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Strawberry Vostok from @Bay Seeds, 5 females from the pack. Day 30 from seed.

Bobby's Widow x Gorilla cookies Day 48

I do notice a slight difference in size of the seedlings, but i dont transplant them. The males show really early at 3 weeks so they get pulled, leaving the females to carry on in the pot. The fems i planted alone in a pot since i know they are supposed to be fems. Not sure about the Rockwool. I plant direct. Autos send out a really dominant taproot with almost no side roots for those first 3 odd weeks

Ive also only just started growing autos... They respond well to LST if you start early, between day 14 and 21. They dont like as much water at all, so i let the pot really really dry out and get light before watering. They might not tolerate as much N as photos, but dont make your soil to light. I use reammended FF premium, with no need to feed the soil for the first month. Plant 2 or 3 autos in a 40l if you want to maximize yield for that volume. Mine are in 15l and they are a pretty decent size, between 60-100cm. Otherwise im still on that same learning curve right now

You pH your feeds on the FF premium? I have never pHed my organics to be honest, and let the microherd manage the pH. This is with the Biobizz range

Been a good 2 weeks, with an explosion of growth as they have started to flower.

That 30cm will be welcomed, even with the LED. They are going to reach from 50cm to 1m, plus the pot. And those lighthouse tents aren't bad quality

So spring has sprung, and while it was an uneventful winter for me on the growing front, i decided to start a few autos. I have very limited experience with them, and want to change that. Especially since I only have a veg area now, plus i get to squeeze in a harvest or 2 before Christmas. Thanks to @SkunkPharm and@Bay Seeds I have plenty to test out, and have been staggering planting weekly since last week of July, so they are between 1 and 6 weeks. They are outdoors on sunny days and under lights at night and in rainy weather. Ill probably be making a few seeds from 1 or 2 plants, but just to make more seeds for myself.

A competition would be great. I wont be able to supply seeds though. Im realistically more than a year or 2 away from being able to release anything

Nope. Part of the neonicotinoids class of chemicals. Synthetic nicotine mimicking action

Interesting though, the word apartheid doesnt offend me either or stir any of the irrational emotion that currently subsists. Its a relic of the past that was abolished when i was still a child. We are almost 2 generations past that, and it sickens me to see all the south africans born after '94 still use the the rhetoric to shift blame and justify their current circumstance, often violently. But thats another story far off the threads intent though. Point im making is inline with the thread. Words shouldnt trigger, and if they do trigger you, its not the word, its you... I would name a cannabis line the apartheid line without blinking, and anyone who would associate it with that time in this countries past, really still has serious cognitive dissonance which tharapy may help free them from

This thread though I can very clearly see why naming the strain 'hitler' is a great marketing tactic. I mean, have you ever seen a thread give a strain like cookies the kind of air time? If Hitler offends, Stalin, Khan, Nero, and other most evil characters for their time should offend. Hell maybe i should bring a line of strictly offensive genetics... Thats a good name too haha Life is too short to be offended by our history and characters from it. Im far more offended by our present world leaders anyway, as its tangible, present, and has an actual effect on my life now. Still i dont really even entertain those feelings, since all these feelings really have nothing to do with our real world.

I missed this entirely First im hearing of juicy fields.... Hectic though

I have no rational grasp that a single regular seed can retail for 2k. Perhaps im just aiming elsewhere entirely... A R20k seed investment fills hectares in my circles...

Woman fired from Barloworld for using dagga was not unfair discrimination, court rules The Labour Court has upheld the dismissal of an employee for repeatedly testing positive for cannabis. The court ruled that the decriminalisation of cannabis has not given protection to those who breach a company’s policy. The company had a "zero tolerance" policy and it was irrelevant whether the employee’s performance was impaired or not. A long-serving employee who was fired after repeatedly testing positive for cannabis, in breach of the company’s rules, has failed in her bid to be reinstated. Bernadette Enever, who had been employed in an office position at Barloworld Equipment since 2007, said she used cannabis oil for medicinal reasons and smoked it recreationally for "spiritual" reasons". She wanted the labour court to declare her dismissal in April 2020 to be grounded in "unfair discrimination" and automatically an unfair dismissal. But Johannesburg Labour Court Acting Judge Makosho Ntsoane has dismissed her application, saying the company treated all employees the same. If Enever needed to use cannabis for medicinal purposes, she should have presented evidence of that. Instead she had only made the claim as an "afterthought", after she had been caught out. In a summary of evidence, the judge said Enever had an unblemished disciplinary record when she first tested positive in January 2020. Enever told of how at one stage, due to various ailments, she was taking up to ten prescription drugs a day. Following the decriminalisation of cannabis for personal use by the Constitutional Court, she had weaned herself off the pills using cannabis oil. She also smoked rolled cannabis every evening to assist with insomnia and anxiety which had improved her "bodily health, outlook and spirituality". The judge said the company had a zero tolerance policy towards alcohol and drugs and required employees to undergo regular tests. When Enever had first tested positive, she was placed on seven-day "cleaning up" leave, a process which entailed that the test would be repeated weekly until she tested negative. It was common cause, the judge said, that when she tested positive, she was not "stoned" or unable to perform her usual desk duties. She was also not in possession of cannabis. Enever continued to fail the weekly tests for a month and she was charged with breaching the company’s Alcohol and Substance Abuse Policy. Following a hearing, she was fired, the chairperson indicating that there was no point in giving her a final written warning because she had "unequivocally refused to give up consumption of the cannabis". Enever, in her case before the Labour Court, claimed the policy was unfair and discriminatory. Judge Ntsoane said the unchallenged evidence was that she was at all times aware of the policy. The company had led evidence that it had been applied consistently to all employees. "Indeed, everyone is entitled to use cannabis in their own space and for recreational purposes. Similarly everyone is entitled to consume alcohol in their own private space and time. This however does not mean that if an employee who consumed alcohol the previous night happens to test positive, the (company) would have to take cognisance of the fact that such alcohol was consumed in the employee’s private space and time. "It also does not matter that (Enever) was not impaired when she tested positive. She has to comply with the rules." He said in light of the dangerous environment, the company was entitled to its zero tolerance policy and the Constitutional Court judgment did not offer any protection to employees against disciplinary action should they breach company policies. He said Enever had argued that the company "should understand " that cannabis and alcohol were different in that alcohol could clear out of someone’s system quickly, while cannabis can stay for days or weeks. But, he said, she had been treated the same way as other employees and if she were treated differently "it would be seen to be creating a precedent" and would place an unfair burden on the company. On the issue of her medical condition, the judge said there had been no "persuasive evidence" of this, and prior to testing positive she had not volunteered this information to the company but only sought to raise this as a defence "after she was caught". "Even if I were to accept the medicinal argument, which I don’t, then why would I accept the recreational drug consumption when either or both will in any event lead to positive tests?" Regarding the sanction of dismissal, Judge Ntsoane said Enever had indicated that she would not stop using cannabis and the hearing chairperson had correctly found that a final written warning would serve no purpose. He dismissed her claims of discrimination and automatically unfair dismissal, but made no order as to costs. https://www.news24.com/fin24/companies/woman-fired-from-barloworld-for-using-dagga-was-not-unfair-discrimination-court-rules-20220628?dicbo=v2-59dea29d3c45c6f8221b1c30a1690ec8

Are they outdoors full time?

I wish it were the case. The reality is that over the last 3 years I've been scaling down my space bit by bit, and now don't have any indoor space... Not even to keep keeper clones. It isn't possible for me to keep the quality standard necessary for market seeds without that indoor space. Perhaps I'll find employment somewhere in the industry where I can apply my skills. Perhaps not...

It's a bitter sweet ending, and standing at that cross roads having to decide which direction is going to best serve the next decade of my life... Totemic was really never meant to become a brand, but kind of gravitated that way. It's always been about actively opposing those laws that would criminalize me for growing, breeding, and sharing that with the community. My genetics is out there in practically every corner of the country, serving their purpose beautifully, and will echo in other strains they inspire. It really has been an awesome journey, and while I move onto other things, I'll always be growing.

My house is allowed to by law smell of cannabis, and in fact always does. That doesn't in my opinion give saps the right to enter. I would in reasonable circumstances also allow saps in to my house since according to me I'm within my rights, and I have nothing to hide... But saps isn't the idealistic police force we would imagine a police force to be as a child. It's rotting at the core for the most part. Allowing them in it seems, gives them the scope to write the story of what's going on there on the fly as they find 'evidence' to support a narrative. That's speculation, and won't survive a trial without other evidence of an actual crime, which the article has failed to communicate. Where is the victim? What crime has happened?

I'll reserve comment for now. It would be great to find out more about how they manage to circumvent the current grey wall we are all staring at... The high court hasn't even spoken on the club model, nvm the apex court

I suppose one needs to distinguish between breeders and seed banks. These further split into seed producers or selective breeders, and seedbanks that either stock genuine breeder stock or bulk white label Spanish gear. Plus so many nuances inbetween as the industry starts taking a solid form.

Another one I wish I could enter. All the flower I'm harvesting now is seeded though. I reckon I'll have to do a run specially for all the cups next year. Hope it's a raving success. Good luck to all the entrants.

Do you have 4 x 600w covering an entire 16m2? 1 600w in my mind is good to veg upto 1.5m2, and for flower upto 1.2m2, but more ideally only 1m2 You probably could get away with it for veg. What height are those bulbs from the top of the plants?

Sadly the items are sold