Yo sorry for such a late reply…Been hella busy lately but this grow is going great and it looks like things are also going well for you and the crew. Lots of healthy growth to see in here and read about, your really tempting me to try an automated system next grow, your babys are growing super fast dude! I just get comfortable doing what Im doing but the fast healthy growth Im seeing is undeniable and the ability to step away from the grow has got to be priceless. Thanks for the inspiration peeps, one of these days…
I much appreciate the interest on this current grow/possible chuck and here’s where we’re at with it…I have been using this opportunity to experiment with photo x auto genetics, one question being, at what light cycle will they flower? Do they eventually flower on their own or do they still rely on change of day/night? What Im seeing is that they do show presex under 18/6 at around two-three weeks, similar to autos but just not as intense, though with a one hour drop, Im now seeing these plants start to fully flower, almost over night. So light schedule is 17/7 for now. All four are showing sex, with one confirmed female, verdict is still out on the others. Im ok with any ratio on this grow as they are all from the same mom. Now that I know I have at least one female, Im stoked!
To answer your question(get ready for a ramble) the fathers of these two crosses(and a few more) were flowered a week or two apart, on separate areas of the property. As soon as the pods are swollen enough to do their thing but still haven’t ‘popped’ on their own, I pluck one sack and sprinkle the pollon on the target branch. Right as Im done, as sad as it is, males are either buried or burned alive. I prefer to bury. A pulled male will still throw pollen for a week or so, they must be destroyed. I dusted separate branches, label branch, and eventually, any other seeds found on the plant(surprisingly very few) are always stored separately as they are going to be even more inconclusive as to who the father is, because yes, when it comes down to it, its almost impossible to know who your true father is especially once we’ve had a few males around that were allowed to err…umm…flower.
I saw that @Dalorean mentioned similar observations, if you watch males close, consider time and space, use target branches, label correctly, and then actually grow out the new beans to see what ya actually got as its the only way to know what you truely have IMHO(aside from genetic testing), its simply not that hard to make a fairly accurate determination on what is what after alittle practice. Remembering the traits of the males used is very important and I take hella photo shoots as I admit, I am a confirmed burn out.
I had to dig deep, but I found them…
Here is the Banana Og male…
Fiona’s Chem Cake male…
And the Strawba the Hutt mother with nothing left but the two pollinated branches…
The offspring are moving along super fast and all four are showing some signs of sex after only one week of a one hour dark period increase, this is an ‘old’ shot from four days ago, they are almost twice as big today. Top dressed with more insect frass, and now that they are flowering am adding seabird guano, langbeinite, and of course, always kelp extract, and a myco product…
Hopefully some pretty females to show off in a couple weeks.
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