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3 hours ago, The_StonedTrooper said:

Sorry about the hassles and difficulties, hang in there brother. 

Do you think the mites came in with the soil? 

I am very much convinced came from the soil. The house isn't new to growing and also never had any pest issues. All in the tent was brand new.. and i really mean bought for that run. Is what soils can bring you.. issues. when you do small batches, you lose small or see it early to contain it. With bigger batches you run into a issue what ever you do once a problem is out, can only contain it issue. You just can't watch all plants the same way.. 

Got the WW's hanging.. things got way more complicated with stage 6... and i mean a lot more complicated 

The light is one thing to go off for 4 hours and longer.. but manageable. The missing ventilation is the real killer. There is no cheap solution to it.. your ventilation goes off for 4 hours to vent your tent and mold as other pests become an issue. I had to work daily on that tent to keep things in order.

WW's hanging.. I do not run a carbon filter for the dry tent, I have a ozone generator running inside. Kills the smell and keeps things clean.

Blue dream's are rather over time but also start to get blue ^^

Soooo... not done but I can do a quick recap.. 

Pots made my life very hard.. the wrong gear alone can add 50% extra time. Stupid, stupid, STUPID!

Then... yes, commercial grows you do in HYDRO ^^ i wouldn't call it a commercial grow what I did, i just went to the max grow space can take.. and that is a bit the commercial approach. I grew for the last 3 years and the only issue i ever had to face was PM. This time I used the same setup.. except the stupid pots ^^ 

So new Tent, new Lights, new Pots, new carbon filter.. feminized seeds and FF Premium Classic soil.. all new fresh bags. Had Thrips and Spider Mites on some plants.. removed the whole plants once saw it. So lost a few... only option.. really, only option, came in over the soil. The rest was as squeaky clean as it could have been. Is the one bag that can give you huge hassle. I think into building me a hydro setup for the 2.4x2.4 and try that again with chemical feeding.

Had him on Telegram, busy in real life and wasn't online a lot as he said, they changed the security of the internet at work and he can't reach the weed sites anymore.

16 hours ago, wingwing said:

Water: 

So far rain water with ph up. Going forward either rain water or tap water left for a day and ph down.

Which doffus told you to use Up or Down on your organic feeding? You turn it into chemical feeding with a single drop of those chemicals. Use biological Up/ Down, like Lemon juice/vinegar and liquid lime stone. But once more, if you run organic in soil, you can skip the pH hassle, not needed at all.  As long as you use rain water, you are good. Moment you use tap water, you run chemical again.

Getting there  even with Stage 6

11 hours ago, Darclinc said:

a side, note, does anyone in Cape Town sell single seeds? Nirvana only sells in packs of 4, and I don't really want to buy that many. In case 1 or two don't make it I'd like to plant again as soon as humanly possible as this is not only an experiment in the weather/outdoor situation but also with how the different strains perform against one another. And, how well I can get them to grow using the exact same methodology. I would like to take the 1-2 best performers out of this lot and put them in subsequent lots going forward. Potentially anyway.

You don't get much information from just one seed of a strain. Except the strain is mega stable and has no pheno swings inside you get a very limited view of the strain. And to Nirvana, if you buy a pack of.. isn't it usually 5?.. you get one free seed (they usually offer feminized freebees, you say in the offer to please send you a auto freebee and they will change) and any seed not sprouting, you contact Jenna and she will replace it. Service at Nirvana SA is second to none.

Eskom stage 6.. and bad weather on the horizon ^^ How many in here hate Eskom?  I am such a lucky guy that my tent is soon done and I can shut down. Starting to harvest the White Widows today.. take down step by step and hang in the dry tent. Day 6 of Week 12.. more or less on time as expected.. rest is far over the time given by the breeder. One of the WW Auto's was a photo.. I kept her and see how fast she flowers. If the auto fast flower got stuck, might keep her.

Looks kinda pretty ^^

And some pictures from Day 3 Week 12... finalizing 

Where you get your pots? ^^ How does the bottom look? I have to replace mine.. just watered the plants and was mostly cursing about the silly run off i have.

With what do you spray your tent after pollination phase to kill all the male pollen still inside the tent? 

from the WW's nothing.. the Blue Dream, Blue Cheese and GSC i cleaned about 20-25 cm of the bottom part. They all hover around 75-120 cm now.

And to keep a bit track... today is the first day of week 11. So 71 days passed since the seeds got dropped into water.

Only Auto Strain I found so far actually doing its thing under 9 weeks are the Gelato's from 42FastBuds. 

The Nirvana plants are all off beside the White Widows, set with 11-12 weeks, they have a good chance to finish end week 12. Blue Cheese, Blue Dream and GSC will all take a few weeks longer as Nirvana states on their website. The Blue Dream a good 4 weeks longer as they say, also had 2 Hermis in that batch, I would say was genetic as they pushed flowers like a proper male, not just at certain branches.

4 hours ago, MrE said:

Quattro Kush: Day 50 of flower.

 

What date did you drop the seed?

13 hours ago, SkunkPharm said:

What is the pot size?

10L 

Was busy with the tent, so i made some pictures ^^ so far all manageable.. but fucks up my back 

Nirvana seem to have a special so I create the links to their page if interested

White Widow's still strong flowering but the end is also coming.. 1-3 weeks out (some phenos are clearly faster done). 

Blue Dream's (not on sale) are starting to also do their thing.. still far out, 3-4 weeks.

Blue Cheese now the tallest plants (one ^^), same as the Blue Dream, 3-4 weeks out.

The WW's are very sexy for a crowded tent grow (25 per 1.2x1.2 rather easy).

I would space the GSC, Blue Dream and Blue Cheese a bit more... 16 per 1.2x1.2 the next time I should do something like that ^^ and if you want to try.. think into your climate control first.. really.. do that before you plant the seeds ^^ you need a lot of air shifting inside that growth.

Have a fun weekend!

Just read ^^

https://www.allbud.com/learn/story/cannabis-vaporizing-101-what-temperature-best

Below 100 you get nothing of THC or Terpenes vaporized.. fun starts to vaporize over 150 degrees Celsius. I think we had the Vulcano at 158, what seems to be to low after the numbers they provide.

And the look into my treasure tent ^^ the 13 mothers I keep... and need urgent rework

6 hours ago, Martin7318 said:

 

I find that quite interesting. Is there any point after that where you would put the Boveda back in? Are you watching RH after those 2 weeks?

I don't think my RH drops below 62%, as I've left the Boveda's in for the entire time it's stored. Removing a bud or 2 from the jar when needed, but jars all sit in the top of a closed cupboard. Which also makes me doubt it being a light issue (@the_stonedtrooper)

Someone told me my issue might be caused by too much moisture? My feelings there are that I'd have mold, not brown weed .

Thought I responded to this one in the morning.. joint and feeding the plants must have come in between 

I would put a bag back in if I do not trust the jar for some reason.. usually i replace the jar (very hot soap water in the jar and shake it.. gets wet outside, not sealed), leave the bag for 2 weeks and take it out again.

My bags are usually all together in one glass to even out after use.

Have to make this very short post in regards to pH and soil.. found it in the Royal Queen Seeds blog

Go Organic and Forget About Measuring pH

Isn't part of the hydro setup you run.. but Royal Queen Seeds trust that sentence that much, they put it in bold inside their pH advice. 

Hydro you always have to measure... no way around. Soil for home growers, Hydro for commercial production.. and the Coco dudes lost in between both worlds  is about how i see it.

Forgot to mention.. smell is also up.. so the carbon air filters came into play. I run 3 of them... you understand, Neo, there is no smell  Exits go into the kitchen.. had a cozy 18 degrees inside the house when i woke up. At least I don't need fire wood this winter.  

Small space = Auto Flower Plants  Insane me put 8 in a 1.2x0.6 ... got 300g dressed from that little none effort grow in 12 weeks.

Have the grow diary here (used a Blurple light^^): 

21 minutes ago, ORGANinc. said:

Yeah I can't disagree with you, however, These diodes will only ever be used at 75% power and that's for first 3/4 weeks of flower. Other than that, I run them 40/45%. yes they still less efficient. But at a 3rd of the price and concisely limited usage, they fit my purpose.  

The efficiency of a diode is how good she turns electricity into light and heat. The better version, the lm281b is 30% less efficient compared to the lm301b. The normal 281 is even worse. You turn 30% less electricity into light.. don't underestimate that. If you run those lights most of the year, add your Eskom growing bill together for 12 months, then take 30% off and calculate again if they are cheaper. If they bring a new generation I will exchange my lights after a test run.. 30% of my Eskom grow bill (10k x 12 = 120k a year) is 36k.. I get a new set of lights for two 2.4x2.4 from China for that amount of money. So year 2 they already would save me money. And this only counts till the next Eskom price hike, not including the 30% your light is less efficient and needs more electricity.. they go on top to the new Eskom price. 

Cheap is in most cases today not the best choice. Running a light at 75% doesn't change the diodes efficiency rating, you run em cooler perhaps, less heat resistance.. but a light should never run hot anyhow. So 75% or 100% with the same running temp gives you not more heat resistance, is the same. If they get hot.. put a bigger passive cooler on. 

Your diodes will turn electricity into light depending on their efficiency.. the more efficient the less energy they consume to reach the same output in photons. I would always go for new technology when selecting a grow light.. it runs usually 12 to 24 hours a day, flower light, 50% of the months none stop, easy calculation. 

Rain water storage is full.. man it rained the last days  Had my snorkel beside the bed just in case.

Will not get more wet then this.. so far OK. Some pics I took from the WW's this morning. All plants in the tent got 0.5L feeding.. due to the crap pots.

Lens was fogged up ^^

Very much middle flowering, still 2 weeks to go at least.

Yup.. needs more time to ripen ^^

19 hours ago, ORGANinc. said:

This is informative for the new grower, but I really think anybody who is considering a budget should rid themselves of the fear and just go buy lights from alibaba, I need to buy new boards because one of them has an issue, and I’m picking up a lm281b 125w board only for 9 dollar, like wtf   

Anyway, that’s just my opinion, then tent size can be increased because of the money saved, more watts and more space, what else do you need. 

Wrong diode.. i wouldn't waste my money on a lm281 light.. way less efficient as the lm301. 301B or H.. forget the rest or if you don't want to go Samsung, choose same tech from a different producer.. just leave the old tech be.. is just old ^^ like HID systems