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On 1/5/2025 at 8:26 AM, Furbrain said:

Hi folks,

I will be starting an indoor grow soon!. I am wondering about the environment when in dark periods, ie; should the RH and temperature be kept the same as the 'lights on' parameters?. 

I will be aiming for 27° (LST) and -/+ 68% RH to start with using LED's for lights on!. Do I maintain same RH and Temp when lights are off?.

Appreciate your feedback on this please.

 

Depends where you live with regards to temp. With our climate in general there's no need to worry but if you stay in a place where temps get very low in winter for example then keeping the temp to around 15 to 20C would be good during lights off. As far as RH is concerned you don't want it to go over 70% ever, if you can, during veg. I would stick closer to 60% as powdery mildew becomes a risk, especially in the colder months. During late flower you want to stay around 40-50%. Rules don't change during lights off

20 hours ago, knpfan123 said:

Hello everyone

im visiting mpumalanga next month and looking for 420. 
Dies anyone know of any dispensaries there?  It seems the one on suikerrat st closed up about a year ago?

Depends what kinda dispensary you're looking for. Obviously selling cannabis from a public outlet is illegal so this forum probably isn't the best avenue for such a question

It's a good soil. Can't go wrong with it. Been around for quite some time now.

Have a chat to them about feeding regimes etc. 

On 8/3/2024 at 11:45 AM, TheLazyFisherman said:

Good morning all

As per subject. Just out of interest as i have both. Any pros and cons of each? 

Not sure about Potassium Phosphate but Calcium Carbonate is very hard to get into solution. Without using acid or letting it dissolve in soda water for a few days it's next to impossible to dissolve in pure water. If potassium phosphate is easier to get into solution I would say use that.

Hi @GeneralDank420

There is no need to use bb code as the forum has live formatting. What are you attempting to embed?

Hi guys feel free to list your accommodation in our directory. Link here - https://www.420sa.co.za/directory/420-friendly-accommodation/ 

7 minutes ago, iGrowDagga said:

@420SA

Good day great Admin. 

Please may we open these diaries to public as well? 

Visitors are greeted with non permitted page. 

 

Done

@iGrowDagga @Ill_Evan Howzit guys

Grow diaries have been hidden from guests for years now before growing became decriminalised actually lol. Never crossed my mind to change that and @iGrowDagga is the first to raise the concern since. 

Of course, there is no need to keep it hidden anymore so I've made the grow diaries public now 

A track by some of my mates in a local band called Face Jackson 

Well played @Prom 

Thanks for joining @Greybaard 

Got a small bar fridge or chest freezer sitting anywhere? Pumping cool liquid through a copper or stainless coil submersed in your reservoir water would chill it nicely. To get that liquid cool you basically hold a 15-20L bucket of water in a fridge with a pump inside the bucket circulating the water from the bucket through the coil in the reservoir and back out into the bucket. You'd obviously need to drill holes in the fridge door or whatever. You may hit a refrigerant line if you drill in the side of the fridge so be mindful of that.

You'd need a temp controller like a STC-1000 to maintain the reservoir temp by switching the pump in the fridge on and off. 

Sounds a bit overkill but it will work and a fairly straight forward project if you don't mind a bit of DIY. Another very effective option is converting a 2nd hand portable AC into a water chiller, also controlled by a temp controller. Something I have done with good success but that seems a bit overkill when you only need to chill to 20 C. 

I'm in a line of work that involves a lot of liquid chilling and temp control so more than happy to elaborate on anything further for you

7 hours ago, ORGANinc. said:

Awe garden community and @420SA 

What's the chances of doing another competition? Sure it was much painstaking work and tediously annoying organization. Not to mention getting all the willing sponsors involved etc.etc.   

So understandable if not, but you gotta ask and see...  The forum was jumping with the last one. 

It's never off the cards bud but will have to make a call around January next year if we look at getting the indoor growoff going in the autumn. Unfortunately our good friend Totemic will not be able to front seeds for it as he closed shop but there are 1 or two other options we could look at in terms of a genetics sponsor. Unless of course @Totemic dusts off the pollen and gets a batch of beans ready for us come the time.

Please do bring this up in January again though and we'll see how things stand then. Sorry I couldn't put forward anything more promising right now 

Welcome aboard @Weedeater_ZA

I'm happy to announce the arrival of a new vendor to 420SA!

You can find their board HERE

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See what they're all about by visiting their website at https://loudcpt.co.za/ 

Welcome @Darclinc

You've come to the right place

On 5/19/2022 at 10:13 AM, Ill_Evan said:

See these canisters? The above quote makes me think these are large bottles of butane. Alternatively it could be CO2.

Those are CO2 bottles. Well at least the one on the right is, from Mygas.

Sorry for me late response here!

Let's run till end of April and see how it goes. Otherwise we'll move the prizes over to an SOTM for May.

21 hours ago, Goodvibes said:

Hi, I'm in Cape town blouberg and I'm growing black domina but not sure if it's harvest time yet for my plant. I was hoping if anyone could tell me yes or no. It will be much appreciated.

Welcome bud

Let's see a pic and we can tell you. Best way is to check the trichomes yourself but we can help you better if you post a pic

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• Once entries close, the moderators will select 10 nominees. The nominated plants will then be judged by our competition voting panel who will vote for the winner.

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Also please let us know which courier you are having the most success with at present

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Hey guys

The number of entries in our past few SOTM's have been disappointing... so perhaps we should have a look at running our Plant Of The Month competition again. How do you guys feel about that?

Or perhaps something entirely different?

Please let me know with your vote in the poll or please reply to this thread with your comments and/or suggestions. 

The poll options are as follows:

1. I'm keen for a POTM, I have plants going at the moment and will enter the March POTM
2. I would prefer we continue with SOTM
3. I would prefer we continue with SOTM but would like the management of the competitions to be more structured. 
4. I'd like something something completely different
5. The standard of prizes at the moment is not enough motivation for me to enter

I'm of course fully conscious of the fact that at times my running of the comp has been far short of professional. With late winner announcements etc. If this puts you off entering comps please do let me know as well and I will do my best to find a way to run these comps smoother

Cheers 

Sorry guys! I moved houses at the beginning of the month. Been a wild ride securing an internet connection.

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@John Stonedwell

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