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I certainly think so, more so than the cannabis itself! It's a fun hobby, perhaps with time I may tired of it as it becomes more of a hassle than a fun activity - we shall see and only time will tell. For now it is fun, keeping me busy (perhaps too much) and certainly draining my money.

I stand to be corrected, although generally you will get better yields (Grams per Watt) from LED compared to Metal Halides and such. So in a sense, more efficient.

Haha, it can become very technical. COB's and Quantum Boards both work well, I am personally using Quantum Board LED's.

Found them: https://zephyrfarms.co.za/product-category/environmental-control/ Not terribly priced, if they had the ones without the RH probe it'll be even cheaper. I have not started using mine yet, although reviews seem good and product seems good. Built in fan controller with I think 6 fan speeds and a smart function and they last at least. Just messaged the guys now, apparently they can get this one: https://www.acinfinity.com/component-cooling/inline-duct-fan-systems/cloudline-s6-quiet-inline-duct-fan-system-with-speed-controller-6-inch/ For around R1650 landed, no probes but has the speed controller at still.

Well that is the reason behind the forum, it is a community. If you are not doing it for the community, then why post it on a public forum? Keep your own private grow diary. The opinion and experience of others is what drives this forum, amongst many other forums. It is a part of how we learn - learn from the mistakes of others, as well as their success. Get insight from those who have done it previously. The grow diaries are a way for other members to see how a particular grow has turned out can be a nice reference to compare your grow against. Especially if the conditions are similar or the strain is the same.

How quiet are those silent fans and do they have any speed controller? Also which model(s) are the inline / centrifugal silent fans? AC Infiniti can be imported through Amazon as well, for those who may be interested. Sent from my Redmi Note 7 Pro using Tapatalk

If you are on a budget, consider a flat white paint as an alternative. May be cheaper.

I'd say when you feel there have been a significant enough change in the plants to warrant updated pictures.

I have 6x 288QB's, so total of 720+ true watts from the wall. How much is a HPS setup for interest sake? Can't you get LED's for a similar price? Like how much will 1x 400W HPS setup cost? I believe generally one would get better yields out of an LED light compared to an HPS light as well interms of grams per watt. I have had no interest in looking into any lighting other than LED's.

Welcome! Only heard of tCheck and MarsHydro, never heard of the other brands. Best I go look into them sometime. I'd love to get a tCheck.

Day 14 A quick update regarding the plants. I will no longer be posting updates on the Chocolope plants in this thread, you can view the progress on the Chocolope plants in their thread over here: I had an issue with burnt leaves on 3 of my plants, not sure whether it was light burn from the LED's or whether the plants were not happy with the soil. I did not feed any nutes to the seedlings, they all got the same and have all been under the same lights and same environment etc. They all received the same soil when transplanted as well and the 3 which had their leaves burnt was all next to each other therefore I suspect light burn. The burnt leaves seem to have slowed down growth a bit on these 3 plants although they have bounced back and are growing strong. The one GDP #2 was affected quite badly and I thought it would die, so I transplanted it into a mug so I could use the big pot for one of the Chocolope seedlings. I think I damaged the Chocolope in the process but the GDP seems to be recovering as it has sprouted new leaves and is growing! Very impressed with how resilient the GDP is. As you can see, it is the smallest of the low, albeit understandable. The Sticky Icky (Girl Scout Cookie x BB#3) are by far the fastest growing plants. All 3 are growing faster than the rest and I am really eager to see the end results! My CBD Critical Mass is doing very well, which I am most happy about as I only had one of those seeds and plan to clone it when the time is right. Bruce Banner #3 and GDP are about on par in terms of growth. The overall growth on the plants is really good I feel, the bag seed plant is doing well too - although the leaves have a bit of a weird colouring to them and I am not sure whether it is just new growth or if something is not 100%? The colouring on the leaves are not quite uniform, the inner part of the leaves seem to have a bit more of a lighter colouring in a way... It has increased in size and bushiness quite a bit over the past 2 days, I am not 100% sure how to train it at the moment as it is very bushy and the stems are not growing very long and underneath the top leaves are even more nodes. Perhaps I started with LST too soon and should have let it grow a bit taller first? All seedlings have only been given plain water and water mixed with EM Pro Soil. Next wateringI may start feeding with low concentrates of Fish Mix. Bag seed is receiving fishmix along with EM Pro Soil.

Do you provide any nutrients for the plants or just microbes and AACT's etc for the soil and microbes?

No, very unlikely. The characteristics you are likely to see are those which can appear in multiple other strains. It is like being blind folded and driving in a car and then you have to try identify which car you are driving in. You probably have a better chance of guessing the car than the cannabis strain. Chances are if this is bag seed, it is mixed with pollen from multiple different male plants even. Grow it out and enjoy it, regardless of what it may be. If you want to know what cannabis you're growing and smoking, get some proper seeds and label everything and take it from there.

The bottom is Organics Matter soil. The top is Freedom Farms soil. Freedom Farms works well, I'm trying the Organics Matter now to see how it is. Sent from my Redmi Note 7 Pro using Tapatalk

What is feco?

I personally would not buy pollen as you have no clue what you're actually getting. Rather do some breeding yourself I reckon, although you need to breed a few generations to pick out the best traits and make them dominant and to have consistent results from the seeds.

So I did a bit of Googling and seems the copper soap is not ideal and not recommended during flowering: https://forum.grasscity.com/threads/is-copper-spray-safe-on-budding-plants.1418846/ https://forum.growweedeasy.com/forum/growing-community/119523-copper-fungicide-on-buds https://www.thcfarmer.com/threads/copper-fungicide-safe.90474/ https://www.rollitup.org/t/copper-soap-and-white-powdery-mold.292458/ Seems Hydrogen Peroxide at 3% is what is recommended.

Good luck! What about some CBD as well? Also have you considered trying to micro dose some other, errm, natural earthy stuff?

Hmm, interesting. Does it list the ingredients? Bioneem sounds as if it may just be neem, haha. is that the case? The copper soap sounds appealing, is it safe to spray on the buds too? A spray every 2 weeks does not sound like a hassle, Powdery mildew does though!

Freedom Farms and Organics Matter both have decent soil, I suggest you get some of that to make your life easier.

I am intrigued as to what it actually is. I am thinking eggs or fungus / mold - sort of like mycelium in a way but circular egg like structure is a bit odd... As Trailblazer said, put some in a separate jar and see what happens. If it's fungus, perhaps the mycelium will colonize the rest of the soil.

I plan on getting a veg tent and will throw them in there under some LED's. May need to raise them a bit, will see how it goes.

Thanks, very interesting read and actually does not seem like a ton of maintenance. Interesting on the lower amount of nutes, I guess you do not want tons of growth really. I will certainly be giving this a try!

I like that idea, could even turn it into a comp of sorts. Haha Sent from my Redmi Note 7 Pro using Tapatalk

Thanks Pat, That really helps, what happens if I try and keep the plant in a smaller pot for an extended period of time? Will it simply start to die? @Green Leaf Organics in my previous thread you stated you had some mother plants for a couple of years. How do you do your cloning, what pot size do you use etc?