Small update. I've decided i will try to LST her, even if in a very soft way. Bought some wire (250 meters, should be enough eheheh), and have begun LST on 4 out of 5 internodes. As promised, i took a picture of the true leaf colour. But first, LST pics. From crouching: From the side: True Leaf Colour: I'll see you all next wednesday-thursday, or tomorrow in Rome. Cheers!

Update day = Happy day. First of all, equip update. I've finally installed the industrial timer i was blabbering about in the previous posts. It works wonderfully. Unfortunately, it is capable of sustaining currents up to 6A, and not 16A, but since i use 400W (approximately, divided in lights, airflow) there are no problems with it (Ca. 2A, as our current is 220V). If i'll need to ever upgrade my lighting system, i will need to look again. The fabulous thing about this timer, is that you can either program it manually, OR you can program it by an app. You'll just need to put your phone above it, and it'll transfer data. Unfortunately, it works only with Google Play (Android), and only if your phone is capable of doing it. Mine, is not. Second of all, growth update. Growth in Highlander has EXPLODED, finally. The BioGrow Mixture is just PERFECT. The plant loved it, and quickly recovered both from topping and transplant: took her 3 days to resume growth. After the third day of some kind of Stall, the plant went BOOM and gained thickness, and height. Yesterday, i finally fed her with full water: not 1/8th, but 1/4th. This means i hae a 18L pot, and i used approx. 4 liters of water. Now, a minor issue has showed up on 1 leaf. It looks like a nutrient burn, or a calcium deficiency, or a PH Spike. As i said, the issue is minor, and is not affecting the whole plant. I suspect it's because of a nute change (1 month without nutes, then nutes), so maybe the plant made an adjustment. I really don't know, but hey, that's why i'm here right? Testing and learning. I also started a bit of LST, but the plant didn't respond as i wanted, so instad of forcing her to follow my schedule, i'll let her grow (almost) her natural way. I am also undecided if i should defoliate just a bit the lower leaves, and some of the top leaves. I just don't want to mess up too much with her, as she looks overall perfectly healthy. Anyway, it is Pic time! The timer: Highlander from a crouching perspective: Highlander, side view: Highlander, the leaf "minor" issue: I really love this strain. So far, it is surprising. As mentioned above, growth has really exploded in just a matter of 4 days. Plan has changed from trying a Scrog, to utilizing LST, to use minor LST when side branches develop a bit more. This plant grows sturdy as hell. In my opinion, it can be a double edged sword, as i feel she will be able to support her indica flowers' weight, but she's going to be a bit hard to manage, control, train. Deserves more experience than what a "hobby grower" might have. Offtopic (kind of): i will be attending CanapaMundi in Rome 16-17Feb (can't stay longer, unfortunately). Sincerely hoping to meet my fellow GHS growers right there. Until next week.. Peace!

Hello hunters I hope you all had a good productive weekend! WEEK 4 of flowering for this 4 M.O.B Group Shot Purple pheno, the best one! Zoom on the purple pheno Sorry for the color quality but the camera use correction for HPS ligth and we cant good see the beautifull purple colors... But this pheno is just incredible, the purple color come directly from the trichomes. I see that when i look the bud with a small microscope. Shame that i cant take a picture with the microscope... See you next monday for the week 5 update!

About the Expo: As you said, the opportunity to meet a wide variety of consumers, growers, seedbanks, and equip resellers was big, and i took it. I've spoken to Sensi Seeds, very willing people to share information both on growing techniques AND job-work situation, i've met the guys from the first bank i bought my first seeds (Barney's farm) and they were absolutely super-friendly. I probably found GHS in a bad moment, as they were a bit low on morale for some reason, but coming again in the afternoon the situation changed, and they were more friendly and open. GHS gives little to no information about their seeds, more a history of the seed rather than what-and-how. Not criticizing the way they go. We also give little to zero information about our products: you gotta see for yourself if they fit your needs. I went there mainly to understand how's the industry situation: jobs available, economics, politics, etc etc. Though, the tour resulted in "Holy shit i know this strain! Yo buddy how much for a seed?!" most of the time. Of course, they're there to present and sell, not to give free sensible infos. Seems like the industry is growing far more in USA than in Europe. We italians are more centered towards industrial hemp, and hemp flowers (Didn't know hemp made flowers). Our regulations prohibit possession, yet the "use" is allowed (explain me how would i smoke if i couldn't possess it). Our laws prohibit also personal cultivation, and all the medical purposes unless they're given by our State. Yet you can easily have access to seeds, sheets, grinders, tents, lamps, dwc systems and so on... About Spannabis: Seeing CanapaMundi in Rome opened my mind about every use of cannabis and hemp (not that before i wasn't), and helped me understand the immense variety of opportunities in the industry. Altough Spannabis is going to be much bigger than the one in Rome, i visited the whole CanapaMundi in less than a day. What i'm trying to say is NOT that Spannabis might offer more, is that as far as my concerns about my career in the industry, even if i go to Spannabis i will probably not find more info about an actual Job. About why i went to this Expo: What i need to do, is to understand WHO produces medical and recreational marijuana (Legally, ofc) in europe, and apply for a job there. What i also need, is to study - on the field - everything about every strain, medical and recreational, and need a place to do it. CoffeeShops in the Netherlands are going to be pretty much filled with requests since 1974 about a grower job, and as far as i consider myself a good one, i'm far from reality: there are some professional growers out there that deserve a position much more than i do. Cannabis Social Clubs (CSC) in Spain are private: this means only the members have access to the final product, and in limited quantities, but i assume they are too filled with grower-requests. The true possibility for a Career in the industry i see ATM is Canada: Canada should legalize both Medical And Recreational Marijuana in all the state by July of 2018, making it much more similar to Uruguay than the Netherlands (in which weed is still considered Illegal). In Conclusion, i still am not sure if i'll come or not to Spannabis. Of course, it would be an opportunity for us to meet there (at least, me, you @OG.Naj, maybe @Jose.gh, drink a hemp-beer, eat a canna-cookie, and maybe smoke a good-doobie) but that would be it (for me). All i need is to find somebody that is willing to teach a poor fuck like me how to grow weed, while i offer my services as Trimmer, Assistant G., Coffeemaker, Personal Slave.. whatever that introduces me to this wonderful and fast-growing industry. Since i'm here, i'll write a small update, waiting for Wednesday. Yesterday i've released 4 lower colas from LST, and today the canopy looks much more even than before (Thank you @I'm Sal for the tips). The 2 first set of leaves (1 pointed) have fallen off. Looked like a Sulfur-Calcium deficiency, first the leaf yellowing, then showing little brown spots, then brown tip, then falling. But, that's about it. All the other leaves (3 points, 5 points etc) show no sign of deficiency/excess (except the leaf i've pictured above). All of this leaves me with the feel the fault is PH spikes, but i didn't think they'd cause such issues with such low ranges (6.1 minimum to 6.4 maximum). Either way, the plant looks 99% healthy, and is now thickening and widening. Smell update: Scent is absolutely incredible. Upon opening the tent, you can feel the piney-mushy smell of VEG cannabis, but touching the leaves alone is another matter. I'm left with incredible pine scent, not fruity in any manner: it just makes your nose tickle. With the tent closed, no odour escapes, no need to worry about that. Temp/pest update: Maximum-Minimum ranges between 19.5° and 29.7° (high temp was measured after a mistake, i left them without external airflow for 4 hours, during the timer installation. They didn't suffer, or show signs of suffering). Working Temps are usually around 21-26°. Humidity is kept well above 65%, going up to 75% at times. I've seen NO signs of mold, rot, and other issues like pests and fungi (also, the beneficial fungi from GHS BioGrow Feeding never showed up: maybe because of my low dosage). Airflow (except that 4 hours) is constant, and gives me trouble to sleep, but i can resist for another 3 months (knowing what will be the outcome.. :D) The entire pot dries in about 3-4 days, even if given 1/4th of water per soil Liter (in my case, 4 water LT per 18 pot LT), and with high humidity. Gotta love those cloth pots. Canopy is now at 50cm from the 6500K, and 55cm from the FS lamps. LST works perfectly with what i aim to achieve: a flat, low bonsai tree. I still have 40cm room for the Lights to be raised, which is what i calculate for a maximum stretch (Plant is now 25cm tall and 31cm wide, 50Cm tall with the pot from the surface). I'll see y'all in Wednesday-Thursday (depends on RL schedule) for pics. Till then.. Cheers!

7 días después del transplante así va la cosa... 7 days after the transplant, the thing is going....

Tent redesign this morning in preparation for drying. Had a look through the garage for stuff to bodge with and found some old wine boxes and large whiteboard. Boxes are the right size to be able to leave enough space between lights and canopy tops. Boxes all the same height. I should get all my crop in those: Whiteboard makes it all nice and flat, and load-shares the weight: And plants go on top: And DD the last to slot in (the driest at 11.6kg) so I need access to water, and she's got the longest flowering (63-70 days, we're on Day 63 today): Cut a stem out of the middle of Nebula today (13.6kg) to give her some space in the middle, and to give me some Nebula bud to smoke this weekend when there's likely going to be a lot of work harvesting: Happy Growing & Smoking!

Hey guys, i'm back. The expo was amazing (for what you could achieve in Italy), not as big as i thought, but still.. I've visited it all in a matter of 7 hours. Spent a bit on seeds, met some great guys, most italians (absurd, consumer population and age varies so fuckin much, and i didn't know) but also spanish, dutch, and a lot of french old men, for some reason. Tried a cannacookie, some drink canna-flavoured (horrible imo) and a weird beer (at 10.00 in the morning). I'm back with 24 seeds, most autos, and some other are 707 Headband and Girl Scout Cookies.. Took just a couple pictures, but with my phone as big cameras were allowed only to guys who sponsored/worked in advertising. Some were kind enough to let us pic them, others not, and i totally understand it as i work in expos too, and it's always hard to keep off the photos.. Either way, @ShaggyGrower No problem buddy, as @I'm Sal says i've gotta work a bit better on the technique, as i clearly have missed some point. I've gotta say, branches have thickened (if you can say that), and they're growing. Fast. What Sal says is correct, i'm having a bit of trouble with shaping with LST. My issue with this is that the wire i'm using to tie them, is a bit too big to fit in the pot. I have no other way than to tie her to the pot handles. But, i wanted to lower them a bit. Since i don't know how much she's going to stretch in flowering, i need her to grow stiff and as wide as possible. When she'll be stiff enough, i'll let her grow back the normal way, without wires (possibly in 1-2 weeks, when switching to 12-12). I know the idea of growing them into horizontal spirals, but i should've lst'd her since week 2-3, but she also grew stiff when young. I found it a bit hard to play with. Pics will come wednesday-thursday.

Hola O.GNaj no, no las voy a poner a florecer tan rápido seguirán a 18 horas un mes más o dos por lo menos, después pretendo sacar 14 o 16 a exterior y poner a florecer para el final de concurso de 4 a 6 plantas que serán las que compitan se puede decir, el resto en exterior hasta septiembre, como lo ves? Saludos y buenos humos Hello O.GNaj no, I will not put them to flower so fast they will continue to 18 hours a month or two at least, then I try to take 14 or 16 outside and put to bloom for the end of the contest of 4 to 6 plants which will be the ones that can compete, can you say, the rest outside until September, as you see? Greetings and good smoke

I bwlieve the leaves curl abit because of the cold temp. Before they were in 29C and 22C day and night temperature. Now they are in 23-25C day and 15-17C night temp. Which is too cold for my liking. Theyre are looking abit better after one day in 12/12. I removed the Mars Hydro LED, maybe i put it back later. And i moved the COB to 40cm distance from plants to have better spread. Again thanks for the interest

Hello everyone, Happy to be here! Always on the hunt for rare seeds and keen to learn the hunting techniques! Thanks

In some city yes but in other tap water is pretty good. You must check the EC of your tap water. If the value is below 0,3ec that is a good water but with chlorine. It is because that you must aerated the water before watering. If the value is up 0,3 ec maybe it is better to use RO with addition of calmag. But if it is below , you have very good tap water... Biofeeding are make for indoor and outdoor grow. Outdoor grow is with rain water without any calmag and the product work well because she still have Calcium and magnesium in it ;-) Anyway, you have beautifull ladies dude, Have a nice and productive week !

Hello @René Guerra Sánchez Great work here, with this number of plant on a 1 m tent, do you put it directly in flowering cycle after the transplant?

Hope you enjoy a max the expo dude. The opportunity to talk and see all the cannabis sphere is always something special! Do you go to Spannabis? Have a nice productive week man!