Hello everyone,
I started growing some seeds I had 6 days after it was legal in the great state of MI. I should have just ordered some Auto's but I did not know anything I was doing so it was a great learning experience. I planted 5 seeds, all grew, 3 turned out to be boys. So I am finishing those two. In the mean time I have been reading all your diaries (well not all there are a lot) and watching YouTube, and reading everything I can on various sites. I have a forum post I have been keeping for my first grow on GWE. I found this site a few weeks ago. So I thought this looked cool to track the progress. I spent a lot of time researching the strains I wanted to grow and settled on these two. The Gelato is specifically for me while the Strawberry Banana is for the two of us. That is why I planted two. While waiting for my flowering plants to finish I decided to get a 2 x 4 x 4 veg tent to start stuff in. I also decided that sine I will only have 2 plants I could not wait 15 or 16 weeks for these strains to finish so I ordered some Jack Herer AutoFlower seeds from SeedKing (got the others too). So now, I am going to run out of space, so I am going to be building a veg room under my stairs and then use my 2x4x4 inside that room for my Mom Plants, I will take clones off of these strains and keep them going. So that is my plan run the Autos, veg these three for the time it takes to grow the Jack. I am hoping to keep a perpetual harvest going eventually as I learn more. BEST HOBBY IN THE WORLD
I planted the seeds, on 2/13/19. On Saturday 2/16/18 the Gelato seed started to crack at night, by morning she was popping through. The Strawberry Banana looked bigger, By mid day Sunday the Strawberry Banana came up. That is great, then a 2nd sprout came up? Well long story short, don't plant when you are High and Drinking. So I posted a question on GWE and around midnight someone said tear the Root Riot cube apart and separate them before the roots got tangled. Awesome, I got up and did just that. I should have cut 2 Root Riot's open and put each one in. I planted them in Coco Coir 3" pots with Coco. They are OK, but moving slow. I have baggies over them and they are staying nice and moist and growing slow. I moved the Gelato directly into a 1 Gallon pot with Coco on Tuesday, probably too early it stretched a good bit, but I will bury the stem more when I move to 5 gallon pots eventually for these 3.
I am currently planning to take clones for mother plants from these three. I intend to manifold them and take my time. I will have to wait for the Jacks to finish. It will be interesting to see what I actually end up doing.
2/22/19 11:30
Update, the plants look good I took the bags off this afternoon at lunch and when got back they had grown a bit and turned to the light, the Gelato is looking good. My Jack Auto Flower's showed up today, they go tomorrow, too tired tonight. I figure these plants have 9 to 12 weeks at least to veg. I will be building my new veg room this weekend and should have enough room.
@spacetaste, I spent a lot of time researching the strains I wanted to try. This one I actually choose for my Girlfriend, the Gelato was what I picked. I can't wait to smoke it, I've seen many reviewed of it and looks great!