Gelato Auto

Feels good to be back, welcome to my 2021 Auto Garden! Big thanks to @greenhouselab for this and most of my @fastbuds auto beens for this years garden. He is the solidest of solid guys and a great grower to boot, guy is also a hell of a fisherman! Seeds were germinated via the paper towel method, first soaked for 24 hrs in water (just tap water) then in paper towel in unsealed ziplock bags for 2 days. Back in the field we dug a shallow trench along the stone fence with the backhoe and from there I planted all my germed seeds. I sprinkled 6 large handfuls of Gaia Green 4-4-4 and 2 of 2-8-4. It’s been incredibly hot for this time of year so I’ve been back to water them most days, likely won’t be doing this after this first crucial week. Almost lost this girl. She didn’t surface with the rest, same with my LSD-25. I have them an extra day then dug them out to see what happened. Both the lsd and gelato shed their shells but didn’t break ground and were pale. I planted them upright and crossed my fingers. The Gelato survived the LSD didn’t which is perfectly fine as I only had one Gelato bean and I have more LSD. I’m going to call 2021-05-18 day 1 as that’s the day most of my Autos broke ground! As for this strain in particular man oh man she appears to be showing colour already. I can’t wait to see how these do outside in Canada 🇨🇦 If this turns out anything like I’ve seen others @fastbuds Gelato turn out we’re in for a treat 🍦

2021-05-27 Day 9 Just a heads up I found a small glitch on Growdiaries, not their fault though they never likely would have expected someone to try and put -1C on their nighttime temps 😂. That’s right we had a really cold night followed by a night of frost. I didn’t manage to get the girls covered the first night because I didn’t get a frost advisory, but I managed to scrap up a very piss poor cover, water bottles for the frost. To note I know that growing in a pot on a brick or stone patio or some other thermal mass is a great way to save yourself from cold temps. The thermal mass absorbs the heat during the day and emits heat as it cools off during the night. But my in-laws vegetable garden in a raised bed got murdered by the cold night while my directly in the ground auto seedlings all made her. I’m wondering if the 2ft tall vegetation around them acts as a thermal mass, let me know what you think. Anyway all but 1 of the girls made her this week. My gelato that had the rough start and pulled through got eaten by something, my fault should have had a cage over her and the rest but time has been short. Sorry @greenhouselab I really appreciated the bean man! Just my luck! After she managed to pull through she’s gone like that, the strain I was looking forward to growing the most! I think a bird got her. PS is this a contender for DOTM? Also I’ve updated the diary for those following, but in a week I’ll likely delete. First few weeks are slow, it’ll get interesting trust me!