You look to be doing great with your plants Carmen, they should replenish your jars nicely!
Winging It In Winter By The Window: Soil Auto Grow
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Beautiful!!! Really beautiful!
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Thank you Otter
She smells just like caramel. I hope she tastes just as sweet but I'm confident she will.Thank you Stunger. That's the plan and I'm delighted with how well they are doing for a winter grow. It's definitely worth my while to keep this up. I have guests who come at odd times of year so a perpetual grow is not on the cards yet, but staggering auto grows throughout the year will keep me stocked.
Thank you Skottelgoed, my mede-Kapenaar
I feel like a murderer. I hope to God this little guy is playing dead and not really dead dead. I have had him / her in my garden for the longest time. I found the little creature in my mint after I had someone prune my outside garden. I tried to warn him / her by shaking the bushes before the pruning took place. Fuck fuck fuck. Please be alive little one
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What happend?Thank you Otter
Thank you Stunger. That's the plan and I'm delighted with how well they are doing for a winter grow. It's definitely worth my while to keep this up. I have guests who come at odd times of year so a perpetual grow is not on the cards yet, but staggering auto grows throughout the year will keep me stocked.
Thank you Skottelgoed, my mede-Kapenaar
I feel like a murderer. I hope to God this little guy is playing dead and not really dead dead. I have had him / her in my garden for the longest time. I found the little creature in my mint after I had someone prune my outside garden. I tried to warn him / her by shaking the bushes before the pruning took place. Fuck fuck fuck. Please be alive little one
Just playing catch up now @Carmen Ray, and correct, as we’ve discussed!
Again, I’m sorry Camen, these were the sorts of things that made me offer the suggestion. Glad we talked it out. Like you said, the others outgrew it, so maybe it’s a bit hot just for the first few days until the plants can take it, so no harm no foul?Tuesday 21 June UPDATE
AUTOS
Caramel King and Lavender Best, the two autos are 7 and 5 weeks old respectively. They both got 2 Litres of nute water this morning. I removed some of the books from the stack that are keeping the Lavender Best close to the light as she had stretched a bit more. She is now level-ish with the Caramel King.
PHOTOPERIODS
Bruce Banner #2 and Wedding Cake, the two photos are both 19 days old. I got lucky this morning because my pots arrived and I was able to up-pot to 5 Litre / 1 gal. They are square plastic pots on legs, like the ones I used to use with coco-perlite grows. I hope that a month is enough time to establish a strong root structure in there before an up-pot to the 20 L / 5 gal fabric pots? Do you folk think this is doable? I want to veg until end July and then flower.
LEAF ISSUES
All four of my plants have had leaf issues in this soil. Asking around about the cause has not produced definitive answers. It's possible the soil is too hot for seedlings. It is also possible that the cold weather causes a nute lockout. I doubt it is a watering issue as I have followed @Jon's method for starting seedlings and I know I haven't over or under watered with these two. The autos grew out of it. I hope the photos do too.
Thank you for taking an interest in my grow and for knowledge and wisdom shared
Wow the buds look awesome and the photos appear to be past that lower leaf issue, yea?Update continued...
Lavender Best 39 Days AG, 16 Days In Flower 42 cm /16.5 inches tall
Watered with nutes to run off 3. L / 0.79 gallon 15th June
Watered 2 L on 21st
Watered 2 L on 24th
PHOTOS
Bruce Banner 2 21 Days AG, 13 cm /5 inches tall
Up-potted to 5 L / 1 Gal 21st
Watered moat to run off 22nd. (too wet)
Wedding Cake 21 Days AG, 13 cm /5 inches tall
Up-potted to 5 L / 1 Gal 21st
Watered moat to run off 22nd. (too wet)
Thank you for your interest and encouragement those who visit, and have an awesome weekend!
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@Skottelgoed Spons I don't know what happened. I had a guy doing some pruning for me. I don't see any marks on the chameleon but there appears to a shiny liquid coming from it's eyes... that makes it worse because they are sentient beings and it makes me think of tears. I have brought it indoors and put it in my one plant, hoping that it still might survive. I Googled to find out if they "play dead" and they do. I think I am being overly optimistic though...
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@Jon yes, I see why you could think it might be a soil problem, but I feel I have ruled that out. I bought two more bags today!
I discussed the soil twice with the manufacturer. I also canvassed other growers who use that soil. I like to cover all of my bases
I discussed the soil twice with the manufacturer. I also canvassed other growers who use that soil. I like to cover all of my bases
So do you feel the plants are past that first leaf issue, whatever it was? It seems to be the case!@Jon yes, I see why you could think it might be a soil problem, but I feel I have ruled that out. I bought two more bags today!
I discussed the soil twice with the manufacturer. I also canvassed other growers who use that soil. I like to cover all of my bases
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I hope so. It appears so. I'm still watching.
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Hope he is okay. Really beautiful creatures on this planet and scarce like chicken teeth in SA.
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Morning Carmen! Maybe he's just not moving because it's too cold? We don't have anything like that here in Ohio that's for sure, they can't survive the winters. I hope it's ok.... have a great day!
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No, sadly the little guy is dead. She / he changed color completely from camo to bright yellow green as life slipped away. I buried her in the garden today.
Hey BK it's a tragedy. They can live as long as 10 years and they are severely threatened due to habitat loss... case in point.
Have a great day y'all
So sad about your lizard. I’m a reptile insect saver too.
You can’t save them all. But take comfort knowing you tried.
Your garden looks schmick tho! Good job lady
You can’t save them all. But take comfort knowing you tried.
Your garden looks schmick tho! Good job lady
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Thank you girlfriend!So sad about your lizard. I’m a reptile insect saver too.
You can’t save them all. But take comfort knowing you tried.
Your garden looks schmick tho! Good job lady
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Wednesday 29 June UPDATE
Before I go ahead with my update I must tell you that our power is off from between 7.5 hours a day to 11.5 hours a day the whole of this week due to worker strike action and a broken grid. I am fortunate because Cape Town government picks up the slack a bit from our national carrier, as we have hydro electric power to help ease the pain. The rest of the country are on Stage 6.
The inconsistent lighting is bound to have an effect on the plants. I have foxtails on my extremely airy buds on the CK. I am hoping my vegging photoperiod plants don't flower.
I am copy pasting the next paragraph from a chat with a friend, clarifying my grow context in case anyone else is wondering.
"This is my first time under a light and a first with autos. Other than that, I have grown in the same bags before, with the same soil outdoors, and in coco-perlite and synthetic nutes indoor and outdoor. I like the coco-perlite but it requires complicated nutes mixing and ph - ing which I do not want and that is why I chose the best craft cannabis soil our country has to offer, so that I don't have to be bothered with any of that. I have a very small space to grow in. It's mid-winter and all the conditions are working against me. The light is also not very strong. I don't expect to bring in monster harvests. I anticipate light, airy bud but since it is only for my smoke I don't care."
I do of course care and am disappointed in the buds of the CK, but it is what it is and judging from the smell, the sticky and the glitter, I will have something to smoke at the end.
AUTOS
Caramel King 58 Days AG, 39 Days In Flower 34 cm tall / 13 inches tall
CK is coming to the end of her flowering soon. That was pretty quick and since I only have other people's harvests to compare with, I imagine it is because I am growing her in winter room temperature without any humidity control, under a light that I am still getting to know and she was over-watered on the up-pot.
Lavender Best 43 Days AG, 20 Days In Flower 46 cm /18 inches tall
Drinking 2L every couple of days. Adding kelp, humic and fulvic acids and microbes once a week.
PHOTOS
Bruce Banner 2 25 Days AG, 15 cm /6 inches tall
She was up canned to 5 L / 1 Gal on 21st, watered moat to run off on 22nd (too wet), then watered 500 ml to run off today. LST has begun. The leaf problem appears to be arrested.
Wedding Cake 25 Days AG, 13 cm /5 inches tall
She was up canned to 5 L / 1 Gal on 21st, watered moat to run off on 22nd (too wet), then watered 500 ml to run off today. LST has begun.
A family pic
Thank you for visiting my journal and have an awesome hump day y'all
Before I go ahead with my update I must tell you that our power is off from between 7.5 hours a day to 11.5 hours a day the whole of this week due to worker strike action and a broken grid. I am fortunate because Cape Town government picks up the slack a bit from our national carrier, as we have hydro electric power to help ease the pain. The rest of the country are on Stage 6.
The inconsistent lighting is bound to have an effect on the plants. I have foxtails on my extremely airy buds on the CK. I am hoping my vegging photoperiod plants don't flower.
I am copy pasting the next paragraph from a chat with a friend, clarifying my grow context in case anyone else is wondering.
"This is my first time under a light and a first with autos. Other than that, I have grown in the same bags before, with the same soil outdoors, and in coco-perlite and synthetic nutes indoor and outdoor. I like the coco-perlite but it requires complicated nutes mixing and ph - ing which I do not want and that is why I chose the best craft cannabis soil our country has to offer, so that I don't have to be bothered with any of that. I have a very small space to grow in. It's mid-winter and all the conditions are working against me. The light is also not very strong. I don't expect to bring in monster harvests. I anticipate light, airy bud but since it is only for my smoke I don't care."
I do of course care and am disappointed in the buds of the CK, but it is what it is and judging from the smell, the sticky and the glitter, I will have something to smoke at the end.
AUTOS
Caramel King 58 Days AG, 39 Days In Flower 34 cm tall / 13 inches tall
CK is coming to the end of her flowering soon. That was pretty quick and since I only have other people's harvests to compare with, I imagine it is because I am growing her in winter room temperature without any humidity control, under a light that I am still getting to know and she was over-watered on the up-pot.
Lavender Best 43 Days AG, 20 Days In Flower 46 cm /18 inches tall
Drinking 2L every couple of days. Adding kelp, humic and fulvic acids and microbes once a week.
PHOTOS
Bruce Banner 2 25 Days AG, 15 cm /6 inches tall
She was up canned to 5 L / 1 Gal on 21st, watered moat to run off on 22nd (too wet), then watered 500 ml to run off today. LST has begun. The leaf problem appears to be arrested.
Wedding Cake 25 Days AG, 13 cm /5 inches tall
She was up canned to 5 L / 1 Gal on 21st, watered moat to run off on 22nd (too wet), then watered 500 ml to run off today. LST has begun.
A family pic
Thank you for visiting my journal and have an awesome hump day y'all
Looking good in the hood Carmen! Sorry about the load shedding hours going up, but if you can make sure the photoperiod plants are by the window then you shouldn't have to worry about them flowering. As long as there's some light during their lights-on time they won't flip.
In terms of the airy buds, some varieties just grow that way, but not getting them enough lux/ppfd/par/DLI will take its toll on the size and density of the flowers.
In terms of the airy buds, some varieties just grow that way, but not getting them enough lux/ppfd/par/DLI will take its toll on the size and density of the flowers.
Or even turn the lights on for an hour or so in the middle of the dark cycle. The plants need at least 10 or so consecutive dark hours to flip, although most of us do 12 to be safe.
The buds are looking really nice Carmen. What a shame about that little lizard, so beautiful looking.
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