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: 3/30- Here we go into Week Eight of veg for the 10 remaining mutants, seven of the DW IBL's and a trio of Z.U.P. SWAG's, and all are doing fantastic! I'm continuing to monitor the moisture level in their pots with a soil moisture probe daily and, so far, they have only needed watering about once every 4-5 days which I'm digging! All the mutants were still moist today so all I really had to do was turn their pots 1/4 turn to ensure that they were getting equal light exposure to the entire plant. The tallest of the group is the #8 at 18" which is funny because it was the last to germinate and had a rough start... look at her now and she's looking stellar! I'm continuing to keep my fingers crossed that I won't be finding anymore males in the group, which the odds against increase with each passing day! 4/1- I went ahead and watered all of the plants today. I filled a 2 1/2g watering jug with well water, to which I added 5 ml/g of Botanicare CalMag+ and 1 tbsp/g of Neptune's Harvest Seaweed Extract, then ph'd it to 6.2 @ 74℉. I split the 2 1/2g evenly, giving each approx. .25g each. Now the #2 and #5 of the Z.U.P. SWAG's and the #8 DW IBL are confirmed females. I'm just waiting on the rest to begin showing their sex, which should be soon! 4/3- When I checked all the pots today they were all still good to go so watering was skipped and all I did was to give each of the 10 pots a 1/4 turn. All of the plants are doing fantastic and I've subjected them to a 10℉ variance in temperature, light cycle changed from 18/6 to 15/9 and stretching out their watering to check out the stability of each strain... so far all are looking like Rock Star's!🤩 4/5- I watered today as all the plants were lite when lifted. They all received their usual .25g of well water, to which I added 5 ml/g of Botanicare CalMag+ and 1 tbsp/g of Neptune's Harvest Seaweed Extract, then ph'd it to 6.2 @ 74℉. Our weather has warmed up dramatically and has affected my tent temp's now. Temperatures in the tent are running as high as 85℉ when the light is on. I also switched out the HLG225 for my UnitFarm 200w light, which has a remotely mounted ballast which I mount outside the tent, which I hope to lower the temperature some. I will say this, all of the plants are taking the drastic changes in their environment excellently, maintaining great color, vigor, and are constantly 'praying'! The only one to show any signs of issues so far is the #2 Z.U.P. SWAG which has begun to curl her shade leaf tips under, it also has begun to exhibit some dark brown on the tips of the serrated edge of the larger shade leaves. I'll be keeping an eye on this one and quickly try to identify the issue before it becomes drastic. Lastly, no more additional male plants have been identified. Once I flip their light cycle to 12/12, within a week I will be able to positively ID any males that show, and give a final 'OK' to the remaining girls! It's been a great week and we're almost ready to go into flower where it's really going to get fun! Hope to see you next week!💖💖💖 Thank you very much for following along and for all the positive comments and ❤️! May ALL your days and grows be Blessed! 🙏❤️