WalterW

Being active on other websites. Have a minimum post count of 50 in order to participate, they also had a requirement, where the entrants needed to have completed 1 full grow journal on said websites. They also had different grow battles i.e. Sponsor hold their own grow offs i.e. Mephisto had their own / Female seeds had their own and so forth. But this community is a whole lot smaller, so I would just have a minimum of 50 posts and like others have said a nominal buy-in fee - to show commitment / cover costs of courier etc. You could hold 2 separate grows autoflower grow off and photoperiod grow off. Sidenote: Either way I am buggered didnt get to buy fem seeds in time, so trying some bagseed out, so hope I get a female somewhere along the line I can flower out. Good Luck to All

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That first plant was grown in a coco / perlite mix feeding the Nutriplex line from GT Hydro (I used my own feed as the one given by GT Hydro was very weak) As for the customs part, it was very easy actually the guys I went through actually generate 2 invoices for you. One with a high amount and one with a lower amount (like $99) for customs purposes, this allows you to send the goods through customs without payin any additional customs duties, a bit naughty but stuff Mr President and all his corrupt members. 3500k I use from start to finish in the grow, the spectrum in the 3500k is perfect I feel for both veg and flower, sure you could do the 6500k if you really want, but I dont see the need. This was my tent as of yesterday.

Citizen will be your best bang for buck I have built my own grow light, sourced all the part from China Anyway this is 4 x Citizen CLU048 1212 3000k - CRi80 4 x Citizen CLU048 1216 3500k - CRi90 2 x Meanwell HLG-185-1400B Passive cooling heatsinks. Ideal COB holders, think this light set me back a little over R6000.00 The plant in the photo was grown with 2 x Citizen CLU048 1212 3000k - CRi80 1 x Meanwell HLG-185-1400B Yielded 80g dry = .8gpw This was my first grow so that can easily change to 1.0gpw+ So yeah, I would definitely look to source the parts from China. Locally markup is crazy

Awesome looking plants!

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