Growbaron Posted June 23, 2021 Share Posted June 23, 2021 Hey growers. My name is Rob and I'm an avid gardener from SA. My interests lie more in the 'alternative' gardening like hydroponics. I experiment with different and easier methods like kratky. I don't have a grow room as yet. My first grow last year was from an unknown seed which turned into a highly sedative cannabutter. My current grow is from the 'free' palomino seeds from the website in a kratky bucket with soluble nutrients from the nursery. I've been researching different methods on how to extract different cannabinoids on yt: thca, cbd, cbn for my partner's medical ailments to make a salve! Any advice would be greatly appreciated! 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SkunkPharm Posted June 23, 2021 Share Posted June 23, 2021 Welcome to the forum. I'd suggest buying a cannabis specific soil like Freedom Farms, organic matters or orgasoilux. Do a grow in it and see what results you get. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
donnob Posted June 23, 2021 Share Posted June 23, 2021 Hey @Growbaron, welcome! There's tons of experienced growers here that I'm sure will help you out with any advise you need. Is there anything specific? The plant in the pics has me concerned about the 3 fingered/curled leaves, maybe stress? I think if you could add an air pump and air stone to the mix to get more oxygen to the root zone you'll see a vast difference quickly. And as @SkunkPharm said, there are some awesome ready made soils out there that will get you amazing results. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PsyCLown Posted June 23, 2021 Share Posted June 23, 2021 Welcome! If you want to stick to hydro, might be worth investing in some nutes which are tried and tested for growing cannabis in hydro. GHE Tripart Nutriplex (I think Nutrigold now - from Greenthumb hydroponics) Hortimix (Cheap, but requires a bit more knowledge and equipment to get it dialed in and working well) Adding an airpump with an airstone will help as well and isn't too expensive. Soil and/or coco are good alternatives too. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Growbaron Posted June 23, 2021 Author Share Posted June 23, 2021 Hi @donnob, @SkunkPharm, @PsyCLown. Thanks for the advice. I'm testing the kratky method without aerating the water. It's said the exposed roots draws oxygen directly from the air. Whether it's enough or the same as aeration is another story. I'll be adding to my setup for my future grows as it's just a hobby at this stage so I'll def be asking for guidance!! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CreX Posted June 23, 2021 Share Posted June 23, 2021 whats up and welcome!! do you have an outside light that shines on the plant at night? (Bathroom light, street lamp, outside light, stoep lamp, neighbors house lights) that plant is in the process of not quite knowing what to do... it is trying hard to reveg and grow just leaves again, but its just not getting enough light for that, and its getting just too much light to flower properly. keen to see how it turns out bud! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bos Posted June 23, 2021 Share Posted June 23, 2021 Aweh @Growbaron Feeding a plant high levels of nitrogen during flower may also create leafy buds like those. Sunlight hours this time of the year will also push a plant to reveg. In order to help with this situation we'll need a bit more info about your grow setup. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marzcanna Posted June 24, 2021 Share Posted June 24, 2021 (edited) Welcome bro, looking Foward to your grows. I can see you already got some advise from some of the pros here, everyone is always looking foward to helping Edited June 24, 2021 by Marzcanna Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stinger96 Posted June 24, 2021 Share Posted June 24, 2021 Welcome and enjoy.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naughty.Psychonaut Posted June 25, 2021 Share Posted June 25, 2021 welcome @Growbaron any specific reason you are set on the "kratky" method? always had me wondering, the guys who wana get growing with any plant and jump right to some alternative method of growing other than just plain old soil, are they more interested in growing the plant or are they interested in doing something "out of the ordinary"? with any of these alternative methods you need to do quite a bit more homework and maintenance, need more tools and resources and need a lot more "know how" to get things right. you may also run into quite a bit of trouble and when that happens you need to know how to fix. with all that said, I have no idea how much of a greenfinger you are, so that's why I ask, why the "kratky" method? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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