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Rustenburg red bear
Outdoor
Room Type
LST
weeks 6-8, 17
Defoliation
weeks 6-8, 17
Soil
Grow medium
1 L
Pot Size
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Week 1. Vegetation
5 years ago
12 hrs
18 °C
5.5
No Smell
70 %
20 °C
15 °C
2 °C
0 L
5 cm
Nutrients 2
compost 20 mll
Orched food 2.642 mll
Now that its legal to grow i might as well give it a whirl.First time grow in garden.Only seeds available are seeds i collected from bag seeds and some i got from a bushmann in the eastern cape.
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Week 2. Vegetation
5 years ago
2 cm
18 hrs
18 °C
5.5
No Smell
70 %
20 °C
15 °C
2 °C
0 L
0 L
5 cm
Nutrients 2
compost 20 mll
Orched food 2.642 mll
Happy days.The babys are doing well.The seeds are unsexed so well have to wait and see what transpires.Idont think they can stay indoorsas the cabinet is tiny. It is amazing how differently the plant grow under the exact same conditions.
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Week 3. Vegetation
5 years ago
190 cm
12 hrs
20 °C
5.5
No Smell
70 %
20 °C
15 °C
5 °C
0 L
2 L
Nutrients 3
compost 20 mll
Orched food 10 mll
Nutrifeed 1 mll
Transplanted succesfully.The girls will stay in these pots for a while till they are ready to go to the final spot.The weather is warmer so the plants can stay outside.Im starting to feed slowly with nutrifeed.
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Week 4. Vegetation
5 years ago
6 cm
13 hrs
24 °C
5.5
No Smell
70 %
20 °C
15 °C
5 °C
19 L
Nutrients 3
compost 20 mll
Orched food 10 mll
Nutrifeed 1 mll
Plants are doing well so now to find where to plant them.The garden is surrounded by trees and buildings so now to look for the sunny spots.
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Week 5. Vegetation
5 years ago
15 cm
14 hrs
23 °C
5.5
No Smell
70 %
20 °C
15 °C
2 °C
1 L
0 L
Nutrients 2
compost 20 mll
Orched food 2.642 mll
Started a few more plants Will be starting training on some of the plants.
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Week 6. Vegetation
5 years ago
25 cm
14 hrs
23 °C
5.5
No Smell
70 %
20 °C
15 °C
8 °C
1 L
0 L
Nutrients 2
compost 20 mll
Orched food 2.642 mll
Plants are adapting well Will transplant next week to final placing.Wheather has improved nicely with warm days and decent nights.LST experiment is going well
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LST
Technique
Defoliation
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Week 7. Vegetation
5 years ago
30 cm
14 hrs
23 °C
5.5
No Smell
70 %
25 °C
15 °C
12 °C
1 L
0 L
Nutrients 2
compost 20 mll
Orched food 2.642 mll
Plants settled well in the new beds. They basically get full sun during the day.
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Defoliation
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Week 8. Vegetation
5 years ago
45 cm
14 hrs
25 °C
5.5
No Smell
70 %
25 °C
15 °C
18 °C
2 L
Nutrients 2
compost 20 mll
Orched food 2.642 mll
Plants settled well in the new beds. They basically get full sun during the day.I have not determined sex on most yet.Will start using adittional feeding next week
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Defoliation
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Week 9. Vegetation
5 years ago
190 cm
12 hrs
26 °C
5.5
Normal
70 %
20 °C
15 °C
18 °C
19 L
Nutrients 2
compost 20 mll
Orched food 2.642 mll
All is well in the garden.No pests .Plants are going for the light and stretching really fast.This is turning into a real hobby.Cant wait to see what happens next.
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Week 10. Vegetation
5 years ago
190 cm
12 hrs
26 °C
5.5
Normal
70 %
20 °C
15 °C
18 °C
19 L
Nutrients 2
compost 20 mll
Orched food 2.642 mll
All is well in the garden.No pests .Plants are going for the light and stretching really fast.This is turning into a real hobby.Cant wait to see what happens next.
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Week 11. Vegetation
5 years ago
190 cm
12 hrs
28 °C
5.5
Normal
70 %
20 °C
15 °C
20 °C
19 L
Nutrients 2
compost 20 mll
Orched food 2.642 mll
Plants re really going well.Some plants arelst and some i just left to do theyr own thing christmass style.It is going to be interesting to see what develops.
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Week 12. Vegetation
5 years ago
190 cm
14 hrs
26 °C
5.5
Normal
70 %
20 °C
15 °C
15 °C
19 L
Nutrients 2
compost 20 mll
Orched food 2.642 mll
Ran into some trouble with male plants.Had to remove them faaaast.Luckily i had backup plant to replace the lost plants.The big plant that i was so chuffed with turned out male.The lst baby is bushing up nicely
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Week 13. Vegetation
5 years ago
190 cm
12 hrs
25 °C
5.5
Normal
70 %
20 °C
15 °C
20 °C
19 L
Nutrients 2
compost 20 mll
Orched food 2.642 mll
Things are picking up speed.i geus this is the perfect climate for cannibis.Now its the hurry up and wait game .The ladys and GENTS💀 ARE SHOWING THE TRUE COLORS.
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Week 14. Vegetation
5 years ago
190 cm
12 hrs
29 °C
5.5
Normal
70 %
20 °C
15 °C
21 °C
19 L
Nutrients 2
compost 20 mll
Orched food 2.642 mll
Found this interesting mutation on bag seed 2 .The other girls are stretching like crazy in the warm weather.It has been raining lately so no need to water by hand.Trying to support bag seed 2 as there is not enough light so shes falling all over the pllace.Hope it helps.
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Week 15. Vegetation
5 years ago
190 cm
12 hrs
28 °C
5.5
Normal
70 %
20 °C
15 °C
20 °C
19 L
Nutrients 2
compost 20 mll
Orched food 2.642 mll
Now were cooking with gas.have had no pests or mildew etc.Plants are starting to flower .Still no need to water as we have sporadic rains.The rooibaard is in full flower and ill have to harvest soon.The ather plants are still a way off/
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Week 16. Flowering
5 years ago
180 cm
13 hrs
29 °C
5.5
Normal
30 %
20 °C
20 °C
23 °C
5 L
Nutrients 1
compost 10 mll
Plants are doing well .all into full flower for 3 weeks.Sprayed with lime sulphur for spider mite and fungus.also applied silver nitrate on a branch of each for making male pollin for breeding
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Grow Questions
Chillymann
Chillymannstarted grow question 5 years ago
Would it be benificial to defoliate the large indica as she is in flower or will she need the leaves for energy through the flower stage?
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El_Marihuanoanswered grow question 5 years ago
Hi my friend, if you cut some leaves(-10%) for better light and wind circulation you don't have any problem, cut the old leaves don't cut the new, if you cut the young leaves and cut so much, your plant start to born so much new leaves to repair itself and maybe start to reveg. Cut old leaves is good to avoid fungus, but do it carefully, wish you luck!
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Week 17. Flowering
5 years ago
180 cm
13 hrs
26 °C
5.5
Normal
30 %
20 °C
20 °C
18 °C
19 L
Nutrients 1
compost 10 mll
Had a lot of rain this week.plants somehow got pollinated from a neighbours grow Shit
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Week 18. Flowering
5 years ago
190 cm
12 hrs
20 °C
5.5
Normal
70 %
20 °C
15 °C
10 °C
19 L
Nutrients 2
compost 20 mll
Orched food 2.642 mll
The silver nitrate spray produced results.both Indica and hybrid have produced pollen on female plants . Harvesting pollen for next season hybrids single branch each.Weather has been dismal with late rains. Rustenburg red is approaching harvest. Buds on other plant filling up. Durban poison is starting to yellow Wild bag seed has just gone into flower.
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Week 18. Harvest
5 years ago
Happy Harvest Day!
Rustenburg red bear - Custom Breeder & Strain
Spent 175 days
Ger Veg Flo Har
9/10
Rated
150.8 g
Bud wet weight per plant
1
Plants
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Difficulty

Height
Day air temperature
Air humidity
PH
Light schedule
Solution temperature
Night air temperature
Substrate temperature
Pot size
Lamp distance
Very nice to grow .african land race sativa hybrid.Plant grew very lanky wit branches far apart with very vew large leaves.leaves were very very thin blades.
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Week 19. Flowering
5 years ago
190 cm
12 hrs
20 °C
5.5
Normal
70 %
20 °C
15 °C
10 °C
19 L
Nutrients 2
compost 20 mll
Orched food 2.642 mll
All plants are in flower .The bag seed 2 in the shade has picked up some mildew woth all the rain.Temperatures are dropping sharply in the evenings.
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Week 19. Harvest
5 years ago
Happy Harvest Day!
Mama Afrika - Custom Breeder & Strain
Spent 175 days
Ger Veg Flo Har
9/10
Rated
1200 g
Bud wet weight per plant
1
Plants
Easy
Difficulty
Sleepy
Energy
Indica
Hybrid
Sativa

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Day air temperature
Air humidity
PH
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Night air temperature
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Pot size
Lamp distance
Tree grew past expectations and gave a large harvest .will calculate after dry and trim.Had to harvest a bit before Amber because of heavy rain and wet weather.Have used some feminized pollen on Bag seed 1 for seeds.
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Week 20. Flowering
5 years ago
190 cm
12 hrs
28 °C
5.5
Normal
70 %
20 °C
15 °C
10 °C
19 L
Nutrients 2
compost 20 mll
Orched food 2.642 mll
Used pollin From mama afrika to pollinate Bag seed 1.Had a lot of rain this week .Had to harvest mama afrika to avoid bud rott.Harvest will continue in stages.Bag seed 1 is a sativa that was planted in june 2019 .it is a very late bloomer.
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Week 21. Flowering
5 years ago
190 cm
12 hrs
20 °C
5.5
Normal
70 %
20 °C
15 °C
10 °C
19 L
Nutrients 2
compost 20 mll
Orched food 2.642 mll
Having a lot of rain.Will have to harvest some plant to stop bud rot .Bag seed 1 doing well in full flower.dont know if shell make it with winter fast aproaching.
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Week 21. Harvest
5 years ago
Happy Harvest Day!
Durban Poison - Custom Breeder & Strain
Spent 175 days
Ger Veg Flo Har
8/10
Rated
580 g
Bud wet weight per plant
180 g
Bud dry weight per plant
1
Plants
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Difficulty

Height
Day air temperature
Air humidity
PH
Light schedule
Solution temperature
Night air temperature
Substrate temperature
Pot size
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The plant had a bit of a slow start but soon caught up with the others.not a massive type of plant but something i will grow every year.This seed was from bag seed that came from natal.it has the best unique taste and smell i have ever come across.Luckily got a few seeds from her.
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Week 22. Flowering
5 years ago
190 cm
12 hrs
20 °C
5.5
Normal
70 %
20 °C
15 °C
10 °C
19 L
Nutrients 2
compost 20 mll
Orched food 2.642 mll
Dry weather,Garden is becoming empty with winter fast aproaching.Not much left in the form of harvest.Time to chill and enjpy the harvest
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Week 23. Flowering
5 years ago
190 cm
12 hrs
20 °C
5.5
Normal
70 %
20 °C
15 °C
10 °C
19 L
Nutrients 2
compost 20 mll
Orched food 2.642 mll
This is a strange plant.She was planted in June last year 2019.She was a very late bloomer.Still in the early stages of flower.Hope she makes it as night temperatures are dropping to just below freezing.Started the plant on organic molassis.
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Week 23. Harvest
5 years ago
Happy Harvest Day!
Wild bag seed - Custom Breeder & Strain
Spent 175 days
Ger Veg Flo Har
6/10
Rated
200 g
Bud wet weight per plant
48 g
Bud dry weight per plant
1
Plants
Normal
Difficulty

Height
Day air temperature
Air humidity
PH
Light schedule
Solution temperature
Night air temperature
Substrate temperature
Pot size
Lamp distance
Plant grew in shade.lst was done in the beginning.
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Week 23. Harvest
5 years ago
Happy Harvest Day!
Amanda - Custom Breeder & Strain
Spent 175 days
Ger Veg Flo Har
4/10
Rated
5000 g
Bud wet weight per plant
1200 g
Bud dry weight per plant
1
Plants
Easy
Difficulty

Height
Day air temperature
Air humidity
PH
Light schedule
Solution temperature
Night air temperature
Substrate temperature
Pot size
Lamp distance
This is a wild plant found on a remote farm in the middle of nowhere.This would probably be a unadulterated plant landrace in its true form.The plant has very large buds with thin buds very closely spaced together.I harvested the plant as it was a nice edition to my collection.Plant left only 7 seeds and 2 as yet unsexed ofspring.The harvest was enourmous.Had to discard bottom 1/3 as it was full of soil and mud,
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Chillymann
Chillymannstarted grow question 5 years ago
I would like to use this plant i found on a derelict farm because its really a heavy bearer.i would like to make a hybrid with a indica or sativa.Question is how do i do this to get a stable end result and how many generations will it take to get a decent end hybrid.
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Jef79answered grow question 5 years ago
Hello.. Hope you are well.. Omg that is a beastie girl!!.. Ok breeding is not tgat complicated tbh.. Lots of great info on web n seed banks sites.. In theory u cud do a hybrid with both sativa and indica strains of ur choice once u get her to pollenate.. Stability is the real question.. I can take years of hard tbf(to get award winning strains).. Stay safe n gud luck on ur project.. 👍🍀
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Week 23. Harvest
5 years ago
Happy Harvest Day!
Bag seed hybri - Custom Breeder & Strain
Spent 175 days
Ger Veg Flo Har
7/10
Rated
400 g
Bud wet weight per plant
100 g
Bud dry weight per plant
1
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Day air temperature
Air humidity
PH
Light schedule
Solution temperature
Night air temperature
Substrate temperature
Pot size
Lamp distance
This was a easy to grow strain that developed well.it would have benifitted from lst early on.unfortunately it did not happen.Yield was excellent .very sticky buds.
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Week 24. Flowering
5 years ago
190 cm
12 hrs
18 °C
5.5
Normal
70 %
20 °C
15 °C
2 °C
19 L
Nutrients 2
compost 20 mll
Orched food 2.642 mll
This plant was the first to be planted May 2019 .She is taking forever to fill out.temperatures are insanely cold ,had a minus 4 deg c spell and she still keeps going.will be a excellent plant for colder climates.The plant makes very tiny little seeds.
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Week 24. Harvest
5 years ago
Happy Harvest Day!
wild bag seed 2 - Custom Breeder & Strain
Spent 175 days
Ger Veg Flo Har
2/10
Rated
250 g
Bud wet weight per plant
56 g
Bud dry weight per plant
1
Plants
Normal
Difficulty
Sleepy
Energy
Indica
Hybrid
Sativa

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Day air temperature
Air humidity
PH
Light schedule
Solution temperature
Night air temperature
Substrate temperature
Pot size
Lamp distance
This plant was a disappointment as it picked up white blight during autumn.More than half the plant was discarded as it was infected.i wont be growing again in that particular part of the garden as it didnt get enough sunlight and the location is under trees that may not be too good any way.
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