Alright, here we go 2022 Season 4 on Growdiaries. Woohoo. This season will be the second attempt at commercial scale outdoor growing at 53N latitude in Alberta, Canada. Lots of sun if you time it right but the sun gets weak quickly after mid-August this far north. Because of that, mostly limited to autos.
This is actually my first ever (serious) indoor grow (big thanks to Mars-Hydro for the great light and 4x4 tent). Up till now I’ve only ever started seeds indoor but all growing was done outdoor.
I’ll be crossing several varieties of Gorilla Glue Auto to make feminized seeds. It’s easy enough and I’ve done it before, but it’s always a bit nerve wracking. Knowing how to make your own feminized seeds is very satisfying and way cheaper than purchased seeds. Knowledge is power even when it comes to pot, gnome sayin’?
Starting (in water Jan 15) three seeds two of which will be sprayed with colloidal silver once they start flowering to make feminized pollen. In about 4 weeks I’ll start three different types of glue autos to pollinate. This should provide lots of seeds that I can grow out this summer to make another round of crosses. 👍😎 Cannabis breeding is easier than tomato or pepper breeding and the plan is to breed plants suited to short season outdoor.
Mars-Hydro FC-4800 and tent were setup tonight. Everything was quick and easy. Very nice. Thanks again to Mars-Hydro and you should buy their stuff so you can start enjoying the best hobby in the world. Cheers.
@Ganja4Show, thanks. First time trying these seeds and they seem good. I thought the Beast would be the bigger of the two types, but they’re pretty stocky and the Harambe is bigger.
@2x2growing, thanks. There will be lots of plants this year and I need to do a lot better overall than last year. Definitely lots of fun and pretty much my dream job so hopefully I can make it work this year.
@KingSalomonsWeed, thanks and I agree. It will be interesting to see how the phenotypes vary this summer and how the chosen ones will come out the following year. 👍
@Shooey, thanks eh? This is still my first indoor grow, and I’ve got too many other things on the go to sweat the details, but yeah these plants seem to be going well. Hopefully the seeds will be ready in time. I may be cutting it a bit too close.
Great stuff mate 👍 good to see you back into it.
There’s a lot going on!! Would those fem seeds also be auto if they are crossed with autos?
Should be an interesting new project. Good luck with the weather this season bro,, following along 🍻
@@@WeGro, not quite that easy. I made feminized pollen by spraying with colloidal silver. It’s easy enough if you want to do it but it’s not trivial. Same way professional breeders do it.
@Shooey, yes these are for this season. I’ve already got a decent number of Gorilla Glue auto seeds (about 250) but I want lots more. Hoping to have about 400 of these plants this summer. Should work out, but I was delayed getting this indoor setup going which means timing is bit close for a mid to late May season start.