Scoobydoob

1 hour ago, Weskush said:

Very nice brotherThe more cost effective way will be dry amendments. Kelp Meal, Insect frass, Bat Guano etc. EPIC5:2 works great. With these a little goes a long way

ive been looking at the bat guano from the hydroponics store and some kelp meal for the topdress mix , the NPK on the bat guano is amazing (3-13-4) but would like to add some extra potassium with the kelp meal (1-0-4).

you reckon a slightly dialed back dose of each bat guano and kelp meal  ( like 75% recommended dose ) would do the trick ? 

2 hours ago, Khakibos said:

Those are some nice trees you got there ! 

I recently picked up some taleborne organics Vita Veg for my herbs and I saw they have a Fruit and Flower range as well 

 

FertilizerCat0302_E.pdf (talborne.co.za) - I see its Ph'd at 7,7 which I don't know if it will cause issues or not 

thanks man ! , they seem to have a nice range , ill defiently take a look at them.

Hey guys been a while

my outdoor grow is going really really well and need some suggestions 

ive been using using my mix of seagrow and biogrow biotrissol for these girls , but its becoming quite a nightmare mixing so much nutrients for the 6ft monsters on the left.

ive been looking around for some top dressing flowering nutrients (ideally organic). I found the green house biobloom but thats gonna cost an arm and a leg . So has anyone found anything around in SA or a recipe they have made up themselves ?

(had to also show off the amazing grapefruit sourz im growing on the right by @Totemic  )

The girls have been chopped after 3 days in darkness and the Girl Scout on the left is showing some amazing pink colour and super dense whilst the master kush on the right has stacked up really nicely

The white widow was a disappointment, but is full of crystals and hella frosty

Lastly a photo of the fruit spirit that will start to be cured now , she’s came out alright at the end ( those nugs are all atleast 15cm long :) )even though she flowered the last half of flowering outdoors as she hermied .
I’ll upload a final report on the quality of the all the bud once it’s been cured for 2 weeks aswell as the final yield , overall very happy so far with my first grow and confident I’ll be able to hit a massive yield on the next


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Update
It’s been about a month since the last update and lots has happened , i went on holiday for 2 weeks so I built a simple drip feed system and had someone refill the reservoir every couple of days ,but as I was meant to fly back home I caught covid , so definitely not the best of times not being able to tend to the plants during late flower but here are some of the pics of how the girls are doing







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Grow update
3 weeks since flip now and girls are very happy , the sativa dominant phenos are a little behind in flowering but fruit spirit and master kush are flowering nicely , in order of photo is fruit spirit , Girl Scout cookies , master kush and white widow


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I’ve used a tiny drop of honey and water and spread it on the outside of the paper to coat the joint in kief


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1 week into flower
white widow
fruit spirit
master kush
lastly Girl Scout cookies , having troubles with this girl , she’s clawing like a bitch ,going to have to give her even less nitrogen as I just can’t seem to get her nice and healthy and get the clawing to stop


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@Scoobydoob tbh I got this as well and bought the calmag to buffer but I have no clue how to do it I read about how to use  coco and it just confuses the fuck out of me or I'm just a bit slow

The basic idea is to let your coco soak in the calmag solution for a few hours and then you give it a rinse or two and it’s ready


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@wanna be dagga kop it really is not difficult to buffer coco.
 
Perhaps I will put together a tutorial sometime with pictures - however when using coco you do need a decent PH pen.
Will see if I can get a tutorial put up early November when I have a bit of time and am buffering some more coco.

I bought one of those 5kg Coco bricks and had to buffer that and it was a royal pain in the arse


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I think i'm going to have to scrap and start over, I'll use coco this time as a growing medium just not sure how to use it, the CalMag part really confuses the fuck out of me. I got 1 auto seed left, who is in cpt that perhaps has clones?

Also confused me at first , just get already buffered coco or buy a calmag sachet from hydroponics.co.Za and use that to buffer the coco , and if your tap water is soft ie a low ppm/ ec add a tiny bit of Epsom salts and calcium nitrate in a ratio of 4:3 and you’re in the clear


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Order my goodies from the High Co and received it the very next day , super chuffed with the quality and will be sparking up a fatty later with some of my new apparel


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Grow update
So will be flipping these ladies in the next 3-4 days , just waiting on GSC to grow out her 8 colas a little more .


White widow

Fruit spirit

Master kush

Girl Scout cookies

Will be putting them into their 20L bags this weekend and switch to pre flowering nutrient schedule

Sorry about that bud , really kak one to experience on first grow , hopefully they pull though for flower and it’s a breeze


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Congrats @Onion and @Scoobydoob, some boss pics 
@Scoobydoob is that a Thrasher hoodie you smutting in the pic?

Yeah it is , it’s my favorite hoodie, thought the colors would pop like crazy with the flame from the lighter


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Wow , so chuffed , thank you so much guys , truly grateful


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How’s your year going ?

-My year



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I’m wondering could you, could you spray with the bicarb weekly as a preventative in early stages of flowering ? I spray weekly with neem oil to keep pest at bay , but wondering if I could take a similar approach to combat PM until I can get the correct resources to have the correct environment


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Good luck to all


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Update
In order fruit spirit , Girl Scout cookies ,master kush , white widow
Topped the nirvana girls for their 8 colas and will flip in about a week in a half when they have grown out. Rushing the flip a little but needs to be ready to Finnish before Christmas as I’m going away


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Will post photos of each of the ladies in the up coming week and keep you guys updated before flipping them to 12-12


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Little update
Before and after some defoliation , first photo from the front and second from the back.
The girls really starting to fill up and going to give them 2 weeks more of veg


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Looking good bro. I like the traditional mainline method, chop 3 times for 8 colas.
On a side note, how do people usual tell when equipment needs replacing? Obviously stretch like in your case is one sign. 

The real problem , I got my MH bulb from a friend who said it was used for 1 grow but obviously needed to be replaced , the research I did indicated they last 2-3 grows


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Been a while guys , so I realized my MH bulb was long gone and that’s what what causing so much stretching so I put in the HPS bulb I had which is new, I was originally doing a flux style mainline but had both a stem snap on the master kush and GSC and was too late to save them , so I’m now doing nugbuckets style which unfortunately adds about 2 more weeks of veg

White widow

Master kush
GSC


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I’m using HID at the moment (400w hps) , the only reason I opted for it was because it was a lot cheaper than going the LED way , I’m planning on switching to a COB setup but that would be quite a stiff investment for a hobby


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