Northern Spice (F1)

Week 2 of transition and finally caught up with this diary. What’s missing are the pre-defo photos - it was an absolute jungle in there so we had to take out some leaves to up the air flow below the canopy. I’ve changed my approach there somewhat in that II tend to leave a lot more on the plant than I used to. The increased stress for the sake of uniformity in the canopy just doesn’t assist with flowering growth like it does when you leave the plant alone. We take what’s needed to clean up the under carriage and open up the middles to expose bud sites. It’s paid dividends and growth this week has been both pronounced and robust. Very uniform for an F1 generation also. We’ve got our first signs of gender coming out too. So far, just 1 male that I can see but it’s still a little early. He’ll get the chop shortly once we’re absolutely sure about the others. Flower show should be come’n in hot shortly👍. Strain details She’s a mix of a particularly strong Northern Lights, crossed with a Spicy Bitch sativa hybrid. The hope is that we’ll be able to combine the overtly narcotic effects in the NL and mellow it out somewhat with the quality daytime sativa effects found in the SB. Both strains feature numerous grower qualities. Both parents possessed vigour and resiliency, the SB particularly colourful in late flower. These beans were the product of a shotgun breeding run that presented an unexpected opportunity so there’s quite a bit of testing that should flow from the various F1’s we’ve produced.