@zephyr because the PPF4 is sativa strong right from the start… it’s resistance to bud rot outdoor should be outstanding. Currently 12 hours after roughly 16 hours of drizzle and off and on hard rain, temp 70F, breeze from the northwest, has been partly cloudy today.
I had zero problems on the first grow round indoor, it’s a fantastic sativa and I would be most grateful if you could share a outdoor grow of yours when the time comes.
Not the pure form but the front 9 plants are all Platinum Pineapple x’s from my first run of her. I’m hoping she adds that hybrid vigor I saw on the pure run. The crosses are with Dirty Margarita ( Dirty Girl x Strawberry Margarita) and Maui Wowie (M, F & F, M)
The fasciation seems to be genetic in the Platinum Pineapple I’ve seen one or two pop up in each generation with no difference in qaulity. The buds from those branches are normally larger then the rest. I’m pretty sure this could be isolated and stabilized as a mutant line if somebody was to focus on it for a few generations. The other weird trait about that is over time the fasciated branches seem to split down the middle sometimes all the way back to the main stalk.
Oh interesting! I’d always heard people say the fasciated buds were less potent, but if they’re the same as the non-fasciated PP’s… that could definitely be something to breed for. If nothing else you’d have a signature trait you’d always know was yours.
Fasciation is a matter of debate some think it is caused by environmental factors alone some think it can be genetic nobody really agrees on the matter. I figure once it shows up in multiple rooms in multiple environments that genetics is the prime culprit.
Oh it’s definitely genetics. Herb isn’t the only thing it shows up in. It may not be breedable however, a genetic mutation. but i’d think it should be if you get a few of them to breed with.
Yeah I’ve read that it can’t be bred for but I never made seeds on the fasciated plants and they continue to show up. If anything I have tried to exclude it from the gene pool and it apparently doesn’t like to be left out. If you could stabilize it and then breed it to the freakshow and combine the traits I’m pretty sure you would have a solid botanical argument that by definition it was not a cannabis plant
I have seen pictures of fascitation (cresting) with cannabis before, caused mostly from unknown reasons… I will keep my eye on future grows to see if it repeats.
It’s interesting because out of all the pp4 I’ve seen do this only one bud ever grew in a fasciated , crested form. The branches would always separate like yours and result in two separate but normal nugs at the top.
@beacher i did some research as to how I would go about trying to isolate the genetic anomaly… best I can surmise it would take at least 5 grows and would most likely not work, shot in the dark. I agree with @Heritagefarms that every instance of this was a split somewhere along the line during the grow, it started in veg and looks to have split when I went 12/12. The only reason I could see to chase this would be if it just made one bud with 4 nodes all the way round to make an massive bud. All the instances have the manipulation of the growth from a single stem to multi cola branches in common, that I have seen so far.
On another note fasciation has been increasing at a alarming rate around the globe to many different plant species. About a year after fukishima that and two sprouts from one seed became alot more common…
Ya I’ve read they’re often sterile too so theres that.
@Heritagefarms I think they may have underreported just how big of an accident that really was. I think it had a much greater impact on the world than we’ve been led to believe.
So I was done with my rounds and turned on the tv and bbc is showing the 10 years after investigation. The entire northern hemisphere got fuckashima-d so I flipped over to how it’s made and they are showing Geiger counters and beacher needs one, I gave up, walked outside for a wake and bake with… PP#3 outdoor.
Yeah that’s a understatement , I’m sure the beach here in California would set a Geiger counter off no problem. There are a few YouTube videos showing how bad it really is but they disapeer quickly. I’d be interested to know how things look in Hawaii. As far as I know that power plant is still leaking radiation into the ocean. It’s spreading threw the food chain rapidly and you may want to consider checking you seafood for radiation or just eating something else. It was measurable on the north coast the year after and will continue to spread around the globe.
Probably still not as bad as all the chemical waste being dumped into the ganga river, there introducing flesh eating turtles to deal with all the corpses and it all flows right into the ocean.
I found this cresting bud(s) on the exact opposite branch, so genetics at play, these buds were in the back against the wall receiving little light because I focused on the first one I found. Both sides in the light now.
