Gelato Auto FastBuds

Day #57: It's 4 days until I will start flushing, as FastBuds is suggesting to give this strain a flushing period of 10 days. When doing this, you should get an even better taste sensation when smoking this strain. Recording their own lab test, Gelato Auto could give a maximum of 26% THC if growing without any problems. Well, that is where my growth has had a little heat stressing problem of 40+ degrees Celcius for two days. Just hoping now that the UVA light of 8 hours a day will compensate the loss a little. The smell of the Gelato ladies is magnificent, makes you want to smoke it right away... Still the buds are showing signs of (new) growth in the, so I'm very happy with the Ripen nutrients from General Hydroponics. Don't know what they've done exactly, but it works for sure. Day #59: The smell of the Gelato ladies is getting better and better per day. Today I accidentally bumped my nose to one of the buds, while removing some dead leaves and I could smell the typical Gelato smell for hours afterwards. Hmmmmmz, wish I could smoke it already. Also I discovered that one of the branches was bending down under the pressure of the bud it was carrying, so I had to tape it together with another branch and I also used a paper clipper to make sure it can't bend down again. I love the color change on some of the flowers, they are slightly turning kind of pinkish it seems. Wondering what it will do in the last ten days. I know I have to keep a good glimpse at the crop, when only feeding water for ten days, as some of the plants are already showing pretty yellow leaves. I don't want to have any problems, so when signs of new problems are showing up I will just cut them down earlier and have to accept the loss of some taste en maybe accept some more chemical feeling when smoking. But let's hope all will be fine... Day #61: Still everything is going very well in the last week of nutrients. Ripen is really a fantastic nutrient, buds are stil growing and getting very, very dense! The green color is leaving my growing room in a very fast manner though... Wonder if there still will be green available on day #70, if it keeps this pace, lol... One of the thiner branches had to be cut down, as it seems nog strong enough to keep the bud in the air. So that one is drying already above the boiler, so it can get dry a little quick... Looking forward to try that one very soon! Day #63: The last day of week number 9 and as you can see I really like the 'ice look' the trichomes are giving the buds. Man, I really would like to know the amount of THC in this one... Found an app that should be able to tell that, at least that's what they promise.I had to order a special camera for that, hope it gets here soon so I can test it out... The leaves are loosing their green look in a steady tempo, so I think the growing room will look very yellow in the last days... Tomorrow the last 7 days until harvest start...