Jack the Ripper

[catapult]

Going outdoors for some summer seed making fun this year. About a month ago, I popped a pack of JTR from Badgers Batch. I only have four survivors to work with. Not the best numbers but ehh, we’ll have to work w what we got in the moment.

Also have a few other friends tagging along; (x4) Jack Herer’s from @AzSeaindooin420

And (x6) Dawggone Sour’s also from Badgers Batch (Stardawg x JTR)

[OhNo555]

You are looking good 4 that are real are always better than 10 that are ok! I will take quality every time. Keep us all posted. Will be looking for you!

[Tejas]

I’m going to say 2 males and 2 females with the JTR.

[catapult]

That’s what I’m seeing too

[ColeLennon]

JTR have great female ratios. I say all four.

[TopShelfTrees1]

Nice! I’m down for the show @catapult

[catapult]

Props to those who came before us. Big Thanks to @Subcool and @Badger for creating and keeping these genetics around.

Looking back, before the Ripper, was the Cleaner;

@Mongobongo

This is a story Published by @Subcool in 2011 on how he made the cross. Enjoy✌️

Jack Herer is a marijuana hero, a man who worked tirelessly to tell the history of marijuana criminalization while insisting that marijuana be legal.

Now let’s take a look at a strain I’ve named in honor of Jack– Jack’s Cleaner.

You may not have heard of the strain Jack’s Cleaner, but among collectors of elite marjuana genetics it has become somewhat of a legend.

This is due to several factors.

The first is I grew it for many years before other respected growers tried it and let me know it was probably the best Sativa hybrid in existence.

In 1997, I had a gathering known in breeder circles as “Jamaica 1.”

Several respected underground breeder/growers met at my place and we spent three days toking, testing, talking and feasting on BBQ and southern food.

We had a unofficial judging and Jack’s Cleaner won every first place vote.

Now maybe the guys were just being nice because I tossed the gig, but I knew at least I had found a great strain.

So where did Jacks Cleaner come from?

I got my first computer in about 1994 (an Acer 133) and started looking for online cannabis information.

It certainly wasn’t anything like today, but it led me to grow chats where I met others that shared an interest for growing.

One of the first growers I became online friends with was a guy with the nick “Skoosh.”

We swapped stories online, toked while we typed and found out we both love ice cream.

He offered me of his marijuana seeds and we traded around what we each had.

He sent me about 200 seeds of a old strain called Skoosh that was pretty infamous in his circles, so I started cracking large trays looking for a keeper.

The make up of these seeds were Pluton, Lambs Bread, Purple Haze, and Northern Lights.

What mix or pattern these crosses occurred I am not sure.

Most of what I found was not impressive.

Super thin spindly Sativa’s and mutants with whorled leaves.

I did find a few that seemed normal and grew them to maturity.

Of all the seeds I started over a period of a year, one phenotype stood out.

It was a extremely resinous ultra lemon wonder.

It smelled like Mr. Clean household scrub, so I named it “The Cleaner.”

It had one poor trait, and that was weak stems and overall lack of size and vigor.

I had not yet read botany (and we all thought breeders were smarter than God) so what happened next was pure luck.

I had a Jack Herer male from Sensi Seeds that I was to lazy to kill, so I just placed it in a dark garage.

It refused to die, so I placed a small 12-inch Cleaner clone with him and she produced about 35 seeds.

From these, I selected the best female and tossed all the males.

That female was the start of Jack’s Cleaner.

Jacks Cleaner is a large heavy-producer with ultra white raised trichomes that give buds a gooey appearance.

It has an overwhelming pure lemon smell and taste I’ve never found in any other strain.

Just the speed of resin production makes her somewhat of a freak. The glands develop early and swell up for weeks.

I will attempt to describe toking Jack’s Cleaner from a clean bong.

The smoke is crisp and thick with a heavy lemon oiliness that seems to coat the sinuses with citrus.

It is a bit harsh and tends to make me wince, then the expansion starts.

If you took a small enough hit and don’t cough, the buzz is instant.

At first the buzz is visual and very cerebral.

Then the other side starts creeping and you feel as if you smoked some heavy Indica.

The munchies come on and after you eat plates full of bizarre food combinations you’re ready for a nap.

Once you are used to the high, it has amazing analgesic properties and a good friend said it was an aphrodisiac that helped him make love longer with his girlfriend!

And then jumping back to the present; here’s with the Stardawg added to the equation;

[ix3u]

Good luck with the grow! Really excited to see how these turn out

[Kasper0909]

Dang you’ve got my attention. Looks amazing

[catapult]

Ok, it’s a been a min or two; here’s an update on the Jack run

[catapult]

Taking our time w the Ripper, finally got into some new shoes.

@Tejas

I’m going to say 2 males and 2 females

Preliminary reports are coming in hopeful, 2 and 2

JTR (x4)
3 4
1 2

JTR 1: short possible male

JTR 2: greasy tall male

JTR 3: tall female

JTR 4: self topped trifoliate female

And our Jack Herer 1: medium bushy frame possible male

JH 2: small possible girl

JH 3: bushy, stout, hungry

JH4: tall possible male

[ColeLennon]

I love JTR.

[ix3u]

Those all look like great specimens to play with @catapult ! Keep up the killer work!

[slain]

@catapult

JH4: tall possible male

I agree by the looks of it, though I am probably wrong as often as I’m right, it’s just I tell myself I know what I’m talking about when I get it right

They are all looking great!

[catapult]

JTR getting ready for flip

[basildashwood]

Nice work dude!!!

regards

[catapult]

Turns out I have three apparent boys and a single girl

Here’s the boys. Just chopped off the first flowers, I’ll try to collect a little in a windowsill.

The lady I’m thinking will get to stay inside.

[ix3u]

It’s super fun seeing what my plants will (hopefully) turn into! Thanks for the quick update!

[catapult]

So it’s getting close to decision making time for me. I have to decide how many of the other boys I want to keep around. I will definitely be keeping any of the JTR that don’t throw pistils and balls.

I also have (x5) Stardawg x JTR boys that I keep trimming back also to hold the flowers off for a little longer. One of the them in particular has my eye. He self-topped, was slow showing (thought he was a girl for a while), and had a some funky mutated leaves at first. He is getting cloned and kept around. I might keep at least two others for some work and discard 2. If I do keep them, I’m considering doing a big open pollination of sorts. Potentially using a mix of males on all my girls outdoors. Males used would be; (x3) JTR, (x3) Stardawg x JTR and (x1) Jack Herer

Or, I just do some smaller select pollinations making F2’s of each.

[ix3u]

Decisions decisions! Either way you decide, I wish you great success! I’m keeping it nice and simple. Once it’s time, I’ll add a couple more fans and just let them do their thing!

@catapult

Potentially using a mix of males on all my girls outdoors. Males used would be; (x3) JTR, (x3) Stardawg x JTR and (x1) Jack Herer

Or, I just do some smaller select pollinations making F2’s of each.