PsyCLown

So will the Grow Report page be comparable to Grow Diaries ? If so, will non-members be able to view it as well such as how Grow Diaries works? If so, that is really awesome and I think will help bring more traffic to the site over time.

I am curious to find out the same, I assume you would need solar panels and quite a few batteries and I know that batteries add up in price very quickly. 12v 100AH battery is around R2500 easily for one, a single battery being able to provide around 600W of power for 1 hour before it reaches its 50% discharged limit and one hour to drain a battery is quick so the overall battery life will be reduced. Add more batteries and this changes things a bit but increases the price significantly. Considering there is no sun during the night and if you need to run lights during the night then you would need to have power available for at least those let's say 8 hours or so. So a minimum of 8 batteries, if you want to run at higher voltages for increased efficiency you can double that to bump it up to 24v and it becomes 16 batteries with the same capacity. I do not know much about solar, although imagine it would need the power to be stored on batteries and then an inverter required to convert from DC to 220 - 240V AC. I have no clue about the price of solar panels and what would happen when it is over cast or rainy for a few days. Larger appliances which some may be running such as AC, dehumidifiers or heaters all use a lot more electricity too and are probably best run off the mains power and not solar / battery solution. On top of the batteries there would be the cost of the installation, inverters and most importantly solar panels. Curious to get some feedback from someone who knows about the costing of solar panels and such.

Hmm I see, so in essence 13 hours of light per 24 hours. Curious as to how it is compared to the traditional 18 / 6.

Ahh ok, never used a panel heater before. I am using one of those fan heaters with an element, working very well! It has a built in thermostat too, comes on occasionally for a few seconds and reaches the temp very quickly due to the small grow area. Just make sure that if your unit has a light, you kill the light on it (cut the cables to the LED).

How do you easily control the temps with the panel heaters though?

Nice man! Pretty sure I know where those seeds came from haha Why run 12 / 12 light cycle from the beginning? From what I have read, the plants require around 4 weeks of veg before they will flip over to flowering anyways, so giving them 12 / 12 light during this period just leads to slower growth, you might as well do 18 / 6 for the first 4 weeks and then flip over to 12 / 12 if you want to flower early and quickly. I also don't think those few roots classify as root bound. Check the pic below (not mine), next time I'd say put the seed as it's sprouting straight into a larger pot.

Haha, I think it comes down to personal preference and what you'd like to achieve. I am personally using quantum boards. COB's have more light in a focused area, where Quantum Boards tend to have more of a spread and therefore is a bit more uniform. Also due to the design of the Quantum Boards heat isn't as much of an issue - not that heat is generally an issue with LED's to begin with - but it seems as if COB's tend to have active coolings where QB's are fine with passive cooling, the heat is spread over a larger surface area to begin with so naturally it isn't as much of an issue to cool. I am very happy with my QB's and do not see myself replacing them anytime soon, if I need more lights at some point I will get more QB's without blinking an eyelid.

So started some LST on the plants, I probably should have started a bit sooner with some of them. The plants are starting to drink more for sure. Also the CBD Critical Mass is pushing some nicely sized leaves! It's looking impressive for sure! Quite unexpected.

What exactly is meant by this: Members can submit photos and/or graphics designs of their own

You're currently dong Organic now, so why the change from Hydro to Organic?

How do you check that the soil is dry? The top will always dry out first and then I find it takes a very long time, especially with smaller plants, for the remainder of the soil to dry out. What is "bush soil"?

Welcome! Start a new thread and share with us how you are growing, perhaps some of the members can provide you with some advice and tips to ensure your plants do not die again.

Day 21 Some good growth has happened this past week on majority of the plants. I added some auto's into the mix, want to get some STS and do a bit of experimenting and reversing to try get some seeds and see how it turns out. Daiquari Lime #2 does not have a seed in it yet, I popped 2 and the one has not yet germinated so popped the 3rd and now waiting for that to germinate and then I will pot it. My Bag seed plant is growing nicely, although is not happy about something so I did a semi flush on Sunday and will monitor it. Either PH issues or too many nutes, I may have started feeding too early. Very very bushy though and I am not sure what to do with her? The others are all doing well, liking the growth I have been seeing on the CBD Critical Mass, GSC #2 is has not been happy the past two days or so. Will check the roots tonight, perhaps she is root bound. GDP #2 will need to be re-potted soon too, surprised it survived actually. Very robust strain. Will be a bit behind the others but happy to wait a bit longer for it. I am sure the yields will be worth while.

Seems to have fallen away, although I am sure the forum is more active now. Would be cool to bring it back and perhaps give custom titles or "badges" to those members.

How long have they been in veg for / how old are they?

Nice, good luck with the grow.

Looking good, leaves all propped up again!

Nitrogen is nitrogen. If it was not the exact same, it would not be nitrogen and would be an analogue of nitrogen.

Hahaha, glad it is not just me who watches over the plants pointlessly for a bit. It's actually rather therapeutic. I have actually yet to do it stoned, although imagine that would lead to a lot of time passing with me just watching.

Chamdog as well. These guys are a joke. What is the quality of the bud like? Are they at least free of seeds?

I'm from Jozi too, not all that far from GT Hydro.

Give it a go and let us know, from the reading I did the plant requires around 4 weeks before it will start flowering so during that period you may as well give it more light to let it grow more. Curious to see how it works out for you. Sent from my Redmi Note 7 Pro using Tapatalk

Nice, looking good there! Sent from my Redmi Note 7 Pro using Tapatalk

I too am curious too, seems you can get 2 or 3 ounces - so 50 to 80g, basically the same as an autoflower. The above is with 18/6 for the first month and then switching to 12 / 12 thereafter. The flowering obviously takes quite a while though still, so you still end up waiting around 3 or 4 months. A month or two saved all adds up though - not just time but effort, space, electricity and nutes.

Leaves are used for photosynthesis though, so wouldn't cutting off all the leaves cause issues? Sent from my Redmi Note 7 Pro using Tapatalk