Prom

3 hours ago, GreenGalaxyFarm said:

current grow, substrate is a mix of coco atami coir/peat, atami hydroroks, castings, biochar, frass and sand. 

feeding seagro and kelp for veg and flower at 1/4 the recommended dose. 

adding bat guano, liquid pk and molasses for flower only

may very well add atami bloombastic this next flowering round and remove the umya pk, havnt used it before tho

 

Seagro is a bit like taking a air rifle to war ^^ the stuff is rather weak. You can easy give em normal dosage for veg.. and why not use the guano during veg too? Is in general not bad shit

16 hours ago, Weskush said:

https://www.cannabisseeds.co.za/store/feminised/humboldt-seed-co-hella-jelly

45 days flowering time is kinda sick ^^ have some auto genes in that strain?? Might check it out ^^ 26-30% THC gives any old school strain out there a kick in the nards 

Gelato that went out when Stage 6 started ^^ as went flowering, just left it outside. This one getting a serious main.. 22L fabric pots

Still a few weeks to go but looking good so far.

Some small addons ^^

I do the cut through the node or below if possible more as 45 degrees... get as much surface as possible on that cut, super sharp scissors help.. and keep all CLEAN.

I work in a certain rhythm. I cut the healthy clone off the mother, clean all leaves I do not want and reduce the leaf size.

Then it goes right into cloning gel and stays for 20-30 seconds in that gel. Stick into a wet Preforma Jiffy Plug.

Get the matching trays for the kind of Plug you use. Stands most stable and you get max amount into the clone box. One of my boxes can take 91 clones if full. 

I add 1 liter of rain water to the clone box to have the plugs standing in water and leave all openings OPEN! ^^ I do not give fertilizer to clones.. foliar or how ever ^^ The roots have to search.. 

Once the roots come through the plug, i transplant into 1.8-2.6L pots.

Usually enough water in the box till they are done, if the plugs dry out, i add water. 

Checking all 3-5 days.. so isn't big stress and I keep the box in indirect light in the veg tent at ~250 micromole PAR.

And the left over in the clone box. I check em today or tomorrow to see if they finally rooted ^^

Later addon: The only time i use alcohol swaps is to clean the scissor i work on clones. I work as clean as possible.

Still way more expensive as the replacement products i check out... might be a reason why they go 50%. To get rid of the expensive stuff ^^ 50% is still way to expensive 

53 minutes ago, GreenGalaxyFarm said:

https://www.gohydro.co.za/products/plant-elixir-humates?variant=40052324106389

https://www.gohydro.co.za/products/plant-elixir-fulvates?_pos=1&_psq=ful&_ss=e&_v=1.0

 

I have the products.. just need to run a fair test. Coming with the next clone batch.

2 minutes ago, DesignatedDave said:

@Prom - I got myself some of that Canna amino acid (Or Kushy amino boost as its called now) - it's working great.

I wanted to ask you, have you found a suitable replacement for the Biobizz Acti-Vera? 

 

I do not use Coco, so no need for that product. I am looking and testing for a Top-Max replacement.

40 minutes ago, Totemic said:

I only run in rich organics, where i add no additional microbes ever. I nurture the microherd. 

Even with the worm castings added, your medium is far from the organic foundation necessary. 

If i were you i wouldnt have added the worm castings, would use a salt based feed on that inert medium, or go a full organic route and build a proper soil if you dont like re-amending, and focus on the microherd with compost teas and or organic nutes such as biobizz. I grow in re-amended FF soils that have been re-amended over and over, since 2019, so 4 year old soil, and zero pH issues ever. 

But that's just me. Its either or, but not this blended approach. Its just too easy to stress plants this way... 

Veeeeery much agree ^^ mixing worlds makes diagnosis of issues way harder to figure out. Coco and Hydro you have to pH.. so why go biological? I personally wouldn't go Coco anyhow.. Hydro or Soil.. i don't do mix in between  Hydro i run chemical and soil i run biological based fertilizers. Why make things complicated?  

Activera should be enough enzymes.. and remember that you always have to pH coco. When I do pH, I do that with the solution the day before and let it rest over night, then check again before feeding.

14 hours ago, Weskush said:

Indefinite...

As long as you don't fuck up and kill the plant 

The room is rather dark itself.. somebody rebuild a double garage into a granny flat but was rather shy on windows ^^ Also.. a short light period will not stress plants.. or every heavy lightning storms would disturb them and full moon push em into flower. You have to fear any direct light beams hitting your plants... a dim light no to much. Wanna go safe.. use green light ^^ plants use very little of that wave length.

I noticed that as long there is no sun light leak.. direct sun beams passing a tent hole and hitting parts of a plant.. i have no switcheroo issues. Also should say, I only vent the flower tent by hand and let the veg tent go crazy with humidity.. just spray it with copper soap all 2 weeks, the high humidity even helps the veg tent ^^ the DS grows like nuts. Veg tent is more my Switcheroo issue.. have all light backup in that tent. Cheap LED backup doesn't help the flower tent overly much.. to weak to grow and to much dark just hurts potency. So all power goes veg tent and mother tent. My mothers give me the most stress...

5 hours ago, Ill_Evan said:

He physically inhales the air from inside the tent, runs outside and exhales. Repeat until power comes back on. 

It goes a bit that way  I open the 2.4x2.4 on both sides, take a plastic sheet and wave the moist air out till i get bored or my arm falls off. Is all about commitment hehehehe

Is also a bit strain depended how they behave. Most strains are not to difficult, some go flower when you just take off 2 hours light time.. my JetFuel is one of those... rest didn't cause me to much stress with Stage 6.

During day i empty the veg tent outside. With the flower tent I take the hit and just vent by hand. Sleep gets a bit the issue

6 minutes ago, Ill_Evan said:

This is more of a question by me than an answer, but would hanging some greenhouse cover over the plant help?

I recommend a shade netting over your plants down here.. sun is brutal 

Last Pics are low on water, you see the mains hanging, osmotic pressure is rock bottom.

To Grant's plant... if you unroll those leave and find no parasites... most likely heavy heat stress. Keep the moisture up for them to cool them self.

Or stress.. might reveg, if indoor from Nov-Dec Stage5/6

Pics help a lot... please add pictures of the issue you have ^^

Outdoor pot plants are easy.. work but easy.. just put em under a cover when it rains, keep that bud dry. The issue is the water seeping inside... outside looks dry but inside the nightmare starts. 

Is not just that page ^^ the whole site is offline. Might want to take Pass The Dutch down.. 

I get a page with a DNS issue on the posted link

17 hours ago, Ill_Evan said:

No, all the rot will need to be thrown away and any bud attached to it as well. The top still looks fine, but you'll only know once you harvest and look into the centre. 

An Auto is a plant that doesn't need its daylight hours shortened in order to start flowering. Assuming that is a recent picture and you grew it outside at this time of year, it would be safe to assume that your plant is an Auto. 

It looks like very bad genetics for an Autoflower... OK.. doesn't look convincing for a Photo either  flower structure is rather chaotic fluff ^^

To wet to long... is bud rot. Is that an Auto?? 

Drying.. and in a tent without a carbon filter. You can't smell a thing  really... NADA! 

I vent one TD500 into the bottom of this tent, so there is a good air flow. The smell killer is a Ozon generator consuming 23 watts. Very effective  

Will take em down this afternoon just before the light goes on at 1600. Had such a smooth ride till Eskom went nutzzzz. 

Time frame for the tray i harvest.

6 weeks from cut of the clone from the mother till flip on the 30th October.

8 weeks flower till today (10 weeks would have ended 9th Jan, my grow calendar helps me to keep track) ^^ Would have preferred to add 2 more weeks but the stress from the Eskom switcherooos pushed em into fade a bit early. PM also giving me a run.. enough hassle.. I get me 2 weeks of Xmas vacations starting today.. after the harvest. 

4 minutes ago, Ill_Evan said:

Bruh, was talking to a mate and we were going to setup a grow at his place but without genuinely investing in an inverter battery system the whole effort would be a waste  already took me so long to fully backup my own setup, even like you say if at least just the ventilation. Those humidity spikes are the real PM magnet. 

I don't like half baked fixes ^^ friend was over on the weekend. The issue is that if I would build a solar system for the grow setup, it would be way to big just for the house. I run about 500w ventilation. 4 hours blocks of load shedding would draw 2kwh but you need some more capacity to not cycle all batteries every time, that kills the batteries way to fast. So he ran into a power box for 30k he suggested. What I hate is that you have to re-cable and plug in by hand. Why not go for a 5kwh system fix installed with hybrid inverter for 50k? I have to check with the house owner.. but I would prefer to install all to the main house grid. Solar stuff gets cheaper and cheaper.. hope they legalize soon.. wanna sell some weed to finance the setup. Pay with greens to get green energy 

Nearly there....