Photoperiod Cannaficionado's Next Barneys Farm Grow in my 3x3

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So both seeds have made their appearance. Sowed at around 2pm friday and I can see them popping out today at 6am.

Lemon tree

Tangerine Dream

Now that they can see light or will be seeing light shortly Ive reverted back to a timer schedule of 18/6. Light is hanging about 18 inches above the pots at setting 4/10. Should be plenty of light for some seedlings. Ready to get this train rolling!

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(Update before bed)
Helmets are off lol. So Im offically calling today day 1

 

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So I think Im going to try to order gardening stuff straight from manufacturers or gardening store from now on. Every time I order from amazon all of my gardening stuff, pots, saucers, risers, feed, anything directly gardening related it gets delayed in transit, every single time. Only one thing I bought isnt sold by amazon directly and its the only thing that hasnt been delayed yet. Also my temp and humidity monitors I bought are arriving on time. I might be over thinking it, but why is it just my gardening supplies getting held up.

 

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Today marks day 2. Just wanted to throw an update up and show off the healthy seedlings!

Environmental

Lemon Tree

Gave the pot on this one a full 180° rotation this morning. She was leaning heavily towards the center. Basically a 45° angle as you can see. Healthy and happy though!


Tangerine Dream

Another happy girl, she didnt get rotated as she is standing straight up as of right now. Healthy green, seems to be growing a tad faster than the other. Its first true set is much further developed than the lemon tree. Basically had them as soon as it shook its bean husk, but it shook it as it weasled through the surface, I had to dehelmet the lemon tree.

Also my elastic trellis is in place. New thermometer/hydrometer is working well. On par with the ac probe so at least I know that they are both accurate.

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Ps.

Bored so I figured Id add a couple more pics. Looks like the tangerine is already starting to get some leg to it. Its already about twice as tall as yesterday.

 

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Day 5 starting strong.

Watered the entirety of both pots yesterday's with about 1.75 gallons of ph'd spring water, ph to 6.5. Minimal run-off but it might have been a little too much for the tangerine. Her leaves be a tad droopy.

Besides the watering everything is going exceptionally well. 2 solid starts. Temps and humidity holding well even with the drastic weather changes outside.

Tangerine Dream

Lemon tree

And both together for a size reference

Gotta say I am thuroughly enjoying this hobby. Well the growing part, the drying and curing part is the part that really gets me. Nothing like growing nice bud just to ruin it during the last couple steps. Only one out of 4 of my plants from my last run is the quality I was hoping for, hopefully both these girls get done right this time.

 

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Today is day 7 of the grow. Not much to update. Seedlings are building roots, second node is developing on both plants so everything is chugging along nicely.

Conditions followed by the tangerine dream, then the lemon tree

The way the light got captured by the camera makes the tangerine dream look a little yellow but its actually a little greener than the lemon tree.

 

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For anyone following using ac infinity controllers and following daylight savings. The unit does not automatically update daylight savings, so in order to jump ahead an hour your phone HAS to connect to your device or it will not update.

 

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Not much to report. Can say with certainty that having 10 gallon pots is nicer for watering, though the below pictures may look a little dried out its not. Watered 4 days ago just to hydrate everything well, the bags are at least 75% of their watered weight still. Figured most of it would have just evaporated by now. Been spritzing the top with a spray bottle to keep the top hydrated, my humidifier was helping but it ran dry yesterday and shut off so humidity tanked a bit overnight as well.

Anyway 2nd node is almost fully formed on both plants. Thinking about giving them a light watering, just around the plant itself to make sure they have water right by the roots. The leaves are a little curled down like they are starting to droop a bit so idk, at least on the lemon tree.

Lemon Tree

Tangerine Dream

 

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Didnt think I made a post yesterday but I guess I did.

Plants moving along nicely though, the tangerine dream seems to be a little more hearty than the lemon tree and with that said it does "look" like something is wrong with the lemon tree, its growing but the leaves have these pale white idk lines going through the leaves, almost looks like calcium buildup from the humidifier but its actually part of the leaf. Im not concerned about it and it doesnt come through on pictures well as they are very thin and wispy looking discoloration, the plant is still chugging along though so if it starts to slow down I will address it but as of now it seems to be unaffected, just a tiny bit slower than the tangerine.

Tangerine Dream

This plant just seems to like everything about being alive, gave the girl about 1 gallon of water early today to keep peat hydrophobia away, she was more hydrated than I though as I had a good deal of runoff about 20 minutes after watering this one. Took it like a champ though

Lemon Tree

As you can see by the pic, the white lines I mentioned get bleached out by the light in the tent and by the flash of the camera. But like I said besides the curling on the first true set nothing else seems to be wrong and thats definitely from light intensity. Bumped my light up to 30% at about 16-18 inches over the pot about 2 days ago and the lemon tree does not like it, so instead of turning it back down I raised the light about a foot which put the ppfd at around 250-280, couldnt get a solid read for some reason. Hopefully the leaves will flatten out as the tips are miring in the dirt and I dont want the tips to get fried from touching the soil. Also gave this one a gallon of water to and 0 run off on this one so I think it needed it compared to the tangerine.

Conditions

Rh is a little low. Need a new filter for the hand me down humidifier I got from my parents, its completely calcified about half way up the filter. They arent cheap either about 25-35 bucks depending on if I go to a store or order them. They also only last about 60 days max according to my parents even with humidifier additives to keep the calcium and slime build up at bay. But summer is right around the corner so raising humidity wont be an issue soon, getting rid of it will be...

 

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So I think I may have figured out whats wrong with my lemon tree. I got a decent picture of the effected leaves and Im leaning towards TMV (tobacco mosaic virus) looks pretty spot on with what I see on infected plants online. Its hard to see on the 3rd pic but there is discoloration in splotches, no real consistency to the spots.

Shes still growing. Slowly. Much slower than the tangerine.

And the Tangerine

The tangerine is doing phenomenally well, but the wrinkles and spots on the lemon tree make me wonder, as long as it continues to progress Im not gonna change anything, but if it is TMV Idk if I should pull it. Says the only way its transferred is by actually touching the plant after handling infected tobacco. I smoke cigarettes but I dont roll my own or handle raw tobacco ever so I do have my doubts, but it looks just like it

 

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Everything seems to be going well. Watered both plants. Did the lemon tree yesterday with about 1 gallon of 6.5 ph spring water, no run off and the pot was still pretty light so I did another half gallon today. The tangerines pot seems to be holding water a little better, pot was a little light so I gave it a gallon today and there was definitely run off. Maybe it was a little early because she started to droop pretty much immediately

Tangerine Dream

Lemon Tree

This ones looking better and better as it ages, maybe just had a weird start.

Conditions just after lights on