Mutant GSC

Day 28: Ok so first of all, sorry for the lack of updates. I've been quite busy with other work lately. She is doing well in her new home, with slower growth as expected due to her light schedule flipping a little early. Today I woke up to a rather amusing surprise: she is self-replicating herself! The root system is producing new seedling growth (see image close-up). Just because this was a freebie seed, I'm going to let the little ones grow just to see what happens. I find it more amusing than anything that it decided to start cloning itself. Besides, just saying "root defoliation" sounds funny, so not going to do it :) Edit: After further research, this root sprouting of new seedlings is not that rare, but what is rare is that when it happens, they aren't supposed to have cotyledon leaves. The fact that this just got transplanted with new soil a few days ago has me suspicious though. I didn't plant any other seeds in quite a long time, so unless some came in this FoxFarm soil that I just opened when I transplanted, or I somehow knocked some seeds into it that I never even knew I had, I am assuming these are sprouting from the root system. The only way to know for sure, is to try to dig one of them up to see where it's coming from, but that's too risky. Instead, I decided I'm going to let them grow for a week or two. I will know by then at the very most if these are the same genetics. This plant has extremely indica growth patterns, and shows wide leaves very early, when all of my previous grows have been very sativa-like in appearance and growth characteristics. Day 29: I couldn't wait. The mystery was too much suspense for me lol. I tried digging them up carefully. In the process I found about a dozen more than haven't broken through the surface yet, that i just yanked out. The 6 or so that are growing, well, they are very long. The roots of the big plant did not yet escape their previous pot size, and these seedlings seem to be growing frow very deep and curved underneath the old pot's blob of soil (see image). It's hard to tell exactly what happened here. It's very strange that every one of about 20 seedlings sprouted from the same place. Regardless, I ripped them all out. Problem solved lol. Day 30: Unfortunately, I somehow slept 16 hours myself today, straight through her lights on period. This means she did not get her scheduled feeding today, and I didn't get to check on her at all. It'll have to wait for tomorrow's update. Day 31: Ok, well what the heck? Those little seedlings are back with even more than before...even though I ripped up 6 and another dozen yellow ones that never made it to the surface just 2 days ago. The ones I ripped up all converged to a single point at the bottom of the root ball of the main plant. Their stems were over 8 inches long. I ripped up everything in that location. Today they are back in the SAME place ABOVE the surface, with even more than before. How is this possible? This is absolutely bonkers. Help? Ok, I'll let a couple of them grow for a week just to see if they look anything like the "mother". Thank you everyone for the likes! I reached 1000 today. I guess my diaries aren't as horrible as I thought? I'm not very good at writing... Day 32: Looking at her this morning, she is definitely a lot taller since moving into her new home. I'll have to take some measurements in a little while during her upkeep. Day 33: She is doing great. She needed a good feeding today and that she got. Her little seedling friends are still alive. I am going to let the strongest one or two survive to see if the genetics are anything like the "mother". I moved a small autoflowering plant next to her/on top of her pot to give her some more company. This smaller plant is from my diary #3, where it was not doing so well with the lighting it had, and this was the only option I had to try saving her. She measures 12 inches tall today. I measured her just 2 days ago and she was 9 inches, and 2 days before that she was 8.5. She had the biggest growth spurt in her life these past two days. I'll take it! Day 34: It's official. They got the "girl" part right at the very least. I don't have high hopes for this being anything like GSC in appearance or taste from what I have seen so far, but girl she is. We have some really long pistils starting to take hold in key locations. Images coming soon.