeks into flower. I actually don't mind paying a bit more as long as it's going to pay out in the end. Then again I saw a 10 pack of reg seeds from them for a bit over 7000 Rand... Seems to be aimed at breeders or Pheno hunters. Anyway I am curious about how your Sluricane turns out.

@awildmemeI agree with you these ladies are looking lovely! Hope they'll go to continue growing like that till harvest ☺.

@SkunkPharmLooking forward to follow along. Also had a similar plan for the coming outdoor season. Actually 8 different Autoflowers and 2 Photos... Well looks like I need to decide which 2 of the 8 Autos I will not germinate this year. I got a question. I see you've got seeds from In House Genetics. The other day I noticed how expensive they are compared to other seedbanks. Are they worth the price?

@Tee_Aitch_SeeI see they respond nicely to the LST. Your plants look happy and healthy!

I am afraid the commercial part of regulation might become a dirty game where each big shark in the pond will try and make big money walking over dead bodies. As soon as big money is involved people can become monsters. I think people like you and me will have a tough time to establish a business unless you got friends in the right places. I agree it is unconstitutional to exclude people from getting a chance and live from the cannabis business but I have seen many things happening (especially lately during lockdown) that appear unconstitutional to me. When it comes to Police I hope they'll get a real good briefing about what is allowed in terms of cannabis cultivation and storage and what isn't allowed. To be honest I doubt that's going to happen and we'll still see lot's of cannabis related arrests in the beginning. As already stated I am personally happy with the Bill in terms of what I am allowed to grow. I will never be able to consume more than 1.2 Kg (my wife doesn't smoke) in a year. One question that I asked myself and excuse if this has been answered somewhere already. What happens if I harvest 1.5 Kg and use 0.5 Kg for bubble hash or other concentrates? In the end I should have a stash of less than 1.2 Kg again. Wouldn't that be some sort of loophole @Ill_Evan?

Welcome, I am sure you'll like this place .

Seriously, the plants in the cooler boxes look like little trees! Beautiful!

Ha, 1.2 Kg... What a coincidence, that has been my exact goal for coming season . I am satisfied with the outcome.

Thanks man , I'll try that but my phone's camera isn't the best either. I also had a look at the digital handheld microscopes at futurama. I would actually like something that can zoom up to 400x or something like that.

On the one side I'm looking forward to the outcome, since it will finally be clear how much I'll be allowed to grow. On the other hand I'm worried it's going to be something like the equivalent of one plant.

...been to the beach, breaking lockdown regulations . That thing actually works. It's a pain to get a picture but it works. Here's a close up picture of the last inzane plant I grew (Never had trichome production like this before). In the longrun I want to invest in something proper, so I follow along.

I just couldn't resist ...

@FreshlypickedThey are definitely looking good and might make it without the dome, but in my experience the success rate is higher with a dome. I leave the dome on till I see the slightest signs of new growth.

@FreshlypickedLooking good! And good luck with those clones. Do you use something like a humidity dome over the clones? I mean the clones look perky but that's what I always do to make sure they can take up enough humidity via their leaves

It's windy here in the Cape, so the plants will get some stresstraining from mother nature by default ... Maybe I should give regular seeds a go next round. And if there are too many females I can take care for, I am sure there’s someone in here willing to adopt some ladies.

@oros da bossI also saw the neat design from Hso, but I'm not sure how much additional cost a box like that would bring but I guess it's quite a bit. I personally would also be fine with just the vial though. Regarding fems, autos oder regs I think it depends a bit what you want to do. I like to germinate my autos along some fems so I can harvest the autos in December/January and the fems in April/Mai. My space is limited even though I grow outdoors so regulars are a bit tricky. For example when I am really Lucky and 10 out of 10 turn out to be female I won't have enough space for all of them.

@TotemicI like how Dinfem is packaging their seeds. It's relatively basic, practical and keeps the seeds save. Plus the collector has something to look at. Maybe that's something you could use? I was actually thinking of getting seeds from you one day. Where would I get some if I don't want to order through the seedbank that has been removed from this site recently?

Happy growing @Scoobydoob. Try to stay above 15 degrees otherwise growth will slow down. 14 degrees won't kill them but if you can somehow raise the temps a bit the seedlings will thank you for it .

@oros da bossI totally missed this one... I've checked malted barley and it looks quite promising. I'll give it a go and add it to my mix. In the meantime I started testing my soilmix (now just about 30 days) using my 'test plant'. I transplanted the 4 week old plant directly into the soil without layering as I want to see if she can take it. That was 3 days ago and it seems she likes it. Getting more and more excited and can't wait for spring (damn there’s snow on the mountains around here...)

Sorry to hear you had some bad luck with the seeds bro. But you're right it is what it is. Hope the new beans will germinate and the Gelato will make up for the loss! Are those from a local breeder?

@PsyCLownI don't think it's the Strains we're smoking these days. I have the hypotheses that with everything we do for the first time we also create new pathways in our brains and this makes the first experience a unique experience. I am not just talking about cannabis or something similar. Remember when you were driving a car for the first time? It was special and now it's just something you do without really realising it. Once these 'pathways' have established in your brain they only get broader the more often you use them. So it's basically not a new experience for us anymore. That's just my idea and it could be total BS though

First of all: Awesome thread! I really enjoyed reading your stories, so I feel I have to share mine. On a sidenote it's interesting to see that the mayority of us growers started off smoking quite early. I grew up in Germany and smoked for the first time when I was 12. I didn't feel anything, but it still sparked my interest. You must know in the late 90’s most of what you could get in Germany was hash as it was easier to smuggle from Marokko to Europe than actual bud. We had to mix it with tobacco and smoke it through a bong. It was baaad stuff but we didn’t know any better. One day my brother, who also smoked got me some very good super skunk which was the first actual bud that I smoked. Me and 3 other friends smoked it through a selfmade pipe and boooom that was the first time it really hit me. I couldn’t stop laughing for 3 hours or so. From that day onwards i met with my friends everyday in the woods to smoke. I think most of out pocketmoney has been invested in weed lol. Just on a side note the friends I used to smoke with are still my best friends even though I don’t see them that often anymore these days. But I think our little secret has made us some kind of “weed brothers” in a way... I am sure a few of you know the movie “half baked”. The beginning of the movie pretty much describes what we experienced those days. And yes, it makes everything more enjoyable. Not that I don’t enjoy life without cannabis but with cannabis it’s even better so why not using it. Only later I figured out that Cannabis also makes me feel more balanced in a way and that it has many medicinal properties that helped me getting though some rough times in my life, be it mentally or physically. At some point I started my traineeship as a metal constructor, had my own flat and decided to give homegrowing a go. There was just too much weed circulating that was laced with something else those days. Also it got quite expensive and it’s just nice to know how it was grown. Besides that I always felt like I have a green thumb and had an interest in botany. So I read up on cultivation, ordered seeds and gave it a go. That was around 15 years ago. Then about 8 years ago I came to this beautiful country. At that time I stopped smoking cigarettes and weed for 4 years and met my significant other. After a while I found a job in a callcenter which is basically modern slavery but I didn’t have other options. One day when I came home totally exhausted and stressed my wife said more in a joking way “why don’t you just get a joint to relax.” That’s what I did and you can surely imagine how that blasted me away. It helped such a lot dealing with the stressful job. That’s when I found a bag seed and just gave it a go. It turned out nicely and my supply was sorted for a year. I am so grateful to be in a country that legalised growing your own. Even though cannabis doesn’t get me a psychedelic high as the first time I smoked it, I still enjoy it sooo much. It has become a part of my life that I don’t want to miss. Hopefully I will be able to still smoke/vape when I am old sitting in my rocking chair on the veranda... Sorry for the long post, but I hoped you enjoyed my story.