So I have been promising an update with the new and improved plan so here we go…
After learning a bit more about the Fleur De Mal Bubblegum I now see that doing a straight “reproduction” would be both ethically wrong, since these are pre-release testers that are available for purchase from FDM, and also unlikely to produce consistent results, as they are not an IBL. In light of this the plan has changed somewhat, here is the new plan.
Welcome to the
Bubblegumball5000: Bubblegum from coast to coast:
I have been able, through the kind donations of the members here on OG, to gain access to several different breeders’ takes on bubblegum. I will be growing them all out side by side, posting weekly updates here comparing them, and eventually crown a champion, the “best” bubblegum out there! Gumballs start your engines!
The contestants/genetics in this event are:
1)Fleur De Mal Indiana Bubblegum ('91 Indiana Bubblegum cut x '96 Bubblegum Serious Seeds) by @Baudelaire courtesy of @Slick1 and @Dirtron
2) BOGglegum courtesy of @FailingForwards
3) Greenpoint Seeds Bodega Bubblegum courtesy of @minitiger
4) THSeeds Bubblegum courtesy of @middleman
5) CSI Bubblegum S1 courtesy of @Art_Vandelay
6) Calyx Bros Bubblegum S1 Courtesy of @Kakalak
A Huge THANK YOU to everyone who donated seeds for this run, it would not be happening without you!
Now this is a seed run, and also possibly the start of a longer term collaborative breeding effort… I will be taking the “Best” male in the whole grow, and crossing it to the best female of each strain (unless there is a real “looser” that just gets eliminated from procreation). The resulting seeds will be distributed to you, the members of OG, either via the co-op boxes (I am not sure if this qualifies for co-op distribution), or directly by me/us.
I will make a sign-up list, and will add those who have already expressed interest up-thread, once the seed harvest is a sure thing and I have a rough count of the number of seeds produced, and thus number of sign up slots available.
I hope to get a 2ed tent going in time to also take a 2ed male, the next best that is from a different line than the 1st male, and make a similar set of crosses to the next best female of each strain, but this is not set in stone.
In the interest of breeding these long term I will also try to collect and keep pollen from the selected males, and clones of the selected females, to allow for back-crosses. Thus far my attempts at pollen collection has been more miss than hit.
Hopefully this is as much fun for everyone watching as it is for me in the drivers seat!
Thanks for Tuning In,
Dirtron et al.