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  1. My ladies have grown up now and they are finally ready to go into flower. I had some ups and downs this run. Its also been quite challamging dealing with the cold weather. Its the first grow ive done during the winter time. 

     

    The genetics im running are as follows:

    1. Ethos - Zour Apples

    2. Ethos - End Game RBX

    3. Ethos - White Wedding

    4. Farmacy Seeds - Golden cheese

     

    They were all planted in a living soil blend i put together myself and let cook for approximately 3 months. 

     

    I can't wait for the beautiful scents that await. One of my favourite parts of the grow is smelling the evolution of terps through flower. 

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  2. On 7/20/2015 at 10:32 AM, Green Leaf Organics said:

    Thanks Toby

    I don't mind at all , I can even try do one better and put the original document up for download if you want . I also don't mind if you reuse it , just give credit where credit is due. I put this info out there to help people so spreading it isn't a problem .

    Cheers

    Reaf

    Thanks for sharing this. Cleared up a lot for me. You're a legend. Such a wealth of information. It will take me some time to chew on all of it . 

  3. On 6/24/2022 at 9:48 PM, Bos said:

    My soil has compost, bonemeal, rockdust and ewc added. The plants respond well to bio ocean kelp pellets during veg (micro) for the potted plants, got our own wormfarms so always do castings for top dress and regular wormtea as well. Apply a sprinkling of woodash during flower and comfrey or banana FPJ's. Keep the bottles for defs.

    Thanks for sharing. Im still trying to up my composting game. Im fairly new into it. I made my own from some repurposed plastuc boxes. One fitting into the other with drainage holes. When i started, i had no idea how much space i would need. So before the season starts, im planning to have a compost pile set up in my garden. Currently just prepping the space. My plants and veggies love the worm juice. 

  4. 8 hours ago, ORGANinc. said:

    I like your style man! 💯 

    With top dressing, only want to add nutrients to supplement plants that have outgrown the pot so that they are not wanting during any stage of growth. then also being careful with compost or worm casting, I've had my fair share of compost that has not cured well enough and has adverse effect when applied, this can hinder growth significantly or even halt it completely, so imagine how kuck it would be if applied before flower. You get quality compost of castings you can mound on as top-dress and reap the benefits, but that you got pay top dollar for or make yourself. 

    You are adding a few elements and some have a full spectrum of flower nutrients like the talborn flower, so just add small amounts of the other stuff and you should be fine. 

    Anyway, I'm keen to see this one through, maybe start a grow diary and update up as you go along.

    I'll definitely keep that in mind. I so excited to see how the changes from last grow translates to the quality of the flowers.

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  5. 5 hours ago, SkunkPharm said:

    I too dress with talborne fruit and flower, Madagascar bat quango and bone meal. One tablespoon of each. Plus 2 handfulls of worm castings. And then I water it in. Apply Explogrow a couple of days after that.  

    Thanks a lot for including your application rate bro. Just wondering, do your plants finish with a fade. Last grow i top dressed pre flower with bone meal, kelp and talborne red....my leaves stayed green all the way to the end except for one of my girls that was in a pot too small for its size. I really want to get the hang of this and have a feel for my soil. Its so difficult to guage when my tank(medium) is running low in terms of nutes. Im still learning ny soil....what ive learnt is that it takes so long for things to break down in organics, so almost as if i need to anticipate deficiencies. 

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  6. 3 hours ago, Naughty.Psychonaut said:

    that's what they should be saying instead of "won't burn your plants"

    muuuuuuch better marketing tactic if you ask me, but if you tell your customers to not use much of your product it takes longer for them to get back in store to buy some more. which I find is kak dom, cause if I use a product and it fucks up my plants cause of advice given on the bag, I am not using that product anymore. 

    a little goes a long way, damn man if I heard that back when I started out I would've saved myself so much time and resources. 

    I learnt it this grow man. Had to give two of my girls a bit of a flush to help with the nute burn. You can def burn plants with these. Alfalfa & kelp...going light is better, these can burn if over applied. Alfalfa prob the most likely to fry your babies

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  7. 5 hours ago, Naughty.Psychonaut said:

    Organic is the waaaayy 💪 🤩

    your plants seem to be enjoying what you do for them! 

    did you amend a super soil by building it or did you buy super soil and further amended it? super soils usually can be used just like that, out the bag, clean water till harvest.

    are you aiming for most cost effective or you just looking for a cheap way? you didn't give us any prices? 🤷‍♂️

    it cost me a total of R180 to reammend 100L of soil for a whole grow and I only give clean water from begin till harvest, with the exception of 1 or 2 biobloom feeds during flower. if needed.

    the R180 goes to a bag of elemental blend, 10L of this stuff will recharge 100L of soil. 

    You can plant in a craft soil, give clean water till they start asking for nutes then just topdress with 100g of the elemental blend and repeat everytime it's needed. 

    no need to guess what's needed or more of one and less of the other, much less confusion when you just scoop 100g of one thing one time and there you go. 

    those 5 componenets you mentioned there covers a broad spectrum for sure, but it's far from everything. 

    here is a list of ingredients in the elemental blend. quite a few more things and I bet it's cheaper and waaaaayy easier to use 💪 

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    I heard good things about Jamies elemental blend. Nice diversity of amendments lik3 a buffet and seems simple enough. Im in johannesburg and with petrol increases - shipping rates and even product prices just shot up. Its R235 excluding shipping. Willl defintiely give it a try in the future but for now will use what i have. 😅 and keep some cash for some new genetics. 

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  8. Hey there fellow growmies. Thought I'd share what ill be doing for my top dress before going into flower. I have been growing in a super soil mix which I amended and cooked before planting. This will be the ladies first and only top dressing. 

     

    I am sure there are lots of growers out there who are feeling the pinch of electricity hikes and overall high cost of living. I try to save where i can and diy, making the most of what i have. KNF has been a revelation and im really seeing a big difference this grow using just a little of its practices. 

    My initial planting mix, along with other amendments, was tailored for veg so i used the Talborne organics vita veg. I wss surprised at how much power it had...still no deficiencies showing up. 

    I inculated some biochar with a mixture of EM-1 (Lab) ,mollases and water at a ratio of 1:1:200. Its been sitting for about one and a half weeks. Hopefully my attempt at a bokashi kinda aid will assist with the breakdown of nutrients. I want those feeder roots to come to the top, dance and have fun with my bennies haha. 

     

    The biochar, once innoculated will be mixed with compost(quarter mushroom compost,half vermicompost and one quarter  compost from my compost pile, some left over supersoil. I will then add the following:

    - Bone meal 

    -kelp meal

    -home made crab meal 

    -insect frass

    -Talborne oragmics Vita Fruit and flower (red bag)

    Im not sure whether or not to add soft rock phosphate as its what i have on hand for a different phosphorus source. Id like your guys input. I would like for these amendments to break down and my ladies to finish with a fade. Open to top dress recommendations that wont cost an arm an a leg. 

    I have a lovely mulch layer covering my pots of leaf mould from difference areas (my attempt at getting some diverse microbes going).

    Im currently not using any bottled nutes. I feed with bio dyne microbes, labs and aloe juice periodically. Id like my top dress to carry me to the end but allow a good flush and fade on my ladies. 

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  9. Thanks so much for the reply bud. I honestly thought this thread had died. Reslly appreciate your help. I've been seeing much better results this grow leaving my soil to dry out even more than im accustomed to. Better root growth and overall faster growth of the plants. I really love growing in soil and i wish i can master it someday and produce high quality, clean medicine just like you pros. This community is great btw, especially sinc3 my grow operation is a secret from most people apart from my wife and a couple of friends. Im the only grower in my circle. 

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  10. Good day growmies. Hope that you guys are all doing great and in high spirits. 

    I have a bit of a dilemma with conflicting information online and could really use some guidance. This is my second grow and one thing i want to be perfect is my wayering habits that will enable to build a solid root system, but still keeping my micro herd alive and kicking. 

    Do you guys let the soil dry out completely between waterings(water again when the pot is very light) ? Or do you water before it reaches the point of being bone dry? 

    I know that dry conditions will reduce the microbial poppulation in the soil. I need some help - i dont wanna kill what i worked so hard to build. 

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  11. Im really looking forward to learning from all the experienced growers on here.

    My interest in gardening was sparked by my late grandmother whom i always helped in the garden. Ive been growing vegetables and ornamentals outdoors on my own for the past 2 years, but this Im new to growing my own medicine. I suffered a serous accident a couple of years ago which almost left me paralyzed. The accident required surgery and inserting of prosthetics. I was not happy at all with quility of medicine i was getting , and i also i had no clue whereit came from or what went into it. One of the reasons i chose to grow my own. No looking now!

     

    Made tons of mistakes from burning seeds to overwatering. I harvested two autoflowes being an amnesia haze an OG kush, one of which finished off the size of my middle finger  We live and learn right 

    Currently running the following photoperiods in an indoor grow setup with very basic equipment as im on a budget:

    -Dirty Kush breath , Frosted apricots(in house genetics)

    -gorilla glue 

    -gelato

    -Golden Cheese (Farmacy seeds)

    Dont think my lights are poweful enough. Im using a chinese led with two panels from my herb stand for supplemental light.  Had a super long veg, and ended up with small plants. 

    Here are some pics of my girls (dont laugh). Im honestiy just hoping to get to the finish line of my first grow. Hopefully i dont make the same mistakes on my next run.  

    I only recently(final weeks of flower) used a lux meter and found that im so far below the light levels required and i feel like kicking myself.  Id appreciate recommendations for a budget friendly light for my grow? 

    Thanks for the welcome. Its great to be part of a growing community like this. Haha my wife is sick of listening to my cannabis tales

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  12. 5 hours ago, Naughty.Psychonaut said:

    welcome to both of you

     :-rasta

    great forum to be part of, lots of information flowing around! 

    @Jman420SA you busy with a grow or not yet? 

    @Vivid Dreamer how bout an introduction there from your side with a few photos of what you busy with right now? 

    we love to share and help wherever we can and if there's no help needed, there is always room for improvement 💪 unless you at the top of your game, in which case we would all like some information from you 🤓 

    🌳

    Im really looking forward to learning from all the experienced growers on here.

    My interest in gardening was sparked by my late grandmother whom i always helped in the garden. Ive been growing vegetables and ornamentals outdoors on my own for the past 2 years, but this Im new to growing my own medicine. Made tons of mistakes from burning seeds to overwatering. I harvested two autoflowes being an amnesia haze an OG kush, one of which finished off the size of my middle finger 😆 We live and learn right 

    Currently running the following photoperiods in an indoor grow setup with very basic equipment as im on a budget:

    -Dirty Kush breath , Frosted apricots(in house genetics)

    -gorilla glue 

    -gelato

    -Golden Cheese (Farmacy seeds)

    Dont think my lights are poweful enough. Im using a chinese led with two panels from my herb stand for supplemental light.  Had a super long veg, and ended up with small plants. 

    Here are some pics of my girls (dont laugh). Im honestiy just hoping to get to the finish line of my first grow. Hopefully i dont make the same mistakes on my next run.  

    I only recently(final weeks of flower) used a lux meter and found that im so far below the light levels required and i feel like kicking myself.  Id appreciate recommendations for a budget friendly light for my grow? 

    Thanks for the welcome. Its great to be part of a growing community like this. Haha my wife is sick of listening to my cannabis tales

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  13. Welcome to the forum bud. I am also a new member. Just joined the forum recently and its a wealth of information. Its amazing how far SA has come with cannabis. I'm 2-3 weeks away from successfully completing my first ever indoor grow. Wishing you the best of luck on your journey Half Baked Yes GIF

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