Pollen Chucking (P2)

Week 5 of flower - all pest issues resolved and more additional nute issues realized. All mothers are doing wonderfully save the Skywalker which we discuss more on below. The pollen chucking project has been dealt a significant blow by fate unfortunately. Our 1st clone run for the breeding stock was decimated by the aphids. Now we’ve also confirmed that neither the strawberry or Skywalker clones have yielded any fem. pollen. Both plants just threw blanks…. The only retrospective positives we have here are that each of the main mothers were somewhat deficient in some way. The strawberry mom has a couple of massively fasciated stems while the Skywalker has started to demonstrate a significant and very concerning calmag deficiency (even despite current supplementation). You’d think that with this kind of news, BW and is lady of hotness were finished with the pollen chuck…. However, our high headed heros were not without a backup plan if all else were to fail😉. There just so happens to be a collection of backup reg. Skywalker OG as well as some untested 707 Headband pollen that was preserved just for such an instance of nonsense👍👍👍. While it will change the breeding outlook significantly, we’re still gonna throw down some dreamy crosses for testing - despite all this bullshit adversity. I was really hoping to be able to work with all fem testers and not have to drill down quite as much on a fire cross but that’s just not gonna happen here. It’s true that you can’t fully plan or rush these things. The New run of clones are on the bake in the aerocloner. Only been 6 days and already got roots on one of the white widows. We’re in the midst of a summer vacation so setting up the final digs for the young plants in the dutchy system is going to be a bit of a pain in the ass. Regardless - the timing should be just perfect for both clone pollination and flower cycle completion on the mothers. We should still end up with a few tantalizing crosses, albeit reg. Seeds that will require some careful refinement. Whateves - this was never gonna be a once and done affair anyway🤷. Background edits and updates to follow 👍🤟👍. 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. ***UPDATE*** Sadly - the ghost train turned out to be an auto so cloning her out as part of the breeding project is a no-go. Really disappointed about this but at least we still have a ready backup strain on the lost coast og to take her place. - 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👊