PNC's road to rankness

[paulnchuckeriii]

So let's get this party started! While we wait for the main show to start (seeds still to arrive and one more hybrid run needs to complete), I have some pics of when I was a younger chucker that I can share as kind of a warm-up for the main event. Really, my goal of this journal is to have a place to catalog my journey with various landrace varieties, my experiments with open pollination, and the beautiful things that come of it. But between now and then, that is still a little ways out, so let's go back in time to when I was a younger chucker and was working with polyhybrids. I've never shared the pics of this run. So, let's start here. These sprouts are an F1 cross of White Fire OG x Shangri-La

 

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Now, I did not make these beans, they were gifted to me. As far their lineage and parentage, it was a good friend of mine who selected and harvested the pollen from his Shangri-La phenohunt. The pollen he collected was used to pollinate a Santa Cruz Mountain staple, White Fire OG, to which I was given fifteen seeds to test. The seeds were started in Jiffy peat pots and the soil used was Vermicrop. First, Vermisoil and then Vermifire. **please note, this is before they sold out to Scott's Miracle Grow** The solo cups were given light feeding of Vital Earth's Liquid Grow, Cal-Mag, and Baseline (liquid humic) -- but once they were transplanted to the larger containers with Vermifire, they were then only given pH corrected water. RO water was being used, so Cal-Mag was always added to the water up to 100 ppm to start.

 

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So these would be up to about day 30. Under a 600W Blue Ushio conversion bulb. Still 18 hours. Up to this point, they only had Cal-Mag to 100 ppm in the RO water and compost tea. My local shop gave away Vermitea, so these girls had tea at least once every two weeks. Also, at each transplant stage, liberal use of Xtreme Gardening's Mykos was garnished to help the roots take hold and take off!

 

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Ye old snip and flip. They are still getting the Vital Earth liquid grow, Cal-Mag, Baseline, and top dress of 1-2 tsp per plant per week. Also liberal use of compost tea. It should also be noted, that I use Azamax as a soil drench from early veg at a rate of 15 ml/ gallon, every two weeks until about a 3-4 weeks to harvest. Also I do a weekly foliar application of Nuke 'Em at 30 ml/gallon. You need to make sure to drench your plant and soil as Nuke 'Em needs to come into contact with the pests to be effective. This is a preventative plan. If I need to suppress a pest, I would up my frequency and/or intensity of spraying (they have some pretty aggressive spray strategies that really do work). An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of the cure or so grandma used to say... and she was right!

 

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Awesome mail day From Fullpower’s web site:

“Waichin valley is situated in the larger NorthWestern Himalayas. The exceptional dry-cold weather does bring about some of the most fascination hues of purples, reds and blacks. The plants exude a strong aromatic experience as soon as one gets near the plants, can easily experience the fragrant aura lingering in the air.”

 

[paulnchuckeriii]

Continuing my stroll down memory lane... already starting to show sex. I took little bursts of pics, I only wish I took better notes and cataloged this experiment a little better. I did learn some things, and part of that is meticulous notes are crucial for any serious pheno hunting, or attempts at breeding.

 

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Stake 'em, if you got 'em...

 

[Trial n Error]

Man , if you were doing this well before,
I am looking forward to seeing your work now.
✌

 

[paulnchuckeriii]

Man , if you were doing this well before,
I am looking forward to seeing your work now.
✌

Thank you The main event unfortunately, won’t be starting until mid-April, hopefully it will yield some good stuff. It will be the first time I do an open pollination. So we are going to have to see. But between now and then, here is a GG4 that just finished…

 

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Food was simply Vital Earth's OG Liquid Bloom, Baseline, and Cal-Mag with generous helpings of compost tea.

 

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As far as my IPM routine... I use Azamax as a drench every two weeks until a month before harvest, with weekly liberal sprayings of Nuke 'Em at the standard application rate as a preventative.

 

[Frimpong]

As far as my IPM routine... I use Azamax as a drench every two weeks until a month before harvest, with weekly liberal sprayings of Nuke 'Em at the standard application rate as a preventative.

Looking good up in here ?

 

[Frimpong]

Stake 'em, if you got 'em...

Just watch your eyes lol.

 

[paulnchuckeriii]

Just watch your eyes lol.

you know!

 

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