I hear ya. But if I got the best female I had and hit her with some more papi pollen technically this bx1 a backcross. As it was crossed to one if the original P1 parents of the Buckled cross.
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So your saying choose the best buckled female then hit her again with more swashbuckler pollen and Iāll end up with bx1? Bx1 = back cross 1??
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Yup. That would be it.
Edited to say. I read lots of books about this. Kinda fascinates me. I may be of Iām sure @ReikoX could say if Iām correct?
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Would that not breed out the pure ak qualities giving them more of the swashbuckler genes so to speak? Haha you honestly donāt wanna get me to much into pheno hunting and back crossing as Iām likely to create some strange mutant that will destroy the world 
That is true but you could instead create f2 and look for the best to cross and make f3.
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Thatās about the gist of it! Typically the BX is done to the female, but no rules saying you cant use the male (hint hint auto breeders)
Worst case is you would create an inbred monstrosity that is sterile, or worse yet hemp.
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Iāll get this seed run out the way then Iāll see about a few more small tents and start experimenting a little. Iāve plenty of solstrips I could make a few 120w lights with so my power usage wouldnāt be effected if I shut down the main grow tent for a while.
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Thanks for your input @ReikoX. My statement is more about my luck than the plants 
itās something I definitely have an interest in and I am willing to learn about it all and I will have a go at it at some point in the future. Iām in the best place when I do for any advice I may need. I like to read and understand about things before attempting it to ensure less chance of failure as failure is not an option for me 
when I choose to move forwards Iāll inform OG of my plans and set up a journal.
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2 x 50w cola cubes built by @anon58740919 added alongside my solstrips. Letās see how they perform.
Ignore the cables as not had time to tidy them up.
Ha ha. My phone doesnāt like the blue light.
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Itās a lovely colour light in person init bro. Tents looking dapper af there. Some might even say ālitā 
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I canāt see properly after situating them lol. The blue hue they give off is blinding. 600w in total LED power. I was only gonna run the cubes for couple hours a day but Iāll see how they do 12/12 with the solstrip rig for a week or so to see if I can push a little more growth out the girls. Really hoping they increase the trichome production
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Big one is ice (clone) in my small veg cab and under a pair of 28w led bulbs off the shelf ( online lol) ā¦ also the 55w auto cob and a cola cube ( blue chip- 50w) til i get a new driver for my 2nd solstrips rig.
The small fan on the cube is handy for that wee cupboard btwā¦
Also have some others in there too but ALL are contenders for The ugly plants thread ā¦lolš
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Well thatās the ugly room, still a little under lit- maybe stick two 40w cfls in with the other lights -canāt hurt.!
I will probably get rid of the crap 
one at the back left in the 2nd last pic as itās just shite lookingā¦
Anyway just thought Iād show the cola cube mixed with a 4K clu 048 @55w and two cheapo red blue ir uv 28w led bulbs
Full spectrum lol.
Gaz
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So how many watts draw do they all equal @Gaz29 and how well are they performing?? The reason I showed interest in the blue cola cubes is to increase trichome production. Iām hoping the plants react to it like they do uvb and produce more frost.
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161 watts @Esrgood4u bud , thatās the draw from the two cobs and the two led bulbs, i had flipped in anticipation of my 2nd solstrip rig ( x6 strips) arriving,but the postmen/couriers had tossed the package about n the driver isnāt working ( it went on for about 20 secs but looking likely to be the driver as tried a different fuse, so itās a temporary solution for now bro ā¦
Howās your outdoors girl doing ( still alive ? )
If these blue chips arenāt growing anymore trichs than normal then maybe a change of diodes to the far red will help .??
I donāt know 
yet how theyāll perform ( as only put the cola cube in last night) but I reckon itāll still be a bit short of what is needed, so hopefully when i got new driver i can install it no problem .!? Lol.
Anyway howās your progress with your cubes mate . Noticed any difference ā¦??
Gaz
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Outdoors is still kicking and doing her thing. Still not sheeted her over though and frost on the way for end off week mate. Iāll āhopefullyā get around to it before it hits us.
I only got around to fitting cubes last night mate so no idea just yet
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Did you take those pics with a Potato 
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Camera on phone doesnāt like the blue light but the lens has got crap on it. Need a new phone
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Can you not just replace the lens?
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Full back glass is smashed also mate. Gonna buy one them homtom s99 Chinese phones. Only Ā£130 and the spec is mega
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