Swazigh

Go easy on the watering, let the soil dry out as the plant grows.

The idea is to encourage the roots to spread out in search of water & nutrients. I am always surprised at how many cm's down that dicotyledon's tap root will run. Water just around the seedling instead of directly to avoid over-watering if uncertain. 

The plant will sag and the leaves will wilt when thirsty, also learning to feel the different pot weights between dry and wet will soon teach you when the plants want a drink.

Update

ICE, Blueberry Cheesecake, Sexbud - Week 4

These girls got a boost of silicone, fulvic, amino's & EM ProSoil this week.

pH 5.8 & EC 1.3 (approx. 840ppm)

Bluniverse - Week 4

pH 5.8 & EC 1.3 (approx. 840ppm)

Group

That is a real happy Mom CerealKilla,

Looking forward to the flowers

Send it dude! My outdoor babies sprouted a week ago, plenty time left to get a crop in ...

Haha! Was keeping a look out for your handle on here Al, thanks mate!

Will do my best to live up to your praises ^_^

Thanks 420SA,

Further thanks for the platform here to share our grows on!

Settling in already

Howdy Dabtzar,

Likewise, thanks for the warm welcome

My first grow-show on 420SA!

Specs for the grow are -

Flowering cab:

1m x 1m x 2m (DIY lined with mylar)

2 x 400w (digital ballasts)

Vegetative Cab:

60cm x 60 cm x 1.2

2 x 105w 6400k CFL

Cab is shelved allowing for two grow spaces.

Growing Medium - Sprout/Root in rockwool. Then straight into 100% perlite for veg and flowering

Pots - Start in 17.5cm square pots. Finish in 10L buckets.

Nutrients - EHG range from Hortishop. Silicone, Fulvic acid, Amino acids and EM Pro-Soil (Efficient Microbes)

Borehole Water @ pH 6.3 & EC 0.1

These are the ladies that I will follow for this grow log, all currently at 3 weeks old. This is my first time using CFL's, growth is a bit slow at the moment, I need to double the lighting. They should go into 12/12 in the next 3-4 weeks, just waiting for the ladies in the flowering cab to finish up.

Veg cab:

ICE, Blueberry Cheesecake, Sexbud:

Bluniverse Clones:

Some pics of the currently flowering plants which are Bluniverse and mix of genetics from SA growers like Twak, 435 and Oldbootz. I lost track of which is which, except for the Bluniverse:

Bluniverse:

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Group shot:

I feel Judge Davis will be in favor of cannabis using citizens rights. This old interview gave me some hope that his judgement will go our way -

 

I need some advice on the following,

 

1.What would you guys recommend as a germination process? Should i soak and paper towel them, or soak and plant directly? Or just plant directly? or Rockwool?

2. Seeing as i dont have the Ph tester yet, what water would you guys suggest for germination/seedling stage?

3. Regarding co2, Will a 5L mix of yeast/sugar/water last long enough to only change it out monthly? or how should I calculate and monitor it?

4. Also a co2 question, I have read it should only be fed co2 during "day" time and must be removed at "night", will it cause problems if the co2 was left in 24/7?

 

Im sure im gonna have many more questions as time goes by, thanks for reading this far, I'll appreciate any advice.

 

Greetings Grim,

Stcik with me here, I know I am new to the forums, however not new to growing.

1. Use rockwool cubes to germinate in, squeeze the excess water out and leave them on a warm sunny windowsill or dstv decoder until they sprout. You can plant straight into coco/perlite, be very careful not to over water. The seeds stay to wet and rot. Same applies to papertowel, don't keep it too wet, and don't let it dry!  Rockwool has a brilliant air/water ratio for sprouting seeds and I typically achieve 100% success with expensive seeds.  I find rockwool to be the superior medium for germination and cloning.

2. I cannot emphasize enough he importance of pH and EC. Invest in good quality meters or suffer the endless headaches of thumb sucking it. Bottled water cannot be trusted for pH as it can differ vastly from what the label states.

3. In such a small grow do not bother about about CO2. Especially since the tents are not likely in an air sealed room.

4. Again ignore CO2 unless you are growing in an air sealed room.

Hope that helps!

I see the topic is old but didn't feel the need to start a new one. Just wanted add my two quick reviews here reflecting recent purchases.

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You cannot find contact details other than their website contact form, so your recourse is non existent if the operator chooses to ignore you.

Greets 420sa forum members,

Thank you for accepting my request, Admin.

To briefly introduce myself, I am an avid cannabis horticulturalist and connoisseur with plenty grows and strains under my belt.

As many of you here were, I was also a member of weed.co.za for years until it shutdown.

Great to be back on local boards again! Hello to ALL my old friends!

I look forward to what can be learned here and adding where possible ^_^

High regards all!