X18 Outcrosses (Test Thread)

Some nice, fat, fully ripe, early-finishing beans I pulled off the moms while watering yesterday. The Lemon Tree mom is the clone-only, the Starfighter mom is an elite cutting from F1 stock that’s been held by a pretty well-known crew in Boston for years. These were open-pollinated by 9 different X18 males, so a lot of phenotypic variation is to be expected, but pear/sour apple phenos should easily shine through, as that’s what’s been seen in the majority of the female X18 stock.

Really want to see if there’s anyone willing to pop these ASAP and document their grow right here on OG. You can consider this the start of the test grow thread. Feel free to chime in if any takers and you’re able to pop these bad boys ASAP. Thanks.

-buryseeds

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Good Stuff @buryseeds

We will want to see the results.

Keep seedin’

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Yeah would love to see the results of that cross… If I was ready i would say yay but I’m a month away from finishing and testing my new room

Added disclaimer: by ASAP, I really mean within the next few weeks :slight_smile:
These particular seeds are hot off the press and need a few weeks to dry either way. So as long as someone is able to germinate by, say, 2nd week of December, I’d be happy to consider that ASAP as well.

-buryseeds

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damn too much too grow and not enough space !

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How many testers you looking for? I should have my shit together by time they need to be moved to veg.

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I’m down with growing out some Starfighter for sure, X18 is a Pakistan landrace?

Well, I have 11 outcrosses, plus the pure X18, so 12 tests total that I’d like to do. These are just some early beans that are already ready, figured I’d get them out now.

Updating the thread to “X18 Outcrosses” to be able to cover the full spectrum of the project.

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X18 is a pure Paki, Tom Hill seeds, my preservation is being done with 9 males and 9 females.

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Do you have any heavy sativa leaning outcrosses coming up? I’m into sativa and sativa landrace genetics… :vulcan:

Nevermind I saw your list … :slight_smile:

So, @Kalgrae has agreed to be a tester. Looking for at least three more testers. Must be ready/willing/fully equipped to pop ASAP. Planning on sending these out no later than first week December…

Please inquire in thread if interested and Happy Thxgiving all :slight_smile:

-buryseeds

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I will have four packs ready to go out by first week December. All X18 crosses on the male side. Females are as follows:

Starfighter F1 (Greentown Cut)
This cut is an F1 selection that some good folks in Boston have held for a few years now. Selected from seed from the original drop. Super extremely frost earthy melon bud. No longer have the mom but could either get it again from my guys, may at some point in the future.

Strawberry Fields (Western Mass cut)
This cut came to me via a friend out in Western Mass, it was held by an old school grower out there for over a decade. Was said to have come straight from Vermont before then. After legalization passed in Mass this grower spread the love and gave a few people the cut. Dead on fresh strawberries and extremely frosty. My buddy tested his batch out at 20% THC recently. No longer have this mom either, but gave a cut to a trusted friend who is keeping a mom of her around.

Lemon Tree (clone only, originally from Cali). The official Lemon Tree cut, sourced to me from another good friend who sources a lot of rare cuts. Stretchy like her mom Sour, super sticky and has the “Lemon Pledge” that everyone raves about. Running her for a few more cycles. Not sure if I’ll keep her around, but I always like to have a “Lemon” in the stable. Really depends on how my Lemon Larry run goes, if I can find something better.

Roxbury Cookies (bred and selected in Boston). Formerly known as just “Roxbury” (a neighborhood in Boston proper). This is a ridiculous cut from one of my OGs…a true neighborhood cut that stands up against any of the elites. Cataract Kush mom, GSC male dad…the GSC male was found 4 years ago in an early batch of GSC, before it became such a hype strain (my guy is well-connected). He’s kept this cut around since then and blessed me with her to do some work. She’s a definite staple for a bunch of future crosses. Extremely sticky, starts to frost up first week of 12/12 heavily, purples around week 4, has a heavy kush taste and flavor, with a little extra sweet funk that’s very unique and hard to describe.

Again, these 4 girls were put in the open pollination chamber, so they’ve been hit by pollen from 9 different X18 males. From the male parentage, you can expect earthy, or apply, or pear, or cheesy, or skunky phenotypes. The apples smell best to me, but the strongest most potent male was ane xtremely cheesy phenotype. Expect a lot of variation in these beans. The main goal of the project was to preserve the full phenotypic expressions in the X18 generation I’m producing, which is why all 9 males (and 9 females) were used. No intersex tendencies have been noticed in either the males or females. They’ve been subjected to heat stress, over-watering and heavy nutes to test stability.

-buryseeds

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There are a dozen seeds in each tester pack.

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I can’t help right now but am interested to follow along. I am surprised they haven’t been swooped up yet, the lemon tree cross is very interesting.

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People are getting ready for the holidays i think… Maybe!

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That makes sense. :grin:

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Nice X18 project :+1: :fire:
I noticed you have 11 outcrosses, did you use any other IBL’s?
(my veg room is on a wait list for a project, but if I’m not required, I’ll check back to see if you still need testers)

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The Ghash is probably IBL at this point.

Here’s the other outcrosses that I’ll be needing testers for very soon. I expect with 4-6 more weeks once the seeds fully ripen:

X18 crossed with:

X18 (Tom Hill)
Stardawg IX (Top Dawg Seeds)
C99 (Brothers Grimm)
Nigerian Haze (Karma Genetics)
Whitey (THC Development)
88G13HP (Hazeman)
LA Pure Kush (Hazeman)

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I guess I’m not a worthy selection since you did not respond to me saying I was willing to run your X18 x Starfighter… Well that’s ok then…:alien:

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