GROW #14 Tangy

Alright Alright, here we go again with my beloved tangy. Unfortunately among the 2 seeds I germinated only one made it, and it is still the most feeble and tiny in the tent. I have noticed an odd yellowing of the stem on day 3, which persisted until recently. this impacted on the stability and overall growth. It almost looked like it was starting to wilt from the root-up. Stabilised the seedling with metal wire and simply applied tlc: hopefully she'll makes it. TANGERINE DREAM is a very dear strain of mine which I always go back to, almost chasing the dragon, so to speak, for that experience that I had in Amsterdam 2013 and that lovely zesty smoke. That aside I am sure she can pick up fast enough to develop in late week 3/4/5.

Second grow week for the tent: the TANGY have recovered and started getting established. still a far cry from being "thriving" but certainly safe and growing well. Currently one of the smaller plants in the tent but she ll pick up fast enough. This week I introduced a sprinkle of MONSTERGROW (ONCE A WEEK) from grotek just to kickstart them, and hopefully I will incorporate as a combo Superthrive as from next week: in my humble experience they work brilliantly together.

Few improvements from last week. I clearly see some growth but the plant seems a little behind, on the feeble side. Since yesterday the top leaves started to display veined light discolouration that makes me think 1. ph fluctuations: which is negligeble, 0.5 and still well below 7 2. nute burn: also not the case as the ppm is relatively low, around 450 to 550 3. light stress: I m using new leds so I am not entirely familiar with it yet. at present it is on 4.2 out of 10 of potency. Besides she is the sole displaying this in the tent. The light schedule was changed from 24/0 to 20/4 as I felt that I don't know my new led lights well enough to try this out as a first time. They are 6 times more powerful (allegedly) from my previous three small ones combined and I do look forward to seethe difference density and product once used at 100% capacity.

The overall leaf texture and overall discolouration still persisted. Examining the leaves up close I can see apartment like texture developing, and a bright lime green veining across the all plant. She is not displaying the same growth as the rest of the tent, but growing nonetheless. The light intensity was increased from 4 to 6/10 directly proportional to the slightly hotter feed solution. Still not applying any major LST across, of any kind, but on the largest phoeno; let s see next week.

Things are gearing up in the tent. She seems to be steady and unchanged, just increasing in size. I am starting to think that the light colour is part of this phenotype vegging properties.

Well Well Well, So much to say, so little time to say it. Fist things first: we are now in a 8 x 8, which is a landmark upgrade in my path to learning all I can about cannabis. Larger growing space allows you to work freely, comfortably even. It was about time and long overdue. Within 48 hours from being moved to the 8x8 each and every plant started to grow exponentially: I must admit, I think this tangy was a goner. I didn't touch her and fed her normally with little more run off. She surprised me when I saw her getting twice bigger in a week. I think we are gearing up to flower at this stage, so I will give her as much room and light as she can get. I am heavily into LST as I plan to maximise all those potential bud sites. She is showing vigor and will likely surprise us all. Unlike all previous times with tangy, I am not detecting any terms or lemolene from the stems as of yet. Now bathed in light by on all angles and with room to explode, I look forward to she how she does

Alright, it seems I am falling behind my updates here. So much to say, so little time to say it. I had few issues with humidity and temperatures which were solved by implementing the following: - extra hour of darkness, without any temperature fluctuation - added a big ass dehumidifier which actually improved electricity consumption by adding warm air (so little to no more heating), lowered humidity drastically keeping it at a constant 55/60% (saving on fan extractor now activating very sporadically) and last but not least I am developing a great closed loop irrigation system. I can now recycle up to 85% of the water I use for feeding by connecting the dehumidifier to my water reservoir, also assisting on a constant supply of ppm neutral water to use daily. I lowered solution ppm, but added an extra feeding during the day (6 hours prior lights out) Tangy has been my own personal favourite and grew it quite a few times already, but here I am witnessing something new. We are in week 7 and she is barely in pre flower. After having done my research I determined that the combination between grotek monster grow and super thrive affects the hormonal balance of autos, prolonging veg despite the stress signals given by the expanding root ball: that alone is normally one the main trigger to initiate flowing in autos. I don't complain: in a word were everyone kind of snob autos for their short veg time, I may have found a way to prolong veg and increase yield. all in all I am very happy of the developments. From next week I will start using my canon camera to better capture the flowing and stretching stage.

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