Wrap-up of the OGer the Encore Co-op seed run
Well that was a fun ride!
I got to try out new tek and update some toys… I mean ‘tools’…
I found the limits to safe pollen handling (…treat it like weaponized Ebola… )
I definitely need to tweak a couple protocols, but all in all this was a good run.
I averaged a little north of 2,000 beans per mother.
The OG Kush packs are marked 1:1:1 (yeah… it seemed like a good idea at the time…) and the quantity is 18, so that’s 6 seeds from each mother. This represents an even cross section of the preserved genetics of this line.
I manifolded these plants for breeding purposes and they responded well. Based on seeded bud size, the sensi buds should be ‘Big and Bouncy’.
The side project also turned out well.
That was a feminized Dinafem Critical Plus crossed with the OG Kush pollen. When I dug a little deeper I found that this cross was called Critical Kush. So this is my recreation of it.
These beans will be turning up ‘here and there’…
One thing I thought about…
The mother was feminized, I assume S1. Then the mother’s genetics will be very controlled. The father(s) were nearly ‘carbon copies’ of each other, coming from basically an IBL line. Taking these factors into consideration I think the prodgeny should be very uniform
OG Kush Parent stock
I started with 12 seeds from MongoBongo’s batch and 14 from Barefrog; of which 11 and 5 popped respectively.
There were 3 more casualties in the Barefrog group reducing to a total 2
(…thank you Canada Post and your Rollers of Death …)
The breeding group of 13 members were reviewed and culled as they grew - until I had 3 females and 2 males.
MB2, #1 male
good branching, good structure, better colour
MB7, # 2 male
slow start but finished strong
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‘hard at work’
BF1, #1 female
good branching, good structure, good colour
seeds: 1200/1200 (MB7/MB2)
good terps
BF2, #2 female
good branching, good structure, good colour
good terps
seeds: 1600/1200 (MB7/MB2)
MB4, #3 female
good but less vigour, maybe a week slower than BF1 & BF2
seeds: 1200/1600 (MB7/MB2)
(NB 4x finger hash)
Special thanks to Barefrog for volunteering that pack, the survivors were the best.
Here’s a group shot of the 3 girls. Top Left BF2, Top Right is MB4, Bottom Right is BF1
Here’s the difference a week makes
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For reference, here’s the Critical Plus
