BluntKnife

@Ill_Evan wow man, those buds look amazing.

That wedding cake is looking

Keep it up dude

I am really new to this whole growing scene, so take my input with a pinch of salt.

My opinion on local breeders would be on the same or similar perspective as for most things I like purchasing in SA.

I am always willing to give my business to a local business over an international business in basically everything else, so why wouldn't I want to support a local breeder over an international breeder.

I do also feel, when dealing with smaller businesses, you build a better relationship as well as getting to know the person behind the name.

This is of course, if the local breeders had or would provide more information or history of their grows etc. (Don't want to be buying an expensive seed with no info and expect a fire bud at the end grow) - Obviously if I was growing fire buds in general that is

Also, seeing as they are the ones doing all the hard work. The passion and love for everything about growing is still there, which should come through on their product.

Where possibly, with some of those Huge companies overseas, how many of them are actually still growing their own seeds or growing in general? Do they have their work force doing everything for them now and are they just tasting the end product and keeping their name on there and feeling satisfied?

Just my 2cents, local is always lekker

EPIC!!! Good Job @Ill_Evan Looks awesome

5 hours ago, PsyCLown said:

Do you really want to be smoking all of that? Likely makes the smoke a bit harsher too. I personally don't want to smoke hair, dust and bugs.

For sure @PsyCLown
I had never thought about it until recently.

To think of it from another perspective.

You have spent a lot of money on everything from the medium, to seeds, to nutrients and so on.

Why not go the extra mile and bud wash before drying and curing to insure all your cash and efforts have not been a waste, also seeing as a lot of the people have said that it would have no impact to the potency.

On the opposite side of things though, I doubt I have ever smoked a bud washed bud ever in my life and I haven't died yet

But I guess this is the beauty of doing it for yourself now, you get to test all these different techniques until you find the way which fits your needs

@Slartibarfast let us know how it goes

This is all so interesting to read as well as the different perspectives.

I have been watching a lot of videos and reading up in the recent week/weeks as I am coming near harvest.

I have also been in 2 minds with a bud wash, as I have run into a slight bit of PM on a few leaves. Doesn't look to be on the bud sites yet, however, I am still new at this, so could not be looking carefully enough

So with the PM in mind, with the googling, I came across washing your buds.

I was first blown away as I thought this must be a joke and thought, this would affect the potency, taste etc.

But as far as I have read, it doesn't seem to have any negative impact and read so many people saying for outdoor, you should definitely bud wash as anything could have blown into a bud or a sneaky worm created his home in there XD

I do believe, if you do run into any pest or PM issues, it should be treated prior to harvest time, but there could be a time when this stuff comes in at the worst time e.g. a week before harvest (then possibly doing a bud wash would be the solution here with the hydrogen peroxide)

Obviously, I have never tried this and cannot say yay or nay.

But thought I would add here as it was something I have been looking into due to the recent PM issue I have run into.

6 hours ago, Ill_Evan said:

I'm curious  how are the ZA lads at Tarkov or does it send you to a server in Europe/USA? Are there even local servers?

Its currently region blocked, so you can only play on ZA Servers.

The ZA guys are pretty decent. Some of them are crazy good.

One or 2 of them stream on Twitch as far as I am aware.

23 hours ago, John Stonedwell said:

True that brother. I must admit that the trailer on YouTube looks insane and in depth with nice game play visuals. 

If it can deliver in any way like Half Life 2 did with all the hype that backed it back then I would be super happy. It's been a while since a game hooked me.. hoping this one might do it. 

Fully agree bro.
If you into hardcore online survival games, check out Escape From Tarkov.

9 hours ago, John Stonedwell said:

@BluntKnife @Ill_Evan morning gents.

Nice thread going here. Have you guys checked the new Cyberpunk 2077??freaking insane open-world first person shooter game.. Looks unreal 

Yeah, that game does check awesome. But I have learned not to get all hyped over a game before it is actually released.

As many games have failed horribly once released XD

@Ill_Evan Awesome

Yeah, Escape from Tarkov is one epic hardcore game. Really enjoy it and the gun fights are so intense, if you dont die in 1 shot XD

Yeah, I am mainly a PC gamer.

I jam games like, csgo, Rouge Company, Escape From Tarkov, Rust...
I sent a friend request @Ill_Evan
My code for anyone to add, 33424440

Send invite @TheUltimateNoob if keen

Ok cool, Thanks @Stinger96, @Bakstein420 and @Psylecta for that info.

Will give that a try on the test subject

8 hours ago, Stinger96 said:

Revege.. You need to give them 12 hours dark from now on..

Ok cool, thanks @Stinger96.

This is outdoor, so should be getting about that now?

Or should I be taking the plant inside and sticking it in a complete darkness area?

Thanks for the reply @Prom

It is a slow process, but the time I have had, has been so awesome

Any idea if the test subject plant is ready to be chopped yet?

Also, is it actually re-vegging at the moment with the new type of sprout on the end of the forming bud or is this a normal thing to happen?

Hey Cannafam

Sorry about the lack of updates on this grow, life has been super busy and I havent been able to give the ladies the attention they needed.

But trying to get things back on track the last few weeks.

Been setting up a sort of Greenhouse/garden home for the ladies as well as some additional plants

I will post some pics of the garden home in the next update or 2 and you guys can give me some feedback on it

As for the ladies, I think its about 11 weeks in since the sprouted.

Sunset Sherbet

She has impressed me the most with the growth overall.

Banana Kush

This lady has some strange growth.

A few of the new growth a few weeks ago, almost came out like it was under developed in a way.

So those few little bottom branches, I ended up breaking off to allow her to focus on the rest of the plant.

Bruce Banner

This lady is short and bushy.

I decided to do a very Slight LST on the bottom branches, just to allow as much airflow and sunlight onto the rest of the plant.

But overall, I have been really enjoying the grow. All three ladies have started shooting their pistils out and starting to get a new aroma

Now that they have been in the garden enclosure, the smell is hanging around in there nicely

As for my test subject.

Do you think she is ready to harvest?

I tried to get the best pics of the trichomes but my photo skills are shocking haha

Please let me know your guys thoughts on whether to chop her or leave her.

It almost looks like she is trying to start growing again?

At the end of a few bottom branches, she has sprouted more shoots in a way.

Googled it, it is possible that its fox tailing? But I have no idea

Awesome stuff @Gnarls.

Looking forward to seeing this grow and all the best

Ok awesome, thank you for the input @afternoon blazer , @PsyCLownand @CreX.

Always appreciate the valuable feedback

Thank you @PsyCLown, I will try that on the next feed and see how it goes

10 minutes ago, CreX said:

Sort of with this one... 

If you harvest and dry and jar the weed and the RH goes up to 70+, your bovida might battle to absorb all the excess moisture. So burping is essential, even with bovidas for the first week of cure at least. 

Get some small RH meters that can fit in the jar to make sure the bovidas are holding the RH where it is supposed to be

Would it be essential to have a RH meter in every jar or would one be enough to give you a good idea of what the general RH is in the jars?

Does different strains have different effects to this as well, either increasing or decreasing the overall RH?

34 minutes ago, afternoon blazer said:

I just want to weigh in with some of my own experience. 

Boveda packs are the shit.

I have the 58 and the 62.

I use them in glass jars. 

Cured weed. I use 58 and for curing and storage i use the 62.

I put my dried harvest into jars on sunday with the 62 and into a dark draw.

(The weed was extremely dry) this morning i did a quick check. And the buds are so much more hydrated and feels alot better.

Also with the bovedas and the glass jars. Theres no need to burp or monitor. Just pot them in and leave them alone.

 

Awesome, thank you for sharing

Stoked about the part of not needing to burp or monitor.  As I can eventually see myself having too much that I can handle, so not needing to continuously burp every bottle every couple days would be a pleasure

This is interesting to read, thank you for sharing from all your experiences

I havent really thought much about what I am going to do once I get to Harvest and Curing.

So would you guys use 1 of these packs in a large zip-lock bag or a glass jar?

Then stash the bag or jar in a cupboard and then keep grabbing a bud or 2 from there whenever you keen to smoke?

Assuming this is after the initial curing stage and how you would be storing your buds for the weeks/months ahead?

10 hours ago, Psylecta said:

Nice one bro, then you golden, as long as you know your pH fixing any deficiency is a a whole lot simpler but more importantly it prevents them from happening in the first place - much less guesswork which is what I'm dealing with now I don't know what my PH is and its opened me up to all sorts

 I've got my vegging plants in a seperate grow basket (bout 6/8 weeks old) along with 1 small flowering plant in the same basket (runt) and I started noticing the veging guys started showing deficiencies while the flowering ones fan leaves went deep purple, within 2 days gradually bout 80% of the fan leaves are deep purple (tiny burn on edges, almost brownish in centre) and its progressed to the lowest new growth so its a mobile nutrient - what makes me scratch my head is that trying to fix the N/mag issues with the vegging guys helped fuckall which made me realise i must of went overkill on organics either way have flushed the kak out of it & today the veg guys looking better and the purpling seems to have stopped on new growth with the lady so maybe I'm out the woods - lol  until I get a pH pen I can't be sure

if your pH is sorted yeah I don't see any reason not to start feeding the big girls - maybe the other guys can add in

but yeah the difference in pH between what goes in vs what goes out you can work out how much nutes your plants are uptaking etc

Lekker, shot bro

11 hours ago, Bos said:

Calcium and Magnesium are both important for good plant growth. Eggshell is calcium carbonate and it can swing your ph upwards. It will benefit your plants long term as it's kind of slow release, because it has to breakdown first.

If you're in a hurry...You could try the KNF (Korean natural farming) method by treating the ground eggshell with vinegar and diluting with water. (Check methods online)

Otherwise buy some ''Calmag'' (most hydro shops stock it) its got the Ca and Mg.

I have used all the above methods and still do, depending on the situation.

 

 

Thank you Bos, I will look into the KNF methods online as well as looking into getting some Calmag.

From the sounds of it, Calmag seems to be the answer

13 hours ago, PsyCLown said:

Does not look like Nitrogen toxicity to me, leaf tips are not burnt, now clawing either.

What nutes are you using - other than the epsom salts? I rate you could possibly stop with all of that and continue with your normal nutes.

 

If you want to add some calcium, calmag is always good and I do not see the Nitrogen doing any harm. Leaves do not seem that dark to me.

 

Testing the PH of run off in soil isn't necessarily going to be all that useful considering most soils have stuff in it to help buffer the PH. It's not fool proof, but it helps a bit.

You can check the EC / PPM of the run off to get an idea as to what sort of strength of nutes are in the soil.

On this lady, I personally havent added any nutes at all besides recently adding some epsom salts.

My mate who's setup this is/was, had made a mess up of adding too much fertilizer or something. I thought it was the BioBizz range but after confirming with him again, it was some random stuff from a Nursery.

On a few of the older leaves, the tips of the leaves are bent downwards and there are a few slight "burnt" looking area's, but the new growth is looking much better so far.

I have been using the Terra Aquatic nutes on my outdoor plants, so far they have been responding well.

Was thinking of doing some for this lady and see how she reacts or rather, just stick to the ph water, epsom salts and look into the calmag.

They looking good @silverdelange

19 minutes ago, Psylecta said:

Could of been a nitrogen tox cause those leaves very green but could be strain so without a pH reading pre watering vs PH reading of runoff there's no easy way to say, cause the flush definately helped but seems like washed out other nutrients too or ph i blocking uptake

if you gonna treat with Epsom add egg shells too for calcium & keep a close eye for a phosphorus deficiency if u over do it

Thank you @Psylecta, I have been using a PH pen for getting my water right. Normally have it around the 6.0 / 6.5 range.

I also leave my water out for easily 24 / 48 hours before even using it, to reduce/remove the chlorine from the tap water.

I will try do the egg shells at some stage as well.

I never tested the PH reading of the run off.

Do you rate I should maybe test by doing a low nutrient dilution feed for the new clone and see how it reacts before giving the big girl some or rather be safe and keep doing the Epsom salt with adding the egg shells?