New Outdoor Grow. South Africa. Late start.

Mazoz

Mazoz

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Hi All

I started very late after deciding that I was wasting my summer not growing despite having stuff lying around.

Now I popped some bagseed. It's from "Durban Poison" strain grown in a greenhouse somewhere. It came with my smoke from my local smoke shop. Probably not a hundred percent Durban Poison anymore but I'm just doing this to get going again after taking a long break.

Here are some pictures. The two plants in the mostly Coco mix are very pale and not as fast as the one in the soil and Coco mix.

I popped these late around the 30 November they had sprouted and they have been outside from the begging. Transplanted to the 20 litre freedom pots around three weeks ago.

So is this to late? I'm not expecting monsters but will this produce any bud at all?

Why are the two plants in the mostly Coco mix not doing as well as the soil mix plant?

Any thoughts and advice would be appreciated. Thank you.




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Coco and soil are two completely different mediums. Coco should be fed every time to runoff not just water except the beginning when plant/roots are small. Soil has some nutrients available depending on quality.
 
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Livingblacksoil

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Greetings!
Soil supports life, coco doesn't have the entire history of the planet as proof. That being said, I would feed the Coco with bottles(mineral salts) and use dry amendments in the soil.

Don't believe I have or can answer your question, just wanted to give you a shout-out.
 
Mazoz

Mazoz

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bam0813 said:
Coco and soil are two completely different mediums. Coco should be fed every time to runoff not just water except the beginning when plant/roots are small. Soil has some nutrients available depending on quality.
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Thank you for the reply. I am sorry I was not very clear in my first post. The Coco based mediums are not pure coco. It's mostly Coco coir (cuterra brand - brick) about 60 % and grovida potting soil mix 20% about 20 % perlite.
 
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Not a coco grower and can’t comment on timing in your location but I believe it’s best to leave cocoa cocoa and soil soil
 
Mazoz

Mazoz

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buckaclark said:
I started a 00 cheese this past summer here .Planted on July 10 ,(equivalent to your Jan 10 I believe)It grew 2 meters and produced 6 liters of finished bud
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Tops. I think I may have just started in time.

The strange thing is that I started 4 plants. In small containers. I noticed when you leave them in small containers they grow quicker till the roots run out of space. Then I transplant. It sexed very soon after transplanted and was male. The others have not done this.

Thanks for the advice
 
Killaki

Killaki

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Mazoz said:
Hi All

I started very late after deciding that I was wasting my summer not growing despite having stuff lying around.

Now I popped some bagseed. It's from "Durban Poison" strain grown in a greenhouse somewhere. It came with my smoke from my local smoke shop. Probably not a hundred percent Durban Poison anymore but I'm just doing this to get going again after taking a long break.

Here are some pictures. The two plants in the mostly Coco mix are very pale and not as fast as the one in the soil and Coco mix.

I popped these late around the 30 November they had sprouted and they have been outside from the begging. Transplanted to the 20 litre freedom pots around three weeks ago.

So is this to late? I'm not expecting monsters but will this produce any bud at all?

Why are the two plants in the mostly Coco mix not doing as well as the soil mix plant?

Any thoughts and advice would be appreciated. Thank you.




Also I
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If I remember correctly from past research, the reason you don't use large quantities of wood chip in your soil is because it can make the soil too acidic for cannabis. Flowers such as orchids enjoy that sort of mixture but not cannabis, it can lead to nutrient lockout.
The soil you're using looks pretty woody and Coco has no nutrients so I'd be willing to bet this is why the seem to be struggling and is the cause of your lower leaves yellowing. You would fair better growing in soil or Coco but the two styles are sort of opposite.
Also when picking soil in the future remember that mulch (wood) goes a long way.
 
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Mazoz

Mazoz

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Killaki said:
If I remember correctly from past research, the reason you don't use large quantities of wood chip in your soil is because it can make the soil too acidic for cannabis. Flowers such are orchids enjoy that sort of mixture but not cannabis, it can lead to nutrient lockout.
The soil your using looks pretty woody and Coco has no nutrients so I'd be willing to bet this is why the seem to be struggling and is the cause of your lower leaves yellowing. You would fair better growing in soil or Coco but the two styles are sort of opposite.
Also when picking soil in the future remember that mulch (wood) goes a long way.
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Thanks for the advice.

I have purchased another potting soil mix which contains more balanced profile. Going to mix that with the more anemic looking plants and let them do their thing for awhile
 
Mazoz

Mazoz

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OutdoorOpps said:
Plants gets as big as you want.
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Hopefully they get big and make it to harvest.

I repotted the soil. Added some "premium potting soil" from garden master. Has peat moss, vermiculite, worm castings in it.

Hopefully that will solve the slow growth and the pale green growth on the other two.

Will post more pictures later
 
Mazoz

Mazoz

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Hello all

So it's been awhile since I posted. I have been busy with a few things

Here are the three plants, it's been about three weeks since I repotted the plants. They seem to have reacted well to the care and the fish emulsion. I have also been watering the Coco plants till runoff and mostly water with fish emulsion mix only.

I am way out of practice. But anyways this will help to ease back into the swing of things
 

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