#02 Tangerine

WEEK 7 Day 1 (29th AUG): Temperatures: Highest day 29.7°C, Lowest day 25.3°C, Night 24.6°C, Relative Humidity: Lowest 61.6%, Highest 72.4%, Watering: 0mL (See nutrients chart), pH After watering: n/a. Techniques Used: Just admiration Comments: The buds are gradually getting bigger and frostier. It looks so much more promising than the Blackberry Gum growing next to it and has so far grown exactly as expected according to the strain's stated behaviour by the breeder. WEEK 7 Day 2 (30th AUG): Temperatures: Highest day 28.3°C, Lowest day 25.1°C, Night 25.4°C, Relative Humidity: Lowest 61.9%, Highest 68.4%, Watering: 1000mL (See nutrients chart), pH After watering: No reading. Techniques Used: None Comments: Trichomes are forming nicely and decent bushy pistil growth. An incredibly tolerant plant, I like it. Every two days, a 2L mix is made for both grows I have on at the moment. The other grow is struggling to flower properly so I've doubled the Bio-Bloom and Top-Max to help remedy this. I'm interested to see how this Tangerine will take it also. It's been resilient so far - maybe it'll go into beast mode, who knows? WEEK 7 Day 3 (31st AUG): Temperatures: Highest day 27.2°C, Lowest day 23.6°C, Night 23.7°C, Relative Humidity: Lowest 56.9%, Highest 67.8%, Watering: 0mL (See nutrients chart), pH After watering: n/a. Techniques Used: None Comments: I've added a 230mm circulation fan at the bottom of the grow space which seems to be helping with the humidity level and temperature. No complaints at all from the tangerine girl. She's not complaining about the extra feed given to her yesterday. Part way into the day I also installed the 42W EC fan and carbon filter. I majorly underestimated the size of the filter especially so unfortunately it has to sit externally. Running at 20%, it is just quiet enough, the smell has almost completely gone and humidity has dropped from around 68% to 57%. The perks of using an oversized extraction setup for a tiny space. WEEK 7 Day 4 (1st SEP): Temperatures: Highest day 27.0°C, Lowest day 25.0°C, Night 23.3°C, Relative Humidity: Lowest 52.3%, Highest 62.5%, Watering: 1000mL (See nutrients chart), pH After watering: 5.5 Techniques Used: None Comments: So not much difference in this one after just one day since the last comment. Trichome development may be the biggest change so far. Before I started growing, I always assumed that the trichomes were around just the bud. But on this one the leaves and stems that are a generous distance from the main buds are also covered in trichomes. A good sign, I think. When it comes to harvest later on, I wonder if parts of the plant with this extra frost can be used for edibles somehow? Let me know in the comments. The EC fan and filter is working wonders, despite doing extra work to the grow space by sealing up the doors, and removing one of the small USB fans. Temperature and humidity don't fluctuate as much now, and lower levels are more consistent. And at that, I should bloody hope so as that equipment was not cheap at all. WEEK 7 Day 5 (2nd SEP): Temperatures: Highest day 27.6°C, Lowest day 25.3°C, Night 24.7°C, Relative Humidity: Lowest 57.1%, Highest 67.3%, Watering: 0mL (See nutrients chart), pH After watering: n/a. Techniques Used: None Comments: I turned the circulation fan off and the EC fan down a little overnight to quieten the low hum a little bit. So the night air temperature was a degree higher than it could have been. More density in bud growth. My photos aren't doing this justice. Without the grow lights on I can't get it to focus but with them on or using the flash they are over exposed. It is what it is, I guess. WEEK 7 Day 6 (3rd SEP): Temperatures: Highest day 27.1°C, Lowest day 24.9°C, Night 25.2°C, Relative Humidity: Lowest 57.4%, Highest 68.6%, Watering: 1000mL (See nutrients chart), pH After watering: 5.5 Techniques Used: None Comments: I turned the fans down again last night as it felt cooler. However, checking on the app the following day I noticed temperature and humidity had actually slightly climbed again. Still no complaints from the tangerine. WEEK 7 Day 7 (4th SEP): Temperatures: Highest day 28.9°C, Lowest day 26.8°C, Night 24.7°C, Relative Humidity: Lowest 56.4%, Highest 68.9%, Watering: 0mL (See nutrients chart), pH After watering: n/a. Techniques Used: None Comments: The tangerine just gets juicier by the day. The smell is starting to come on though. I turned up the EC fan a bit, sealed the grow space doors as well as the door into the room it's in. I really need to keep smell down but the downside is an unfortunate rise in temperature and humidity. SETUP INFORMATION: A home built timber framed enclosed unit lined with foiled foam insulative sheeting. Silicon sealed to reduce noise and smell transmission. The unit is stealth disguised as a towel cupboard and located in an en-suite shower room which is kept clean and dry to prevent mould and higher humidity readings. Grows are suspended using chains to make the most of a narrow but tall vertical space with "S" hooks to hold the air pots. Internal dimensions are Width 520mm x Depth 300mm x Height 2000mm when completely empty (or Height 1600mm when subtracting the space used by the light). Phlizon 1500W CREE COB: (72x Full Spectrum LEDs - ON 18 Hours - 53x 660/630nm, 10x 470nm, 2x 3000k, 3x IR 740nm, 4x 6500k), (3x CREE COB LEDs - OFF - 1x 6000k, 2x 3000k). Phresh Hyper Fan V2 - ON 24 Hours: (150mm EC Fan with CarboAir Filter, Maximum Power = 42W at 100%, Usually run at 20%). 600mL Portable Dehumidifier - ON 24 Hours: (125mL removed daily and reused when watering). Ram 230mm Circulation Fan - ON 24 Hours: (Maximum Power = 40W at 100%, Usually run at 33%). USB Desk Fan - ON 24 Hours. ORIA Bluetooth Hygrometer/Thermometer. Digital Soil pH, Humidity, Lux gauge.