Congrats @Gpaw!!! Heck of an enterprise!! Looking forward to it! Also thanks @Mongobongo and @Barefrog!!! OG to the core!! 
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Do yourself a favour and order some Therm X70 from Black Swallow. In my mind, it’s comparable to that stuff called The Q. Foams up really nice and has kept my soil pretty fluffy! Looks like beer… Cheers 
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Thanks, that’s perfect!! 
That is exactly what I need.
Cheers
G
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Yes? I am here, I am everywhere.
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This is great, I’m also taking it as another off handed recommendation for the KIS stuff, I’m currently working through some bags of roots organics stuff but will probably check out the KIS line after that’s through. Pretty sure Jeremy from BAS mentions the thermex as a wetting agent too, so all this is just reinforcement for the right products to buy for me, thanks for doing the legwork here @Gpaw and @NorthNorthNugs 
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@gpaw this looks like a wicked strain for a seed project. Can’t wait to see the run.
@barefrog those look monstrous genetics! Thanks.
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Here’s some interesting info popping up on the old seed run log
neat stuff!
Cheers
G
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I get more and more intrigued with this run, the genetics seem really interesting, and a really cool seed project! Cheers @Gpaw
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It’s a little like a dinner theater murder mystery…
We are in the middle of the action.
I think I have to revise the info in the first post… 
How cool is that?
Cheers
G
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My money’s on Col. Mustard in the ballroom with the candlestick… watching with interest to see if the mystery is ever resolved. 
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Hola Gang
ctg has the real story
I dont like to tell it cause
I mix all the name
its a great strain and lots
of work can be done with it
Bare
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Thanx Bare, I’ll fix up the info in the top post based on his discussion.
Cheers
G
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Special shout out to @GoodGear for finishing the old controversy on the OGer genealogy.
Cheers
G
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Was reading that too! So crazy and typical community banter haha
Just grow this shit out and see what you get homes! All this is doing is firing me up to see what comes from growing these seeds.
I’m so excited for this one! Positive grow vibes comin at ya brother!!!
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The “Opening“ Act…
Rommel is frequently attributed the quote: “No plan survives contact with the enemy”
but… he was actually paraphrasing an old Prussian Field Marshal, Helmuth von Moltke:
“No plan of operations reaches with any certainty beyond the first encounter with the enemy’s main force.“
Certainty more elegant & specific, but Rommel’s is more succinct
Well folks, I’m sorry to announce we have had a small tragedy…
The coin flip from Bare was savaged by the Canada Post sorting machines.
The packaging look fine, nice hose ring, solidly taped, but on opening, I could see cracked shells, chips and divots. About 60% (7) showing some signs of damage.
…Which got me thinking about Johnny’s World Famous germination protocol…
This has been declared by some - to be able to cure the lame, heal the sick and raise the dead…
So… let’s give it a shot!
Something I’ve been working on is using a 1% H2O2 solution in an ultrasonic cleaner.
It’s my extension to Joe’s ‘Protocol 0’, but for seeds.
If there is any virus or pathogen on the shell, this will clobber it. And with any luck, help soften up the shell.
Previous tests pointed to 9 minutes as being useful (for germination rates).
After a trip through the ultrasonic cleaner and a 12Hrs soak (1% solution again) the beans were placed in a bed of fresh EWC as per @Johnnypotseed’s protocols
After 24 Hrs. 
It’s funny, the camera sees the beans better than the old Mark1 eyeball, it nicely exaggerates the contrast.
These beans were almost ‘busting out at the seams’ when they went in, so no surprise at all the tails in 24hrs.
After 24 hours, the count is:
MB 9 popped and 2 lagging
Bare 2 popped and 3 lagging
C+ 1 popped
I put all of the beans onto the EWC to see would happen, and it was interesting.
Two of the really damaged beans were trying to grow! One got it’s cotyledons partially deployed but they both ‘fizzled out’ after a another day. All of which suggests to me that they could possibly have been saved with a tissue culture kit.
All of the popped beans were transferred to hydrated peat pucks, the lagging seeds trailed by 24Hrs.
Once I see root penetration of the peat pucks, I transplant to solo cups. These were planted a little too high.
It turns out that the lagging sprouts were ‘walking wounded,’ somewhat healed by Johnny’s EWC
but unfortunately they just didn’t have enough ‘juice’ to get to the ‘right side’ of the dirt.
So the final count is:
MB 9
Bare 2
C+ 1
When transplanting, I like to dust with Dynomyco, top dress with EWC and a heavy watering (50g).
The roots want the water and get inoculated with the Dyno and the EWC is magic.
Now we are just about caught up.
Plans will have to be flexible. The M:F ratio in MB group will be the major decision point as to how to proceed.
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Ouch, I had no idea this is what you were talking about the other day with the taping issues. 
Ugly, but at least you still have 11 that seem healthy; that’s not too terrible, even gives you some room to accomodate for disasters or simply cull the mutants that sometimes result from S1s. First contact may have decimated your forces, but the battle has been lost, not the war. 
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Yes, I took some casualties but the survivors are doing well.
They are working on their second set of leaves and will soon stiffen up the stems. I’ll post a ‘rogue’s gallery’ shortly.
11 plants gives a decent bit of ‘wiggle room’ so I think we are going to be OK-fine.
Cheers
G
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More importantly than if or how you get dealt a challenge is how you respond to it, seems like you’re keeping a cool head about it so you’re winning either way there. Hoping it’s smooth sailing for you from here
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Hola Gpaw
get in touch will send more
Bare
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Very interested to seeing how the swallow kis mix works out for you, I’ve been interested in them since hearing them on the kis podcast. Seems they have a pumice based version of the soil now as well. They are within driving distance, a very long drive but still better than the 500$/yard shipping from Kis in Seattle.
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