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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!

1 hour ago, CreX said:

Clear his cache, update Safari, restart his Mac, these are also suggestions that should ease the situation

 

Solid tech support here

12 hours ago, Green Leaf Organics said:

It makes me so happy to see people still getting some use from this writeup even after all these years

Definitely still got its use!

6 minutes ago, CreX said:

he is using a Macbook made by apple HAHAHAHA

8 minutes ago, CreX said:

LOL but for real... if his Safari browser isnt working, he should try a different browser and that will 9/10 work

@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 

@Pants your diary is overdue for an update. Please update within 24h to avoid a 2nd warning. 

1st Warning

Fokken yell!! 

2 hours ago, Marzcanna said:

Great stuff, does this mean we getting the video option soon?

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?

22 hours ago, Marzcanna said:

@420SAI have hosting with quite alot of space if you do decide to move on to bigger space we can discuss. Altho I think it would still be better just to upgrade with your current host and leave out all the work of having to transfer DB and files over

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.

On 6/18/2021 at 11:11 AM, ORGANinc. said:

A question about judging,

Is there a criteria for judging that can be followed? and who are the judges, surely the most objective people around these parts?

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. 

2 minutes ago, iGrowDagga said:

@420SA Friday at 11AM in Prom thread he mentioned he has a 350z for sale! 

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

16 hours ago, iGrowDagga said:

@Prom I will donate 50k ZAR to the 420SA website (so you can get space for your videos) if you donate that 350z to me

(you can keep the coil-overs)

You making me feel slow now. Whose 350z you talking about bru?

10 hours ago, SkunkPharm said:

I have used Vegtech and GH Tech as peat suppliers before. I am sure you should not have any problems finding alturnate suppliers for peat. Blue berries are being planted al over the place these days. 

There is another supplier in my area but its double the price of the peat from GHtech. I'm not spoilt for choice here in the lowveld unfortunately. There are so many things I have to source from other cities and the courier fees rack up

1 hour ago, ORGANinc. said:

The Lithuanian peat moss you can find at Jamie’s farm unless they are the supplier who now doesn’t have stock but ice used them before ☝

I prefer to source directly from who is most likely Jamie's supplier. Greenhouse technologies. I get a 200L bag for just under R400-00

They've been having distribution issues of late though. It's been a breeze previously

2 hours ago, Prom said:

@420SA no option to add a video addon to the running software? ^^ Or you have a different option to add videos, not using Youtube?

The capability is already there but videos take up a lot of disk space with their large file sizes. We'd need to look at taking a hosting package with more disk space before we can allow videos to be directly uploaded to 420SA

Welcome back Mr Reaf. Nice to see you popping by!

Those plants are beauts!

@Totemic I think you have some catalog photos here