Brazilian Farmer Diaries: Seeking Guidance & Support on My Cannabis Breeding Journey (Pollen Chucking and Preservation)ï

[Powpow1917]

What’s good?

I’ve finally got my own place and I’m diving headfirst into growing my own medicine and seeds.

Super excited to learn the craft and eventually contribute back to the community. Right now I’m just getting started with some basic projects:

What’s Growing:

• A special cross from a friend - Supposedly Colombian Gold x Manga Rosa (just planted 8 of these babies!)

• 2 feminized Purple Punch x Dark Phoenix

• 3 Reg Drunken Bastard
• Psicodelicyta (created and feminized by my bro)
• And some mystery bagseeds - From that classic Brazilian brick weed (prensado, from Paraguay), probably hermie-prone but I’ll work with what I’ve got

My Mission:

• Learn proper breeding techniques through hands-on experience
• Develop stable genetics that thrive in my local climate
• Eventually share quality seeds with fellow growers in need

Calling All Seed Donations!

I’m building my seed library and would be STOKED to receive:
Any and all genetics - landraces, hybrids, indicas, sativas, ruderalis, CBD strains, hermies, mutants - you name it!
Failed experiments - got a cross that didn’t work out? I’ll take it!
Hidden gems - those random bagseeds that surprised you
Stable cultivars - if you’re feeling generous with your prized genetics

No seed is too “basic” or “failed” for me - every genetic has something to teach. I’ll document and share all my grow observations with donors.

Once I get some stable lines going, I’ll make sure to pay it forward to the community with free seed offers!

Much love from Brazil - let’s keep the genetic diversity alive!

(PS: This January I’ll be heading back to my rural hometown in Brazil’s Northeast hinterlands (sertão) to establish multiple isolated guerrilla plots. The region has incredibly fertile soil yet remains sparsely populated - perfect for conducting open pollination experiments with different genotypes across separate locations. I’m particularly excited to observe how various strains adapt to our semi-arid climate. These field tests will focus on selecting the most resilient phenotypes for future breeding work. If anyone has experience with dry-climate cultivation or multi-site guerrilla breeding, I’d love to exchange notes!)

These are my plants from last year.

[hawkman]

Good luck on your adventure !!! keep us posted

[Powpow1917]

Of course, bro. Good vibrations, rasta!

[Vrdim]

Good luck brother

[Powpow1917]

Ty bro

[Shanti-ri]

@Powpow1917

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Hey bro, how are you? Have you already found any beans for your project?
What a beautiful place that is there huh, it’s in piauí right.

[Shanti-ri]

@Powpow1917

And you, from Brazil?

Yep I’m from Brazil too, but I’m in the south the shipping is super expensive to send some beans there for you, otherwise I would send some for you to test there.

[Powpow1917]

Oh, bro. I know like R$ 100,00 sometimes. But The friend will send some precious seeds to be crossed. He is from USA, and I’m afraid about the money costs. But all will be good I think

[Shanti-ri]

@Powpow1917

He is from USA, and I’m afraid about the money costs. But all will be good I think

So, the way they ship is kinda different from what we’re used to. They just throw it in a regular letter envelope with a stamp—costs them like 3 bucks—and drop it in a mailbox. No talking to clerks, no customs forms, nothing.

The downside? No tracking, and depending on where you live (and how nice your mailman is), it might never show up. But hey, it doesn’t take 3 months, there’s no import fee, and it usually lands in 2–3 weeks. Now, if you’re in a town like mine where letters don’t make it, you’re kinda screwed. If it doesn’t show the first time, odds are it won’t the second either. People might resend, but if it keeps happening, it’s not a good look to keep asking.

@Powpow1917

But The friend will send some precious seeds to be crossed.

Bottom line—do a solid job, and you’ll have no shortage of seeds to keep working. Honestly, the hardest part of it all is sending those seeds back out.

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@Powpow1917

He is from USA, and I’m afraid about the money costs. But all will be good I think

Vou responder aqui em portugues mais vou deixar abaixo em ingles, sabe como é né “em roma faça como os romanos.”

Eles enviam de forma diferente de como estamos acostumados, eles enviam em uma carta com selo, pra eles saí muito barato o selo é tipo uns 3 dolares aí coloca na caixa de correio e já era sem falar com atendentes sem preencher papelada da alfandega.
A parte ruim é que não tem rastreio e as vezes não chega dependendo da região e da boa vontade do carteiro, mas porém não demora 3 meses pra chegar, não tem taxa postal e chega em 14 a 20 dias, só que assim se você for de uma cidade igual a minha e as cartas não chegarem se fudeu, talvez não vai chegar nenhuma, as pessoas até reenviam, mas se não chegou da primeira vez é possível que não chegue aí se ficar pedindo pra reenviar pode não pegar bem.

@Powpow1917

But The friend will send some precious seeds to be crossed.

faz um trampo de responsa que não vai faltar semente pra voce fazer mais sementes. Já falo pra você a maior dificuldade é enviar essas sementes de volta…

I’ll reply in Portuguese first, but I’ll drop the English below—y’know, when in Rome, do as the Romans do.

So, the way they ship is kinda different from what we’re used to. They just throw it in a regular letter envelope with a stamp—costs them like 3 bucks—and drop it in a mailbox. No talking to clerks, no customs forms, nothing.

The downside? No tracking, and depending on where you live (and how nice your mailman is), it might never show up. But hey, it doesn’t take 3 months, there’s no import fee, and it usually lands in 2–3 weeks. Now, if you’re in a town like mine where letters don’t make it, you’re kinda screwed. If it doesn’t show the first time, odds are it won’t the second either. People might resend, but if it keeps happening, it’s not a good look to keep asking.

[KiMatinho]

Miss those days here in Br(that aspect not the whole Br lul),we use to have those yellow big boxes to deposit letters

[Powpow1917]

Vou aproveitar e responde em português kkk
Entendi tudo, irmão.
Se for como a carta simples do correio, acho que dará tudo certo. Recebi algumas seeds esses meses atrás em carta simples dos correios. Cheguei em casa e estava na caixinha do muro.
Espero que dê tudo certo. Se sim, irei ter coisas que nunca sonhei em cultivar. ICC, uma cruza da blueberry Dragonfire com a Blue Tara do bodhi…
Obrigado pelas informações irmão. Se der tudo certo, a comunidade irá recebe com toda certeza…estamos aqui pra isso. Forte abraço e obrigado pela atenção. Estarei te acompanhando…

[Powpow1917]

Yes bro. Like that

[KiMatinho]

[Shanti-ri]

@Powpow1917

Se for como a carta simples do correio, acho que dará tudo certo. Recebi algumas seeds esses meses atrás em carta simples dos correios. Cheguei em casa e estava na caixinha do muro.

So letter with the same seal as in the past:
assim carta com selo igual antigamente:

@KiMatinho

So even when they send it to us @KiMatinho buy a stamp card and put it on the cards, put the cards in the boxes and they arrive here.

[Powpow1917]

Biofertilizer from banana pseudostem core.

It has been fermenting for a week. It will be great for flowering

[Powpow1917]

Hello @opneto . Um prazer ver você aqui. Somos de estados vizinhos. E também morei 7 anos em fortal city, ali na Vila Ellery, próxima à leste-oeste.
Saudades demais dessa cidade maravilhosa. Um dia volto a morar aí. Até mais, pivete

[opneto]

Que massa irmao! Irado demais ter uma galera proxima! Força ai pra nos! Bom cultivo sempre e se precisar de algo por aqui tamo aqui!

[Powpow1917]

Tmj! Depois me manda uma mensagem. Ainda não posso. Tenho muito espaço aqui e vou fazer minhas primeiras cruzas caseiras. Tô fazendo uns biofertilizantes tmbm com a matéria local… mamona, em5, FPJ, etc. Vou testar eles esse ciclo Podemos trocar ideia irmão.

[opneto]

Massa cara, mando sim!

[Powpow1917]

Hello, everyone! I’m back with some grow news:

1. The Manga Rosa x Colombia Gold seeds were rotten/dry. They came from store-bought weed, so germination chances are slim.

2. Still waiting on the Drunken Bastards—was told they’d be delayed.

3. Also waiting for seeds from a giveaway I won (all autos ): OG Kush Auto.

What I’ve Been Working On:

• A simple lentil root stimulant

• Finishing up fermented banana heart biofertilizer for flowering

• Here’s one of the seedlings—just moved outdoors two days ago

The Dark Phoenix x Purple Punch are thriving! Planning to take clones and let them veg longer before transplanting outdoors

In the next few weeks, expect some growth-boosting updates for our garden.