RQS Green Gelato QB288-V2 cob

Seed placed directly in moistened jiffy pellet. No soak, no paper towel. Distilled water only until first leaf set, then light solution mixed around 300 ppm/6.0 ph at day 5. Seedling and taproot popped out in 2 days. Sprinkled Great White all over the bottom and sides of jiffy pot, making sure not to smother taproot. Transferred into jiffy pot with triple buffered coco/perlite 50/50 mix. 7.5ml/gal calmag+ @ 5.8 ph for buffer solution. QB288 LM301b 3000k Quantum Board LED set @ 25% power. Placed under 24/0 light for the first 4 days, then 20/4 Using salt lamp (improvising) as a dimmable heat source to keep temp consistent for germination.

Taproot emerged from bottom of jiffy pot @ day 8. Removed jiffy pot, sprinkled Great White on root zone and transfer hole. Transferred into 15L Airpot with the same 50/50 coco/perlite. Lights are now 20/4. Quantum board set to 50% power. Working ppm slowly up to 500 ppm by the end of the week. Cracked open a fresh young coconut (green) and added the water @ 15 ml gal to the feed @ day 11 (No Calmag+ for this day) Daily feed, watering around the edges and corners of the pot. Little to no runoff.

Light schedule moved down to 18/6 Quantum Board at 75% power now. Continuing to feed 400-500 ppm. 1L daily (split 3x day) around the edges of the pot. 5 drops floralicious plus per liter. I store mine in a little dropper bottle for convenience. Day 16 Fimmed Day 17 Added 15ml/l coconut water extracted from fresh young coconut to normal feed. (no calmag+) Day 19 Increased A&B feed to 10ml/gal, increased Armor Si to 1ml/l., added drip clean at .4ml/gal or about 4 drops per liter. Day 20 Adding about 1ml ph down to solution due to Armor si raising the ph to 8.0. After adding, ph went up to 6.3 in 24 hours, at which point a fresh 5.8 ph solution was fed. Day 21 Runoff water coming out at 440ppm and 6.2ph. Air dome turned on.

Day 22 QB288 at 100% output. Same feed. Day 23 FIM #2, snipped lower this time. FIM #1 (week 3) was snipped slightly higher than needed to divide the top cola (fuck, I really missed) You can tell it was snipped too high by looking at the recovered growth for that nodes leafset. (Only the tips are snipped.) This small error is fine, as it still helped promote bushy side growth. Exactly what I need for the scrog. Day 24 Using an IR thermometer to get the leaf temp directly vs ambient reading in the tent. Leaf/Canopy temp shows nearly 10 degrees cooler than the ambient thermometers. Daily tucking/pulling to expose side shoots. Day 25 Pre-flower adjustment to feed: Dropped Sensi Grow Coco A&B (I only use them in veg) Dropped down Armor Si to 2.5 ml/gal instead of 4ml Switched feed to Jacks 321: -Jacks Hydroponics @ 3.6 g/gal -Jacks Calcium Nitrate @ 2.5 g/gal -Giles Epsom Salt (Magnesium Sulfate USP) @ 1.2 g/gal 650-675 ppm after mixed in 120 ppm aerated tap water PH stable 24 hours at 6.0 Mix order: Aerated tap water> Armor Si > Epsom >CalMag>Jacks Hydro> Cal Nit>Diamond Nectar> Floralicious Plus>Drip clean CalMag only used as needed Weekly microbe root drench mix: Great White myco root drenched once a week, mixed only in water with Diamond Nectar, Floralicious Plus and fresh young coconut water. Day 26 Plant seems to lean towards indica dom, taking on traits such as a short, compact shrub-like shape and wide leaves Top and side shoots catching up at about equal length Training along the first screen. Second tier screen is up for precautionary stretch and tie-down support Added cool mist humidifier to keep RH around 60% Brewing microbe tea for a few days with some ewc that will be fed with my weekly root drench mix (small portion of ewc in a straining bag with tsp of unsulphured molasses in a gallon + air stone) Day 27 Put together and installed new led fixture: - YXO DOB4075 110v solderless dob/cob @ 3500k/50w a piece - 4=200w total output. Running around 350w now with QB - Heatsink fits perfectly on top of the QB's heatsink and provides more focused side lighting Light schedule at 16/8 Stepping down 2 hours every 2 days until day 32, which will be 12/12 Day 28 One month in. Time flies. Top feed in @ 750ppm/6.0ph Runoff @ 690ppm/6.1ph New chip lights cured on the heatsinks successfully Temp of heatsinks around 150f, only cooled by carbon filter exhaust. Canopy temp @ max 79f, cooled by small side fan Can go up to 84f direct leaf temp with cob/led in veg As buds develop later in bloom, it's best to not exceed 75f direct temp to better preserve terpenes *Direct temp - IR thermometer, not ambient reading Weird colors in some pics because my phone sucks with white balance Makes it look edited with a cheap filter app Using an actual camera from now on

Week 5: Not much to see. Logging notes for future reference. Same feed as the end of week 4. Manual feeding with an autopot: Top fed a few days, then bottom feeding 2L a day, spaced out 3 or 4 times. Not using aquavalve or big res yet. Mixing fresh 2L daily. Pouring about 500ml or so in the bottom res, where the aquavalve sits. Plant drinks what it needs within a few hours, then refill with same amount. This way, there isn't any water stagnating for too long. In my environment, it can turn into a microbe cesspool fast. I had root rot issues in previous grows that I'd like to avoid now. When she stops wicking feed, the remaining gets siphoned out. The big res and aquavalve are used when I'm away for more than a day. No floralicious plus or any microbes on those days. Strong tropical/diesel/spicy/skunk notes in the growroom when the exhaust fan is lowered. Daily tuck and pull through the screen as shoots stretch out. End of the week: Tons of root activity poking around the bottom of the pot and some growing through the root control potsock. That's a good sign to back off on excess moisture at the bottom. Need the roots to spend energy spreading inside the pot. Will go back to top feed around the edges w/20% runoff Microbe root-drench then bloom booster feed to open week 6 Check run-off and adjust as needed

Week 6 Greengenes Bloom Booster formula, mixed per gal, fresh daily: 2g Jacks Hydro 2g Epsom 2.7g Cal Nit 1.2g MOAB or MKP 740 ppm w/additives End: Day 42 Pulled tops down through screen and exposed as many side shoots as possible Added: 15ml/liter freshly extracted young coconut water added to feed mid-week. It's full of natural plant hormones to boost growth, provides a great amount of carbs and it makes the feed water smell really good. Almost tropical.

Same feed as week 6 Dropped Armor Si PPM in at 740/out at 1000 Diluted feed to 450ppm & fed until runoff lowered to 750. Day 44 Lightly defoliated below the screen Day 45 DIY terpinator (6%) by Dr. Who, added 227g K2SO4 per gallon distilled water 1/8th tsp dark brown sugar A pinch of citric acid to lower ph and preserve I prefer to mix fresh at 7g k2so4 per 4oz distilled water Mix is applied to feed at 10ml/gal Total ppm around 780 Day 46 Corn SST fed 3 tbsp soaked amish heirloom organic blue corn kernels for 12 hours/sprouted at 2 days 4 oz bottled water (i used 5 day bubbled microbe drench water) Blended until it looks like milk Strain Added the 4oz sst to 4oz microbe drench used 4oz of this to normal feed and fed until 20% runoff This SST drench is good for 2 gallons. 4 oz per gal of feed. Fed once a week, discontinued mid bloom. Microbe drench bubbled for 5 days: EWC chip (coin sized) 1/8th tsp Great White Few drops of unsulphured molasses, continued at day 3 Air stone bubbler in 2L bottle

Pistils starting to grow in. Lots of stretching happened. This one plant has effectively taken up the entire tent space Front to back, top to bottom. Canopy is 5" away from the light at the highest point... There is fresh air passing through keeping temps at 75-80f I didn't anticipate this much stretch, but I think it'll work out fine. That's the sativa surprise right there 😄 I'm mostly worried about burning off terpenes, so I may have to dim the lights down for the last week.

All this surprise stretching happening... :) I'm usually used to indicas and have my lights 14-20" above the canopy. This is wild. The sativa traits on this one are really showing this week. Have to adjust and tie down a few huge stems IR temp reading of the highest tip reaches about 75-80f. Lower stems about 70-72f. I'm keeping it nice and cool to prevent heat stress. Ambient reading outside the tent is between 60-70f. Been feeding normal 3.6/2.4/1.2 feed. Back to bloom boost feed with moab next week. PPM IN @ 745 PPM OUT @ 1100 Fed at 75% strength and 'flushed' until runoff adjusted to 800. Usually have to do this once at the end of every week. Never letting runoff ppm rise 400+ above feed. Day 60 Decided to supercrop @ lights out after a heavy feed First time supercropping. This was jarring at first, but had no issues. Took it slow. Plant fully recovered by next afternoon. All stem tips and bud sites pointing up. This method has given me around 12" of breathing room between the lights and canopy. Fed fresh coconut water @ 50ml/l This plant has been very resilient to stress and has responded to training very well. Day 63 Great response after supercropping Bloom booster feed with moab for the next 2 weeks

Bloom booster w/moab for the next 2 weeks +1/8tsp potassium sulfate

Day 69 Bloom booster feed w/moab 2g - Jacks Hydro 2g - Epsom Salt 2.7g - Cal/Nit 1g - Moab 1/8th tsp Potassium sulfate 1 tsp molasses Feeding up to 2 gallons a day Smells sour, like a tropical lime/citrus drink on top of pine sol, light skunk and diesel.

Day 76 Happy Thanksgiving Found a calyx growing on a fan leaf! 10 years of growing, never seen this before. Internet says this is common with strains that carry traits from a chinensis species, originating from indo-china? I initially thought it was all the natural hormones I was supplementing with from the coconut water and sst. Not sure what it means, but looks like a cool mutation Ran out of moab but also have some dry koolbloom which will work fine 2g Jacks Hydro 2g Epsom Salt 5ml Cal/Mag Tbsp Unsulfured Blackstrap Molasses 2.7g Cal/Nit 1g Dry KoolBloom 1ml Floralicious Plus Pinch of yucca extract Pinch of Great White every few days Mixed in that order Feeding up to 2 gal a day Smell is more sour than ever this week. Lots of citrus, little bit of sweet. Very pungent Day 82 Still about 2-3 weeks away from chop window, not counting extra time for some amber trichs So far so good. Things are looking juicy. The fume/fuel smell is getting stronger

Day 83 Still has a lot of time left to swell and ripen up. Probably 2 more weeks. Smell is very strong and fumey Dropping dry koolbloom and going back to jacks 321 feed PPM in @ 700 PPM out @ 745

Day 90: 3/2/1 Jacks feed 1 tsp Dark brown sugar PPM in @ 720 PPM out @ 750 Very fumey sweet diesel smell Still needs a lot more time to ripen up Could be a Christmas week chop 👍

Day 97 She's still bulking, throwing out white pistils all over the place. I'll try a 10/14 schedule and see how she reacts. For such a short veg period, her flowering period is a lot longer than what I'm used to. This could be a while.. Added fresh coconut water @ 15ml/L to the feed to start the week

Day 107 Feeding half strength jacks 2/2/2.5 1/4 tsp Cha Ching 1 tsp unsulphured molasses Dropping ppm gradually throughout the week and letting leaves yellow, then just water until chop. Extra sticky frosty trichs all over with a powerful sinus punching citrus and hints of pine sol I had some airy, but very ripe side larf chopped down a few days ago that I was able to test in my arizer eq vape. There's so much citrus/limonene produced in the vapor. It's packed with flavor and it's such a clean upper high without the rush. Very calm, headache melting, headbuzz with a light weighted blanket feeling on your body. And that's just larf. Can't wait to try the real harvest after a cure. When that will be... Sometime in the next year 😅

Day 115 Leaves are fading to yellow and it's starting to look like autumn in the tent Lots and lots of trichome activity in the last week Very frosty and sticky fat calyxes all over Big, dense colas are leaning over Smell is very pungent and fumey when handled Sweet punch sherbet, lemony pine sol and diesel notes Can really see and smell why it's called gelato Despite lower night temps, my pheno did not go purple, but she's still very tasty looking Watering with regular ph tap water, flawless finish and a pinch of yucca PPM in @ 120 PPM runoff @ 240 Day temps have been 70f for the past 2 weeks as I've dimmed the QB light to about 80% PPM will be below 200 for 2 days before chop later this week Got one more seed. Starting another journal to try mainlining for better height control I wonder how green gelato would turn out crossbred with blue mystic (blueberry X northern lights)

Day 119 - Final update before harvest Nice fade. Clean flush. Chopping in 2 days. Hanging for a week or so and dry trimming Next update will be dry weight and a review First pic really shows all of that organized chaos. Would have been royally screwed if I didn't supercrop because the topped main shoots exceeded my height space. It's not great looking, but I was thankfully able to adapt with the limited height space by also dimming lights a bit. Next try will be improved with main-lining, more training and better height control. Should be nearly 1m in max height for my grow space. This pheno grew TALL, almost double that, at max advertised height. All of that stretching gave me cold sweat for a while. 😂 Still vaping on some sneak peek side larf that has been curing and the flavor is out of this world!

Chop and dry week Day 5 of hanging Currently 55% RH at 70f Very nice, dense buds on this one! Super healthy roots. The color is from floralicious and molasses feeds. Larf drying in a cardboard box below. Dry weight and review after a short cure in the following week