I know this is an old thread but I'm trying to help anyone who may stumble across it that is having problems germinating Tangerine Dream seeds. I killed 3 out of a 5 pack before I got one to germinate by soaking it in water for 24 hrs. and gently pinching the tip of the seed with tweezers to crack it open a bit and then putting it in a grow plug and keeping it in my humidity dome with my clones. Hope this helps someone out there before they waste 3 of their seeds. Once you get Tangerine Dream going she's a strong healthy plant. Mine is 15 inches tall with 20 side branches!
Umm...old thread?? The post you're replying to is from the first part of my journal, but this is definitely not as 'old thread'..lol..maybe give it another go and read through the whole journal. =) Welcome!
It's interesting you mention problems with germination due to 'lack' of soaking - for me it was the exact opposite. I soaked my first one and it failed to crack within 3 days' time...stuck an additional one in the wet paper-towel on that 3rd day and it cracked in less than 24 hr...so my experience was the oppposite of you.
She really is a healthy strain once it takes off though - I agree. The stability isn't quite as good as it should be - there seems to be mostly 'sativa' dominant pheno from what people have been reporting - mine started out looking mostly indica, but look at them now! =)
Then I suppose I was one of the few lucky ones? I had two Tangerine Dreams going this past Spring and both turned out to be females and both turned out to be beautiful fully mature/ripe plants. I harvested them back in May of this year.. and let me tell ya, it was def. some of the better bud that I've grown/smoked. The taste was great.. especially when you consider I'm an all organic grower. The smell was just remarkable and the potency was fair. I think the thing I liked the most about the Tangerine Dream, was the taste/smell of it. The taste/smell was absolutely wonderful! It's one of those strains that I won't forget. It didn't make it onto my 'Hall of fame' folder.. but it came close and is overall, still a great strain.
Only advice I would have for growing the Tangerine Dream would be, be careful when feeding nutes. My two that I had, were fairly sensitive to nutrients.. and didn't like to be fed too much. I think I fed them like twice per month.. and I still had a few minor issues. So just be careful with your feedings. Make sure that you start any cannabis plant off with the bare minimum strength mixture of nutrients.. and gradually bring up the dosage/mixture strength. This will give the plant time to get use to the nutrients and the nutrient strengths.
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Cooler temps can and will slow the plants growth. Yes.. your correct on the assumption.
good luck man.
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Thanks - it appears there are a few posts here to posts from VERY early on in this grow...maybe some peeps have done searches and found certain pages of my journal... remember to look at the current thread posts..lots of stuff has happened since the first few pages! =)
...so to reply regarding the cooler temps...when I first started, my location was cooler due to the outdoor temps...that was remedied easily by putting the waterfarm up on a styrofoam block to insulate it from my cold basement floor. Temps weren't an issue after that (about the 2nd week into veg).
I can tell this strain will have some great 'bag-appeal' and attractive scents already, so it's not surprising with your report on it's cosmetic appeal. Great to hear she smokes decent - I've definitely had 'frostier' results, but I think this strain hit it's 'stride' as far as resin production at about the half-way point in folower - since then it's been more about filling out the long stems of buds - some filling out better than others. My setup wasn't fully 'prepared' for such a tallish-type bush, so I have quite a lot of shorter bud sites on the sides of the scrog, which aren't filling out as much (less light). They'll be used mostly for making hash I'm guessing.
Great info on the nutes - I would have to agree there. I overdid it a bit a-ways into flowering, but it didn't appear to effect much - still some nice thick and long buds. Also, I'm growing in a waterfarm (hydro) system, so feeding is constant.
I myself have taken his ideas and upped it a fraction, hehe.
