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Update: Got the Dynavap M 2021.

What a beautifully engineered piece. Most flavour that i've ever experienced. Complete, smooth and equally powerful as a joint at a fraction of the herb used. I was sceptical at first but from the first toke i realized that the Dynavap is a beast. Once that you get the hang of heating the cap correctly without combusting, its smooth sailing. Flavour for days. Get one. You won't regret it!

Im deciding between the Dynavap B or 2021M. Big price difference of course. Then theres the 2023 M+ at double the price of the B. Biggest bowl of the bunch. The B has a "half bowl" though which might be annoying and is not compatible with the Dynacoil insert for concentrates. Anyone have experience with one of these?

Been waiting for an outdoor grow off since joining the forum. Let's do it! 

I'd suggest growing a strain of your choice and documenting like the indoor grow offs previously run on the forum.

Buds can then be submitted for judging etc. like a proper Outdoor 420SA Cup.

Germination dates i would suggest would be from 1 September and cutoff for submitting buds end of May to allow for a proper dry.

Good idea.Bad idea?

Once sister! Well done

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Forgot to mention the sweating process before curing. The buds will feel crunchy on the outside but still moist inside. As i've mentioned, by squeezing the bud between your index and thumb fingers, it should bounce back. Place buds in paper bag (Spar paper bags work very well). This takes some experience but close bag up and leave for a day or two. Open bag up and shake a bit for bottom buds to get to the top. Leave slighty open for another day or two. After this process your buds will be ready for curing in Terplocs. Some do this step, some don't. I always sweat my buds before curing to make 100% that excess moisture is sweated out. Perfect cure every time!

Just now, AK-47 Gold Arabesque said:

You throw any boveda humidity control packers in the terplock bag? any hygrometer to measure humidity? I'd assume you still burp them twice/three times a day for the first two weeks, even with terplock bags

No Boveda packs needed. They self regulate humidity. No burping either. Just open and shake once or twice a week in the beginning for buds not to stick to each other.

Never had any issues with Terplocks.

High avg humidity - wet trim to avoid mould issues.

I also remove buds from main stalk and let dry on dry rack, flipping buds daily.

About 2 weeks dry time.

Buds should be crunchy on the outside but still bounce back to its shape when squeezed.

Then cure in Terplock bags.

Jip. The grass is at its greenest in your own backyard bru. Play the cards that you were dealt.

Unless you have kids and looking for a potentially more stable future for them. 

Moving abroad means having to be dealt a new set of cards to play with. It's a gamble.

Maybe one day i'll get outa dodge when Elon makes interplanetary transport available for us humans.

For now. Give thanks and enjoy the moments. It's all that we have.

Jah Bless!

My take on your situation is possible bad genetics. Invest a little bit more into an established breeder that sells you seeds in sealed breeder packs. Plants look fine. Just give them some time. Peace

On 5/10/2023 at 1:25 AM, CoolJ said:

Was having a look at them again and saw some good prices on HSC seeds.

Then came across RENEGADE SEED CO which also looked interesting but I can't seem to find any info on them besides another local store selling them and 1 single grow diary. Does anybody know about them? 

Their website as been under construction for a good while now. Don't know what the holdup is. I have some of their gear and so far so good. Prices seems on par and they offer some legit genetics. Give them a go.

23 minutes ago, West Coast Vaper said:

Fuck it. 

 

I'm gonna ride out the storm.

 

Plants still need some time.

 

17 left in the shade house looking very top heavy. I'll do running repairs.

 

6 with signs of bud rot appearing have been chopped over the last week and hanging.

Cypress Hill style yea!

Lank emergency harvesting coming up right now!

Nice one broIm also very impressed with the BB x DSC. Ticks all the boxes. My only gripe was the susceptibility to bud rot. But that is a given with such dense buds accompanied with high humidity and untimely rain during late flowering.

Well done @Prom yewww!!

Epic 5:2 used to be distributed by Envirofarm. Can't seem to find any distributors anymore. Might've been discontinued.

Kelpak is an excellent, affordable product and widely available.

Don't know if it still is being produced, but Epic 5:2 contains everything that you've mentioned. It comes in granular form and is highly concentrated. 1/4 teaspoon dissolved in 5L water once a week performs magic

I decided to chop yesterday before the storm hit. So glad that i did. Already lost about a third due to budrot and budworms. This rain wouldve been the final straw. Ideally wouldve wanted to give them another week but, hey still happy with what i got. Sterkte. Some more rain coming!

12 hours ago, SHiNi said:

Thanks for the info bro and if a male pollinated shouldn't the seeds be on the buds itself and not growing from the stem?

The first reproductive organs will normally show on the nodes/internodes. You will see a white pistil growing from the calyx or tiny balls. That will be observed in the pre flowering phase. Once in official flowering, the sex of the plant will be expressed on the bud sites and all the way down the stem, starting at each node/internode. I think that your plant just has been pollinated very early on in the flowering stage.

32 minutes ago, SHiNi said:

Lmao how you mean someone didn't wear a condom?and I plucked some seeds from it its just weird for me I'm use to seeing seeds on buds not on they're own.

Meaning that a male pollinated the plant. Pollen can travel vast distances in wind currents etc.

Ja this rain lately is not good for the buds at this stage. Already had to harvest 1 plant 2 weeks early due to budrot. Next year im getting a tarp to cover fosho!

Seems like someone didn't wear a condom...plant those seeds. Practise makes perfect

Love the bonsai look man!

Lekker! Looking good. Thats one hell of a trim job lying ahead for you hey!

1 hour ago, Naughty.Psychonaut said:

I still gotta sort out my drying situation, got a dryrack but also only used it a couple times. I feel the surface where the buds lay and it feels stick, so I think trichomes do run off when using it and then the deforming buds thing. 

The wendy my tents are in is a long split compartment wendy, equal space on both sides, my grow side is insulated and other side is just normal. I hand in there, before chop I remove only the biggest of fan leaves, I try to remove as little as possible to slow the drying down and also don't use a fan. RH is not stable on that side of the wendy though, flux between 30 and 70%. 

Gotta sort that out, but untill now it'a served me good. I heard a Canadian dude say "that's the only time you aim for a perfect 666, that's 60%RH 60°F and 16days" lol that's not really 666 but every number has a 6 in it 60°F = 15/16°C hahah fucking hell those Canadians makes sense that you'll need 16 days then, but probably minimal terp loss. 

Ja maintaining 15 degrees this time of the year will need an aircon. I'll just run a fan on low. Worked just fine. Just looking to improve without having to spend cash on equipment and Eskom. Catch 22...

5 minutes ago, Prom said:

And the HJ after 2 weeks since dropped into a glass. They got the first feeding yesterday.. 2ml Fish-Mix/Liter, good amount molasses, Amino Acids and Kelp extract.

Looking good. Will you be topping them or going au natural?