Week 4 update - had to list it as a flower week as we flipped em half way through. Exotic wasnāt lying - the spicy bitches hit maturity rather quickly and we now have a guaranteed 2 males and 3 females - perfect ratio scorešš. Balls started showing in a span of 12-36 hours. One of the females entered flower early so she may be a dud, an auto or just stressed for some unusual reason. Weāll probably either separate er or let it grow with the rest and pitch it. Wonāt be using that seed knowing that underlying issue. Similarly, one of the males has also demonstrated some fan leaf mutation - I actually like this kind of variation and it makes things interesting so bonus thereš. The rest of em are doing just fine.
So god damned nice to have a run thatās on a quick schedule to finish within 3 months. Itās been a long year for the pollen chuck and weāre really looking forward to the upcoming all fem. Run. For now though - conditions look ripe for a bunch of awesome crosses, any one of which could be pure š„. Till next week yallš¤.
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 weāve 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 youāve been following along than youāll know that itās been anything but easy. Our previous pollen picks didnāt pan out at all so weāre back to the drawing board with a new option from ExoticSeeds.
Thisāll be a 10 plant run with 5 regs and 6 strains for pollination including the strain itself.
Weāre running in a 2x4 MarsHydro grow tent all powered by a Mars Sp6500. Thatās a little more than 600w packed into half the recommended footprintš³. Why? you ask - because we like our buds big and overcompensatoryš. Really, Iām just of the mind that we can pack more light into this space than recommended and get much better results. The math doesnāt lie. At least not as long as I wasnāt high when using the calculator againā¦..
Many thanks to @MarsHydroLED for the opportunity to test run the equipmentš.
In addition, weāve also moved to a new nutrient system - Druid Nutrients out of the Netherlands. They donāt really have a presence on GD yet but youāll be hearing about them very soon Iām sure. The beauty of this system is that itās 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. Itās 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 themššš.
Strain Background
Spicy Bitch: predominantly sativa, heavy yielder with a daytime kinda trip profile. Itās a cross of Queen Mother and a Pre-2000 AK47. Weāll 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 gošš.
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 testingš. 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. Itās a compact and squat plant requiring very little maintenance. Typical for the strain really. Itās 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 havenāt 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 whoāve 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. Sheās lower maintenance than the NL, more resilient than anything else weāve 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 magicš.
White Widow - garrghh, I just canāt get away from this particular plant. Again, still havenāt 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, itās still the same story: a VERY experimental breeding project designed to shotgun a broad swath of genetics against a reliable and dependable Breeder whoās put out proven fire š„š¤šš.