While I’m wrapping up my outdoor grow for the 2022 season, I’ve been thinking about starting my indoor stuff. My first project for this thread will be a breeding project that I’ve been interested in trying out for awhile now. I’ve been trying to get my hands on some Lemon Jeffery seeds but they’ve been out of stock for awhile (hopefully coming back soon). I was lucky enough to have another member here send me some pollen on a LJ plant he reversed. Listening to descriptions of this strain on the Grow From Your Heart podcast and chatting with other growers who have grown it has me very intrigued. Sometimes you just find yourself drawn to a certain plant and this is just one of them for me, personally. Although I’ve never grown out this cultivar or even tried it, I do believe the genetics behind it are intriguing enough to warrant a breeding project.
Rasta Jeff, the breeder behind Irie Genetics, goes live on IG every Monday. He was cool enough to answer some questions I had about the cultivar and suggested I chuck the pollen at some “potent plants that are super funky! Something RANK!”. There can only be one choice for this suggestion… Chemdog, the one and only (and variations of her). The fem pollen from Lemon Jeffery (LEMON SKUNK X GOLDEN GOAT) will be used to pollinate the following:
Guerilla Fume: (Silver Chem (Silverback OG x Chem 91 Reversal) x Chem 91 BX3) - Lucky Dog Seed Co
Headband (Notsodog) x Chem D - CSI Humboldt
GMO (Chem D x GSC) x Obama Kush (Mendo Purps x Bubba kush) - Founding Fathers Genetics
The Fume is hyped to be “the closest thing to Chemdog in seed form”. Notso’s headband x chem d is knocking peoples socks off and the GMO paired with the Obama Kush should warrant some super funky and unique terps! Needless to say… this should be a pretty fun project!
My plan is to take clones and flower them out for pollination, keeping the seed plants as moms until I find a winner or two. I’ll pollinate the lowers on the plants I think and save the tops for heads. I have 4 of each of the cultivars above for a total of 12 plants. I will need to look out for boys in the Fume seeds. These will be grown out in 2 gal fabric pots in a 3x3 tent. I’ll pollinate each plant separately and away from the general population and be really careful to stay away from the main cola. We’ll see how it goes!
Will update with pics asap!