Week 2 of flower roughly and all plants have begun the shift to cotton balls. Except for the males of course but, theyâre grown som hefty sacks alsođ. As it turns out we have 3 males, not 2. That might present an option to harvest pollen off one of em to actually save for future use. Weâll see how it goes. Other than that - all plants are performing generally well. Certainly weâll enough to make some seed babies so letâs get to it. I figure nuts start bustân in about 2 weeks or so yall! Giddy up and slap dat ass - we gotta make ourselves some bit âo awesomeđ.
Background
Fingers crossed that these Spicy Bitch regs provide at least one male so that we can back build some stock of it. In the event that does take place weâve got a single clone of each strain from the previous pollen chuck to sit in the tent with them so they can make babies for the next few months. The whole point of the last year was to start making some foundational genetics for a third generational cross we could call our own. If youâve been following along than youâll know that itâs been anything but easy. Our previous pollen picks didnât pan out at all so weâre back to the drawing board with a new option from ExoticSeeds.
Thisâll be a 10 plant run with 5 regs and 6 strains for pollination including the strain itself.
Weâre running in a 2x4 MarsHydro grow tent all powered by a Mars Sp6500. Thatâs a little more than 600w packed into half the recommended footprintđł. Why? you ask - because we like our buds big and overcompensatoryđ. Really, Iâm just of the mind that we can pack more light into this space than recommended and get much better results. The math doesnât lie. At least not as long as I wasnât high when using the calculator againâŠ..
Many thanks to @MarsHydroLED for the opportunity to test run the equipmentđ.
In addition, weâve also moved to a new nutrient system - Druid Nutrients out of the Netherlands. They donât really have a presence on GD yet but youâll be hearing about them very soon Iâm sure. The beauty of this system is that itâs literally a 1 (one) component system for the entirety of the plants grow cycle. It really has changed the game in terms of ease of feeding and maintenance. Itâs also very versatile and seems to provide everything needed across multiple different strains in the same ratios. Keep your eyes peeled for these folks. Pretty much a guarantee that they absolutely blow up once more people know about themđđđ.
Strain Background
Spicy Bitch: predominantly sativa, heavy yielder with a daytime kinda trip profile. Itâs a cross of Queen Mother and a Pre-2000 AK47. Weâll pull what pollen we can and hope to have a female run out a larger supply of seed for the future.
Many thanks to @Exoticseeds for the chance to give these beans a gođđ.
Pollination Strains:
Holy Surfer S1 - this is one of the focal points for this cycle. A fellow growmie was kind enough to ship over some S1 genetics I took an interest in. The only ask back was that if I did cross it to send a few his way for testingđ. Shoutout and cheers to @blendmedmedman. Hoping to have something back to ya in short order. For full details on this alluring hybrid option check my buddies link at seedfinder -
https://en.seedfinder.eu/strain-info/Holy_Surfer/Smiling_Tiger/
Northern Lights - this came from a particularly interesting batch of seeds that have shown a very dependable variegation trait. Itâs a compact and squat plant requiring very little maintenance. Typical for the strain really. Itâs been chosen as an option to potentially mellow out the high , shorten the stature of the resulting hybrid and inject it with some of that mellow indica effect.
Boogie Nights - total shot in the dark. Still havenât even tried the strain myself yet but it was available at the right time and interesting enough to make a salad with. Big thanks to AMS whoâve been nothing short of an excellent seedbank to collaborate with. Expect similar growth characteristics to that of the Northern Lights. Better resilience however.
Blueberry - this particular clone is from extremely strong stock. Spliff seeds broke the mold with this strain. Sheâs lower maintenance than the NL, more resilient than anything else weâve got on the menu and the terp. Profile on this girl is out of this world. If we can bring any of these qualities to the cross, then it could be magicđ.
White Widow - garrghh, I just canât get away from this particular plant. Again, still havenât even tested the buds yet and all I can say is that the growth characteristics are extremely vigorous and desirable. This plant is one of 3 unicorns that I have yet to tame due to a combo of extremely bad luck and circumstance.
All told, itâs still the same story: a VERY experimental breeding project designed to shotgun a broad swath of genetics against a reliable and dependable Breeder whoâs put out proven fire đ„đ€đđ.