Luvs2Grow
FastBuds Gelato
Summer/Fall 2019
Received 3 free Gelato seeds from FastBuds for doing a diary in growdiaries.com so finally received them today and just started germination in paper towels and ziplock. Looking forward to this grow and the other strains I received from them.
Gelato Auto
Day 87 (Week 13)
69 updates
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Day: 87
Just a quick up date, she’s dry now and finished trimming all the buds off the stems and placed them in jars to start curing.
5 years ago
Day: 82
Day 82 and she was ready for harvest! Thank git, so ready for her to start drying so I can get a taste. Every bud is solid as a damn rock! Wet weight is sitting at 179 grams, not bad for a 10” tall plant. She’s handing in my drying box and starting to dry.
5 years ago
Day: 81
No real updates, she’ll be getting the chop no later than this weekend. Most likely on Saturday.
5 years ago
Day: 80
Leaves are starting to fade pretty good now and almost certain I’ll be chopping her this week or this coming weekend at the latest. Trying to push some more amber trichs into her.
5 years ago
Day: 79
Still just waiting but her leaves are starting to yellow a bit so she seems to be sucking whatever she can out of them to finish up. Can’t wait for her to be done to get a taste.
5 years ago
Day: 78
The start of week 12 and from looking at her and the trichs, she probably won’t be getting chopped this weekend. Gave her a good flush with the sledgehammer yesterday so hopefully the depletion of nutes will push her to the end sooner rather than later.
5 years ago
DocTief13 Looks legit. I am getting ready to run a gelato punch and this blog has been very informative. What’s your light/environment set up?
BBlack19 Tight now I’ve got 2 1000W KingLED’s off of Amazon, actually pulling about 250 from the wall so 500 real Watts. Temps have been pretty steady during the day, 77-80 max and 69-72 at night. Veg the humidity was between 60-70% and flower 45-55.
DocTief13 That’s awesome. I’m similar in the environment. Just built a 10x10x8 room in the garage. Have 2 viparspectra 1200par lights I got off amazon as well for $450 each. I also have 2 450w vipars running as well. drawing way more wattage 😂. Having some issues keeping it humidity up. It’s stuck between 35-45 but hanging mostly below 40. Any ideas?
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Day: 77
End of week 11 and flushed her with a gallon of water and 15ML of Foxfarm Sledgehammer, PPM is down to about 223 so hopefully she’ll go into her final push and be ready for chop sometime this weekend. Still not a whole lot of amber trichs so until she’s got the ratio I want, she’ll keep going.
5 years ago
DaxIsDamned Great looking plant 👌🏽
Day: 76
Still just waiting on this girl to finish. Whenever I think she’s close, she throws a million more clear trichs at me so really no clue now when she’ll be finished.
5 years ago
TruNugz225 She is absolutely beautiful! Great job on that
BBlack19 Thank ya, she smells absolutely amazing too. Just need her to finish so I can start drying and curing and then trying her out.
TruNugz225 I bet so. The wait would kill me, im sure she will be all around amazing though
Day: 75
Thinking she’ll be ready for chop this weekend. Nothing else really going on, just waiting to chop. Not sure if I should continue giving her water or just let her dry up until she’s done.
5 years ago
Day: 74
She’s still chugging along and not quite ready yet. Each day she fills up with more trichs and not at the milky too amber ratio I’m looking for. Hopefully by the end of the week.
5 years ago
Day: 73
Getting closer but she’s still not there yet so hopefully this next week she’ll start bulking up more and trichs amber before chopping. She’ll keep going until the trichs are how I want them.
5 years ago
Day: 72
Still not ready for chop but she’s plumping up quite a bit. Gave her 1.5 gallons of water with foxfarm’s sledgehammer and hopefully can get all the nute pushed out so she can finish strong.
5 years ago
Tres4_growsloud Yo your killing it out here with the Autos🙌🏽🙌🏽 Good stuff man👊🏽👊🏽
Day: 71
Starting week 11 and not sure if she’ll make it to week 12. Still doesn’t have the percent of amber that I’m looking for so she’s still going. Gonna flush her tough tomorrow with some sledgehammer and pH’d water.
5 years ago
TruNugz225 Did you do a normal light schedule or keep in on 24 hours?
BBlack19 Running 18-6 schedule the entire time.
Day: 70
She’s getting closer to chopping, more and more amber popping up but still not to my liking. Maybe chopping late this weekend or early next week.
5 years ago
Day: 69
A lot more amber trichs showing today but still not quite where I’d like it. I did lower the light to about 12” yesterday and today it blew up with frost. It was already frosty but today she looked like frosting and the pics don’t do her justice. Might be getting the chop this weekend.
5 years ago
pcarver Awesome! Where the seeds from? This will be next for me!
BBlack19 FastBuds sent them to me to make a diary in growdiaries.com. This thing is absolutely beautiful and smells amazing.
Millhouse52 What kind of light are you using?
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Day: 68
She’s getting closer to chop day for sure. Seeing a bit more amber in there and waiting till she’s about 40%. Gave her some water today and next watering, I’ll add some sledgehammer to the water to start pushing the nutes out.
5 years ago
Millhouse52 Looks amazing! What did you do to get it so frosty? Also you have 10 colas, that’s a LOT! All that in a short plant is perfect.
BBlack19 I think it might actually just be the genetics. I’ve always had pretty frosty plants but this one was grown the same as my others but the frost just keeps coming, lol.
Day: 67
Looks great and almost finished. Only saw a handful of clear trichs and the rest were cloudy but still waiting for a good chunk to amber up so when I see that, she’ll get the chop.
5 years ago
Day: 66
Nothing new today, just watching the trichs and waiting for them to tell me it’s time to chop.
5 years ago
Day: 65
Time is winding down for this girl but still thinking 2ish weeks. She’s still got quite a bit of clear trichs so just gonna keep a close eye on her.
5 years ago
Shuang1415 Wow really nice flower
Day: 64
Starting week 10 and gave this girl her last feeding of nutes before harvest. The next 2 weeks will just be water and foxfarm’s sledgehammer.
5 years ago
Day: 63
Today is the end of week 9 and looks good. Still slightly wet soil so gonna hold of until tomorrow or Saturday and give her the last feeding of nutes before harvesting. She will get nothing but water and then foxfarm’s sledgehammer until she’s done.
5 years ago
Day: 62
Looks great and still fattening up. Looking at her now, I’m not sure how long she’s got. Still thinking about 2 weeks but looking at the trichs she’s got some time, mostly clear with some cloudy. Will be giving her some water tomorrow.
5 years ago
Day: 61
Since she doesn’t have too much time left before chopping, I did a fairly heavy defoliation to try and get her to pack some more weight on. Still thinking she’s got 2-3 weeks left, I’d like to let her go until she’s maybe 60% amber. I really enjoy the couch lock in the evenings and helps with my back.
5 years ago
Day: 60
Day 60 and she’s smelling amazing. Seeing some of the pistils starting to shrivel up but still think she’s got a couple weeks left. Gave her a full gall on water today, she was pretty dry. Will probably give her one more feeding of nutes this weekend and will start flushing with foxfarm’s sledgehammer.
5 years ago
Day: 59
Nothing new today, just checked to see if she needed some water and wanted some updated pictures. Looks like another day or two before watering.
5 years ago
Day: 58
Nothing to really update on this beauty today. She’s doing well and showing no real I’ll effects to the feeding yesterday. Letting her dry out a bit before watering her again. Normal watering is about every 2-3 days so possibly tomorrow or Monday.
5 years ago
Day: 57
Starting week 9 and she’s looking great. Not a very tall plant but very compact and tight buds forming. Gave her a feeding of foxfarm’s trio today.
5 years ago
Day: 56
It’s the end of week 8 and this baby is looking great. Didn’t really do anything to her today but removed a couple of fan leaves in the middle that were in the way of the light. Will give her a feeding of nutes tomorrow.
5 years ago
Day: 55
No real updates today, she’s chugging along and really getting plump. I do see a little bit of foxtailing in my LSD-25 grow but nothing like that with this girl. Nice round, fat and starting to stretch a little bit buds. All in all this is gonna be a great grow and harvest.
5 years ago
Day: 54
Gave her some fresh pH’d water and cal-mag tonight, the pot felt like nothing but air. She’s really starting to drink heavily and is going through about 1/2-3/4’s a gallon of water every two days. She’s not really stretching but her buds are getting nice and plump. Will most likely give her a feeding of nutes on Saturday.
5 years ago
Day: 53
Looking nice and fat! Absolutely love what she looks like and how fat she’s getting. Only took her out to see if she needed some water, tuck a few leaves and to get some daily pics. Still a couple weeks left from what I can tell but looking forward to the harvest.
5 years ago
Day: 52
She’s fattening up nicely and think I should get a pretty decent yield out of her when she’s done. I wish my camera would show the colors like I can see in person but all kinds or oranges, yellows, greens in there. She’s a beautiful plant. Did a little leaf tucking and don’t really want to do any defoliation until I know she’s coming to an end.
5 years ago
Day: 51
Looking good and fattening up nicely! Looking forward to this girl finishing but still a few weeks away. Gave her a full feeding of the foxfarm trio today.
5 years ago
Day: 50
Starting week 8 and damn she’s getting some nice fat and tight buds. Not really y’all but she’s definitely going to be nice and dense. Will be giving her a feeding of nutes tomorrow.
5 years ago
Day: 48
She’s looking really good and starting to plump up nicely. It’s looking like these are going to be some nice dense buds when finished. Will give her a feeding of nutes in the next 2-3 days after she dries up a bit!
5 years ago
Day: 47
She’s looking good and smelling sweet. Gave her a full watering to runoff today and tested it at 6.8. Still a tad higher than I’d like but still in my safe zone. Bud sites are looking good, just more curious as to if she’s really gonna stretch anymore. As of right now, she’s on 9” tall so I’m really hoping for some stretching. Got a few light green leaves but they’re at the bottom and blocked by the light so chalking it up to the light.
5 years ago
Day: 46
Not a whole lot to update today, she’s got kind of a creamy/sweet smell to her right now. Going to give her some pH’d water tomorrow and will do another test of the runoff. Hopefully the pH has came down a little from the last test.
5 years ago
Day: 45
Everything is going really good right now. She’s starting to fill in more and more each day. Just took her out today for some pics and tuck a couple leaves again.
5 years ago
Day: 44
Into week 7 now and overall she’s doing great. Gave her a feeding of the foxfarm trio, pH’d at 6.5 and PPM of 1220. Chart says 1900-2200 but a few yellow leaf tips so keeping it a bit lower than recommended.
5 years ago
Day: 42
It’s the end of week 6 today and couldn’t be happier with her so far. She’s budding up really nicely and starting to get nice and frosty. Held off on feeding today and will give her one tomorrow at the start of week 7.
5 years ago
Day: 41
She’s really looking good overall. I did notice some of the upper leaves were starting to claw just a little bit so to start, I went ahead and raised the light just a tad, in case it’s closer than she likes. If she doesn’t get any better then I’ll start looking at some other options on what’s wrong with her. Gonna give her her first bloom feeding tomorrow since she’s getting pretty dry.
5 years ago
Day: 40
Looking more and more like this girls gonna turn into a beast. She’s got bud sites all over and looking forward to what she does. Just tucked a few leaves today and gave her a once over.
5 years ago
Day: 39
She’s really starting to look good and she’s gonna be a pretty grow. Gave her a full watering of pH’d water and cal-mag until runoff today. Just like the others, runoff was a little high, 7.1, so will lower the pH during the next feed to around 6.2-6.3. All the new branches that were tied down yesterday are now turned back up and reaching for the light.
5 years ago
Day: 38
She’s looking great! Tied a few more branches down to open her up before she really starts stretching. I’ll be giving her the first feed of the week in a day or two when she’s completely dried up.
5 years ago
Day: 35
She’s really taken off since the last update. She’s ending week 5 today and going to say she’s officially flowering for the start of week 6. Gave her a veg feeding earlier in the week and gave he a drink of pH’d water till runoff today. Once she’s dry, I’ll give her the first bloom feeding.
5 years ago
Day: 26
For the most part she’s looking and starting to smell good but after some reading, I THINK she might be low on nitrogen so gonna boost that a bit, unless someone thinks something else. New growth is looking pretty good but some of the lower growth is a slightly lighter shade of green. I’m hoping that’s it and not something major. Every time she reaches for the light and grows another inch or two, I’m bending her down to keep light shining on lower branches. Gonna let her dry out quite a bit too, just in case I overwatered but I don’t THINK that’s the case.
5 years ago
Day: 25
She’s looking pretty good today but removed about 2 or 3 fan leaves and tucked a couple other ones that were blocking the lower branches light. I tied her down again too so hope the other branches will start stretching a bit. I gave her a full week 4 feeding today, her soil was pretty dry. Will definitely keep any eye on her for any burning but didn’t really notice any from the last couple feeding.
5 years ago
Day: 24
All looking good with this girl. Was finally able to get her tied down and hopefully get some lights to the lower branches. I thought I was gonna let her go naturally but decided against it. For being so young still and not really flowering yet, she’s definitely starting to put out a wonderful smell. Going to let her dry out a bit more before giving her the first feeding of week 4.
5 years ago
Day: 23
Starting off week 4 and she’s looking pretty good. I’m not sure if I’ll really be able to train this one, she’s just not y’all enough but still early so we’ll see as she grows. May just end up letting her do a natural grow. Gave her a nice drink of pH’d water and cal-mag today and out of the three girls I’ve got going right now, she’s the first that is starting to put off a little bit of a smell.
5 years ago
Day: 21
Ending week 3 and so far so good. Took some pictures but then decided to tie her down in another direction but didn’t get any pictures of that update. She’s somewhat short and bush so really want to get some lower growth going to get some other bud sites. It’s been pretty hot and humid here the past couple of days so after watering I noticed there were a few fungus gnats hanging around but they’re only playing with this girl and not messing with the other two I’ve got going. So far it’s only been a couple and I think I’ve got most of them squished, we’ll see tomorrow. Definitely more pistils showing so thinking she’ll be in full flower in another week or so and hopefully I’ve got some more colas going.
5 years ago
Day: 20
She seems to be doing good after topping her so went ahead and started some LST. All three of my girls really seem like they’re starting to take off now so looking forward to the next several weeks. Soil was pretty dry so went ahead and gave her the first real feeding of nutes so will keep an eye on her to make sure it wasn’t too much. I noticed the first couple of pistils showed today as well. Will give her a few days before giving her plain pH’d water with cal-mag.
5 years ago
Day: 19
Looks like she’s recovering and doing just fine from the transplant. Watered her pretty good yesterday so it looks likes she’s a tad droopy but overall not bad. I might of mad a mistake but I went ahead and topped her. Wanted to try and tie her down but decided against it and just topped so we’ll see what happens. Hopefully I didn’t screw it up too bad.
5 years ago
Day: 18
This girl is looking good and went ahead and transplanted her into a 3 gallon fabric pot. Gave her a good watering of pH’d water and cal-mag. Think she’s ready for some LST but going to give her a little bit to recover from the transplant. If she’s doing ok after a few days, I’ll start her training. She’s sitting at 3 3/4” tall and 6 7/8” wide.
5 years ago
Day: 17
The girls are drinking a ton of water right now. Gave them a nice light feeding yesterday and normally when I water with a small amount, they’re still damp the next day but she’s pretty dry a couple inches down. Still gonna hold of on another watering until tomorrow at the earliest. All is looking good and will most likely transplant her tomorrow. She’s at 3 1/2” tall and 6 3/8 wide.
5 years ago
Day: 16
Not much growth from the girl today, thinking I might transplant in the next day or so. Gave her a light feeding from foxfarm’s chart so after she starts drying up a bit, I’ll put her into a 3 gallon fabric pot. She’s sitting at 3” tall and 6 1/8” wide.
5 years ago
Day: 15
Starting week 3 and she’s looking good. No real issues so far and will give her some fresh pH’d water tomorrow. She’s now 3” tall and 6 1/8” wide.
5 years ago
Day: 13
This little girl is looking pretty good. She grew a bit taller but not like I’d like her to but definitely grew out a bit, she’s now sitting at 5 1/4” wide and 3” tall. Still shut one LED off to try and get her to stretch a bit more. No watering today, letting her dry out completely before the next watering.
5 years ago
Day: 12
The girls looking good but still not ready for a transplant, might be another week or so for that. Gave her a very light feeding today as she was drying out. Started with just foxfarm’s Grow Big and Big Bloom and fed according to their schedule. Will keep any eye on her for any issues. Also started measuring their width to help keep track of daily and weekly growth and she’s at 4 1/2” wide and 2 3/4” tall.
5 years ago
Day: 11
The girl’s looking pretty good, just watching and waiting until transplant time. Once I transplant, I’ll give her another week or so then plan on starting the foxfarm feeding schedule. Until then, just pH’d water with a small amount of Cal-Mag.
5 years ago
Day: 10
The girl is looking good so far in the solo cup. She a nice bright shade of green. Think I’m going to end up transplanting into a 3 gallon fabric pot, just waiting for the roots to start showing through the punctures holes in the bottom of the cup.
5 years ago
Day: 8
Starting week 2 and the girls are looking good. Gave them a little drink and watching them do their thing.
5 years ago
Day: 7
The end of week 1 and this girls looking pretty good. After having some issues of everything starting to yellow a bit, leaving the door to the tent open a bit for some more airflow seems to of helped. Everything is starting to get that nice shade of green again. Debating if I want to grow this girl out in the solo cup or transplant her when the time comes.
5 years ago
Day: 6
Looking good and starting to get a little more green instead of yellow in her. I’m thinking I didn’t have enough airflow so have the tent propped open slight to help get in more fresh air. I’ve got an 8” exhaust sucking warm air in and 6” bringing fresh air in. I think the 6 couldn’t keep up with the 8 so we’ll see how she progresses. Hopefully this fixes the issue that killed my Blue Dream’Matic.
5 years ago
Day: 4
So far so good but seems slightly yellowish but not too worried right now.
5 years ago
Day: 3
No water for this girl today, she’s still pretty damp, just took her out for some pics.
5 years ago
Day: 2
Just updated pics for progress.
5 years ago
Day: 1
Little girl is sprouted and above soil so I’m calling today, day one. Doing a little test between the three new girls. Starting this one in a solo cup and the other two in a 3 and 5 gallon fabric pot.
5 years ago
Padfoot What is your soil made out of?
Day: 0
Started germination today, 29 July and once taproot is out, I’ll place in a jiffy pellet. Typically it’s been about 48 hours.
5 years ago
Day: 0
Taproot is out and placed her in the humidity dome and jiffy pellet, now just waiting for her to break soil. Not sure if I want to go to solo cups next or just place her straight into the final pot.
5 years ago