Gelato in first tent


Here is my tent now, anything missing? Looks like these two are going to fill the grow space nicely

Here is a shot of a nice Gelato Bud.

And some bud sites.

RH is 57%, Temp is 84 deg F, and ppfd is 900-960 at mid-day. Notice anything missing? MD Muddy, MDBuds Meow Daddy has been moved outside. He just can’t be trusted around the ladies.
@Chasworks What genetics got seeded?

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Those are nice numbers, it was a Big Bud, Gorilla Glue by a Oaxaca Red male. Haven’t even tried to germinate any! Was a mistake and i didn’t want to waste my time: at least your plants are interesting genetics :yin_yang:

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I fondly remember getting some Oaxacan in the '70s a couple of times. Really good stuff. I haven’t seen any seeds in any of the seed banks. Big Bud & GG, classics.

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Got the seeds from a guy from Oaxaca: GG is one of my Favorites: the Big Bud was just that but nothing to write home about. :yin_yang: I started this run with a Single GG #4 Mother out side. Was able to take the longer route due to the staggered harvest of the 4 auto’s that i am smoking now

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Here’s the canopy. You can see the hedgehogs if you zoom in.

And here is the tent.
56% RH and 84 deg F at mid day. Watered with 1/3 strength Flower fuel. It rained today, so I got all my water containers filled again. I have had to raise the lights at least a few clicks every day, really stretching.

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Here is the pollen I collected the last couple of days. The male plant Muddy is no more.

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Plants look excellent, canopy is Even! Pollen looks fantastic: how you going to store it until use? I’ve heard using a small paint brush is used to apply the pollen: whats your plan? When do you plan to apply the pollen? :yin_yang: I am watching closely as i have a few Reg seeds i brought: going to drop one next grow! :100:

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Storing it right in the 4 oz jelly jar that it is in. On the floor of a closet. Summertime temp is 70-72, wintertime temp is 62-64 deg F

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Did you decide what week of Flower you are going to pollenate? You want the seeds to be mature by harvest. :yin_yang:

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We have entered week 2 of flower, I am thinking sometime during week 4. The secondary buds should be a little more mature by then and the seeds will have 5-7 weeks to finish by harvest time.

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Ok sounds like a plan

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Here are my two plants. Notice the difference in color


The plant on the right is in a 2 gal container and was prepared for an autoflower. I had planned on harvesting by now, but plans change, so I added 2 scoops of wormcastings. Then I worked it into the topsoil and topwatered. We will see if it makes a difference in a couple of weeks.

Here is another issue.


Sorry for the fuzziness but I don’t have @Lynyrdsky photo skills. It would probably help if I took my reading glasses with me to the grow tent. I thought I got the male out of there before pollen was flying…Oops. I will have some seeds. I have only found two sites so far with multiple seeds and there is few stalks without at least one. I expect that it will have an effect on the output; just hope the terps will be ok.

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Rookie mistake. LOL
Today is UV Wednesday. 20 min session 10 then rotate 180 deg, then 10 more. Watered yeasterday with Recharge. Ppfd is 900-1000, 84 deg F, RH is 58 at mid-day.

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Funny you mention that but when I first scrolled through this thread I noticed how your photos were looking great. I still take some fuzzy pictures myself. Nice looking plants.

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Thanks, I’m tryin’. I am getting better at using my new phone

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It looks like you will be having your own Hybrid Seeds! Not a bad thing! I still smoked the harvest it was strange sifting seeds prior to stuffing a cone! :yin_yang:

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Can’t wait to see how it turns out. Looking nice

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@Wepop Thanks, I can’t wait either. Good to hear from you. Got anything going, yourself?

I defoliated earlier today on the Rue plant; Gelato tomorrow. They are both sucking up a lot of fluids with all the warm weather in the summertime. With the light driver outside of the tent, the temps are only 4 or 5 deg F higher than the temps in the garage, my lung room. It still gets up in the 90s most days, but only for a few hours. The mornings are shaded so it doesn’t get real warm until about 3:00. About 7:00 I open the main garage door and it cools off pretty quickly. Not ideal but fairly effective. So far both plants are handling the heat stress well. We will see what effect it has on the outcome, if any.

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It should cool down pretty soon. I expect that by the final month before harvest I will be bringing the driver back in the tent for the heat.

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Not growing right now to hot. I have a a.c. in my shop where I grow.
Cost to much to run it. More economical to get weed from dispensaries
In the summers.

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