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Hello Diary,
Here we are at a new beginning, another of the newer strains from the range of excellent automatics from Royal Queen Seeds.
COOKIES GELATO AUTO - her parents are Cookies Gelato and Big Skunk Auto where this strain was born, with sky-high THC levels that features 20% sativa genetics, 75% indica, and 5% ruderalis.
Not only does this variety bathe the user in peaceful vibes, but it lights up the taste buds with flavors of fruit, cookies, earth, and honey.
I planted one plant, while the other two are North Thunderfuck Auto that keep her company on the Farm.
SET-UP ON MY LITTLE FARM:
Box - Secret Jardin DS120W 120x60x178
Lights - MIGRO 200+
Ventilation - TT Silent-M 100
Filter - Primaklima filter PK 100/125
Fan - Oscillating Koala Fan X 2
Humidifier - Beurer LB 45
Soil - BioBizz Light - Mix
Pot - 11L Air pots
Seed - Royal Queen Seed
Nutrition - RQS Organic nutrition
LET THE DIARY START OFFICIALLY:
21/06/2022
Planting. I always prepare everything in advance that I need for planting, Air Pot, BioBizz Light Mix, RQS Organic Nutrients, Water and Seeds. And of course my camera.
In 11 liters of soil I added Easy Boost Organic Nutrition, Bat Guano and Rhizobacter and mixed everything well.
After that I soaked the soil well with water, made a small indentation and put the seed inside the hole and lightly covered it with soil.
After planting, I put it in a Grow Box where the conditions were as follows: Temperature 27.7 degrees and relative humidity of 52%.
I set the lights at a height of 35 cm from the pots, as recommended by Migro. The lights are on 24 hours a day.
23/06/2022
I sprinkled a little water on top of the soil, not too much.
25/06/2022
Cookies Gelato sprung up, along with his roommates the North Thunderfucks.
Temp / Humidity on the farm - 27 degrees and 59% humidity.
26/06/2022
First watering. I watered each plant with approximately 1 liter of water. pH I dropped to 6.0. I did not add any nutrients to the water.
Temp / Humidity on the farm - 27.2 degrees and 61% humidity.
29/06/2022
Watering. I watered them again with just water and each plant got about 1 liter of water.
That's all for now, thanks to the team at Royal Queen Seeds for sending me the seeds. I'm really looking forward to trying this strain. See you soon.
Hello Diary,
The first week of growing has finished and I am very pleased with how Cookies Gelato has started to grow.
I count the beginning of the growing season when the plant has passed the germination stage, that is, when the plant has at least 4 leaves.
In the case of Cookies Gelato, it is 6 days since it sprouted.
So far, it is developing nicely, it has spread nicely and is putting out a lot of leaves, it is growing almost in plain sight.
Watering is every third or fourth day, at this stage they don't ask for much water.
With each watering, she got about 1 liter of water. I regulate the pH value with Plagron's Lemon Kick.
I am trying to get the water value around 6.0 p.H.
This week I added one component of the Bio Flowering Booster, Bigger Flowers, which I added 1ml/lit.
Farm conditions are acceptable. Considering the summer and high temperatures, even in the grow box it is slightly above the satisfactory value.
Humidity in the air is acceptable, slightly lower than 60%.
Here's what it looked like last week
01/07/2022 - Day 1.
Officially the first day of vegetation.
Earlier I explained when I start counting the beginning of the growing season.
Cookies Gelato Auto - Day 1. - 6 cm
Temp / Humidity on the farm - 29.1 degrees and 55% humidity.
02/07/2022 - Day 2.
Watering. I prepared 4 liters of water, lowered the pH to 6.1 and watered all three plants on the farm.
Temp / Humidity on the farm - 28.9 degrees and 56% humidity.
05/07/2022 - Day 5.
Watering. This time I added Bigger Flowers, the first component from the Bio Flowering Booster range.
pH I lowered it to 6.0.
Temp / Humidity on the farm - 29 degrees and 56% humidity.
07/07/2022 - Day 7.
End of the first week of vegetation. Photographing and measuring the height of plants.
Cookies Gelato Auto - Day 7. - 9 cm.
Temp / Humidity on the farm - 29.1 degrees and 57% humidity.
That's it for the first week, see you soon and thanks to everyone for following the diary.
Hello Diary,
It's the end of the second week of vegetation. Cookies Gelato is making great progress.
The branches have spread nicely and it has grown 15 cm in the last seven days.
All three plants on the Farm are of the same height, which is great considering that the lights must be 35 cm away from the plants.
They are still not too thirsty, watering was every three or four days.
And this week I continued with the addition of Bigger Flowers, the first component from the Bio Flowering Booster range.
I still regulate the pH to a value of around 6.0.
The conditions in the grow box are satisfactory.
The temperature is around 29 degrees, while the humidity is lower than desired, slightly lower than 50%
Here's what it looked like last week.
08/07/2022 - Day 8.
Watering. I prepared 4 liters of water, lowered the pH to 6.1 and watered all three plants on the Farm evenly with that amount.
Temp / Humidity on the farm - 29.1 degrees and 46% humidity.
12/07/2022 - Day 12.
Watering. This time I added Bigger Flowers, 1ml/lit.
I lowered the pH to 6.0.
Temp / Humidity on the farm - 29.2 degrees and 49% humidity.
14/07/2022 - Day 14.
Photographing and measuring the height of plants.
Cookies Gelato Auto - 25 cm
Temp / Humidity on the farm - 29 degrees and 49% humidity.
That's all for this week, see you soon with a new report.
Hello Diary,
Here we are at the end of the third week.
I haven't been with the plants this week. I went on vacation with my family so I asked a friend to take care of them.
So he did watering and photography.
Cookies Gelato Auto is making great progress. It has grown 15 cm in the last week, put out lots of new leaves and started to form flowers.
We are slowly entering the flowering phase.
Watering has become more frequent and I give them more water per watering.
Now I prepare 6 liters of water, I always try to regulate the pH to a value of around 6. and I still add Bigger Flowers.
Conditions on the farm are challenging.
Considering the high summer temperatures, the temperature in the grow box is above 29 degrees. Humidity is below 50%.
Here's what it looked like last week.
15/07/2022 - Day 15.
Watering. I added 6 ml of Bigger Flowers to 6 liters of water and lowered the pH to 6.2. With that amount, I watered all three plants on the farm evenly.
Temp / Humidity on the farm - 29.2 degrees and 49% humidity.
19/07/2022 - Day 19.
Watering. I repeated the same procedure as four days ago.
Temp / Humidity on the farm - 29.3 degrees and 47% humidity.
21/07/2022 - Day 21.
Photographing and height measurement.
This time it was done by a friend who takes care of them while I'm gone. I am grateful to him for that.
Cookies Gelato Auto - 41 cm
Temp / Humidity on the farm - 29.1 degrees and 49% humidity.
That's all for this week. The flowering phase is starting, which means that I will have more subjects to photograph. See you soon.
Hello Diary,
The flowering phase has begun. After three weeks of vegetation, the fourth week of the cycle is the first week of flowering.
Cookies Gelato Auto grew 20 cm in the last seven days, it did not get many new leaves, but newly formed flowers are visible.
The plant grows a little crooked, but this did not disturb the beautiful shape of the whole plant.
Watering is every three days, p.H. I lowered the standard to the value closest to 6.0 and continued to add Bio Flowering Booster.
This week I started adding the second component which is Thicker Flowers from the Bio Flowering Booster kit.
Conditions on the Farm are challenging. The temperature is above 29 degrees, no wonder considering the heat outside.
Humidity is low, below 50%.
The Farm has gotten crowded, Cookies Gelato and both North Thunderfucks have branched out nicely so I have to be a lot more careful when taking them out for photos.
That's why this week I cleaned the plants at the bottom of the stable. Now watering will be easier and air flow will be better.
I also changed the lights. Now they have 6 hours of darkness and 18 hours of light.
Here's what it looked like last week.
22/07/2022 - Day 22.
Watering. I prepared 8 liters of water, added Lemon Kick for pH regulation and Bigger and Thicker Flowers from the Bio Flowering Booster kit.
Temp / Humidity on the farm - 29.4 degrees and 49% humidity.
25/07/2022 - Day 25.
Watering. I repeated the procedure as three days ago.
Temp / Humidity on the farm - 29.3 degrees and 47% humidity.
28/07/2022 - Day 28.
Defoliation, photography and watering. I removed the twigs and leaves at the bottom of the stand to make watering easier and to improve air flow through the plant itself. I watered the plants as I did three days earlier. I changed the light regime on 6/18.
Cookies Gelato Auto - 62 cm.
Temp / Humidity on the farm - 29.4 degrees and 47% humidity.
That's all for this week, thanks everyone for your support.
Hello Diary,
It has only finished the second week of flowering and Cookies Gelato already looks quite full of flowers and I am very happy about that.
The plant grew only a few centimeters this week, so I don't believe it will grow much more in height, now I hope it will direct all its energy into flowers.
The shape of the plant is beautiful, the main cola rises a bit higher than the other branches, but they do not stay with the development of flowers.
The leaves are a healthy green color and there are no signs that she is missing anything.
Watering is every three days, I continued to add Bio Flowering Booster with each watering.
Conditions on the farm are relatively good.
The temperature is still high while the humidity is very low, which is in my favor considering the beginning of flowering.
Here's what it looked like last week.
31/07/2022 - Day 31.
Watering. I prepared the standard 7 liters of water, lowered the pH and added Bio Flowering Booster.
I watered all three plants evenly with that amount.
Temp / Humidity on the farm - 29.1 degrees and 42% humidity.
03/08/2022 - Day 34.
Watering. I repeated the same procedure as three days earlier.
Temp / Humidity on the farm - 29.4 degrees and 44% humidity.
04/08/2022 - Day 35.
Photographing and measuring the height of plants.
Cookies Gelato Auto - 67 cm.
Temp / Humidity on the farm - 29.5 degrees and 44% humidity.
That's all for this week from me, see you soon.
Hello Diary,
Week 6 is behind us and I am very pleased with how Cookies Gelato looks after the third week of flowering.
The flowers are really quite big already. They are nicely filled, hard to the touch.
Especially the main cola, which has filled out quite a lot, although the flowers on the lower branches are not far behind.
Cookies Gelato grew only a few centimeters this week, which means that she has finished her growth, now she has to ripen to the end.
Next to him is a North Thunderfuck Auto on each side, which also grew and got a bunch of new leaves, which created quite a crowd on the Farm.
Watering is every three days, I continued to add Bio Flowering Booster with each watering.
Now I put all three components from the Bio Flowering Boosters kit.
Conditions on the farm are relatively good.
The temperature is a little lower this week, the temperatures outside have dropped and it has been raining.
This raised the humidity in the grow box so I set the ventilation to maximum.
Since the beginning of the week, they have had 6 hours of darkness overnight, which further lowers the temperature inside the grow box.
Here's what it looked like last week.
06/08/2022 - Day 37.
Watering. I prepared the standard 7 liters of water, lowered the pH and added Bio Flowering Booster.
I watered all three plants evenly with that amount.
Temp / Humidity on the farm - 28.1 degrees and 55% humidity.
09/08/2022 - Day 40.
Watering. I repeated the same procedure as three days earlier.
Temp / Humidity on the farm - 27.8 degrees and 51% humidity.
11/08/2022 - Day 42.
Photographing and measuring the height of plants.
Cookies Gelato Auto - 69 cm.
Temp / Humidity on the farm - 28 degrees and 54% humidity.
That's all for this week, see you soon.
Hello Diary,
We have finished the 4th week of flowering and Cookies Gelato is ripening very quickly.
The pictures also show slight discoloration on the leaves, which indicates that it is nearing the end.
We will see if they will show their autumn colors.
The flowers are large and compact, unusually large for only four weeks of flowering.
The pistils are still white, they haven't started to turn orange, so she still has days ahead of her.
Watering is usual every three days. This week I added nutrients, and from next week I water only with clean water.
This week I made Top dressing with bat guano. This will further enrich the soil for the remaining period.
The conditions at the Farm are similar to last week, the temperatures outside are not so high anymore, but the rain came, which slightly raised the humidity in the air.
This also affected the conditions in the grow box.
Here's how it looked this week.
12/08/2022 - Day 43.
Watering. I prepared 8 liters of water, lowered the pH to 6.1, added all three components from the Bio Flowering Booster kit and watered all three plants evenly with that amount.
Temp / Humidity on the farm - 27.9 degrees and 54% humidity.
15/08/2022 - Day 46.
Watering. I repeated the procedure from three days ago.
Temp / Humidity on the farm - 28.1 degrees and 53% humidity.
18/08/2022 - Day 49.
Photography and watering. After I took the photos, I spread the Bat Guano over the surface of the soil and watered it with warm water.
Cookies Gelato Auto - 70 cm
Temp / Humidity on the farm - 28 degrees and 54% humidity.
I think that's it for this week. If you have any questions, feel free to write. Thanks to everyone who stops by and follows the diary. See you soon.
Hello Diary,
The eighth week has ended, and we are already very close to the harvest.
The flowers are big and heavy, so this week I had to tie the branches a bit so they wouldn't break under the weight of the flowers.
Discoloration begins to be noticed, which indicates that the plant is entering the last stage of development and is coming to an end.
Although the flowers look quite developed, looking through the microscope I can see that the terpenes are still all transparent.
Watering is usual every three days, but from this week I no longer add any supplements or nutrients.
Only pure water with a regulated pH of around 6.0.
That's more or less the observations for this week, after all the pictures speak better than I do.
Here's what it looked like last week.
21/08/2022 - Day 52.
Watering. I prepared 8 liters of water, lowered the pH to 6.1 and watered all three plants evenly with that amount.
Temp / Humidity on the farm - 27.5 degrees and 51% humidity.
22/08/2022 - Day 53.
I had to put a bamboo stick to tie the branches down a bit because they started to bend a lot under the weight of the flowers.
Temp / Humidity on the farm - 27 degrees and 49% humidity.
24/08/2022 - Day 55.
Watering. I repeated the procedure as I did three days earlier.
Temp / Humidity on the farm - 27.2 degrees and 50% humidity.
25/08/2022 - Day 56.
Photo shoot for the end of the eighth week.
Temp / Humidity on the farm - 27 degrees and 51% humidity.
That's all for this week, see you soon.
Hello Diary,
Cookies Gelato Auto is almost at the end, we are at most one week away from the harvest.
That's why I decided to take photos on a black background this week, just in case, because the leaves have started to turn yellow and I wouldn't want it to spoil the look of my photos.
We'll see next week.
As seen in the photos, Cookies Gelato is really impressive, huge flowers full of trichomes.
Looking under the microscope, they're still mostly clear, so I'm waiting for them all to turn milky.
Watering is standard, every three days. Each plant on the Farm receives about 2.5 liters during one watering.
The conditions at the Farm are satisfactory, the temperature is not too high and the humidity is around 50%, which is acceptable.
Here's what it looked like last week.
27/08/2022 - Day 58.
Watering. I adjusted the pH to 6.0 and with 8 liters of water I watered all three plants on the Farm evenly.
Temp / Humidity on the farm - 27 degrees and 50% humidity.
30/08/2022 - Day 61.
Watering. I repeated the same procedure as three days earlier.
Temp / Humidity on the farm - 27.2 degrees and 48% humidity.
01/09/2022 - Day 63.
Photographing plants.
Temp / Humidity on the farm - 27.1 degrees and 49% humidity.
I think that's all for this week, see you soon and thank you all for your support.
Hello Diary,
Cookies Gelato is ten weeks old, and a total of seven weeks in bloom.
Usually the automatics on my Farm have a harvest in the tenth week, but in this case we will wait a little longer.
Although it looks ready, the trichomes are not completely milky yet, I think I will let it go for a few more days before I harvest it.
But I am very pleased with how beautifully it developed, the flowers are huge, full of trichomes, hard to the touch.
Usually, my flowers are not so hard on previous automatics, they are sometimes airy and fluffy.
But Cookies Gelato exceeded all my expectations this time.
I am happy that there were no problems throughout the entire cycle, she grew and developed beautifully and in the end rewarded me richly.
Although I will see the real result after drying and testing. But I don't doubt her.
Last week, apart from watering, there was no intervention regarding the plants themselves.
They get clean water and that's all they need at this stage.
The conditions are the same as last week, the humidity is satisfactory, around 50%, and the temperature is around 27 degrees.
Here's what it looked like last week.
02/09/2022 - Day 64.
Watering. I prepared 8 liters of water, lowered the pH to 6.1 and watered all three plants on the Farm evenly with that amount.
Temp / Humidity on the farm - 27.1 degrees and 48% humidity.
05/09/2022 - Day 67.
Watering. I repeated the procedure as I did three days earlier.
Temp / Humidity on the farm - 27 degrees and 50% humidity.
08/09/2022 - Day 70.
Photography and watering.
Temp / Humidity on the farm - 27.2 degrees and 48% humidity.
That's all for this week, I'm looking forward to next week and the harvest. See you soon.
Hello Diary,
Cookies Gelato Auto was harvested on the 76th day from the beginning of the growing season.
I have to admit that it exceeded my expectations at least in terms of growth and development, now I'll see what I get after drying.
After the trichomes have all taken on a milky appearance, and some brown trichomes have appeared here and there, it's time to harvest.
But Cookies Gelato has also made it clear that it has matured with its external appearance.
This week there was one (last) watering, three days before the harvest.
On the day of harvest, I first removed most of the leaves to make trimming after drying easier, and to improve the drying process and reduce the possibility of mold.
After that, I cut off the plant at the very bottom of the stand and hung it upside down to dry.
Her two roommates North Thunderfuck were also harvested so all three are now drying nicely in the grow box.
Conditions in the grow box are ok.
The temperature is around 27 degrees, while the humidity in the air is around 50%.
I would like it to be lower, but the extremely rainy weather this week also caused increased humidity in the air coming into the grow box.
Here's what it looked like last week.
11/09/2022 - Day 73.
Last watering. I prepared 8 liters of water and watered all three plants on the Farm with that amount.
Temp / Humidity on the farm - 27 degrees and 50% humidity.
14/09/2022 - Day 76.
Harvest. First I removed most of the leaves from the plant and then cut off the base of the stem.
I hung it to dry inside the grow box.
Temp / Humidity on the farm - 26.8 degrees and 49% humidity.
Now there will be 10-15 days of drying, I will see how quickly it dries.
It's all about growing Cookies Gelato that I was able to share with others and record for myself as a reminder.
Great experience and I'm very happy with how it ended.
See you soon with the final report.
Cookies Gelato Auto proved to be an excellent strain for my conditions and needs.
The whole cycle passed without too many problems, three weeks of vegetation and eight weeks of flowering.
In the end, I got about 60 g of dried flowers.
She received organic nutrients throughout the cycle, for which I have to thank the team from RQS who sent me for testing.
The taste of Cookies Gelato is sweet with an earthy note, and considering the high percentage of THC, I do not recommend enjoying it before you finish all your activities.
If you had a stressful day and want to relax in a hot tub or with a good movie, this is the one for you.
What can I say in the end except that I am very happy that everything went well again and now I am enjoying the wonderful smoke of Cookies Gelato.
Here is a quick overview of this cycle.
21/06/2022 - planting
14/09/2022 - harvest
3 weeks of vegetation
8 weeks of flowering
15 days of drying
60 years. total yield
1 Cookies Gelato Auto plant
After harvesting, the plant was dried for 15 days, after which I trimmed the flowers and put them in jars to ripen.
I think I've stated almost everything I had in mind. If anyone has any questions, feel free to write.
I have to admit that the grow diaries community is not that active anymore and I'm sorry that it has come to that. I hope that the right things will come into focus again so that the community can grow and not compete.
Thank you all for your support.
ButterfliesLittleFarm
