donnob

Well done dude, this is not bad for a first grow 

48 minutes ago, Riettevdm said:

I am getting a 2.4 X 1.2 X2m tent. 

How many 240W QB's you planning to get? I think you'll need minimum 3-4 of those for that space. I have the same size tent and you're going to need quite a bit of light to make that footprint work for you

Whoa! Fibonacci galore!

Had a blister bug encounter in Mozambique once, nasty little critters. The #$%@er got into my t-shirt and I was trying to get it out and it was panicking and secreting blister juice.. woke up the next day with huge blisters on my chest, aaaaaarrrgh!! 

Congrats guys  

This was an awesome experience! See you all again next time around...

I don't think your light is the issue, you said you're growing in coco? Your own mix?

Looks to me like it's re-vegging?

Well done bro! I can't believe these are those same sukkeling seedlings, super impressive man! Enjoy your harvest!

10 hours ago, Khakibos said:

I was looking at the following options: 

-Indoor Hydroponics Grow Tent (1m x 1m x 2m) | PlantLiving – Plant Living 

-Magic Garden - Tent 150/150/200 | Products | Greenthumb Hydroponics... (gthydro.co.za) 

-Buy The XL BudBox Pro Grow Tent - Pass The Dutch 

-LightHouse LITE 1.2 Indoor Grow Tent - Marijuana SA 

-Mars Grow Tent (120x120x200) - Aeradix South Africa

I actually had 2 of the Magic Garden tents from GTH and they were riddled with light leaks and the quality is FAR inferior to the BudBox or the Mars (I hear).

The extra R1300 for such a big leap in quality in a no-brainer for me. If you've been saving to buy your indoor kit and you settle for shitty quality over price you are going to be majorly disappointed a few weeks down the line when it comes flower time. If the R1300 extra is out of pocket, maybe save just a little longer, it'll be worth it to invest in quality.

Just my  take it or leave it 

10 hours ago, Khakibos said:

@donnob Thank you !

No probs, the guys really helped me out in getting the BudBox, I can highly recommend that tent also. The price difference is more than worth it IMHO, it's a serious piece of kit. But I hear good thing about the Mars also

3 minutes ago, Khakibos said:

Good day ! 

So I've been saving up for a indoor setup for a while now and can finally start purchasing items. I'm looking at getting a small tent, I was going to build a grow box but with all the considerations I have to take into place a tent is the better option. I'm looking for something around 1m x 1m x 2m. 

Dude, check out this thread, I asked the same-ish question a while ago, it might help a little:

12 minutes ago, Nas said:

Hi

 

i am new to cannabis growing (2 years) and wanted to say Hi to all. Happy to be on this platform. ONE LOVE

Hey @Nas welcome, welcome! I'm sure you'll find there's a ton of valuable info here and there are many experienced growers that will be able to help you troubleshoot a problem or give advise or whatever you need to up your game. You're at the right place...

What are you currently growing? Send us a few pics..

You doing indoor or outdoor?

Sucks to have had that experience dude but @Weskush is right, grow them out an do us an "Anti terp council" diary 

@DamDave THE COMEBACK KING!

The tent is up and what a high end piece of gear!! The only... only... gripe I have is that the drawstrings for the vents are a bit thin and don't do such a great job of closing off the vent. Other than that, this tent is fucking amazing. Just trying to pull the material over the poles you'll know that it's quality, that shit is heavy!

Thanks for all the advise that led me to this purchase guys..

My dry weights are in:

52.0g - Tortoni #1

71.5g - Tortoni #2 - The chosen girl

27.8g - Tortoni #3

Total of 151.3g of glorious bud 

6 minutes ago, Martin7318 said:

@donnob, I appreciate the input, dude! I think I'll give them another week or 2 and re-evaluate.I don't plan to SCROG this time around and I'm aware of the stretch that happens, at this stage they could quadruple in height and still be okay. Plants are roughly 25cm high from soil. My thoughts were to have that reach about 35cm and begin flower, but that would also require me to now stop tying them down and actually start letting them naturally grow otherwise they just become wider. I'm a little conflicted and have been hoping for one of those "when you know, you know" moments .

Yea, getting them taller does have advantages, you're able to defoliate around the legs and manage the air flow better, if you have a decent light that reaches down your plant you could use the extra bud sites to make yourself some massive colas

In the end, it's what works for you and your circumstance and your setup. Having a clear idea of when you're going to pull the trigger does help making the decision easier, for now and for refining your method in the future.. so your goal of 35cm above ground is a pretty clear set intent, no need to be conflicted  And if you find at the end that it didn't work the way you liked, you always have a metric that you can revise, let's rather do 45cm or 60cm, or you might find no difference in yield between vegging 6 weeks or 10 weeks and you can cut a month out, it's always a learning curve and you'll find your own groove eventually.

Good luck dude

No worries Chief, good luck with the new venture! 

It depends on how you want this to pan out, how much pot you have for your roots and how much tent you have. 

Are you looking to fill your tent and scrog these guys? In which case I'd probably install the net at your desired height and ride it out until it's full then flip.

Are you're looking to top, get a few extra colas and even out your canopy before flower? In that case looks like you've achieved that, to me these girls look mature enough to go to flower, you could give them this week then flip but in the end it's all up to you, your gear and your goals. Can't really see the height you have from your photos but they don't look overly short. Remember the gals are going to stretch during flower also and could easily double or even sometimes triple their height, so be careful not to get them too high and run out of vertical tent space. Also remember the growth spurt in flower comes with root growth as well so vegging too long could constrict your roots. I see you have air pots though which assist in self pruning the roots so I think you should be okay there but maybe someone who's had experience with those pots could comment here

Thanks to everyone who followed along and to everybody that pitched in with such great advise and recommendations, it really helped me up my game. Shout out to all the other growers, your shit was amazing to watch, it has been a highlight of my week to catch up on the reports

Big up to @Totemic for the beautiful genetics and to @420SA for allowing me to drop in a little after the deadline.

Tortoni #3: My organic girl, miss elegant.. she was such a beautiful plant, she had a beautiful structure and nice bud development, very indica-ish. Loved watching her grow and loved to learn about growing organically.

Tortoni #1: Very leafy, foxtailing galore and a headache to trim, but that SMELL  I can only describe it as sweet Vicks. She was a strange grow but I am super excited to try this one out! 

In the next 2 posts I'm paying homage to the other 2 ladies for their valiant efforts at becoming the chosen queen... what a jol this grow off was!

8 hours ago, Martin7318 said:

Progress is slow but definitely noticeable.

I  wouldn't be stressing about progress bro, those ladies(?) are looking real f@#$ing good 

When are you planning on flipping them over to 12/12?

All done and ready to be judged