My next run is going to be Mandelbrot’s Royal Kush #7 and my second attempt at “Weasel’s” Sour Diesel.
I’ve had a health issue for the last 3-4 years I haven’t been able to figure out. After 8 doctors, I was diagnosed with Late Stage Lyme disease. I never had a bullseye rash and I have no idea how long I’ve had this for. My symptoms are all neurological. I just completed 90 days of antibiotics without any positive result. My doctor has referred me to a neurologist who specializes in Lyme and believes IV antibiotics are most likely next.
Mac Anderson, AKA Mandelbrot, was a very influential breeder and plant “trafficker” at a time when getting caught with a a big bag of seeds was a felony. Never mind the 3,000 plants he had on his property that he was hunting through.
Mac was obsessed with genetics and finding elite plants. One year he planted and hunted through over 3,000 plants on the Albion coast in California. He explained it was a a shitty fall with a couple frosts and then weeks of rain. As the weeks went by more and more plants became infected with botrytis and or PM. At the end of the season Mac searched through the pile of moldy plants and one was seemingly untouched by the environment even though there were branches of other plants with PM/botrytis laying on it. He found a bulletproof plant for that environment. It also turned out to be some killer smoke.
He made the Royal Kush by first crossing the Sour Diesel x Highland Afghani and then introducing the Southern Humboldt Purple Kush. Mac wanted GAS in seed form. He loved the Sour Diesel and was one of the first to introduce sour and OG cuttings to the California market.
In 2017, a man named Nick Risden was bitten by a tick and became extremely ill. He eventually found he had not only Lyme disease but a host of other bacteria and parasites. In his journey to heal himself he heard a podcast with Mean Gene talking about powdery mildew resistance and made a hypothesis about plants with resistance to these types of parasites might help him with his Lyme. He flew to Wonderland Nursery and grabbed a copy of Mandelbrot’s Royal Kush #7 with the intention of cooking it down to RSO.
Mac’s lab work slowly started improving. He is one of few survivors of the powassan virus. His hypothesis seemed to be correct and his health has continued to improve despite some setbacks along the way.
I began my search for the plant Mandelbrot found and luckily it was well circulated through a tissue culture lab and dispensaries in California. The plant was out there, but how to find it? I put up a post here asking for help and the homie @leetdood linked me up with someone who gifted me a plug of it.
My intention is to grow out this Royal Kush and process it into RSO. I’m going to use this space to journal my grow and progress with Lyme. Alongside the Royal will be Sour Diesel which is a big help for me when it comes to mood. Hoping to finish her better than I did my first run of it. Cooler temps should help.
Plenty of room for all who want to hang! If anyone is dealing with Lyme and wants a cut get at me.
Cru
