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You shouldn't glass seeds longer as 12 hours, enough soaking for sure but after 12 hours.. they start to suffocate and get pissed off or even simply die in that glass. The swimmers do in general better as the sinkers.

So.. 3 of 3 popped and are in the 3L pots with a moisture dome. and how I plate my seeds.. gone now ^^ towels are not wet, just moist, I also see that the seeds are not flat surrounded by the towel.. just keep the air around them over 80% humidity. sorry for my mess ^^

Seeds can drown.... plate them, they are moist... let em breathe.

2 of 3 popped and i put em in pots, dome over. Dont have the space in the germination tent for the cam too.. installed in the veg tent, just put light way more up Used 2ml root juice mix to wet the soil. FF green bag. Mixed lunch time and put in the tent to warm up. 24 degrees

Just had a check, none of the three seeds popped so far.. checking in 12 hours again ^^

Where can I buy regular seeds? Nope, never tried that one... actually hear the first time of it. As long as I take a paff and think i drink a pina colada, is sold

19.15 i checked the seeds (11 hours 45 mins passed) and plated them. 1 swimmer, 2 sinkers Used filtered (carbon and UV) water for plating.. normal kitchen paper towels and a little medical scoop to fish out the seeds and place them. Then cover with another paper towel. Warmed the water to 26 degrees, so the new home is nice and warm. Decided to keep the plates in the veg tent, is rather warm 24/7. Lets see tomorrow morning were we stand. I put the kitchen towel around not to keep it more warm ^^ but to be sure is dark where the seeds are.

I will run a full video diary with all the values.. even do the Ph/ppm with a pen for each feeding solution.. as I know Gelatos like my pocket.. I might have a slight advantage. So I post every detail.. and do that every day. As I never did that.. I might learn some myself for this strain. Just, please, i fuckup like all the rest, never grew Tortoni before, just Gelatos from 42FastBuds in Auto and Photo (100+ total) version.. if you run into troubles, use my pictures.. if they are healthy plants.. check the numbers i post, should bring you back on track if needed. The Gelato doesn't like over feeding, will show you this one , very quick. Watch your tips, react with pure water when you see them discolor. Once they flower, you can actually go a bit over the average.. they form very nice and dense flowers (they want light go preferred 1200 micromol).. that needs feeding, increase your flower fertilizer depending on thickness of the buds. Watch those leaves. Is about all input I can give... and yes.. EASY with the youngsters.. they grow fast.. no need to push em. addon don't go over the edge during veg with light or they don't stretch enough. 500 micromol really fits. as soon as you swap light cycle, bring it up in steps! No need to blast 1200 on right away...

The Pineapple Fields... does it taste like Pineapple or is it just a fancy fake name? I look for Pineapple smoking taste.. pheno hunting some Express at the moment.. last 15 Express I tested had fruity but no Pineapple taste. I know there is, as I smoked some very exquisite Pineapple flavored Express 6 years ago.. I want that again ^^ Worth to have a look into Fields?

Dropped the 3 seeds at 07.30 into filtered water around 27 degrees. Good Luck to all into the competition! Hope you have a blast...

i have this one, not that I use it ^^ if you look, you should find it local.. around 800 rand https://www.emall.ee/2019-new-tds-ph-meter-ph-tds-ec-temperature-meter-digital-water-quality-monitor-tester-for-pools-drinking-water-aquariums/ forgot.. I have this one: TPH01139

My mother tent.. Germination Tent 150 - 250 micromol on the plants, 140 watts The Veg Tent 400 - 600 micromol on the canape, 480 watts draw. and the flower tent, right now one section is on "large plants" not running 450 watts but 900 watts on that section. All big ones are on flush now.. so soon have space back for the competition ^^ I let the cables of the QBs hang down on purpose.. if a plant falls over, the wires have a good chance to catch them if the plants don't grow tall, the cables don't hang down as the lights hang lower. Cam decided to go without the flash.. and I understand hehehe is very bright in that tent, kinda fun to see it that dark. Rest is a bit the usual. No power cord on the ground, no plug laying on the ground.

Other one went down.. didn't came bad for just cutting the lower branches at final repotting, no training what so ever. This is a clone of the plants, which didn't made it.. I also found a few spots of PM on this one.. and sprayed the full tent just to be sure. Didn't found any other PM spots on the other plants.. so good.. this one would just not make it due to the weakness against PM. Have a big plant of the winner in the tent too.. gave it a very good inspection, couldn't find any PM on it. Nice... Keep this one dark now and sprayed with Serenade, will fully defoil tomorrow and spray 50% strength again. Day after it gets a snip and hangs to dry. Forgot... Gelato.. what else ^^ I look forward to those Tortoni's @Totemic Also addon.. that is what bio heaven does to your plants.

to late for reverse psychology we all expect big things from you.. and by the way.. hope you enjoy the competition

you just raised the expectations... not sure you want to add more comments to this topic

yeah.. you better not embarrass yourself and waste other peoples cash

Looking good... just go on with what you are doing!

Just check how infested they are... a lonely mite crawling over a bud, no need to wash. First i would look to get cooler and more wind on the plants. Spider mites hate wind. Then wash off as many as you can with a sprayer. Use 9 parts water and 1 part alcohol. Sprinkle your top soil with diatomaceous earth. Shouldnt harm your plants or leave any taste on your buds.. but the spider mites will hate it... repeat till clean.

Depends how infested all is just before harvest. You might want to bud wash... smoking dead bugs will not enhance the flavors I would have to read up.. but i think peroxide, then lemon juice and last fresh water. Should clean em off. You might want to quick read up, if i remembered correctly

we always start small.. and sooner or later run out of space as long as you are happy with the stretch and grow speed.. those lights are not the best, but also not the worst to use. Work on your climate control before you upgrade your lights. The good thing on the one you have is the build in cooling.. you can use the fan just to bring air to your plants. If you battle with temp.. last you want to do is add more light wattage.. just increases your problem. When you add things step by step, you should end with a rather well balanced system.

i will drop the seeds 8th May and start the diary.

Pic of the dry plant.. i can tell the weight once she is on 62% inside the jar.. Later addon, gave 51g close shaved buds.... smell delicious!

You only run 1 fan? Might want to add 1 more.. if you use the air in as ventilation too. I use my 150mm inline duct to control also more my in tent air flow. The other inliner just sucks out on top. I use 2 40cm on full speed beside the 150mm duct with 7 openings. The end of the duct I simply closed off. I marked the openings, the ones you don't see are just on the other side ^^ The top one is to bring fresh air to the other fix fan. The middle ones cool the lights, 2 QBs in this case, other 2 QBs are in the path of the fix fans. Lower openings are to provide air movement on the plants. Setup is nice, all plants move and not using any oscillating fan.