Gelato 2021

Update: Post cure and smoking for awhile... Damn. This ended up being pretty intense smoke. I have a pretty high tolerance and doesn't take much to really feel it. A friend wrote a few days after trying "That knocked me the f#$@ out". and then a few days later "I'm scared of gelato". ha. It's a different high.... Nearly impossible to do anything on it - not in an indica sleepy way - just a.... you just lose all track of time and what's going on. You come out of the high and it's like, "What just happened?". Very relaxing, lose track of time, no anxiety...yet your mind is open. I like, but yea not the one to do before work, that's for sure. In the jars. Will update the rest later... 102 days from seed to harvest, 62 days in flower. I like the head high so harvest a bit early. Probably could have let them go another week but I'm happy. Looks like a bit more than 5oz dried total from the 2 plants. Buds are quite aromatic and sticky. They don't look as frosty as others have posted pictures, but they are sticky as can be. Waiting for the cure to finish to try! Gelato girls grew well without a lot of challenges. Handled the topping well. They really liked cal-mag and had to make sure to keep adding all the way through; They got a little phosphorous hunger in flower but I caught it quickly. pH got a little low about 1/2 way through that I had to adjust for. Even with the extra light I put on them, that should have been enough, they still seemed to want more light. It stayed cold enough outside that was only about to get them real sunlight for a few days unfort and had to live with the LEDs. The buds seem a little more airy and less dense than I hoped for - not sure if that genetics or again just couldn't get them the light they needed. Growth wise, they ended up bigger than I expected and outgrew the tent, especially one that really stretched right when I flipped to 12/12. However, the stretch helped her grow better flowers as opened it all up a bit. Really liked the photoperiods vs autos. Longer grow time and a bit more challenging, but very nice to be able to have time to solve issues, train, recover.... vs the flat out sprint that is autos... Cons --- Wow the scent on these was strong. A very unique, pungent citrus/dirty earthy scent. Stealth wasn't a big issue for me, but if it was, the smell would have been hard to fully mask. I kind of liked the unique scent, but a few friends aren't sold on it (waiting for the smoke).