RedEye

Hi Guys,

I have a hypothetical scenario. Say i were to go overseas and purchase some beans, would flying back to SA with them in my luggage be a bad idea? Do i declare them or do i just go with it? Thanks guys

Looking great bro

16 minutes ago, Leeroy420 said:

Yeah i dont have 20k lying around for a starter set up.does any one know whats in the hps ballast all? Is there something special inside? Or can a person use any hps setup.like they use to use on the street lights back in the day?

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Transformer, capacitor and igniter. Thats the jist of a ballast

Were these clones re-vegged?

I popped in at Cannapax stellenbosch on Saturday, the "traditional healers" really know how to make you feel pretty awkward. Apart from that, the flowers looked mid.

Congratulations @Green Leaf Organics

On 5/28/2019 at 4:53 PM, highchome said:

Resurrecting this thread... What dosage & schedule should I be following for using hortimix for soil?

@RedEye you say don't follow their guide, what do you recommend then?

So far what I've been told/seen is this, let me know if any of this is wrong?

• Mix as per https://hydroponic.co.za/hortimix-nutrient-preparation-and-usage-table/
• Do flush with water every 3 weeks - 1 month
• Weekly dosing, roughly following the guide above, but back off if there is any burning (checking Ph of mix before watering)

What do you think, does that sound reasonable?

So this is a table Iv been using for a couple grows which has been working with no issues for me. Note that the res used in the table is 150L, so just divide by 150 to get ml per L, then work according to your sizes res.

One thing to take into consideration (depending how your house is wired up) is that usually they will wire plug circuits to 20A breakers,  thats not to say that each plug socket is wired to its own breaker, but multiple plug sockets to a breaker. That goes to say that the load of multiple sockets are split to a 20A breaker.

I have dedicated my circuits to certain breakers. Wired straight from a 20A to my lights, another 20A to my plug circuits which runs my fans etc.

2 minutes ago, greenkush said:

Koppert have a regional office based in Lanseria.

Thats great news. Thank you

On 3/6/2019 at 12:07 PM, greenkush said:

I seem plagued with thrips.  Having a partner that had recently completed her PhD in the field of agricultural biological control agents we decided to embark on a experiment in terms of controlling different forms of insect control. Her research primarily focused on that of specific nematode species. These are tiny worms that live in the soil and exert specific types of host seeking behavior in order to track down their pray. This got me tracking down a few companies, notably Jamies garden which I was not that impressed with in terms of feedback, delivery and other factors. 

In any event, living seeds sells these IPM's (integrated pest management) solutions, however their prices are borderline criminal. So this led me to find Koppert,  they do take some time to reply to emails so its best to really investigate in advance if you would like to use one of their control mechanisms.

So these are the products I specifically queried on:

Swirski-Mite - 1L bottle (contains 50,000 mites)                  R422

Sportnem-T rather Capasanem 2 x 25Mil                               R256

Thripex-Plus  , 500 sachets                                                           R1246

Thripex-V 1L                                                                                       NA (price not provided as Plus was)

My approach for future grows will be that of a two attack approach, I will use steinernema carpocapsae, which is a nematode species referred to as SportNem-T, this will be used as a soil drench you will notice the amounts you get (50 million), they are very small and barely noticeable with the naked eye. They will seek out soil born insects such as larvae and potentially even fungus gnats yet to start flying. They do this  by action of entering the opening of the insect and releasing a bacteria into the host insect and slowly begin to digest it. These nematodes in particular are harmless to the plant and humans and pose no environmental risk at all , in fact you most likely have them in your garden already, or some other specific species of them such as steinernema feltiae.

The other approach will be the use of Swirski mites, 50,0000 of these go for 422 where living seeds charges 89R for 250.... These are predator mites and will hunt down thrips, and various other broad mites.

Anyways, thought i'd share some info on this and the company I will be getting my biological control agents from.

I also get plagued by thrips every so on, and i dont find Bioneem to be that effective. I see you mentioned Koppert, they are not local am I right? So you will obviously ship them to SA?

I use the hortimix powder, have never used other nutes before. i find them working well, just dont follow the chart they give you.

I have installed a KWHM into the distribution Board that powers my grow room. This way i am able to be billed accordingly apart from the rest of the house. The unit i am using shows my KwH, amps, power factor aswell as voltage.

Hello,

I am an electrical engineer by day, grower and music producer by night (when i get the time)