SmokeyTheBear Posted February 19, 2018 Share Posted February 19, 2018 Greetings fellow cannabis enthusiasts I’ve attempted indoor growing previously with minimal success due to privacy and sharing accommodation. With only a handful of successful outdoor grows. I’ve since gone to university and share a flat with my brother. Since moving in with my girlfriend, my room in that flat has been empty. Perfect = extremely private. So I’ve been collecting thousands of bag-seed over the past five years. Just for this vary moment. I’d lost my shit with a dealer, getting horrid product when I’d been spending thousands on quality from him whenever I had the extra cash. I walked into a lighting store and impulsively bought two 85w CFLs with a serious reflector for each. These are for veg as I don’t think I’d be satisfied with using them for flower. Then mixed up a seedling mix, I have my suspicions it’s a bit too hot but again this was on the spur of the moment. 1/4 part freedom farms organic Promix. 1/4 buffered coco 1/4 worm castings 1/4 perlite Made a little nursery from a spare snake tub with some cross ventilation holes installed. Here’s them all ready to germ. I got really baked and thought “Well fuck, lets dump a bankie of pips into this 2l tub to ensure I get at least a few to germ.” Well I should have known better, hahaha I was in for a surprise. A overview of nursery: Day Three: Well fuck more than a couple germed. Morning: The Afternoon: Day 4: Realized I need to repot sooner rather than later. Day 5: only 2/15 didn’t survive such a young transplant. Day 6: transplanted a few stretchy plants. Day 8: signs of heat stress I think? Trying to cool the cab down with little success on a budget. Also started giving them 6.2 ph bottled water. In case the ph in my areas tap water is causing issues. Day 9: now we’re really growing like weeds! Leave curling still evident on some plants. Currently I’m on a super tight budget but I’m working on getting input from my boet in terms of capital. So what do you guys think? Got a larger space for flowering this is just for vegging for now. I do know I should get reflective material against the walls ASAP just waiting for some spare cash to do so. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin Hemp Posted February 20, 2018 Share Posted February 20, 2018 Have you thought of making a light fixture with LED bulbs? They will produce way better buds than CFL especially in flower. Sent from my ALE-L02 using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SmokeyTheBear Posted February 20, 2018 Author Share Posted February 20, 2018 Have you thought of making a light fixture with LED bulbs? They will produce way better buds than CFL especially in flower. Sent from my ALE-L02 using Tapatalk Well that’s a brilliant point. But I’d like to keep this as a seedling/young veg section and possibly purchase a 250w hps. I could sort out the flower lighting for R2000 and then spend the other R2000 improving airflow. I’ve researched LED’s available locally but could I get a comparative yield with leds within this budget? Being a student my choices are food or going over budget. So I’m trying to be as cost efficient as possible. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
420SA Posted February 20, 2018 Share Posted February 20, 2018 Seedlings are looking great bud. Happy and healthy! Just a tip. Next time get some seeds online. There's nothing worse than wasting your time of inferior genetics(hermies and such), which most bagseed unfortunately turns out to be. Then again, with numbers you may just find some keepers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SmokeyTheBear Posted February 20, 2018 Author Share Posted February 20, 2018 Seedlings are looking great bud. Happy and healthy! Just a tip. Next time get some seeds online. There's nothing worse than wasting your time of inferior genetics(hermies and such), which most bagseed unfortunately turns out to be. Then again, with numbers you may just find some keepers Thanks bud. I’ve given that some consideration but just wanted to ensure the system would work before putting proper genetics in there. On the subject, are there any reliable seedbanks locally yet? The entire reasoning over the grow is to have a variety of medicine depending on my needs. So that’s definitely on the to do list! I’d be devastated to take these through flower and have them hermi on me. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimmy-z Posted February 20, 2018 Share Posted February 20, 2018 Local seedbanks: cannabisseeds.co.za. green smoke room (SA local stock). Pachamama & maybe cg_terpenegenetics. CG is in the UK, but you can probably pm him here. I think he mentioned he has someone distributing his auto seeds in SA. Sent from my SM-N950F using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest c.g_terpenegenetics Posted February 20, 2018 Share Posted February 20, 2018 Greetings fellow cannabis enthusiasts I’ve attempted indoor growing previously with minimal success due to privacy and sharing accommodation. With only a handful of successful outdoor grows. I’ve since gone to university and share a flat with my brother. Since moving in with my girlfriend, my room in that flat has been empty. Perfect = extremely private. So I’ve been collecting thousands of bag-seed over the past five years. Just for this vary moment. I’d lost my shit with a dealer, getting horrid product when I’d been spending thousands on quality from him whenever I had the extra cash. I walked into a lighting store and impulsively bought two 85w CFLs with a serious reflector for each. These are for veg as I don’t think I’d be satisfied with using them for flower. Then mixed up a seedling mix, I have my suspicions it’s a bit too hot but again this was on the spur of the moment. 1/4 part freedom farms organic Promix. 1/4 buffered coco 1/4 worm castings 1/4 perlite Made a little nursery from a spare snake tub with some cross ventilation holes installed. Here’s them all ready to germ. I got really baked and thought “Well fuck, lets dump a bankie of pips into this 2l tub to ensure I get at least a few to germ.” Well I should have known better, hahaha I was in for a surprise. A overview of nursery: Day Three: Well fuck more than a couple germed. Morning: The Afternoon: Day 4: Realized I need to repot sooner rather than later. Day 5: only 2/15 didn’t survive such a young transplant. Day 6: transplanted a few stretchy plants. Day 8: signs of heat stress I think? Trying to cool the cab down with little success on a budget. Also started giving them 6.2 ph bottled water. In case the ph in my areas tap water is causing issues. Day 9: now we’re really growing like weeds! Leave curling still evident on some plants. Currently I’m on a super tight budget but I’m working on getting input from my boet in terms of capital. So what do you guys think? Got a larger space for flowering this is just for vegging for now. I do know I should get reflective material against the walls ASAP just waiting for some spare cash to do so. HI Smokey your seedlings are looking for happy, your seedling mix is perfect, spot on dude. CG Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest c.g_terpenegenetics Posted February 20, 2018 Share Posted February 20, 2018 Seedlings are looking great bud. Happy and healthy! Just a tip. Next time get some seeds online. There's nothing worse than wasting your time of inferior genetics(hermies and such), which most bagseed unfortunately turns out to be. Then again, with numbers you may just find some keepers Very wise words. 420SA, i keep on saying the exact same thing to other growers in SA, Its allot of wasted time when bag-seed turns out to be hermie or just straight up inferior bunk , shot Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
420SA Posted February 20, 2018 Share Posted February 20, 2018 I can't say personally whether the local banks are up to scratch right now. I would still suggest ordering overseas if you can wait, from banks that have a reputation... globally Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin Hemp Posted February 20, 2018 Share Posted February 20, 2018 There are the guys distributing Dinafem seeds and I've had good success with the strawberry Amnesia. Sent from my ALE-L02 using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SmokeyTheBear Posted February 21, 2018 Author Share Posted February 21, 2018 Day 10: Some updates on my children. Installed another 85w cfl about last night and these images are from the morning. General overview: Top shots of the largest ones: Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimmy-z Posted February 21, 2018 Share Posted February 21, 2018 Nice quick growth. Looks like you're going to have to up-pot them very soon. I prefer to use 1l milk cartons for seedlings, gives a bit more time before they need a bigger home. Sent from my SM-N950F using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin Hemp Posted February 21, 2018 Share Posted February 21, 2018 Looking good, should harvest the end of next week sometime lol Sent from my ALE-L02 using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SmokeyTheBear Posted February 21, 2018 Author Share Posted February 21, 2018 Nice quick growth. Looks like you're going to have to up-pot them very soon. I prefer to use 1l milk cartons for seedlings, gives a bit more time before they need a bigger home. Sent from my SM-N950F using Tapatalk Oh yeah! Thanks for for the tip do need to find something bigger for them. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SmokeyTheBear Posted February 21, 2018 Author Share Posted February 21, 2018 Looking good, should harvest the end of next week sometime lol Sent from my ALE-L02 using Tapatalk Possibly if I popped a LED in there Hahaha Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smeegol Posted February 21, 2018 Share Posted February 21, 2018 Looking good there Smokey, looking good... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SmokeyTheBear Posted February 22, 2018 Author Share Posted February 22, 2018 So here’s another update y’all, please tell me if I’m doing this update thing too often - I’m just obsessed with these babies. So I repotted everything that had roots growing out the bottom. And gave them a through watering, these are shots after replanting. This is later on in the afternoon. Girls (hopefully) are all happy and praying for me. I should have the light closer but I’m only just managing with temperatures. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin Hemp Posted February 23, 2018 Share Posted February 23, 2018 Looks like you doing a splendid job there bud, don't worry about how many times you updated as you keeping the site active hahahaha. We've all been through that phase, damn I'm kind of still in it and hopefully it will never go away lol Sent from my ALE-L02 using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
420SA Posted February 23, 2018 Share Posted February 23, 2018 Looking great Smokey! Keep the updates coming in Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SmokeyTheBear Posted February 23, 2018 Author Share Posted February 23, 2018 So I’ve noticed this discoloration on two of the plants. Pretty dumbfound in figuring out what it is. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin Hemp Posted February 24, 2018 Share Posted February 24, 2018 May be a bit of nute burn, you been feeding them anything? Sent from my ALE-L02 using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SmokeyTheBear Posted February 24, 2018 Author Share Posted February 24, 2018 May be a bit of nute burn, you been feeding them anything? Sent from my ALE-L02 using Tapatalk I did give them a 1/10 dosage from folliar feed of fish emulsion. Not a good idea in retrospect. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin Hemp Posted February 24, 2018 Share Posted February 24, 2018 Soil may have enough of a feed for them small ones at this point in time. Sent from my ALE-L02 using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SmokeyTheBear Posted February 24, 2018 Author Share Posted February 24, 2018 Soil may have enough of a feed for them small ones at this point in time. Sent from my ALE-L02 using Tapatalk Thanks, will keep off any additives for the next while. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SmokeyTheBear Posted February 24, 2018 Author Share Posted February 24, 2018 They’re looking quite happy this morning, the cool weather has been appreciated. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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