Week 12 update - it’s just a giant clusterfuck of a million different things Go’n down at the same time right now. Probably shoulda spaced this all out a little better.
We got the clones on transition now gett’n sprayed twice daily with colloidal silver, we’ve got 2 outdoors just do’n their thing, and finally we have the rest of the mothers in the tent. The tent is a concern right now. These are some monster plants that are only going to get much, much larger. We’re probably looking at launching flower real soon just due to what will be headroom issues. Got the scrog parts on order but thats one hell of a slow boat with delivery being approx 1 month out. So everythings a bit of a giant headache right now and I find myself extremely worried about Em getting pollinated if we launch early. Still not quite sure how I’m gonna balance this. Other than that - it’s all still canopy management, topping, lollipopping etc. Etc.
Background/Repetitive Nonsense
These plants will be the two mothers this growing season that will be utilized for stage 2 of the pollen chucking project. We’ll be taking clones and stressing the genetics for some fem. pollen using colloidal silver.
Instead of trying to reinvent the wheel with landrace genetics, we’re effectively skipping initial hybrid crossing and stabilization, going straight to the polyhybrid mix. I call it the shotgun approach to selective, unvetted and amateur breeding on a micro scale😉.
These 2 parent strains will form the basis for 8-10 different F1 polyhybrid combinations and a further S1 back cross of each of the mothers. Not only should we be able to preserve the genetics for both mothers in feminized form but we’ll also be running an entire family of new hybrids after seeding out clones from each on the initial lineup of this summers photoperiods.
Method is pretty simple here; once we’ve got our pollen off the two mothers we’ll be clipp’n clones on 4 select strains that have proven results from various respected breeders. We’ll be using those for pollination purposes in what is expected to be a 10 plant recirculating Dutch bucket hydro system.
Strain details:
Parent strains for self pollination
- Skywalker Kush by Reserva Privada
Classic kush effects and earthy aroma. The strong kush element of this cultivar will compliment any cross.
- Spliffs Strawberry by Spliff Seeds
Incredible mix of flavourful terpenes and hard hitting high THC. She’s got some Herer as well as some Diesel in ‘er so an obvious choice for any cross as well.
Parent Strains for cross pollination
***UPDATE***
We added another 2 strains to the mix just in case we need to spot swap for some more variety.
- Ghost Train by AMS Seeds
A cross of Alien OG x Ghost Train Haze. Never tried the strain but I’ve heard only good things. This one might be worth mixing with the Strawberry so we’ll see how it goes.
- Boogie Nights by AMS Seeds
A cross of Kalijah, aka afghani/skunk/diesel/blue heaven X Juanita, aka NYC Diesel/Reina Madre). No idea here so naturally I’m interested😉.
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- Lost Coast OG by Emerald Triangle
Pakistani Kush x Lemon Thai x Chemdawg #4. Essentially a classic, west coast combo of landrace kush genetics that Cali is famous for, mixed with hard hitting Chemdawg #4.
- Spliffs Blueberry by Spliff Seeds
(Chocolate Thai x Afghani #1 x Highland Oaxaca) x Northern Lighhts Special. Only 1 bean of this left and the whole purpose is to blend the best of Spliffs Berry strains as a tribute. Awesome breeder and they’ve been very kind to us over the years.
- Northern Light by Royal Queen Seeds
NL means nuff said. A combo of 11 unknown strains believed to originate from the west coast of North America. This cultivar is a great take on these classic genetics and a perfect compliment to just about any cross. A biased fave of ours.👍
- White Widow by Seedsman
Brazilian Sativa x South Indian Indica. This classic strain has been unluckily elusive for us the last couple years. We know the quality of seedsmans version of this cultivar having grown it in the past. Sadly, a very strong performer that never made it to harvest due to an uncontrollable aphid infestation.
And we’re only at step 1.... still gonna need an assist with pheno hunting all of the crosses so if anyone’s interested in running the testers (when we finally get to that point) just let me know👍😎.
Gonna be a Dope ass summer project and can’t wait to see it in full swing🤟. Thanks for stopp’n in y’all👊
@@Waylate, whoops - thought u were talk’n about a different grow. Yes indeed, the Skywalker genetics are top shelf for sure. One of our best and most reliable kush strains that we’ve grown. Should make for a great cross with anything.
Are you in like, durban, dude?
Just guessing, you don't have to answer.
When I chuck pollen, the whole province gets seeded...So I try to only do that in winter, though outdoors.
@TheBudWhisperer,
Oh sorry about that location guessing, probably thinking of someone else (my memory is kinda shit at times).
And yup, if you grow outdoors, even with no males... wind, insects...whatever, things still get pollinated to some degree.
@sir_isO, Nawe dude - Ontario Canada. And yeah - this stuff is indoors so really only gonna pollinate my own stash accidentally👍. Doesn’t matter here anyway - my outdoor always ends up catching pollen from somewhere, somehow....
@Theia, agreed! But I’m gonna try and impress eddy rosenthal in the hopes that he’s got a place in his book for unique micro grows😉. Saw it on IG so I figured I’d put a little extra effort in and maybe get some cred. From the OG himself
@Growskiiiiii, appreciate that dude👊. All about share’n what u know and giving back. Community’s been a lot of help over the years👍. Thanks for the look!
@CelticSmokey88, cheers!!! Half of it is more steam of consciousness so i don’t forget all the things I fucked up but hey - if it entertains, great! Thanks for the look👍👊