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@Ill_Evan wow man, those buds look amazing. That wedding cake is looking Keep it up dude

I am really new to this whole growing scene, so take my input with a pinch of salt. My opinion on local breeders would be on the same or similar perspective as for most things I like purchasing in SA. I am always willing to give my business to a local business over an international business in basically everything else, so why wouldn't I want to support a local breeder over an international breeder. I do also feel, when dealing with smaller businesses, you build a better relationship as well as getting to know the person behind the name. This is of course, if the local breeders had or would provide more information or history of their grows etc. (Don't want to be buying an expensive seed with no info and expect a fire bud at the end grow) - Obviously if I was growing fire buds in general that is Also, seeing as they are the ones doing all the hard work. The passion and love for everything about growing is still there, which should come through on their product. Where possibly, with some of those Huge companies overseas, how many of them are actually still growing their own seeds or growing in general? Do they have their work force doing everything for them now and are they just tasting the end product and keeping their name on there and feeling satisfied? Just my 2cents, local is always lekker

EPIC!!! Good Job @Ill_Evan Looks awesome

For sure @PsyCLown I had never thought about it until recently. To think of it from another perspective. You have spent a lot of money on everything from the medium, to seeds, to nutrients and so on. Why not go the extra mile and bud wash before drying and curing to insure all your cash and efforts have not been a waste, also seeing as a lot of the people have said that it would have no impact to the potency. On the opposite side of things though, I doubt I have ever smoked a bud washed bud ever in my life and I haven't died yet But I guess this is the beauty of doing it for yourself now, you get to test all these different techniques until you find the way which fits your needs @Slartibarfast let us know how it goes

This is all so interesting to read as well as the different perspectives. I have been watching a lot of videos and reading up in the recent week/weeks as I am coming near harvest. I have also been in 2 minds with a bud wash, as I have run into a slight bit of PM on a few leaves. Doesn't look to be on the bud sites yet, however, I am still new at this, so could not be looking carefully enough So with the PM in mind, with the googling, I came across washing your buds. I was first blown away as I thought this must be a joke and thought, this would affect the potency, taste etc. But as far as I have read, it doesn't seem to have any negative impact and read so many people saying for outdoor, you should definitely bud wash as anything could have blown into a bud or a sneaky worm created his home in there XD I do believe, if you do run into any pest or PM issues, it should be treated prior to harvest time, but there could be a time when this stuff comes in at the worst time e.g. a week before harvest (then possibly doing a bud wash would be the solution here with the hydrogen peroxide) Obviously, I have never tried this and cannot say yay or nay. But thought I would add here as it was something I have been looking into due to the recent PM issue I have run into.

Its currently region blocked, so you can only play on ZA Servers. The ZA guys are pretty decent. Some of them are crazy good. One or 2 of them stream on Twitch as far as I am aware.

Fully agree bro. If you into hardcore online survival games, check out Escape From Tarkov.

Yeah, that game does check awesome. But I have learned not to get all hyped over a game before it is actually released. As many games have failed horribly once released XD

@Ill_Evan Awesome Yeah, Escape from Tarkov is one epic hardcore game. Really enjoy it and the gun fights are so intense, if you dont die in 1 shot XD

Yeah, I am mainly a PC gamer. I jam games like, csgo, Rouge Company, Escape From Tarkov, Rust... I sent a friend request @Ill_Evan My code for anyone to add, 33424440 Send invite @TheUltimateNoob if keen

Ok cool, Thanks @Stinger96, @Bakstein420 and @Psylecta for that info. Will give that a try on the test subject

Ok cool, thanks @Stinger96. This is outdoor, so should be getting about that now? Or should I be taking the plant inside and sticking it in a complete darkness area?

Thanks for the reply @Prom It is a slow process, but the time I have had, has been so awesome Any idea if the test subject plant is ready to be chopped yet? Also, is it actually re-vegging at the moment with the new type of sprout on the end of the forming bud or is this a normal thing to happen?

Hey Cannafam Sorry about the lack of updates on this grow, life has been super busy and I havent been able to give the ladies the attention they needed. But trying to get things back on track the last few weeks. Been setting up a sort of Greenhouse/garden home for the ladies as well as some additional plants I will post some pics of the garden home in the next update or 2 and you guys can give me some feedback on it As for the ladies, I think its about 11 weeks in since the sprouted. Sunset Sherbet She has impressed me the most with the growth overall. Banana Kush This lady has some strange growth. A few of the new growth a few weeks ago, almost came out like it was under developed in a way. So those few little bottom branches, I ended up breaking off to allow her to focus on the rest of the plant. Bruce Banner This lady is short and bushy. I decided to do a very Slight LST on the bottom branches, just to allow as much airflow and sunlight onto the rest of the plant. But overall, I have been really enjoying the grow. All three ladies have started shooting their pistils out and starting to get a new aroma Now that they have been in the garden enclosure, the smell is hanging around in there nicely As for my test subject. Do you think she is ready to harvest? I tried to get the best pics of the trichomes but my photo skills are shocking haha Please let me know your guys thoughts on whether to chop her or leave her. It almost looks like she is trying to start growing again? At the end of a few bottom branches, she has sprouted more shoots in a way. Googled it, it is possible that its fox tailing? But I have no idea

Awesome stuff @Gnarls. Looking forward to seeing this grow and all the best

Ok awesome, thank you for the input @afternoon blazer , @PsyCLownand @CreX. Always appreciate the valuable feedback

Thank you @PsyCLown, I will try that on the next feed and see how it goes

Would it be essential to have a RH meter in every jar or would one be enough to give you a good idea of what the general RH is in the jars? Does different strains have different effects to this as well, either increasing or decreasing the overall RH?

Awesome, thank you for sharing Stoked about the part of not needing to burp or monitor. As I can eventually see myself having too much that I can handle, so not needing to continuously burp every bottle every couple days would be a pleasure

This is interesting to read, thank you for sharing from all your experiences I havent really thought much about what I am going to do once I get to Harvest and Curing. So would you guys use 1 of these packs in a large zip-lock bag or a glass jar? Then stash the bag or jar in a cupboard and then keep grabbing a bud or 2 from there whenever you keen to smoke? Assuming this is after the initial curing stage and how you would be storing your buds for the weeks/months ahead?

Lekker, shot bro

Thank you Bos, I will look into the KNF methods online as well as looking into getting some Calmag. From the sounds of it, Calmag seems to be the answer

On this lady, I personally havent added any nutes at all besides recently adding some epsom salts. My mate who's setup this is/was, had made a mess up of adding too much fertilizer or something. I thought it was the BioBizz range but after confirming with him again, it was some random stuff from a Nursery. On a few of the older leaves, the tips of the leaves are bent downwards and there are a few slight "burnt" looking area's, but the new growth is looking much better so far. I have been using the Terra Aquatic nutes on my outdoor plants, so far they have been responding well. Was thinking of doing some for this lady and see how she reacts or rather, just stick to the ph water, epsom salts and look into the calmag.

They looking good @silverdelange

Thank you @Psylecta, I have been using a PH pen for getting my water right. Normally have it around the 6.0 / 6.5 range. I also leave my water out for easily 24 / 48 hours before even using it, to reduce/remove the chlorine from the tap water. I will try do the egg shells at some stage as well. I never tested the PH reading of the run off. Do you rate I should maybe test by doing a low nutrient dilution feed for the new clone and see how it reacts before giving the big girl some or rather be safe and keep doing the Epsom salt with adding the egg shells?