Day #65: A lot of leaves are moving towards the end of their life... So I've got to be sharp on removing the dead leaves, don't want to risk anything at the moment. The buds are still growing slightly and they look very tasty! They're not drinking enough water, so they should be healthy if you ask me. It's five days from harvest-day. So if all keeps on going the way it's doing now, it still will be a pretty decent harvest considering the heat stress (and perhaps the 2nd defoliation afterwards). The buds are also feeling very, nice dense.
Day #67: i had to put an airconditioner in the barn, where my growing room is standing. The sun was too heavy, so the temperature in the growing room was getting towards 30 degrees celsius again and I didn't want to take any risk at all. The buds are still growing on by the way and are getting denser and denser also. The smell is fantastic, sweet like hell! Makes you wanna have a gelato ice cream right away... Every day I'm removing (almost) dead leaves, just to avoid any risk of getting a bud infected with (if possible) some rot through that way. Can't wait to have it dry and weigh how much smokeable buds are going to fill my jars...
Day #69: One day away from harvest... Plants are still doing good! The ten days of flushing have left the growing room with nearly all yellowish leaves, only a few plants that also have some purple colored leaves and a few green leaves. The amount of trichomes on the plants is really unbelievable, I'm stunned with it. I saw pictures before of growers having these ice crystal looking buds and I was just dreaming of having that also, when I decided to grow the Gelato Auto from FastbBuds. And now look at these buds, it's just awesome. In the meantime I'm building a dryer from wood, so I also have a space where I just can dry the buds. So I can start a new growth pretty soon, instead of having to wait a week or two until all is dry... It's almost done, just needs some finetuning and some wires need to be hung, so the buds can hang in the right airflow until they are dry enough to be cured....
@Fast_Buds, I'm thinking of doing some defoliation on the Gelato Ladies, but I'm not sure if that's OK regarding the fact that they are autoflowers. Can you tell me if it's OK to defoliate? I'd lik to do it twice, first time is within two days from now and the second moment is about three weeks later at the end of April... Harvest should be around the end of May...
@DutchAutoFlowers, Hey! So, many growers choose to defoliate, if you feel it's necessary, and as long as your plant is healthy to begin with, it should be fine. =) Just be careful not to over stress her.
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@@YellowSubmarine, Thnx a lot! Regarding the troubles there were, my thoughts exactly..o Hopefully the drying will not ruin the buds... Happened a few times before...