'Gelato OG' by Seedsman

*Not for pity, but needed a break so I took one. Feel I over stepped and my plate was too full, leading to some mental health issues. Hit a low and decided it was best to take care of myself a little better during last week. All is well and I'm coming out of it, but it sucked pretty hard for awhile there. I did the right thing and reached out for help. I'm telling you this because mental health isn't a joke and many of us cannabis users/growers have a history of depression and/or anxiety. If this is you and you're in a rough spot, please give someone a call and express what's going on. Someone you can trust not to judge and just listen. If you don't have someone, drop me a line in PM. Thanks all🙏* Soooo, because of the above👆 I really fell behind and updates will be permanently wonky now. Like.... Gelato has been harvested, lol! There's some catching up to do and timestamps will be ballparked. Way too much to go through and sort out, so imma let it go and just do my best with the remainder for these diaries. So here's Gelato OG from Day 38 to about Day 46(?). The Deets!: The Good: -Tonnes of good but this'll be short. I love her, simple as that. She's putting on incredible weight, shedding very, very well and is one smelly lady. She's moving fast and already starting to wrap up. The mass she put on in such a short time is incredibly impressive. The quality of the bud is high end I'm already looking for another bean for a momma plant. She's a keeper and I can already highly recommend this girl to anyone looking for a super heavy indie Dom. The 'Meh': -Heat, still. AC unit is being planned. Notes of the Week: -Everyone is starting to turn in with Glookies looking like she'll be the last to finish up. At the time of typing this, Gelato has already gotten the chop, Quick Sherbet will come down tomorrow (Feb 3rd) and Glookies/Malanasa will probably both come down on Saturday (Feb 6th). -Project #1, Tent #1 genetics have been chosen (officially). Will be running Lemon-Grass and Mango Sherbet by HSC, Blue Monkey by Exotic Seeds and Fat Banana from Seedsman. We ready to go, time to pop. -@WickedStix_ genetics came in the mail several days ago and all looks good. Doesn't look the cold or shipping messed them up and they're good to go for Project #2, Tent #2. Frozen Diesel is going to be stupid good folks. Pretty excited to get going on these ones... Thanks once again to Budx and Wicked for paying it forward and just being good people. -Seedling method will/is changing. Grilled multiple veteran growers on their methods and I've finally come to a conclusion... I've been cooking my seeds😬. Soil media has been far too warm/hot for such young girls and this explains their limited root system and early stunting. As soon as I transplanted in the past, they took off and all was well. No heat matt...more media. It took me 4 grows to figure this out. Wow😂. Anywho, learned a new method to use the heat mat but still reduce media temps. Will list this below (and yes, it worked). Thanks @Nor_Cal_Kannabliss! -Dipping into Canna now, and will probably be leaving FutureHarvest behind for a much more simple schedule. As previously mentioned, I'm happy with FH, but why so many additives/nutrients. Compile them! I really don't like having to measure out 11 doses from 11 bottles every frigging time. Canna results and schedules are impressive, so I've started to make the move. Rhizotonic XP is the first buy and will be used for the seedling process in order to expedite early growth. Hoping to land their whole line before it's time to start feeding the new girls who are just in BlueSky super soil and have been fed Miicrobial Mass. Around 3 weeks will be when feeding starts. I'm pretty sure I can get things in order before than. Well, that's her! Notes of the Week will be copy paste, as well as the heat mat method I will list below, courtesy of NorCal. Hope you all have a gooder and I'm hoping to find time to catch up on all your projects. I haven't even been on GD for about 8 days, so I have no idea what's going down on here anymore, hahaha. Anywho, cheers and happy trails all. See ya real soon👋✊ *Heat Mat Method* I don't have the heat mat thermostat to control. It cost more than the mat so I said screw that, but now I see I do need a means of regulation. I had some InkBird readers w/ probes kicking around, including two inline thermostats with probes. Cheaper than the thermostats and doesn't have to be InkBird...like at all. There's many options. Anywho, NorCal told me to take that inline and plug the heat mat into it. Take plastic wrap and cover the probe tip to protect from any erosion. Than make up a faux* pot of soil with the same amount of media and water as the actual seedling pots. Shove the probe in the soil and boom, direct read and direct control over the heat mat. Set to always hover between 72-74 degrees (21-22 degrees Celsius). The ambient tent temperature and humidity are now held at 76 degrees and 65-75% RH. Method and dialing in has been accomplished! Confident moving to next grow👍. If this is helpful, thank NorCal for this hot tip. Just another thing I feel I can check off the list moving forward.