SmokeyTheBear

I am currently in my second year of a degree in Politics, Philosophy and Economics. Would love to work on describing cannabis markets and trends throughout the world if I get to doing my Masters.

In my spare time I do freelance photography and reptile removals.

Here’s a little guy I removed the other day.

Cape Cobra Juvinile (Naja nivea) - Highly Venomous

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Thanks for the advice guys.

I’ve upped the nutrients for the last feed and am excited to see how they progress.

I haven’t added any CalMag but thank you for the tip man. Which product do you use?

Thanks guys, I’m so damn excited watching these ladies grow. Kind of my zen garden in all the chaos of my studies and work.

These are some shots I took yesterday when I could pop in quickly for a feed.

Flower cupboard after watering.

The vanilla kush is getting so bushy as a result of LST. I haven’t done a defoliation yet but tied some bigger fan leaves down to allow better light penetration.

I’m thinking of getting this girl to spread out as much as possible. Take a few clones when topping after a bit more growth upwards. Once she’s big I’ll probably flower her by herself, considering a scrog to get the best use of my coverage. But nothing has been decided on yet.

And the strawberry amnesia is on the mend. So excited for this to go into flower, need that energetic sativa smoke.

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Why do you give such low dosage of feed Rather give it at recommended dose

That Sir is a very good question. I was pretty terrified of overfeeding and burn but I realize now how minute the feeding is. Will up it to the recommended strength.

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Well.....my Bagseed I'm growing now is pretty good. Got blessed with a broken branch so I got a tester and it making me quite gerook.

With every setback there’s always a silver lining, very happy the ganja gods blessed you with that gift.

Very excited to see what this girl looks like by the time she gets chopped.

Truly inspired me to the potential of well trained plants outdoors. Brilliant stuff man!

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I have to agree with JustinHemp420[/member] . You've dialed in and the results is speaking for itself.

 

What nutes you running in flower ?

Thanks bud!

Those years spent following so many brilliant grows on this forum and prior ones paid off.

Currently I’ve had to water them two to three times a week depending on the weather. So I’ve been doing one feeding of fish emulsion for primary grow nutrients, not idea as I’d rather be using biobizz grow but very tight on bucks at the moment. Also been doing top dressing with worm castings which has been great for young plants, have yet to burn them as a result of the castings.

Then I do a clean feed of RO water with a PH of 6,5-6,7. The thinking behind this is to reduce a salt buildup from some of the inorganic bites I’m using.

Then every third watering I give them some nutriplex bloom and Micro but at way below the recommended dosage.

Otherwise I do feed with kelpack and amino mix on occasion but my thinking behind this is that it’s primarily to reduce stress and develop healthy vigorous roots.

I’d love any suggestions, I’m pretty conservative with the dosages about 2-4 drops of the specific nutrient per liter of water.

This is mostly guesswork on my part. If anyone sees any noob mistake here please point it out.

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Looking good, seems like you quite the pro already

 

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Why thank you sir, this grow wouldn’t be doing as well as it is without the assistance on this forum. A big thanks to you guys!

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Thanks for the feedback guys! Sorry for not updating recently life has been crazy.

So her are some images of what’s been happening, have time stamped most of them as I can’t keep track of dates.

First signs of girls.

Then the vanilla kush was reset to regular upward growth to get a bushier plant and LST other sections. The SA is still a bit slow.

Images of results of LST on plants in flower.

Started LST on vanilla kush very improvised ties.

Her response and tied her with proper twisty ties.

Result

Strawberry amnesia getting established.

Images from the flowering cupboard.

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Update:

Been feeding grow and kelp in small amounts.

This is the flower chamber, one confirmed female, three suspected females and the rest are unknown at the moment.

Then a magical hemp420 ganja fairy gifted me with some proper genes. A vanilla kush and strawberry amnesia clone.

Vanilla in the front strawberry in the back, so very excited about these genetics

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You better get them going !! Wink Wink lol

 

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Everything is being prepared 

Here’s a quick update this from this afternoon.

Give them some micro and bloom yesterday. Responding well. Have a forest growing, three look like possible females but still early days.

Apologies for the quality of the image, couldn’t get them all in one shot.

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Greetings and welcome

Glad to have you here, hope you’ll be sharing some of your growing with us.

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I’ve got two 50cm x 50cm x 70cm veg chambers with cfls but it’s not running at the moment.

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The flower stretch is in full swing.

Ladies looking happy and some have responded really well to training.

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Sounds like you’ve got quite the variety of greens, quite impressive man. Can’t wait to see how they look through flower.

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Here’s a minor update from two days ago, been a bit busy recently.

Things are moving along, hopefully they’ll display sex soon.

One of my favorite plants

Getting bushy

Group shot

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......... it's best to pot up to a minimum 8 litre pot or even better a 10 litre. Sent from my ALE-L02 using Tapatalk

 

I would just go for the 10 one time. I have in the past flipped the lights and after seeing what the sex is I reported to 10L pots and they survived. The 1st 3 weeks of the flowering the plants is still strong and resilient just like the veg stage. Its not [glow=red,2,300]really[/glow] the best thing to do because that's the time they send out roots to see how much space they have (,am I correct here ? ) but when I don't have a choice when it comes to Bagseed or regulars that's the way it rolls here in my area.

 

I still say flip now before you get your hands full and not enough space. What they grow space measurements in there ?

Thanks for the 2c bud. Flipped them to flower two days ago, at first signs of sex females are getting a 10l pot.

I’ve got about 1.2m wide x 0.8m deep x 1.6 high. Not using all the width as I don’t have enough coverage for that.

Update on the ladies(hopefully):

I took off a lot of old growth on some of them after the light burnt them a bit. Some are getting nice and bushy.

I don’t expect a big yield from these as they’re quite small but I’d like a run with bagseed before I put any good genetics in here.

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Flipped yesterday and all looking good, taken a few clones for the next round and 420 community before flip and those are looking good 2. This round is by far better than the previous 2 so that shows progress and hopefully I'm on the right path.

 

For those of you using Quantum Boards beware of keeping the lights close in Flower, they don't burn the leaves but those do have a major effect on Trichome development which was far smaller in my last round due to this fact.

It's a bit of a learning curve using new Technology but I think I have things under control this time round. Holding thumbs lol.

 

Some interesting science attached regarding light intensity.

 

Have a good weekend all.

 

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Those girls are looking gorgeous and bushy.

Which strains do you have going into flower now?

Those leds are pretty damn impressive. Very interesting read, shot for the info.

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1 litre of soil for each week they are in the pot, so if u going to flower for 8 weeks it's best to pot up to a minimum 8 litre pot or even better a 10 litre.

 

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Thank you sir!

I’ll buy some 10l pots and transplant them over before flower.

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Is that your final pot ?

Quite possibly not sure how many I’m going to take to flower. I could flip the light and wait for sex but I should probably not repot in flower and these pots may prove a bit too small if they take a while to finish flower.

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Here’s a shot of the babies under the hps. I’ve got far too many plants and I realize this. Being regular seeds I can’t wait for them to start showing sex so I can choose my favorites to start flowering. I want to keep them short and have very low expectations in terms of yield. Do you guys think switching to 12/12 would be too early now?  Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro

 

Ahoy Smokey

 

Geez they've come a long way and looking good man. I am busy with 2 plants Indoor that I started on a 12 12 cycle from seed and they got waaay bigger than I wanted. Luckily I had the space to adjust. So why not just flip the switch now and wait to see what happens

 

But that all depends on how much space you have as well.

Thanks bud appreciate it.

I’ve gone and repotted most of them and given them a topping. They’re staying nice and squat so I’ll veg them for another week and see what they look like then.

I’ve got about 1.6m height but I may be able to adjust it with some tinkering around.

Here are some images from yesterday’s watering. They’ve been repotted since but some are staying nice and squat.

Here’s this morning after a repotting.

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Here’s a shot of the babies under the hps.

I’ve got far too many plants and I realize this. Being regular seeds I can’t wait for them to start showing sex so I can choose my favorites to start flowering.

I want to keep them short and have very low expectations in terms of yield. Do you guys think switching to 12/12 would be too early now?

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Oh yeah shit is getting serious in terms of light intensity. Blinded myself while testing this sucker.

250w hps reflector + Ballast + 2 new bulbs for R600 makes me a very happy camper. Ghetto? A little bit but as I student I couldn’t care.

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Damn dude that’s a freaking tree you’ve got there!

Gorgeous, can’t wait to see what she provides.

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Gave them a solid watering today  after two days dry. Been struggling to get round but they still looked fine.

They’re looking really good and recovering from my mistakes. So much variation between the same bankie of high grade tunnel grown white widow. I doubt the truth behind the genes and am sure they’re muddled up genetics in them. 

One plant I topped just for practice.

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Greetz Erryone!

 

I have recently relocated to the Western Cape and need some input from any locals.

Is it legal to grow here or not, half the people I talk to say it is, or is it only that they dont really target guys here anymore?? Im not planning on a big one, 1 or 2 plants at most.

 

Where can I get the following?

- Recommended and Trusted Local Seed bank, and also what is a Recommended Sativa strain that is also feminized?

- Premixed Organic Soil/Soil less mix?

- General supplies? ( I used to use Greenthumb up in Joburg)

 

Shottallot!!

R

Welcome to the Cape of good dope!

Glad to have you on the forum.

It’s a bit of a gray area at the moment, the high court ruled that private consumption and cultivation should not be illegal but this has not been ratified by parliament. I think they’re convening in a month or so regarding the high court.

So at the moment the boys in blue can still arrest/raid your grow but when it gets to court you can use the Judge Davis judgement to attempt to have the charges withdrawn (this has been successful in the Belville magistrates court) or apply for a stay of prosecution pending judgement from the constitutional court.

So the chances having having a criminal conviction if just in possession of cannabis is  low if you have all your paperwork ready for said day.

At the end of the day, keep it discrete don’t tell anyone about it including friends and non-permanent relationships. Lose lips sink ships and if you keep it to yourself you should be perfectly fine.

I might just be paranoid but I don’t want to spend any time in a cell.

I get most of my supplies from hydroponic.co.za and from greenthumb if they don’t have what I need.

Have a look at freedom farms organic promix, my plants are loving it.

They’re looking quite happy this morning, the cool weather has been appreciated.

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