How far into bud are they?
Eighteen days ago I posted that I had put them under 12/12 three days prior, so I believe itās twenty-one days exactly.
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Wow, I would have guessed 4-5 weeks, theyāre flying.
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FDM Cinderella Mix - Plant #3 - Partial Seed Harvest
Some pics of a couple of the buds I snipped off of the FDM #3 mother plant in the main tent today:
SO MANY SEEDS!
Iāve been snipping buds off here and there for a few days now, and have already harvested at least a couple hundred seeds. I gotta say, I am extremely pleased by my decision to do a seed run with these plants! Thereās going to be a metric fuckton of seeds, I think.
Iāll have to wait until the seedless run in the cabinet is finally trimmed and cured before I know what the properly finished end product smells and tastes like, but so far on this stuff Iām getting extremely tart citrus notes. My wife thinks it smells like āDank citrus candy (like Sweet Tarts, but more tart than sweet) and tangerinesā, whereas I think it smells like grapefruits and tangerines mixed together. We both agree that the dominant note is sweet and tart citrus with tangerine. Itās completely intoxicating, and I hope the neighbors donāt see me wandering around my house and deck smelling my fingers after trimming several times a day 
Iāve smoked a bit of the stuff that has collected while removing the seeds from the buds, and the effects are quite strongly sativa-leaning and motivating, and excellent for a morning smoke. Iāll save a full smoke report for the good seedless stuff, but I fully expect that I will be extremely pleased with the end result.
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Coming from the bathroom while finger sniffing is definitely not a good idea even if it was for a self check in the mirror! Lolā:point_up_2:t2:
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Looks nice and plumply preggo there, really frosty too. Seems like it was done quite quickly too? Especially for such a sativa leanerā¦ nicely done!
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Yeah, Iām pretty stoked. Iām used to sativa dominant strains taking at least ten weeks, and my hazes take anywhere from twelve to sixteen weeks. I havenāt been paying close attention to the exact timing of the trichome changes because itās a seed run, but Iām pretty sure these are done to many satisfaction in eight weeks, maybe nine, and they are definitely giving me predominantly sativa effects.
Iām paying better attention to the clones in the cabinet, so Iāll know in another four weeks if that is actually true or not. And the best part is that I took more clones that are already rooted and ready to go in the tent as soon as Iām done harvesting the ones in there now, so I should be well stocked with some fine smoke in the not too distant future.
Iām also thinking of hitting some branches of those high-CBD plants from @Sebring with some of the pollen I saved from this round and seeing if I can work them into a nice 1:1 or 2:1 cross eventually.
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Like a well oiled machine there. Iām about to chop my plants any day and have the next round almost rooted and ready to go inā¦such a nice feeling 
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Oh dearā¦ I appear to have given the wrong impression, lol.
Iām pretty pleased about how some parts of this run have worked out, but I am usually very disorganised, and often amazed at how good some stuff turns out given my many attempts to kill my plants through neglect or stupidity, hehe.
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Lol sureā¦your pics say otherwise!
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Thank you for the kind words, much appreciated 
By the way, Iām looking forward to seeing both your current harvest results, and your future experience with C99. Have you decided which one youāre going to get yet? At some point when I can afford it Iām planning on trying the Fleur du Mal Cinderella 99 myself. I almost pulled the trigger on some of the JoeyWeed C99 at one point, but the FDM breeder mix was priced right for my budget at the time.
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I really havenāt, still leaning towards FDM right now. Iāve been following this thread to get an idea of how these come out. I know theyāre all crosses, but they should give a good idea of the quality of parents stock.
Iām also getting some guava hashplant x c99 beans from a generous member on here, so I might just dig through those first and see if theyāll have the pheno Iām looking forā¦it sounds like an incredible cross with alot of cindy tendencies.
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That was my thinking also
Iām definitely not unhappy so far.
That Guava Hashplant x C99 cross sounds pretty amazing. The parent plants certainly look nice, eh?
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Ya they both look unreal, and the cross looks even better. Really excited to try them, gotta love the community here.
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You have my blessings and encouragement! Play around, have fun!! 
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Clones, Round Two
I mentioned a few posts ago that I had the second round of clones ready to go into the main tent, but didnāt really say much about them at the time.
These clones were taken in about mid-flower. Instead of using my cloner as usual, I just cut random branches off the flowering plants and stuck them in a Solo cup full of coco and LITFA for a few weeks. I didnāt know whether they would root, and didnāt really worry about it. Either they would root and get used in the next round or they would not, and I figured it would at the very least be an interesting test.
I was honestly hoping that it would take a while for them to root this way, and that they would basically be able to hang out on the cloning shelf for a few weeks while I waited for spots to open up, and in that it appears I was successful.
I have no idea when they rooted. They looked like they were in stasis the whole time until I peeked a few days ago and found full root balls. They look a little rough now, and they may still have to switch back to veg mode, but theyāve been transplanted into 2 gallon fabric pots and placed into the main tent on a veg schedule.
If youāve ever taken a clone during flower youāve seen how they go freaking nuts with the branching after they revert; itās crazy. These plants are already branchy as hell when grown normally, so Iām expecting them to be completely freaking unmanageable this time, lol. What fun! 
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Damn, I canāt believe they rooted that far into flower. You wouldnāt even know to look at them, they look just like regular vegged cuttings.
Well except for the branching and the pistils in the second pic haha
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Itās much more obvious in person, lol. I wouldnāt have done it if I had been planning ahead, it was kind of a hail Mary shot because I randomly decided I wanted to test sub irrigation with smart pots and compare root ball density to the Flora Flex (which was pretty nice, btw) and clones are best for direct comparisons. If they hadnāt rooted I would have just popped a few more seeds, but Iām glad they did.
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Well alot of people cut clones like 2 weeks into flower now and claim theyāre way more vigorous and yield more. They call it āmonster croppingā. Should be cool to see if you get some crazy results like that.
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I just read through the whole thread. Love me some C99. Great grow thread @Howard.Crane. Those are some nice frosty flowers and I love the description of dank citrus candy like sweet tarts. yum!
I gotta say you have the most amazing roots! Whatās your secret? I use the same coco as you but Iāve always used some perlite mixed in. You make me want to try 100% coco.
Great grow and I love to see people making seeds. 
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