Mutant Pheno Hunt

Here we go on another run together and trust me, this will definitely be something different and very interesting as I've been invited to be a 'Test Grower' for Terpyz Genetics. Formerly Terpyz x Kalyseeds who, for those 'in the know', are known for their breeding of cannabis mutations and the results they've gotten. Terpyz has asked me to perform a pheno hunt on two of their new MUTANT strains; DW IBL x (Pablo Picasso | Lemon Alien NL) x Blue Booby and Z.U.P. SWAG V4 Big Purple and I'll tell you... I'm SUPER stoked to get these seeds germinated and begin to increase my knowledge of growing these mutant strains! So how this hunt is going to work is this: Germinate 10 seeds(regulars) of each strain, grow out the plants and establish which are Male/Female, remove ALL males and continue to grow and photograph the females picking out the female of each strain which best represents the traits that the breeder is seeking... sound like fun doesn't it! ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ THE STRAINS: ~ Duckweb IBL X Alien Picasso F1) X Blue Booby F1 ~ ~ Z.U.P SWAG is (SWAG variegated Ultra V4 (Kalyseeds) x Opalo NL TerpyZ Select F2) ~ Description: [Duckweb IBL X Alien Picasso F1) X Blue Booby F1] This line brings together some of our favorite Duckfoot lines. The mother plant of this cross: Duckweb IBL x Alien Picasso F1 had intoxicating Caramel Candy terps with Pine and Fuel undertones. Duckweb IBL from Olympic Seeds pure Indica originating in Afghanistan. It is an inbred webbed landrace with beautiful magenta/pink pistils, good potency and outstanding stability. It has an extremely Uplifting and Happy, Social high associated with Sativa. Alien Picasso F1 is a cross that we made of a super gassy OG Kush-leaning Pablo Picasso and Lemon Alien, both of which are genetics derived from Kalyseeds. Alien Picasso F1 (Pablo Picasso x Lemon Alien) Blue Booby F1 (Puffin F3 X Moon Duck F4) is a Poly-hybrid webbed leaf by Fygtree. Puffin (Super Silver Haze x Tropica Race (Purple Haze X Indian Summer Kaly Duck)) Moon Duck (Ducksfoot IBL x Vanilluna) Description: [ Z.U.P SWAG is (SWAG variegated Ultra V4 (Kalyseeds) x Opalo NL TerpyZ Select F2) ] There's not a lot of information on this strain yet because it's so new but what I've been able to gather so far is, that one phenotype of Z.U.P Swag was a tall plant with a Christmas tree structure had purple flowers, and leaves with prominent purple coloration. It also had good flower structure, and excellent vigor. The only other data I could gather is that the male used was from a Opalo population which was selected in the 2nd generation, with dense flower structure and great terpenes! I'm sure this grow will add to the available knowledge of this strain! ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ WEEKLY UPDATE: 2/2- Today I planted 10 seeds of each of the two strains provided to me by Terpyz Mutant Genetics into plastic starter cups filled with un-amended 70/30 Coco/Perlite mix and were moistened, via a spray bottle, with 7.0ph spring water. I chose today as it is two days before the full moon here, and I strongly believe in the moon cycles being able to positively affect several aspects of cannabis cultivation. I have the starter cups on a digitally controlled heat mat set to 75℉ which is in a germination tray w/ lid set in an AC Infinity 4x4 tent, in which I currently have a 200w Unit Farm UFL 3000 hung at 42" above the tray and set to 24hrs on right now. Once all the seeds have broke ground I'll switch the cycle to 18/6. I'm maintaining a 78-79℉ temperature in the tent with an RH of 56%. Having started these seeds directly in the medium without any 'pre-soak' means that they'll take anywhere from 48-96 hours to sprout and break ground so my objective now is to make sure that the cups do not completely dry out, not stay too wet until I see life! Fingers crossed! 😎🤞 2/5- A couple of the Z.U.P. SWAG Big Purple V4 seeds broke ground today 72 hours after being planted! Later in the day some of the Duckweb IBL X Alien Picasso F1) X Blue Booby F1's started to show up and were quickly outnumbering the SWAG seeds in germination rate. 2/6- Both strains are continuing to break ground. Unfortunately, I have had a couple of seeds from each strain sprout and then fail shortly thereafter. I'm still waiting on three to pop up from the 'DW IBL' batch and five from the 'Z.U.P. Swag' batch. I'll continue to monitor the seedlings, keeping them moist, along with looking out for the remaining seeds that have yet to emerge. 2/8- Well folks, at this point its been almost a week since I planted the 20 seeds ( 10 of each strain) and at the time of this entry I have 7 of the DW IBL x (Pablo Picasso | Lemon Alien NL) x Blue Booby F1's and 5 of the Z.U.P. SWAG Big Purple V4's that are all looking fantastic! I do have one of the Z.U.P. SWAG Big Purple V4 seeds that has emerged but had its shell stuck on it. I eventually couldn't take looking at the poor thing any longer and decided to VERY delicately attempt to 'help' it shed the 'helmet' it was wearing so that the poor things leaves could open. I was successful and the shell was removed without incident. I only wish I had done this sooner as now I'm wondering if it will open up, allowing light onto its leaves and, hopefully surviving... time will tell. Well, there's the week of germination on the books and I'm honestly absolutely giddy about the upcoming weeks ahead when I'll get to see how these mutant strains develop... hope to see you there! Thank you very much for following along and for all the positive comments and ❤️! May ALL your days and grows be Blessed! 😎🙏❤️