Great news,
Jack the Ripper
MALE
Gambled and Won !
I have really wanted to cross Jack the Ripper with Respect.
I am very stingy and I only planted two of each , at this point I can confirm both Jack the Ripper male and Jack the Ripper female.
I have previously confirmed Respect male. This means I have accomplished my goal. Now if I can just confirm a Respect female I will have Four bull's-eyes, and can proceed to cross both ways!
I did not have my cheater glasses; so I ended up taking off a growth tip, and putting it under my scope.
I was shocked to see what I am supposing can only be trichomes on the male stalks.
To tell you the honest truth it initiated a half-hour squint session because those things look shockingly like Mite egg/ dropping. Shipped my pants I tell you.
I concluded they are not mites
I see no evidence of mites
no adult mites
no shrivelled dead mites
no Mite eggs on any Leaf blades in the room.
Probably the best part of my day just telling you ~
"100% confirmed, no mites "
,,,but let us not get off topic
Can you take a look at this , please??
because -let me tell you, it was very hard to photograph.
This is not the densest example; but a glimpse of what I was seeing today
Male
Jack the Ripper
I am finding dense deposits of these ,within the corrugated valleys of the stalk ,branch, and Peitole epidermis.
It has occurred to me that I have not spent much time scoping newly mature male plants. This has only seen three or four dark nights .
Normal ?
average?
weak?
exceptional?
what are you seeing here ?