Prom

Happy girls for 2 weeks since cut.

@Naughty.Psychonaut different strains, and i lolipop to the main only and FIM  isnt much left after of the plant. I just want main colas, nothing else.

Clones 

Just saw the ad here for Leaf grow lights.. somebody tried them? I get the idea that who ever sells those lights comes very much from the HID sector. Running nearly 1000w on a 1.2x1.2 is a bit much ^^ i use 440-480w on a 1.2x1.2 and rather happy. Curious if somebody tried those lights with the settings the light comes with and how it ended.

For people like you guys, knowing the plant in and out, you will go on an amazing ride with Autos... my first batch of autos left me speechless by amazement.

I try now to push my clones to go same harvest results but still fail. With Autos i reach harvest results I can only dream about by using clones. As you have to start from seeds, the taste factor is where clones win, but potency Autos don't have to hide anywhere. Last time I chatted with Qure and Cannabliss.. Autos were the top spot of THC content chart, they produce highly potent plants.. you just can't pheno hunt em and need the breeder to do a perfect job. Breeder is key here.. and why I enjoy 42Fastbuds so much for autos. 

Auto seeds I would only get from breeders offering ONLY auto plants.. and photos from breeders only offering photos. They focus on their job and not on a huge selection. Having 10 strains stabilized in terpenes will result in better harvest material as the 'jack of all trades' resellers looking for a fast bug.

Best auto genetics you get from the US boys.. would skip the Europeans on Autos.. they missed the train for years.

There is one mayor advantage ordering from China... Warranty! 

I ordered a 200ah 12v battery from ecodepo.co.za ... support local. Battery gave up after 15 months and I can't claim warranty and have to declare it a loss as ecodepo got liquidated in the meantime.

The factory in China producing 10'000 of those batteries a day will not so easily disappear.. South African order re-heaters most likely will be gone in 1-2 years... and with them your warranty. 

I bought 16 x 288 QBs in February this year, they cost me in total about 25k Rand (boards (Alibaba) and drivers (digikey, free shipping)), plus customs). 3.1K per 2 QBs or 240 watts... about half of what they charge in this country.. ordering the material from China/US.. i love to support local.. but sadly in certain cases choosing local is a clear disadvantage. 

I wouldn't top or cut any branches off an auto. Let em be ^^

You know what you are doing... just are you prepared to completely fall in love with Autos? 

Was a bit busy.. playing with clones these days. Trying another stupid idea to increase yield ^^ But right now the aim is quality.

Have 3 strains dried to 64% and will dress them over the weekend. Liked the result very much, just could be more. I let one main stem supply only the FIM version of the main, rest is radically chopped away. Looks a bit scary when i flip em , is not much left of those clones.

Pictures of the Ginger Tea before dressing

Just need more information ^^ Yellowing of leaves can have several reasons.. most are not nutrition related. By what you said, I would lean heavy to over watering to get the top yellow. Nutrition stress is usually shown even over the full plant. As you said you watered to much... the clones might show you the finger just later as the Auto. Changing substrate on a Auto is a very very bad idea. You will stun the plant 100% and 2 weeks go off the grow time. Happens in veg, there is no big harvest coming your way anyhow. I agree with @Ill_Evan, rip it out and start over. And put the auto seed in the final pot straight away, 10-20 liter pot. 

Next is light.. what light you use? I don't really think you have yellowing by light stress / heat stress, but you might want to raise that Auto plant a lot higher, poor thing will get hardly 200-400 micromole PAR down there.

Don't think is pH.. the big fan leaves would tell other story.

So would end with to long to moist and you have over water damage. Let the ladies dry up properly before you feed next time.

Do you use any fertilizer?

51 minutes ago, DesignatedDave said:

They both come with dimmers.

The first one has a standard dimmer and a dimmer for "UV & 730nm IR" (To be honest, I have no idea why they bundled these ends of the spectrum together on 1 dimmer... The 730nm says "stretch" and the UV is like "nah bro... don't do that"), I guess the UV does have the benefit of increasing THC production.

The Lumii has a dimmer with set values (240w, 400w, 600w, 600w+boost (ie: 690w with 720w draw)

thanks for your feedback, much appreciated.

Is actually clever to have the IR and UV.. as long as it is UVA ^^.. on one switch or dimmer. Flower wants IR, so you can turn those off during veg and save some cash. Zero need for red light. I run blue light in my mother tent.

720w on a 1.2x1.2 area is a lot ^^ I use 440-480w on the same area. Might want to put a dimmer on. 301h are great diodes... nothing wrong, would use a dimmer ^^

Would also keep using till the diodes fade and you need new lights anyhow. I run 288 Quantum Boards and if you order from Alibaba directly, you should get for 25k about 16 QBs with 8 240w drivers... so you can light up a 2.4x2.4 tent with 25k.

My feeding looks a bit like this.

Standard products:

Grow Guru (got told is now Kushy Grow) / Amino Boost, BioBizz / Fish Mix & Bloom, Molasses (desulfurized)

2-3 weeks addon:

Biodyne / 401 Environoc, Kushy Grow / Kelp Extract, Freedom Farms / Fire Juice (CAREFUL boys and girls, together with Bloom you can over do it easy! Has a potassium load.)

I also feed my clones half the dosage the Biobizz table recommends and gave up on TopMax (to expensive for the profit it brings, price passed this border now)

I am not using BioBizz Grow anymore as I measure my leaf sugar content with a refractometer. Bloom is 75% Fish Mix and 25% Molasses.. so I feed the Fish Mix directly and add molasses by hand depending on my leaf sugar content.. so nothing wrong with Grow, i just need to add sugar most of the time (not enough molasses in Grow) and can't raise the P and K... hope makes sense.

Let it grow.. will start to make size again and start to flower end January. You get for sure more out as now ^^ If it is bag seed.. dump it 

Female and as the equinox is 6 days away... reveg is on the list. Time to plant seeds... just keep em warm during night.

13 hours ago, Onion said:

I went back to Dear South Africa to check and less than 400 people have responded. I feel gutted. People just don't seem to want to help themselves. It's so easy to whine about the government, but when the opportunity arises to actually do something about it, fuck all gets done. I bet there will be a trickle of stoners and rastas "protesting" tomorrow at Parliament. Fat lot of good that's going to do. We have legal processes for our democracy, and public comment on new Bills carries weight legally. Street protests do not.

People sit on their asses for 12 years and don't care about Load Shedding ^^ what do you expect?  A court told government to have the private use law implemented by October 2020.. what year we have?

Honest answer.. the ANC head members only care about one thing.. how to exploit this country the most for their own personal profits. The really really sad part is that people still vote for those morons after 28 years... 28 years of constant going down in country wide services. Get those farts out first, then you can reorganized your money raped dry country, it really needs it. Sorry... Tourist shouldn't yell as loud, but I really like the vibe down here.. just have to shake my head after each nation wide vote. Any women voting for the ANC just makes my eyes widen very far... violence against them is off the charts. Stop that, Dudes, women need protection, not violence. What real man beats or hurts a woman??

I somehow already accepted that SA will get legalization as one of the last countries... when I renew my visa, it usually took 2 months to answer. Last renewal i did, i had the visa in my hand after 1.5 years... 18 months.. for a visa renewal I run for 12 years.. 6 times renewed with the same data... your government need 18 months to stamp that off.. if I i bribe, 3 weeks.. those are numbers, ehhh? hehehehe I would highly suggest to go to the streets and not just demonstrate for cannabis.. I would suggest to fill the roads and protest against the ANC directly. Those incompetent guys gone, things can only speed up to the better. 

Sooo, Prom had a venting hehehehe  

8 hours ago, The_StonedTrooper said:

Just a question, @Naughty.Psychonaut

Take a 600w LED vs 600w HPS, both run 12 hours a day, will the 600w HPS cost you more money?

The numbers answer that by default hehehe 600w pulls 600 watts, what ever consumption toy sits behind.. the LED 600 watts will just cover about double the area with enough light.. double the harvest, less heat to kill as they are now more then double efficient as a HID systems. Forget HID guys.. honestly.. the next advantage is that you can include into those diodes what ever frequency you want to add, low or high IR, UV versions, .. the goal is not to recreate the sun, that is last year tech, you want to shine on the ladies exactly what the ladies want.. and in the right intensity. The is the next big gimmick ^^ 

On 9/14/2022 at 9:01 AM, RichardL said:

What's up Everyone! 

 

Futurama is in need of some serious cannabis influencers for two brands we are signing up this year! 

We are looking for influencers who will showcase their entire growing journey well promoting the above mentioned two brands. 

If you're interested or know of someone please send an email to Richard - richard.larrett@futurama.co.za

Thanks Canna Community and we look forward to hearing from you!

 

Team Futurama

Which Brands you talk about.. mentioned above?? You might want to reread what you post.. this one is a bit useless  or did i miss something?? 

Why go HID at all?? Those Mars LED lights are good.. better as anything HID can unpack, times for HID are very much over with the new diodes.

Look for the follow up product from Serenade ^^ stuff still works best

if you run the small ones in the back, you have em lifted to easier water

Just raise the smaller plants to reach the canape.. they will fall more and more back if you don't lift em up. Will be happy to have 600 micromole PAR on right now.. not enough light. 

On 9/6/2022 at 1:51 PM, maRAUjuana said:

Hi All

Newbie grower, long time smoker here that has siphoned off the forum's wisdom the last week or so. Just started my first ever grow last week, have big bud in grow bags with living soil outdoors.
Got some Freedom Farms premium classic and black strap molasses to feed the soil when the time comes, but would like some advice with what you knowledgeable folk would deem as the "essentials". For example, I am looking at Nutrigold's range of nutes, any good? What Soil PH meter is worth my while, how much should I worry about the "hardness" of my water and any other advise would be very welcome.

Looking forward to hearing from you guys.

Welcome ^^

You using Tap water?

Regular seeds.. I like the weed as smoke.. but their growth behavior is rather timid. Right now I just take the biggest males and females with similar node spacings and leaf structure from a batch. I like em less 'bushy' ^^ After i have em regular to 60-75cm I check what flavor I have left. Might also just be me not able to do a proper job. The parents weren't impressive in size.. reason i started this little project ^^ Shows you how much i enjoyed the Strawberry flavor inside the smoke.

3 hours ago, SkunkPharm said:

What male have you got there?

Strawberry Vostok