Crockett's Tangie Indoor/Outdoor

I got some Tangie at a dispensary in Denver and loved the high and the smell, and have wanted to grow it since then, so I started four seeds in spring with the intention of growing them outside. I'm doing this grow in coco hempy buckets and using General Hydroponics flora series nutrients per their drain-to-waster feeding schedule. Not much else to report at this stage.

Well, this is embarrassing. Look at how small these plants are after 8 weeks of veg. There are a few reasons for this. First, I chose to veg these seedlings in a secure outside location at a friend’s house during a really cold and rainy New England spring. Second, I didn’t start to add Cal-Mg supplement until after a month of veg, so there was a CalMag deficiency issue, because coco needs CalMag. Third, some bugs were feasting on these poor little seedlings. Fouth, this area only gets full sun after 10:30 am, so the plants were getting only about six hours of full sun per day. Most importantly, I fucked up mainlining and topping the plants. Here’s a lesson learned: “Look before you cut.” Look at T#4, to the far right in the picture. It’s the biggest plant because I only topped it once. You may ask why T#4 doesn’t look like it’s been topped. Why does it only have one cola? Because there was only a growth bud on one side of the third node where I topped it; the plant was asymmetrical at that node. If I had looked and noticed that before I topped it I would have topped at the 4th node and have a much bigger plant right now. So why are the other three plants so much smaller? I think it’s because I topped them a second time for four colas. They were too scrawny when I topped them the second time because they were very slow to recover. At any rate, they’re doing OK now and will hopefully yield some good quality smoke, although my errors in this outdoor grow will assure me of a low yield. Lessons learned.

I flipped the Tangie plants to a 12/12 flower cycle during Week 9 and after four days all four plants are female! The plants are doing well in the tent, they are happy and growing much faster than they were outside. Not sensitive to nutes; they are a nice healthy green. T#4 has developed an awesome fresh tangerine odor, she's way ahead of her sisters. Based on terpenes alone she's my favorite plant. And to think I almost culled here because of the FIM issue. The others have a more faint citrusy odor with a little funk. I took clones of all the plants.

The Tangie plants are coming along and starting to develop very small flowers after two weeks of 12/12. T-4 still has a wonderful pungent tangerine aroma. Not much in the way of trichomes visible yet. So far these plants have not been fussy, and other than being a little stretchy, have been easy to grow.

These Tangie plants are still stretching. I've had to bend a few colas over to stay out of the lights. Good thing I mainlined 3 of them. The tent is crowded and I'm going to have to stake up these plants soon as the buds become heavier. Tangie #4 is the special girl of this batch. She is already sticky with resin and reeking of tangerine 21 days after 12/12. I took two clones of all four Tangie plants and they have all rooted. Humidity is high in the tent and my basement grow area is warmer than I'd like, but there's not much else I can do. I think I prefer this to running an electric heater in winter.

Great smells developing in the tent! The Tangie plants are getting about 1.5 l of nute solution per day and all look good and healthy. I defoliated and removed a lot of the lower buds that would otherwise be larf. These plants are moving along nicely and T#4 remains the star of this grow. The main cola is getting a lot o flight because it's horizontal and it's growing like crazy. Nice dense buds forming and all pistils are still snow white. I potted rooted clones of all four plants and they are doing well under fluoros in my veg cabinet. This week I pollinated buds on T#3 and T#4 with pollen collected from one of six Strawberry Cough males I selected based on aroma, so I'll have some interesting seeds to run in the future if I want a really terpy, up strain: Strawberry Tangie sounds nice.

Buds are getting bigger and more fragrant. Still almost all white pistils, but a few red ones are showing up. Tangie #4 looks to be the earliest finisher...I'm gonna guess 8.5 weeks, with the others done around 10-11 weeks. Tips are showing a little burn so I'm dialing back the nutes this week.

I dialed the nutes back to about 700 ppm and the girls seem to be happy. We now have a horse race for best pheno, as Tangie #4 is being challenged by the up-and-coming Tangie #1. T#4 still has the strongest and most tangerine-peel odor, but T#1 is just laying on the resin. I'm thinking 3-4 weeks left for most of these plants, except maybe #3 will go 11-12 weeks.

These Tangie plants are really fun to grow and they're all getting really resinous, and the smells of the other plants are turning more citrus/tangerine. T#1 is now the undisputed resin monster, and she has a chem/astringent funk that overpowers the citrus smell, but she won't be a large yieldeer. T#2, which has been the least interesting plant so far, has developed a great citrus smell and the buds have packed on a lot of trichomes. T#3 is finally starting to show some color and looks to be getting ready to bulk up. T#4 is still my favorite girl with the freshest, loudest tangerine smell and lots of oily resin. Hopefully they all make for good and flavorful smoke. No issues with nutes and temps have been perfect, while humidity has crept up to 68% during some muggy weather. I'm probably going to start flushing these plants in the next week or so.

The yields were good on a couple of the plants but the high was weak and muddled. Nice aromas did not translate into taste. I was not impressed with this strain.