Weed growers thread

lestoran said:
I've always just used ordinary nursery compost with some vermiculite and occasional seagrow when I grew in pots and it worked just fine. Depends on strain I guess.

Nowadays its homemade compost in standard sandy capetown soil. Beginning of growing season I add some bounceback, vermiculite, peat, calcium carbonate, epson salts. Not a lot at all and most of its probably not even needed. Then just diluted seagrow once a month or so.

My plants are healthy and get huge (1.5 - 2.5m on average)

Understand you guys are talking about indoor / hydro / specialized strains here - just want to remind those new to this you don't need anything special - its called 'weed' for a reason.
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I also have sandy soil here in Cape Town. Busy going the composting route for my next grow in a raised bed. Hopefully after a few seasons I'll have some black soil. Just on the "special" additives remember you get what you put in good soil = good bud.
 
krieg said:
I also have sandy soil here in Cape Town. Busy going the composting route for my next grow in a raised bed. Hopefully after a few seasons I'll have some black soil. Just on the "special" additives remember you get what you put in good soil = good bud.
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Takes a few years but it does get much better. The sandy soil in CapeTown tends to be acidic so add some calcium carbonate - weed does not mind it too much but many other plants cant stand it. Its also poor in magnesium but that seems to mostly bother nightshades (tomatoes, peppers, brinjals).

Re the additives I agree but only to a point. A plant can only absorb so much and also has a genetic tendency to grow to a certain size and produce a certain amount. Nutrients will get it to its max but no further.
 
lestoran said:
Takes a few years but it does get much better. The sandy soil in CapeTown tends to be acidic so add some calcium carbonate - weed does not mind it too much but many other plants cant stand it. Its also poor in magnesium but that seems to mostly bother nightshades (tomatoes, peppers, brinjals).

Re the additives I agree but only to a point. A plant can only absorb so much and also has a genetic tendency to grow to a certain size and produce a certain amount. Nutrients will get it to its max but no further.
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Had to google brinjal :) Agree on the calmag, luckily I didn't see any deficiencies except on one strain which I put down to genetics as all my plant have the exact same soil mixture. I think I missed a comma in my comment, I meant I'm going for an organic grow next with organic soil and maybe organic fertilizer during bloom. Hopefully a much cheaper route in the long run.

Just a note on that Seagrow fertilizer, it's only suitable for veg not flowering. Also don't know if you use it but try a teaspoon of molasses with your water to stimulate the bacteria in the ground. I found some at KaapAgri 5 liters for R50 odd.
 
krieg said:
Had to google brinjal :) Agree on the calmag, luckily I didn't see any deficiencies except on one strain which I put down to genetics as all my plant have the exact same soil mixture. I think I missed a comma in my comment, I meant I'm going for an organic grow next with organic soil and maybe organic fertilizer during bloom. Hopefully a much cheaper route in the long run.

Just a note on that Seagrow fertilizer, it's only suitable for veg not flowering. Also don't know if you use it but try a teaspoon of molasses with your water to stimulate the bacteria in the ground. I found some at KaapAgri 5 liters for R50 odd.
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I'll try the molasses trick thanks!

What would you use for flowering instead? Is their a certain nutrient balance in Seagrow that is not quite right? Few weeks into flowering so if I can get a better result with something else I'm up for that :-)
 
You need to look at the NPK values on the bottle, for veg you need something high in nitrogen and for flowering something high in potassium. Seagro also contains micro elements which your plant needs. I use EHG brand fertilizer and don't have a problem with it but some comments previously didn't like it. The EHG fertilizer is three bottles so currently I use bloom everyday and micro every second to third day now. Check out some videos on YouTube as they explain it a thousand times better. Certain nutrients also just only gets absorbed in certain PH ranges so it's important to check your water's PH levels as well.

You can also go to a gardening shop and buy a bag of flowering/bloom fertilizer pellets, mix it with water and let it dissolve in the water for two days. Use that mixture when watering. I used one cup per 20 litres of water. If you really want to see some quick change get some guano mix which is high in phosphorous which produces bigger buds.
 
FYI, you guys with sandy soils need to brow beans/legumes in that area.Those plants fix nitrogen from the air straight into the soil.Im going to try planting some around my plants next season to compare.
 
Batista said:
FYI, you guys with sandy soils need to brow beans/legumes in that area.Those plants fix nitrogen from the air straight into the soil.Im going to try planting some around my plants next season to compare.
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Companion plants

I'm thinking of doing beans as a cover crop this winter and then chopping them down, this is just for the normal garden.
 
Question - what’s the advantage of auto’s over photos indoor ? Slightly quicker grow cycle ?
 
RezN88 said:
Question - what’s the advantage of auto’s over photos indoor ? Slightly quicker grow cycle ?
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Another advantage is you don't need to change the lighting schedule for flowering. Unfortunately the yield is less than with regular seeds.
 
krieg said:
You need to look at the NPK values on the bottle, for veg you need something high in nitrogen and for flowering something high in potassium. Seagro also contains micro elements which your plant needs. I use EHG brand fertilizer and don't have a problem with it but some comments previously didn't like it. The EHG fertilizer is three bottles so currently I use bloom everyday and micro every second to third day now. Check out some videos on YouTube as they explain it a thousand times better. Certain nutrients also just only gets absorbed in certain PH ranges so it's important to check your water's PH levels as well.

You can also go to a gardening shop and buy a bag of flowering/bloom fertilizer pellets, mix it with water and let it dissolve in the water for two days. Use that mixture when watering. I used one cup per 20 litres of water. If you really want to see some quick change get some guano mix which is high in phosphorous which produces bigger buds.
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Dude! I tried this after putting some into the soil about 2 months ago, IN 2 DAYS the plant started bending over from the weight!Thanks bud!
 
I went with new nutrients this year so I didn't want to mix any additives with but guano definitely makes a noticeable difference. I used to feed every second day in flowering. Not sure if my buds are heavy or wind but I found a 1+ metre branch on the ground today broken off. Finally got the Carson microscope today, still getting used to it but once you're focused and you zoom past 60x things look interesting.
 
What type of pruning scissors do you guys use? I need something spring loaded. These are available at my local shop.

R150

R275

Also saw a few in Agrimark which were very expensive but they have spare blades etc. available for it.
 
Ill Evan said:
I’ve got the R150 ones. I expect to be using them in about a week o_O
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Thanks, they kind of look the same for me so I guess I'll try one out. For some reason my plants my plants changed very quickly to milky and I think they'll get chopped a week before my usual date.
 
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