I’ve been DM’ing people with pictures and then thinking I’ve posted the same info…NOT! So I’m gonna copy & paste some messages to try to catch up a bit around here. Skip it if you’re busy!
I’m doing a little tropical testing for @MissinBissin & @SativaKid . Started off with a little test of 4 seeds each of Red Thai, Red GSC and Red-Headed Hippie. With the on-going botrytis battles with the hybrids, I’m looking forward to seeing some more Sativa action around here!
7 of 12 seeds are pushing forward. Started w/ 4 of each seeds. 3 RHH’s, 2 Red Thai and 2 Red GSC remain. 1 each of the latter were pretty weak and died off in the cup (Front & middle rows left). All remaining got transplanted into 1 gallon airpots today and will hang out under 24/7 lights in the ebb & flow table for probably a week or so.
Got soooo much going here right now that I’m gonna have to wait until it’s actually time to transplant to decide if they will go in 3, 5, 10 gallon airpots next, or in-ground. Has it been your experience that the sativas prefer much lower nutrient levels than the hybrids/Indicas? I’m worried about my living soil mix being a bit ‘strong’ for them if so. I put a couple KD Koh Tao Purple’s that were in 10 gallon airpots into the ground in massive holes and used a lot of local dirt as backfill to test it out. Will see how the respond in the next week.
Still waiting her turn to go in the ground! (She’s in as of 3/9/23!)
“Reds” Update; Mar 9
Just a ‘touch-and-go’ landing here!
I dug up and dissected one of each strain’s ‘no-germ’ seeds. The…oh f! Well, one of them was a hollow shell when pried open (think that was the Red Thai). The other still had a white embryo that had developed pretty far along, but hadn’t ever had the strength to crack open the seed hull. (Red Headed Hippie). Couldn’t find the other Red GSC one!
Then a few mornings later I found another of the Red Thai’s had popped, so it’s there in a cup amongst the 1 gallon airpots.
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And, just for more giggles, soaked some more of @Budderton’s magic beans! Here after 24-36 hours of soaking.
6/6 tails
5/6 tails
The White Apricot Sherbet x White Castle already went into soil yesterday!
Speaking of seeds…
Well, I gotta say thanks again @Maddawg ! I had to cut the Shoreline OG f2 as budrot was rearing it’s ugly head. Probably would have gotten another 20% if I could have let it ‘em finish. Looks like 600+ (There’s 110 in each bag x5 and 75+5 in reality!). I’ll spread them out among growers over here…it’s not like I know what I’m doing w/breeding, just pollen chuckin’!
Oh, I just pulled 12 BIG, fat, dark brown ‘tester’ seeds w/high-raised ridges (Like a walnut) out of the bottoms of some buds on the Black Domina! Gonna punch em’ in some trays w/ a short soak and see what gives when planted ‘straight off the bush’.
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Meanwhile, we’ve added another ring to the circus here! In the midst of all this planting and transplanting, we’re also harvesting, trimming, drying, burping and doing lots of ‘testing’!
Yo Cuz,
Took down a JPS Franken Bubble as well…90 days from planting, only 2’ 6" tall but 5 x 18" colas, thick as could be!
One cola was too heavy to stand and feel out of view to the right!
She’s damn thick! I’d have liked to let her go another week or two, but the couple-times-a-day showers are causing budrot to pop up and I made the call that by tomorrow morning she’d submit to it. There are a bunch more at various stages of growth around here, but all a few weeks behind at least.
Thanks again @JohnnyPotseed !
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Got a chance to sample a little of Budderton’s ‘Carl’s Shoes’. These were the some of the plants with the extremely ‘odd’ growth pattern in flower, turning into single-bladed 18" colas.
Waaaayyyyy too stoned to type, but ‘they’ say a picture’s worth a thousand words, so here’s a couple pages!
Last month;
Now;
This has been my ‘go-to’ for the last couple days! Just took down a 6 1/2 footer last night…sticky as can be!
Thanks again Budderton!
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Okay, that probably more than anybody can handle and I’ve gotta check on the drying tent before bed! Have a great day and a big THANKS again to all you OG’ers!