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I commented on their Facebook page & was called within 5 Minutes. This was a mishap & they are working to resolve now.

Ok so this Freedom Farms soil is not all that. All the plants except the front right plant is in FFarms soil. That one is in Orgasoilux. This is the first time in 6 months that I fed soil. malted barley, molasses and microbes. They have one more week then I want to switch to flower. But that probably won’t happen with the slow growth on some of them.

Cheers on outdoor season

i have my meters outside my tent, and they have become an indicator as to weather the tent is on or not because i dont always want to open the tent to see whats up!! This has saved me a few times already

Good day and a well day to all you garden people of SA. I wanted some variety to smoke and I thought it would be good to see how the soil works with different genetics, so I’ve decided to grow these plants in the soil mixed and partially assimilated above, now the new homes of GG #4 Sherbet crasher Animal cookies Quattro kush and one Jelly bean outside to flower i must make a note and inform all that of the 60l of soil above, +- 30 have been added so a third of used soil from the dqxslurri, The soil might need some help towards the end but in all likely hood not as the worn out soil was pretty much on balance with a lack of calcium. This was solely because I wanted a new home for all genetics, and with the short veg time the plants will do well in something less nutrient dense, however, plants would do fine in 100% concentration, but then the ideal situation would require a longer veg, which won’t be the case as we will be flipping in 2 weeks or so I let this soil sit for 2 1/2 weeks in total. the plants were needing the repot.

AntZilla going to sleep as the full moon rises on the West Coast. This little one is surely testing the elements out here. High temperature. Low to no humidity. Strong hot winds. Me forgetting to water. Only the ants feeding the soil.

Awesome, thanks for the update dude. I think that settles it, I'm gonna give it a go

So the temps are up up up the last couple of days. At least the humidity is under control. This weekend the 3 blue kings is coming down. And some unknown strain stil a couple weeks off. Also the top of a @Bay Seeds Mc purple x lemon Jedi from yonks ago flowering out and co formed female Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I'd like to add here as well. Growing in pots in our heat has disadvantages, you have to manage this enviroment for your plants. I believe mulching may assist your growing efforts. Its got mulitiple advantages. 5cm of grass clippings or straw will help with moisture retention as well as keeping your soil surface cool in the heat. Its essential in the hotter areas of RSA as cannabis plants has lots of fine roots near the surface. It will also benefit the micro organisms in the soil and in turn they will benefit your plants, it will also add organic matter as it breaks down and you can easily just top it up. On the north coast 30-40deg C is common in summer, some of my seedlings have burned to a crisp. I add a layer to all my pots and even my 2x growbeds and I can see the benefit just in my watering schedule.

Maybe I'm wrong about this. I just repeated a rumour I heard. Wow you seem to know my garden/genetics/conditions much better than me. My other (non-Leb) plants aren't flowering yet. Semi-autoflower plants are supposed to flower early. Who else has outdoor plants that are flowering at the wrong time of year?

@Weskush, I've come to realize that most/many modern popular strains are not pure sativa because breeders try to reduce the long flowering period. Also: Dutch Passion's website claims that Durban Poison is a "Durban X Unknown Indica". ACE seeds is a trusted breeder that has many pure sativa lines.

Sounds a lot like the Schrödinger's cat thought experiment.. If the tent is closed, the lights are both on and off

Bat Quano, bone meal, Vita-fruit and flower

I have some other things I will add. You think they would better the recipe????

Greetings. I have more positive growth now!. I will insert photos with this post. Please can anyone give me thoughts on my progress. In order; A) Autocreeper 21 days from seed. C) Autocreeper 21 days from seed. D) Borderline (Photoperiod) 30 days. E) Borderline (Photoperiod) 30 days. F) Jamaica Pearl ( Photoperiod) 26 days. G) Borderline (Photoperiod) 26 days. H) Jamaica Pearl (Photoperiod) Jamaica Pearl ( Photoperiod) 26 days. I) Borderline (Photoperiod) 26 days. Some look quite good???? but some not so!. Comments welcome. I have made frame for area. 1) extra shade for those hot days and 2) Tarpaulin for heavy downpours. 3) Scrog net system to be 'laced' should any of my girls decide to grow more......................and I live in hope!.

your reply is an understatement - the plants LOVE the space and i have never grown better meds since the move to totes!

The thought has crossed my mind more than a couple times. lol, Half a tote full of soil, still have the ease of moving around conveniently, and plants go wild.

aaaaaaaay!! i saw the tote and then got excited that someones growing in totes as well!!! then i saw the next pics haha - you must really give it a try some time man!!

You can find more info here: https://www.aceseeds.org/en/libanostd.html https://www.icmag.com/forum/icmag-vendor-forums/ace-seeds/349127-lebanese

yeah I guess then make fire under them, keep reaching out and make the situation public as it is your right to do so and tag them, hopefully they have common sense. hope you don't get swindled!!

I ordered on the 23 Dec, I didn't follow up until recently to give grace for holiday period. Website had no close or reopen notice. I've sent an email in addition this morning, just a response with ETA would be fine.

These are semi-autoflowering landrace Sativas that express both THC and CBD. The semi-autoflowering trait causes them to start flowering after about 6 weeks, or if they become root bound, or if they detect that the photoperiod is shortening.

You cant cage a free spirit - (or whatever other quote is fitting for this pic)

So been itching for an upgrade, as always. The space is coming together as some of you might know. This weekend I’m heading into the automation game. After a lot of research and being a iOS developer and Apple guy, I settled on the Aqara range for now. Got a camera+hub for R1300, temperature/humidity sensor for R350 amd switches for just over 400 each. The first 10 mins went smooth. Pairs the camera and sensor and got this with no fuss. Currently playing with Siri Shortcuts to get a historical graph. Got the sensors output to a file and into Charty, giving me this.

I will use this thread to document my experience with the Lebanese landrace strain (from ACE seeds) used to make Lebanese Red/Blonde hash. My main motivation for growing this strain is to try to reproduce the uplifting and clean effects that I used to get from the hashish that was commercially available in SA in the early 2000s. ACE's description of the strain: I germinated 6 seeds on 27 Nov en 6 seeds on 1 November, but unfortunately lost two seedlings due to slugs. The seedlings were germinated in a tent but spent some time in the first few weeks in a small homemade greenhouse to increase the rate of growth by increasing the temperature. I'm in Cape Town and it's much cooler here than inland. Taken on 5 November:

This is the antifragile. Suppose to be seed to flower with water only. I only fed the tea this morning. Was away for 2 weeks. They were on water only.

Those plants are flowering, because of the same reason everyones outdoor cannabis is flowering at some random time this year.

How are you liking that bat guano?

Watching that soil testing episode it looked like ff classic had ample nutrients, maybe it’s somewhat dormant if that makes sense, when did you give tea? I still use ff to dilute my mix for autos if I ever get a chance to grow them, last one didn’t pop. I had that dqxslurri mother so she’s in the ff with my soil 1:1, I plan on feeding

I know that stoner problem. Do the lights go on at 6 or did they go off at 6. Mmmmm? Sent from my S40 using Tapatalk

Ya eish, FF looks to be less than decent growth. You need some Biobizz there bru!

Sorry to hijack your thread @rdc420 but there's something that i need some answers to from the forum members in the know. After my post of my broad DP leaf it was concluded that it was not a pure landrace strain and most probably crossed with Afghani or Skunk or whatever down the line. I get that. But with this strain the description is exactly the same as with my DP although it was classified as a pure Sativa also. The hunt for a pure Sativa seems like a dead end.

Thanks for checking in @Light It Up I'll remember to use your email in future. I'll send you a DM shortly

Sorry for getting in on this a bite late, we do not check the forum everyday but do monitor our emails daily. If there is ever anything urgent, best to drop us an email. We see the issue has been resolved by removing the pot / dimmer. We have been experiencing some issues with the dimmer and got a new batch of dimmers from our supplier which we are now making use of and busy testing. @donnob Drop us a PM and let us know if you'd like some replacement dimmers and we will happily send them through to you.

They look good man. Those buds still need to fatten up quite a bit. As mentioned by @donnob look for leaf fade, pistils turning brown/orange and curling into themselves and then trichome colour. Also try your best to keep the bud sites as dry as possible to avoid bud rot during flower. Patience will be rewarded

LSD-25 auto, so purdy

Check the frost on this bad girl; ZxP

Might as well remove the meter seeing as its only there as an indication of the dimming (and by inference, the PPFD)

You guys are Disconnected the potentiometer and BOOM, back to 240W Somma took the pot off the lights on the opposite side of the tent as well. Don't use it much anyway Super stoked!! My Friday is made!! Thanks for all the help guys!!

Ummm, yeah baby Should I take part

Solid sativa in preflower.

14 December. The two males started growing towards the reflection in the window. I moved them to the tent to prevent open pollinating the females. The tall male is growing fast and is super vigorous. 16 December. All three female plants are flowering.

12 December. Two plants are flowering.

17 November.

Changed the angle and added my old diy light for some extra vooma. With the temps 26/27 I am managing to get the hum to just Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Vpd also in range. Really loving that I can track this now Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

@CreX I was referring to if my RH stays at 65 the temp needs to rise Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Thanks for the input. After a long day of not focusing on work and reading g up on vpd, I came to the following experiment as I understand it. This is for the flower box, according to the charts. Early flower is 0.8-1.2. Late flower is 1.2-1.6. After lots of trial and error I managed to get the shortcuts to do the vpd calculation!! The fan heater also dries out the air, so a win win, as I usually sit 60-70. I’m a little Box the heater took it from 21&70% to 30&32%. Using the vpd calculated from current temp and hum, the fan heater kicks on when it drops to below 1 and off when it reaches 1.5. Let’s see how it goes Only problem is when to trigger the shortcut? Well I settled on a hack. As there is a small usb fan on 24/7 and the leaves move….. the camera can pick up movement as a trigger. BOOM Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

They do regulate both ways, but if you're in an extremely dry area this will be limited and a humidipak will help. Below is another nice picture showing the benefits.