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Welcome to the new diary of this grow!!!
some of you are following me for a very long time..
oh.. btw this bitatch germinated in 7 days - SO SLOOOOOOOOOOOW
-=-=-=-=25/Feb-2021=-=-=-=
Germinated 1 seed of this brand to try it out since it was free.
my reviews are mine, alone. Whilst sponsored
8/3 - 14/3
She has taken off big time. Already at the same size as her competition and showing signs of minor deficiencies, aka she is hungry.
This is strange since I used canna Pro which is supposed to be loaded with nitrogen.
She will get fed tomorrow
Thanks @james
It's been great week for her. As her sister she was also moved to 7L bucket. Why not?
And look at her now! She triple in size.
She shows good health and opening her 4th set of leafs. I fed her for the first time with plagron. All the week she was on water only diet
Another week is in the books. I kept topping her and cleaning her up from large fan leafs.
She showed minor burns on some leafs which made me raise the lights using the carton box
Another uneventful week of vegetation has finished. Through the week I have shaped them a bit and added the extra 20 cm heights adjustment to the grow table.
This will make sure they won't burn
Added blue stones for aquariums to counter the gnats. It worked well, my vacuum cleaner is loaded with them 😁😁😁
The plant grows like crazy and I had to tie her down with zipties and also some strains.
Ladies and gentlemen the new tent is up! All three plants are in and the scrog net is up holding the plants down. At some point I will have to repot her
Last week of vegetation ended.
Moving forward to flowering stage with 7l pots I don't want to switch them and it's time for them to flower as they are quite old enough
1st week of flowering passed by quite fast and she grows up.
Next week she will be moved under bigger lights and higher tent. All n all happy days with the growth and no issues to report
She is filling up and I'm removing small bud sites and large fan leafs.
I can see minor bud sites on all the plants. It looks promising. She needs a diet switch to flowering food.
Flowers are developing in small shapes whilst I streach the plant so it won't get any taller.
I raised the lights and they are now 40cm from the canopy I had to make shift my own cables.
4th of July ends this week. The flowers are growing and they are small but sticky.
I'm going to sort some family affairs and my girlfriend will take care of the plants.
If all plans work well, I'll be back to harvest.
She will feed them every other day with 18ml of food and 20ml boost on 5l water.
Week 6 ended and my girlfriend is doing an amazing job with the plants. There was a bit of toxicity and she lowered the food quantity for one feed. Also some cleanup happened on the plants. The rest seems fine.
I asked her how is it to grow weed and her main complaint was the vigorous regiment of the feeding. Stay safe have a good week.
Week 7 ended and I'm also back at home after 3 weeks of travelling. From next week the plants will get lower amounts of food and slowly and surely move to a water only regiment.
One more week have passed and I cut down a plant so now she has only one friend with her. I also spread her wings hoping the light will run deeper.
She wil run maybe one more week or 1.5 let's see how she develops
Thanks for reading!
The week passed fast and the plant is ready for her chopping, the only problem is that I don't have a space at the moment to dry her.
the other plant requires at least one more day of drying so maybe tomorrow i will chop her down.
I will post in the harvest notes the total grow time. Most of her trichomes are milky / orange
-=-=-Preface-=-=-=-=-
Thanks for reading my diary and reaching to the finish line with me. It has been good journey without any issues and the results are in!
before diving into the review, I wanted to mention that these seeds were sent to me by @james (RQS) and in return I agreed to create this diary. The reviews are completely mine and I'm completely unbiased. The entire consumption of any plants that I grow is mine and mine alone (Yeh I’m a piglet)
-=-=-The strain=-=-=
Cookies Gelato is a hybrid between two famous strains, Girl Scout Cookies and Gelato 33.
“The taste of Girl Scout Cookies is earthy, sweet. The effect is relaxing, euphoric and creative.”
“With sweet citrus and fruity flavors, Gelato #33 offers an uplifting and energetic high that is perfect for any post-work activity after a long day.”
As a daily smoker I prefer a balanced strain rather than a dominant one. A 60/40 is the maximum I can smoke during the day. Strains that go to 70/30 or 80/20 are left for special times of the day. Either morning time or late evening.
Having too much energy when I should focus on work isn't appreciated and being head high during important life events also can’t be done.
Naturally when I saw that Cookies Gelato is a 50/50, I had to try growing it. Having a daily driver is very important 😁
-=--=Growing it=-=-=-
I have limited space to grow plants therefor I have to alternate locations through-out the house (yes, my GF is very patient with me;-) as she smells weed all day long).
Some of the pictures will showcase the limited space the plant had during her initial start. At roughly week 13 she was moved into a larger tent and from there into the final tent.
the total grow time was 24 weeks, but this could have been shortened to 20 by reducing 3 weeks from the vegetation stage.
In flowering stage, I kept feeding her according to the feeding schedule of Canna and in the last 10 days, switched to filtered tap water without using PH down.
In her last days I kept her dry and waited for the sugar leaves to wilt.
Total flowering time was 70 days / 10 weeks.
The drying process took 8 days with minimal temperature fluctuations between 22c-26c. the R.H was between 50-70%. Since then, the flowers have been sealed in a metal, food grade container and placed for curing. I’m burping the container every day for 30 minutes.
Doing a wet trim makes life very easy, all I had to-do was to trim the plant from the base and set to dry in the drying rack.
This resulted in medium to large size flowers, very dense, sticky and loaded with trichomes.
-=-=-Smell=-=--=-
There are a mix of different smells that are stemming from the cross between the strains. My GF Identifies Earthy, pine and woody smells. This seems to match what RQS are saying.
-=-=Smoking it=--=-
I consume weed in 3 methods. Vape, joints and (water)bungs.
the main method is bungs, when dropping a bung, I get a clear hit without any coughing or hissing. It’s a smooth smoke that transforms directly into a nice head high that can be easily compared to dropping roughly 10-15KG from your body weight. It’s a light head touch with a good body feel.
I have tried several joints; they were smooth to smoke with roughly a 5-minute onset for the high followed by roughly 20 minutes of uplifting mood and the rest was a nice chill sensation. communication with others is a breeze and comes naturally.
I feel like this strain is an appetite-depressor, when I woke up on Saturday morning after a 9 hour sleep my belly was growling at me “Feed me, feed me, NOW”. Since coffee has priority over morning food wake-and-bake was a must.
After the 1st puff my belly left me alone for 20 min before she started to growl at me again. So, I have pushed it once more, smoked a bit more and once again the hunger was gone.
Therefor I can conclude that for me this is an appetite depressor. (Excellent news)
-=-=-Pictures=-=-=-
I wanted to capture the entire grow in one post, you will see pictures throughout the entire grow cycle from seed to drying and curing. The phone/camera is use is a Sony Xperia II
Last notes: I want to thank my GF for taking up with my hobbies, at certain point I had to travel outside of the country for a period of 3 weeks.
She took care of the plants, feed them, made pictures and provided me day-2-day updates on the grow cycle and process.
Without her assistance, dedication and good will, this grow, and the parallel grow (San Fernando lemon Kush) would have not happened.
Smack that like button like you smack your loved ones in bed
#STAYSAFE #SMOKINGISGOOD #ILOVEWEED #HUGSNLOVE
Awesome plants man! Lookin good! I did the same kind of topping and training to a couple of my grows and got some very nice colas! Youre girls are happy and healthy.. good job growmie!
@CelticSmokey88, next week will be the last one, totaling in 13 weeks of vegetation I would move them into bigger pots but I really want to switch to 12/12
timbarin
