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1 hour ago, Batista said:

Man this makes me want to dig out my old 400w hps lol they are the leaders in size as far as I can see.

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Not sure about that... I've seen a few goodens in the other diaries!

Day 22

Things began to go a little south from Friday last week. The plants started to droop a bit. As overwatering was out of the question I assumed they must've been getting a little root bound so I decided to transplant on Sunday.

Suspicions were correct. They were fairly root bound at the bottom of the pot. Nice healthy roots though.

The plants were transferred into 20 cm pots with a vegging soil mix. They're starting to look happier tonight. I'm gonna top them tomorrow morning.

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3 minutes ago, DamDave said:

Big apologies.

They were in the sun for about 3 hours to try and warm the pots up to dry the soil. Temperature was cold outside so I put them back in the cabinet with a heater fan blowing on the pots.

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All good bud

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17 hours ago, DamDave said:

Ha ha. Don't joke man. Just glad the sun was out my side today. Pots already feeling way lighter and back in the cabinet.

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@DamDave as @iGrowDagga has pointed out. Your plants will need to remain indoors and no assistance from outdoors or the sun is allowed. 

As other competitors have raised concerns over this I ask that you please stick to the rules on this one. Much appreciated

@HappyDaze please read the rules bud. We'll need current updates

Are the seeds in pots now or is your current situation what we see in the pics above?

She's looking good 

4 hours ago, ORGANinc. said:

Honestly in winter, those HIDs are fitting the purpose tremendously. I thinking if adding an extra 400w-1200w for heating if opting for cooler lighting solutions, you behind on the bill and behind on the environment.

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You're right bud. The tents are hitting a steady 24 to 25C with lights on which I can't complain about. 40% RH

I used to have big challenges where I used to stay (Nelspruit) which actually put me off growing when I was living there. In summer a tent would hit 40 sometimes I kid you not. As a result, fluffy bud... AC was out of the question.

I've now moved up the hill to White River this year which is a good 4 to 5 degrees colder than Nelspruit at any given time. So I may even be okay in summer, we'll see.

@GGG don't forget to upload the pics please

Can make a plan to get you more seeds if you want. Let me know if you want to. Will just need to cover the courier

Day 17

Seeing as I haven't yet given a breakdown of my setup.....

It's a fairly straight forward setup with some gear that is getting on a bit now. 

Veg Tent

1.5 x 1.5 GTHydro tent

250w (early veg) 400w(late veg) MH Bulb

8" Extractor Fan (functioning as active exhaust)

Flower Tent

1.5 x 1.5 GTHydro tent

400w(early flower) 600w(late flower) HPS Bulb.... or possibly 2 x 400w HPS throughout

6" Extractor Fan (functioning as passive intake)

40cm Wall Mounted Fan

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The pic below illustrates how the ventilation process works.

The 8" inline fan in the veg tent is exhausting out the tent through a window behind the tent. 

The 6" inline fan in the flower tent is bringing air into the tent from a different window behind that tent.

The tents are then linked with an 8" duct indicated below in the pic. Fortunately, as these tents are two different models, the bottom duct outlets are very close to each other. Keeping the duct short and making it easier for air transfer. When both tents are zipped closed, by pure luck really, a perfect equilibrium is achieved and both tents maintain a steady negative pressure. As the veg tent is sucking air straight from the flower tent, it's ambient temp varies between 1 to 3 degrees higher than the flower tent, when the flower tent's light is on. Which is an added bonus in winter when you want your veg tent to still hold the higher temps.

1 hour ago, GGG said:

I post via Tapa always , so went to website and post the pics that way, but now I see it's not updated via Tapa and to post I need to log in again thats not working , how can I proseed , just stay with the website?

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Maybe I can assist but I don't quite understand your post. Are you having trouble uploading via tapatalk and also having issues logging into 420SA on your browser?

@HappyDaze have you dropped your seeds yet?

1 hour ago, CreX said:

Boobies!!! 

 

Those are some strange looking nipples!

2 minutes ago, CreX said:

i am in 2 minds to tell you to remove them right away and never tie the stems again... but i am nervous that you will damage the stems when you take the ties off... rather get the stem to lean on something.... or use half a toilet roll cardboard as a retainer, just slip it on like a sock... 

I agree with @CreX tying the stems with string or laces can be problematic. You could be restricting growth. Rather use plant ties if you must and leave some space for the stem to expand

I can't seem to make contact with @BroMo guys.

Unfortunately we'll have to disqualify him. 

A day short of the 2 week mark since the seeds were dropped into water

Now that the choc gelato has been moved to the flower tent the seedlings have full rights to the light. I've taken out the 400w MH and swapped it for a 250w MH

Did a water with some humic mix added last night. I use the liquid humic mix from Grow Guru

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3 hours ago, Ill_Evan said:

I've been having this problem too @420SA

What I have found is that since the last theme update, the site forces the orientation of an uploaded image according to the original metadata of the image. So if say you have screen rotation "off" on your cellphone, and take a horizontal photo while the phone thinks it's taking a vertical photo, even after rotating the image in Gallery it will refuse to be uploaded vertically, so the image is sideways like yours. 

How I've gotten around it is to change the metadata of the image through an image design program such as Gimp. That seems to sort it, but it's a long winded effort. 

I'll try look into as soon as I can. It may have something to with the site stripping EXIF data on upload. 

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36 minutes ago, The_StonedTrooper said:

Since 2015 it seems, shipping all stock from their Canadian Warehouse

Been around for a while then. Strange...