Goldgrowers Tangerine Dream Dwc Journal

Nah, no seeds. I'm not bothered by this weird growth though. The others are doing really well 

 

I think this really shows that buying single seeds is a real gamble. I have bought singles before and I would have bought just 1 tangerine dream seed if I had the option at the time, but I could easily have ended up with a pointless plant like that weird one I have. I'm really glad I bought a pack of 5 now 

 

 
We started around the same time but unlikely to finish around the same time. I have been told in the past that tangerine dream takes around 14-16 weeks to finish.
 
TheLetter3 started his 12/12 on the same day as me, have you checked his 1000w ScrOG journal? 

 

6 weeks of 12/12 and things seem to be moving on nicely with the one plant, the two at the back are ok I guess, the one one that has the weird bud growth seems to be finished lol. The blue cheese has the most leafy bud I have ever seen, not sure what's causing that, perhaps it was something to do with the LED being too close before.
 
Anyway here are some photos of the tangerines 
 

 

 

 

 

 
Haha yeah man they smell amazing. They remind me of a plant I had back about 15 years ago that at the time was by far the most potent plant I had ever grown. I'd love it if this one turned out like it, certainly smells like it. Sort of fresh citrus and pine. Sharp uplifting smell, lovely

 

 
Thanks man, 
Those are packets of Amblyseius cucumeris. They are a predatory mite that feeds on thrips. Thrips is a pest that I often have problems with. They are expensive but I prefer them over spraying when I'm in flower 

 

I changed out the reservoir today. I have the day off and ill probably need to do it within a week or two as I'm approaching halfway through the flowering period now. I set the EC at 1.03, and the PH at 6.0 
 
often people ask me how full do I fill my reservoir, I always say I brim it and most people don't think I mean literally. Here's a photo to show how full it is .. 
 

 

 
The main reason I brim it is because there is no reason to not. A larger body of water will be more stable with its pH, EC/ppm, temperature, dissolved oxygen content, and will need topping up less often.
 
When people allow their waterline to drop too much the roots coming out from the bottom of the net pot turn to stem and you then are just essentially making your reservoir smaller. By keeping it topped right up the roots won't dry out, and will grow out the sides of the pot and not just out the bottom.
 
When I start seeds and clones I don't brim it though, I just have the net pot under the waterline a few inches. This keeps the clay balls damp enough for them to grow but not drown them. When the plants are bigger and the roots are coming out of the pot there is no risk of drowning so I make use of the entire volume of the reservoir

 

 
The reservoir is 70 litres and I let it drop to about 40 litres before I top up and this usually takes about 5-6 days. 
 
I have had single plants in these reservoirs in the past drink more than these. My personal opinion is 70litres is ok for a 4'x3' canopy. The number of plants won't make any difference. Ideally I'd prefer two of these reservoirs side by side but they are just slightly too large to fit. If I used a bigger res the height would increase and I like having a reservoir that's only 8" tall 
 
I have tried a few boosters and supplements in the past but I found they made no discernable difference to the growth speed or yield. I guess if you were to use a nutrient line that was lacking in say P&K while flowering and then you added a P&K booster, you would probably see a result. The nutrient line I use seems to have the ratio of nutes about right and so adding even more P&K it doesn't make any difference. The plants will only use it if they need it, if not its just going to sit in the res making the remaining solution out of balance.
 
There are some other products that don't have minerals in and use hormones, sugars and bacteria, and other things, but I'm not convinced the plants get anything from these

 

 
That's very kind of you to say. A lot of people try out boosters because they like to experiment and try new things out. There's unlikely to be any harm in that (except your wallet lol) so I wouldn't tell someone to stop using a booster when they are using it, but I would recommend not buying one in the first place. Other people seemed to like them though but it's usually beginners that see improvements when they most likely would have improved anyway because they are just getting better at growing and ironing out small errors. I think most people who have been growing a long time don't bother with them.

 

My little blue cheese in the corner isn't doing too well at all. The bud is leafy as hell. It has been over grown by the tangerines