TangerineDre4m 29-12-2025: Day 0
While the last Tangerine Dream auto is finishing up, the next grow has started. This includes a Purple Lemonade auto from FastBuds. It will be nice to have some purple in the tent!
I adjusted my amended soil from the last grow by adding lavameal and basalt. I just popped the seed into the pot. It will probably germinate in 3-4 day.
This grow will include 4 plants again: 2 gelato auto's (check my other diary), 1 purple lemonade auto and another Tangerine Dream auto.
Update: The first purple lemonade germinated after 5 days. She is the bigger one of the two and is about 12 days old. The second one was planted later as a replacement for the tangerine dream (which did not end up germinating, my fault). She also came above ground after 5 days.
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Week 1. Vegetation
19d ago
8 cm
Height
24 hrs
Light Schedule
23 °C
Day Air Temp
65 %
Air Humidity
20 liters
Pot Size
0.2 liters
Watering Volume
45 cm
Lamp Distance
TangerineDre4m Days 8 and 12
One plant is a bit older than the other but both are looking very healthy. It will be nice to see the difference between these two plants, are the older one will not receive any training. Overall, I'm also impressed with the vigour both, and especially that first one, are showing. The plants are looking strong, which bodes well for the future.
See you again next week! :)
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Week 2. Vegetation
13d ago
1/3
10 cm
Height
20 hrs
Light Schedule
21 °C
Day Air Temp
57 %
Air Humidity
20 °C
Night Air Temp
20 liters
Pot Size
0.2 liters
Watering Volume
45 cm
Lamp Distance
TangerineDre4m 25-01-2026
Day 15/21
The purple lemonades are both healthy and vigorous. They really grow quicker than the gelatos I'm growing, at least above ground..
PL 1 is 21 days old right now. PL 2 is 15 days old and will receive LST tomorrow. It will be cool to see how differently the plants develop, as the only training I'm planning on doing with PL 1 is leaf tucking and lollipopping.
I switched to 20/4 instead of 24/0 for my lights.
Environment is not ideal right now because of the cold, but nothing to do about that. So far it doesn't really seem to make a substantial difference anyway.
Water is 250ml-350ml of rainwater every 48hrs. Purple lemonade 1 is noticably starting to get thirstier.
So far so good! Thanks for checking in 🙏
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Week 3. Vegetation
6d ago
1/4
10 cm
Height
24 hrs
Light Schedule
21 °C
Day Air Temp
57 %
Air Humidity
20 °C
Night Air Temp
20 liters
Pot Size
0.2 liters
Watering Volume
45 cm
Lamp Distance
TangerineDre4m 01-02-2026
Day 28/22
PL 1 is throwing pistils and inviting gentlemen. Luckily there are none. Flowering is starting soon and I can see pistils start to spread to the growth tips. I have started doing some leaf tucking to try to encourage the side branches a bit more. So far the height difference with the other plants is real, which isn't ideal. But hey, it's a good experiment.
PL 2 is taking the LST very well. About a week ago, I removed the two lowest nodes entirely for both plants. Last grow, these were the branches that produced most larf. It also cluttered the canopy and I felt like the plant was spreading its resources too thin. Removing them definitely seemed to have helped break apical dominance for PL 2. The side branches are growing a lot quicker and are overtaking the original main. Last run, I never seemed to truly break apical dominance. I have started guiding the biggest lower branch to the other side of the pot.
Watering has been the standard rainwater every 48h. Right now around 500-600ml for PL 1 and 300-400ml for PL 2.
Had to switch to 24 hours of light again because of the cold nights...
Thanks for checking in this week 🙏
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Used techniques
LST
Technique
Leaf-tucking
Technique
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Week 4. Flowering
3h ago
1/4
24 hrs
Light Schedule
23 °C
Day Air Temp
60 %
Air Humidity
21 °C
Night Air Temp
20 liters
Pot Size
0.2 liters
Watering Volume
45 cm
Lamp Distance
TangerineDre4m 07-02-2026
Day 28/34
Purple lemonade 1 is flowering hard at 34 days. She really rushed it and probably won't end up very big, but that's okay. It's good to see the difference between training and no training. She's looking very healthy though and is stretching steadily. Setting up for some nice buds.
Purple lemonade 2 is also transitioning into flower at day 28. Her structure is looking decent, with one side cola having turned into a main. The rest of the sides are also looking happy. Overall, PL definitely likes LST.
Watering has been 800ml for PL 1 and 600ml for PL 2 every 48h.
Happy growing 🙌
