3 years ago
I'm sure you've heard of a cannabis strain called Gelato Cake, mostly because it's the most famous marijuana plant today. And it is possible that you are wondering...What has this strain that makes it so good? Don't worry, you'll soon see why Gelato Cake has become so popular in the weed Olympus.
What is the genetics of Gelato Cake?
It is a cross between Sunset Sherbert and Girl Scout Cookies, a direct descendant of the prestigious Cookie Fam. It can be considered a retrocrossing of Cookies, although morphologically they have quite a few differences, especially in the shape of the flowers.
Seeds of Gelato Cake marijuana are the fruit of an excellent work done by the great Mario Guzmán, alias Sherbinsky. This breeder was a member of the San Francisco Bay Area collective that created Girl Scout Cookies, although he became famous internationally when he presented his other great creation, Sunset Sherbert. That's why no one better than the Sherbert's father to continue with the cookie lineage, first as sorbet and now as ice cream.
How is the marijuana variety Gelato Cake?
It is a plant with the appearance of a sativa hybrid in terms of its structure, although the flowers and leaves are more similar in shape to the Indicas. Its leaves have a very pronounced and particular sawing. It grows with a wide distance between knots, quite branched and with good vigor.
In flowering can triple its size, forming buds throughout the structure, medium size and resin frost. The calyx/leaf ratio is very good, which helps a lot when harvesting.
How is Gelato Cake grown indoors?
Thanks to its good branching, high growth rate, flexibility of the branches and good response to pruning, it is a good candidate to use the SCROG method. It does not need high doses of fertilizers to perform well, many times, more does not mean better.
In flowering, it is necessary to control that the humidity does not rise too much, especially when the buds are formed. This variety creates very dense flowers, so it is interesting to improve indoor ventilation and try to reduce the relative humidity as much as possible.