Totemic

So, bit of a bump here...

There is only 1 week left to get your entries in everyone.

Coming along well Tote!  How are you managing runoff drainage?

Thanks. Well drainage isn't really an issue to me, since the whole scrog is portable. When it is watering time, the plant comes out of the cab, and the pot fits neatly into a 25l bucket. I water...it drains. 

This also lifts the plant up, and while she is draining I take the time to clean a bit under the net while comfortably sitting on the floor.

Good work totemic, you will fill that whole screen.  You have done it just right.

Id estimate +-100g dry

Yeah, the structure of the clone was just right I think.    I think I'll definitely be yielding closer to the 150-200g mark. She is a big yielder, but I am limited in my vertical space to let her colas just go, so you might be right, and she could yield less because I need to control the height.

Hey everyone.

9 days later into veg, and here is a quick update. Her roots have settled now, and I probably have only about 2 weeks of veg left.

You've just transplanted them. I would let them veg, and fill the pots they are in, and then do a repot into final containers early January.

Don't feel bad at all for jumping the gun. It takes a few years to really get a annual calendar planned and working smoothly, and even then life is going to happen.

Remember to grow the way you want to grow. 65l pots work for me, but it isn't a rule hey.

The important thing I think is to enjoy the journey while growing. Even embrace the slight flops that come along from time to time. 

Thanks Totemic. Yeah, aware that they will go back into Veg which is obviously what I want as they need to go the full season. Just glad they showed me their sex without too much hassle of having to clone for sex.

 

I am def worried about them getting root bound so you reckon I'm gonna need much bigger pots!? How big 'cos I thought these would be big enough and now I'm agreed they probably won't be! Getting root bound is obviously not good right? Will affect bud and overall health of the plants?

 

 

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Yeah it does save on cloning to sex, but it does set your ladies back a bit, as the hormonal changes in the plant take weeks to shift from the one side to the other.

Outdoors, the bigger the pots the better.

When Cannabis is planted into the ground, a huge tap root drives down to anchor and support the plant, while the feeder roots usually only occupy the upper 30 cm of soil, and spread out laterally. This is what the plant wants to do genetically.

So when you plant in a container, your cannabis plant is going to want to grow out its roots exactly the same, except the tap root smashes into the bottom of a usually small starter container, and forces all focus to the feeder roots, which in turn hit the walls. and and and...you get the idea.

A good general rule of thumb when planting in containers is to allow 4l per month you intend to keep the plant alive, and double that for outdoor.

So for example if I am going to do a 4 month indoor grow, anything less than 16l will cause issues, but I go 25l to be sure.

Outdoors, I use 65l pots, and I only plant my seeds in November. But then I don't want such huge plants.

I'm just bantering on here, but I hope some of it helps.

Looking good. You do realize that they are going reveg, and not continue flowering. They should then go into flower again in Feb. Those pots might also become root bound if you are not careful.

Thanks for the votes guys and gals. And thanks to Hydro Herb Africa. My package arrived today.

Yeah smokey. I'll probably be tucking for the next 2 weeks, then flip. Let her stretch for the first week or 2, then tie her down flat on the net.

She stretches for about 4 weeks and the colas need to be kept under 30 cm from net to glass.

I tell you 420, I got the scrog idea from another very talented grower. Yeah, the 250 is working really well for the space, and the spread is almost perfect for that net size. It does help that the 250 can hover about 5cm above the canopy, since a 250 doesn't really penetrate well, and the sweet spot is at 14cm bulb distance. 

You asked for a log so this will be the one.

I was planning on running another strain, but this clone just happened to be much older than the others, so less veg time.

The other part for choosing this Jack, is because I know her very well, and if I can pull off a grow in that space with her, then any strain will do just fine.

Temps go as high as 29 when its in the mid 30's outside, so that's perfect. Humidity ranges between 30% - 50%.

The medium is coco/perlite ( about 80/20 ratio ), flushed and pre charged with CalMag, and running Hortishop's A+B + MKP.

Current concentration is 300ppm with a 2-1-1 ratio ( 1ml/l - 0.5ml/l - 0.5ml/l ), pH'ed to 5.9.

The scrog net is 45 x 60cm in size, divided into 117 blocks ( 9 x 13 ).

I'll pass thanks.

Cannabis is good for so many things in my life, I don't even know where to start.

I suffer from depression, insomnia, and chronic pain from serious bike accidents in earlier days.

I am also tightly wound and stressed as we all are in this rat race, Cannabis really comes through in this department too.

As far as what it does for my lifestyle; I dont drink alcohol at all. I'd much rather chill with a fat joint after a hard days graft, over toxic alcohol.

By growing Cannabis, it has brought me back to a time in my life before there where cellphones and all this tech, so I spend hours in the garden. I grow and breed so many other plants, and that is my passion and happiness.

As far as my mindset and outlook, Cannabis has definitively changed the way I perceive life for the better.

Man, This list can go on and on....

It's so painfully clear that we as human beings are supposed to use cannabis!

Keep a look out for them hermies. Do you have the space to grow them all out if most of them turn out female? There is another 4 months of solid veg left, and if you aren't going to confine the roots you could end up with monsters. Monsters that smell!

Nice find Admin! 

So the cabinet has been running for 24 hours, and today was rather hot in CT, but the temperature at 15:30 was 29 in the cab. Humidity was at 33% which is a bit low for veg, but still doable, and will work well for flower. 

All I still need to do is put the scrog net together.

Hi BP,

This is a crowd sourcing project, and open to as many entries as you like.

I would however suggest that you focus on one design and get it looking striking, as this logo will be the new face of Totemic.

Hi guys and gals.

You only have until the end of the month to get your entries in, so get busy.

Those of you that have sumitted your entries, they look great!

Id like to see how much ul yield please log as well as what tempretures an humidity u reach in your box.

I will be running a log, and recording temps etc. 

An y still struggle with electric?

I have way too much that keeps me awake nights already. When it comes to electricity I don't mess with it any more than is absolutely necessary, and even then safety first hey. Would hate to burn down my house.

Fucking A grade work bud!!!

Shot. But lets see if I can get this DIY setup to do what I want it to. Got an Indica dominant hybrid with tight noding that I want to scrog. I'd like to see 150g + harvests from the setup which I'm sure should be easy. Total draw on the cabinet is only 380w, which is great on the electricity bill hey.

 

Where do you get your 220v fans and how much are they?

I do a lot of my hardware shopping at Brights Hardware as they are just the most convenient for me. At Brights these fans are R130 each.

You will also find these fans at Voltex or any other electrical suppliers.

See my current small cabinet thread for inspiration Fire. http://www.420sa.co.za/index.php/topic,86.0.html

I'm also battling the heat issues and putting the final tweaks on this cab before I run a scrog. Small spaces are really difficult to work with, and you need to really plan well to get everything to fit. 

So I've been busy this weekend, and since I'd like to run this cab in day light hours if necessary, and with the summer month's still ahead of us, I decided to convert my wing reflector into a cooled hood. Took me about 6 solid hours of work, and about R400 in parts. So far, I'm really happy. 

Yes, I'm definitely seeing way too little ventilation. All those fans are 12v right? I would replace them all with 120mm 220v AC fans at least, or as I said earlier, a cooltube and decent inline fan would be your real solution here.

Hey,

Tell us a bit more about your cupboard, and maybe share a pic or 2. It really does make it a lot easier to give the right advise. I would however, convert all your fans to active exhaust, with passive intake. Make a few more intake holes if possible. 

With an HID in a small space heat is always going to be your enemy. Your best bet is to get a cool tube or an air cooled hod, and a decent inline fan.

Yeah I do have a fan that will be circulating the air inside.

It's a 250w, which is perfect for this size cabinet, as far as light footprint, and temperature. My 600w cabinet is starting to hit 29-30 degrees already, and next on my list of gear is definitely a cooltube for it.  So far the ambient temp at canopy height under the 250w I'm seeing 25 degrees.