First Grow: Linfa Weezy with Royal Dwarf

@James, 💚💚💚

@Honkytonky, Hello again, congratulations, not too much, but still your own produced buds. Hopefully it's a high quality product. I have a question: have you checked trichomes before harvesting? you saw some amber ones? Because I don't see any of them so far.

@Dude147, There are some amber coloured ones. I have added some photos taken about 15 hours before harvest. Well, hopefully the buds are at least of decent quality. Since I am a true micro consumer, 10-12g will get me safely to the next harvest.

@Honkytonky, yep i have a Linfa but i "pimp" it 😅 due to try to fix some issue i had: added a fan for reduce humidity to avoid mold and an heater thermostat for water tank (sometimes i had 16° water temperature ). Also i manually give nutrients and try to replace all water with fresh every week. About nutrients: I recommend you to check at each cycle that the small pipes of the automatic feeding system (not the black one use by Linfa for water ebb)are free of obstructions that could be created by fouling, u can find it by unscrewing the white panel on the back of Linfa. About strains: I try Royal Dwarf but with Hulkberry Auto and LST tecnique i find my path, usually i grow 3 of them. Also with Tropicanna Poison Auto XL(!)(Sensi Seed) i had a good fruity harvest.

@Othram, Thanks for the advice regarding the cleaning of the feeding system. The possibility of growing taller strains is good news. How much do you get out of each plant on average? The few diaries that are available on the internet all seem to suggest about 7g up to 10g per plant. Which for my consumption would be enough. Have you found a solution to the smell problem? The „filter“ on the Linfa is just a paper thin filter mat and actually not really working well. I have to open the windows very frequently. I saw on one of the diaries here that one grower has pimped his Linfa by sealing the gap betwen the panels and the frame and cut a hole in one panel and attached a ventilator and proper carbon filter to it.

@Honkytonky, now, After 2yrs of attempts and errors, between 10 and 15gr of clean buds each (with last cycle i filled the black tray with clay pebbles, roots health and harvest seem benefited from It). Yep, smell can be a problem but I have never looked for a solution. That dude with a DIY extractor in other diary inspire me for the fan (a 15v PC fan) that i have installed on mine for humidity control... maybe can work but i think only a closet with a proper extractor can solve problem completely. Also a low odour strain can help ( i had grow Northern Light Auto (RQS) that was almost odourless but gave me a lot of leaves and weaky buds).

@Qenzhi, That‘s very true. But the Linfa box is a fully automated grow environment. The grower has no way of altering the nutrient supply or the watering frequency/watering amount. The latter could be done manually though. The water tank (the water level itself or partly changing out the water) is the only „tool“ a Linfa grower has to manipulate the nutrient concentration. That seems to me the greatest weakness of the Linfa system. I will probably start another grow early next year and if that one then also fails, I’m gonna curse myself for buying a Linfa and instead get a small grow tent.

@Honkytonky, не знаю що порадити тобі, враховуючи що ти новачок. З даною системою вирощування не знайомий, але впевнений що нормальний результат там може бути тільки при хорошому везінні. Не розумію як дана система може регулювати вирощування протягом всього періоду вирощування. Адже рослина росте, з часом їй потрібно все більша і більша концентрація поживних речовин, а ти кажеш що вона годує рослину раз в тиждень додаючи макроелементи. А якщо 2 рослини наприклад загинуть і залишиться 3, то система й далі буде годувати рослини з розрахунком що ростуть 5? Як вона регулює pH? Навіть годуючи раз в тиждень, невже там є датчик в системі що бере проби поживного розчину, щоб зрозуміти якою є концентрація зараз розчинених солей і зробити висновок скільки потрібно добавити? В мене немає довіри до такої системи, хіба що базилік ростити на ній.

@Qenzhi, The Linfa is, as it turns out, a fairly basic grow box with a lot of shortcomings. A “fully” automated one though. The carbon filter is a joke and is basically just a very thin filter mat. If one uses the box during summer, it is not too big of an issue since you can leave the window ajar during day and even night - dependend on the neighbourhood of course. There is no built in regulation of the ph-value or adjustment of the nutrient supply. It runs a pre-programmed schedule for the nutrients regardless of the actual usage. The only thing it measures during the grow cycle is the water level and it gives the user a warning message via the app once the water level gets too low. However, now that I slowly but surely get the gist of things, I’m optimistic that I can make it work for my next grow project. I have now purchased a ph meter and tds meter as well as a bottle of ph-reduction liquid and some nutrients for the blooming stage, that I can add to the water if need be. Next time I will be closely monitoring the ph and the tds-value right from the beginning. Both of which I can now manipulate up and down to the desired values. I am already curious as to how the next grow will develop. The current one I’m going to ride till the (bitter) end. Meanwhile more with experimenting than harvesting in mind. Thanks a lot for your help. Very much appreciated. Thanks to you and the advice of the other helpful commentators, I got myself the neccessary ph and tds meter. I realise now how important these items of equipment are. Funny you mentioned basil. That was, I gathered, the initially intended purpose of the box. As an afterthought, the people at Linfa added a very basic filter mat and put in a stronger LED light and thus gotten themselves into a new market segment. Two birds - one stone so to speak. The Linfa box is in my opinion only for the absolute micro consumer who doesn’t want a tent in their (small) appartment.

@Momentumlylylyly, It‘s 34cm. So, it is a rather small grow environment. Suited for the micro consumerr and restricted to dwarf strains. From what I gathered, you can expect about 7g (maybe even up to 10g) per plant and the box can accomodate up to 5 plants- hence the micro consumer. My current grow project will probably harvest less than that. Also, there is practically no odour filter to speak of. If you are thinking about getting one of those boxes, I would advise to think twice. The lack of an odour filter restricts you to grow at a time, when you can open the windows frequently and for long periods. Also, the Linfa is not a fully automated grow box and is operated via an app. So the box needs an internet connection. You will have to monitor nutrients and ph-levels on a regular basis and feed extra nutrients manually if need be. But that is not a deal breaker for me personally. Quite on the contrary. You are forced to engage with your grow project, which is a good thing. You learn about nutients and ph-levels. Knowledge which would come in handy once you switch to a classic grow tent and the Linfa box is your first attempt at growing your own weed, as it is in my case. Other than that, the advantages are the little space the box takes, the half-automated grow which allows you to leave the box a few days unattended and that the box is basically plug and play. If the box had actually a working odour filter, I would wholeheartedly recommend it.

@Honkytonky, bei mir arbeitet man viel mit cuttings. probier es einmal mit einer photoperiodischen sorte, wie wedding cake von seed junkies, mit 15 cm in blüte schicken, um am Ende 30 cm zu erreichen, so plane ich es zumindest, man kann die größe besser kontrollieren, als mit autoflowering. ( its a good yielder.) der produzent meinte, dass man im autoflower modus intensive und standard einstellen kann und standard ist eben mit 12 stunden licht, perfekt um direkt mit cuttings in blüte zu gehen. Könnte man eigentlich die orginale dunger sache irgendwie weglassen, damit man nur manuell düngt, irgendwie ist das schema noch nicht ganz ausgereift bei weezy. bin schon mit licht- und wasser automatik zufrieden :)

@Ringo, I probably should have planted 5 seeds instead of just four. Well, I will see how the grow cycle goes. This one is a practise run. Next grow will be start Feb/March.

@Honkytonky, hello mate, I totally understand your disappointment, but I don't really think, that your plants gonna die. Just try to learn from the mistakes and wait 3 more weeks, so you can try your own buds, trust me, it will taste and feel much better then any other dealer made pot. Regards, neighbor dwarf ✊

@Dude147, Your “dwarf” looks amazing and is nearly five times taller than mine ^^. As it stands nearly 1m tall, one can hardly regard it as a dwarf. 1m is amazing. You will propably harvest quite a bit from only one plant. Congrats.