Pollen Chucking (P2)

Week 14 of veg. And this marathon just keeps on going. That said, things are finally about to get interesting as a whole lotta prep work is now underway for the next phase of the project. The she-males - they’re off to the races now and showing first signs of pistils. We’ve been spraying with colloidal silver for at least 1.5 weeks now so I’m expecting to see some nanners and balls in short order👍. We also found a place where we can keep em for a week or two (away from the mothers) while they spew pollen from their respective manginas😎. We’ll be pollinating more clones in the cabinet next door to the mothers but this will be “painted” and very localized so hopefully we won’t see too much (if any preferably) migration. The mothers - same ol, same ol - they’re growing…. The lost coast survived and will do well for sure. The strawberry outdoor is a leafy cluster fuck but the multiple trellis we’ve been weave through the bamboo has worked to manage height so far👍. The boogie nights is still about a week away from cutting maturity. Scrog net parts showed up on time but were the wrong size for 1/2” pvc?.?.?..? WTF Amazon - how is it even possible to get that part of the description wrong??? No matter - some how ended up sourcing others (correctly sized to standard sched. 40) locally and they’ll be here in a couple days. The ghost train is all cotton balling out now and I’m still disappointed she’s an auto. Not sure how we’re gonna manage this one and might move er outside. The next round of clones - come’n up in a week or so. Gett’n time where i can to build out the new table for the recirc. System they’re going in to. A little more table area, integrated the drain line down the middle and I offset some of the framing to allow for drainage collection/redirection in the event of leaks. Slapped the basics together pretty quick and soon it’ll be paint and finishing touches🤩👍🤩. Shout out to @druidnutrients - these folks were kind enough to let me test drive there all-in-one nute line. Never gonna turn down an opportunity to simplify the feed sched. So let’s give it a go👍 Cheers 🍻😄👊. Gonna be gett’n busy real soon over here. Good things grow’n folks👍. 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😉. ************** - 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👊