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Yip no more plastic pots for me! I dont feed unless I see the plant is lacking, especially in veg. I just use fulvic, humic and innoculate with explogrow every 4th watering.

A quick question for the soil gurus... What do you reckon happened to my plants in veg? What could have caused that decline? Were they left in those pots for too long? Did they get root bound or are there other factors to consider such as not enough available nutes. Should I have fed? Then there was a clear stretching situation. The internodal spacing was hectic and defs not normal. Was the 400w bulb I switched to buggered? I changed back to the 250W about a week and a half ago and noticed the internodal spacing seemed to return to normal.

Day 56 ( Flower Day 5 ) Alright fellas sorry for my absence! Went away for the weekend to fish for some troots. Was actually meant to update on Friday but it totally slipped my mind while packing and all. My apologies.... and even though I wasn't competing in the first place I have disqualified myself... but am allowed to continue growing and post updates... So this soil is evidently still undercooked and even though the plants are recovering to some extent, I'm not seeing the burst of healthy growth I would usually see once the plants go into the super soil. As I say they are improving, but slowly and much behind the pace. Soil PH may not be the best at this point. Hopefully as we progress it will improve. It's at least manageable. I switched to 12/12 on Friday 2nd of July. They are still in the veg tent under the MH running 12/12 now. Tonight I'm going to clean the flower tent and transfer the plants into there. The pic below was taken on Thursday last week (day 51). I will post some updated pics tonight when lights are on. Updated pics to come tonight

No need to be such a sour dick about it. Will update now sorry, smoke a phat one and chill

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Pleased to present to you the 1st and 2nd place trophies 3rd place is on the way

It's a R500-00 voucher guys come on! How spoilt have we become Let's see some more entries

Entries close at 8PM tonight!

Solid tech support here

Definitely still got its use!

@Weskush temp solution here

Hi all I've been contacted by a member who is unable to log into the forum via a Mac. Is anyone visiting the forum on a mac? Is all working fine for you or are you similarly experiencing issues?

Really sorry about the continuous delays with announcing winners for our SOTM. Please understand that it takes time to choose nominees and then run it through our voting panel. Couple that with voting panel members who don't visit the forum for a while and so we stall at times. Next month with our bigger voting panel I'm sure we'll get things done much quicker! Here are the winners 3rd Place @Bos 2nd Place @Sublime Stirk Our Winner In 1st Place @Pants Congrats guys! @Pants and @Bos please could you PM me following the details: Name Delivery Address Contact Number

We have another development on 420SA - Achievements! Participation on this forum is always valued and deserves better recognition. Here is a short explanation on the Achievements system and what it entails. Forum regulars will notice that you are now listed as a "Newbie". Don't worry, that will be fixed! Points The Achievements Points system keeps a running tally of Points. Members may earn Points in a multitude of ways. Essentially, it’s achieved by participating in the community. Creating a topic gets you points. Posting a reply gets you points. Even following another member will get you points. I will specify what other actions will get you points in the coming days as the rules are set in place. Badges Badges will be awarded to members for reaching specific milestones on the forum e.g. a member reaches 20 visits or more over 20 days.... 100 likes received... 100 followers... and so on... These badges will also be specified in the coming days as well. Ranks The Achievements’ Ranks system will replace the previous Rank system Ranks are based on how many points a member earns. Ranks display a members’ perceived value to the community. The higher a members’ Rank, the greater their influence because the more they’ve participated. Please note the current rank titles may change. MORE INFO TO COME SOON!

Day 45 The decline continued since my last update. As I'm sure many could see was gonna be the case. This is definitely the last time I grow in plastic pots beyond the seedling stage. That, and I need to sort out my potting regime. I keep underestimating root growth and allowing the plants to get root bound (see below) as a result the plants look like shite now. It's still manageable at this stage though and if this new soil doesn't incinerate these plants I'll see them bounce back nicely. I went ahead and repotted into 40L fabric pots yesterday afternoon. A few days to settle into the new pots and I'll start some training

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Fokken yell!!

It's already been enabled but we'll have to see how the host server handles the bandwidth once the feature is enabled. A few guys watching videos at the same time may be problematic so we'll have to see. Unfortunately this therefore means that your video may be removed if this doesn't work out. Just some important things to know: You'll need to ensure your file size is lower than the 300mb limit. The limit is there to manage the threat of bandwidth overload. This website will not compress videos on upload and you won't have the ability to select different video qualities to save on data. Don't expect the same level of performance like you have with YouTube etc. Loading times may be a slow at times. Accepted video file types are mp4, avi, 3GP, MOV and WMV

You okes are legends, thank you. That's 4 already.

Hi guys We're looking for more members to join our monthly comp voting panel. At the moment we have 7 panel members including myself. From time to time, certain panel members are absent from the forum and so we take a while to get the voting concluded. I have an idea of how to work around this but it involves getting at least another 5 panel members on board. Anyone willing to stick their hands up?

Thanks bud. I chatted to the host yesterday and I'm in the process of upgrading to a package with unlimited disk space.

Looking You making we wanna transplant right now.

Judging Criteria Plants are judged on their condition when the grower states they are finished, however other factors are considered in the process as well, such as: How consistent was the grow - minimal hiccups along the way How well the chosen training technique was executed Maximum utilization of light General good growing practices Plant Condition Judging Criteria Bud size and condition Plant colour Minimal burn Minimal leaf clawing Minimal leaf cupping Minimal pest infection Lack of deficiencies Number of bud sites No signs of stunting Plant size - this plays a roll but plant size must be accompanied by quality. As varying training techniques will produce varying sized plants. The size of a plant won't weigh heavily in judging. No excessive stretching Judging Panel @Totemic @PsyCLown @420SA @Green Leaf Organics - a late but very welcome judge addition

Potting up tomorrow or Thursday.

Lol you'll need to negotiate with Prom then. A 350z in exchange for the ability to upload videos on this forum seems incredibly reasonable I think. @Prom you are obliged to accept the offer... or face ridicule from this community