Sin City Juice was the first strain to leave the seedling trays. 24 hours to cotelydon leaves!
Looks like 100% germination across the board
Looks like 100% germination across the board
The Dark Alley Club - Sad, seedy loners welcome.
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In the beginning, there were 24 ...
Well 23, I was so high when I was planting I forgot to actually drop Eso's Big and Tasty! I was looking at the trays like, shit, guess it wasn't 100% germination ... oh wait, there's no seed in there haha
So I actually dropped that one last night...
Down one Rom already. It just came out of its shell all crumpled and never really recovered.
Meanwhile, in another part of town ...
Yeah, these two are getting big fast. If they keep stretching like this we're gonna have to get creative!
Everybody else!
So the Useful Chem D x Chocolate Diesel and the Katsu Key Lime Pie are going to get flowered as is in these little 1.5 gallon pots because quite frankly, I'm squeezed for space. It's about to get REAL crowded in there, but I think we'll manage. Gonna rig something up to keep the tent from sucking in so I can maximize my space.
Here's all the seedlings. I'm hoping to up pot into 5x5 pots tonight and immediately flip to 12/12 to sex them and see what I've got here. See the one plant way outgrowing all the others in the back row? I've named it Romulan X. It was the first one to germ and hasn't slowed down a bit. I'm keeping an eye on that one.
I'll probably add some pic of the autos tonight. They are unfortunately going to have to go into 12/12 to make this work, but c'est la vie! The 4AM should be wrapping up soon anyways and if I think it's negatively affecting the BCP I may just put her outside. That plant is WAY behind schedule anyways so I'm a little frustrated with it. I want to like WickedPissah so badly because they are so close to home, but I have not been impressed so far.
The autos ... I just can't keep autos green. Drives me nuts. But the 4AM smells phenomenal, like sour grape and woods after it rains ... if that makes any sense ...
Got about halfway through transplanting, but after 12 hours in the 90 degree heat and sun today, I ran out of steam. Hoping a couple brewskys will reinvigorate me
Finished up-potting this morning ... those brewskys made me sleep haha
Just keeping track of some stony thoughts here ...
But if any of you experienced breeders want to put in your two cents ...
I find it interesting that the Romulan BX4 has shown the greatest difference in phenos right off the bat when it's been backcrossed so many times ... I thought the point of backcrossing was to stabilize the strain ... guess I have a lot to learn.
Two are tearing along, one died at birth, and the last one is super runty. When I was just transplanting the runt's roots had barely broken through the rapid rooter, while the other two had roots filling their whole pots.
With only two good Roms I'm really hoping for a perfect 50% split at this point haha ... also probably means my plan to fem the Roms will get kicked down the road a bit
The tent will flip to 12 hours darkness tonight so we're on our way to seeing what we got.
But if any of you experienced breeders want to put in your two cents ...
I find it interesting that the Romulan BX4 has shown the greatest difference in phenos right off the bat when it's been backcrossed so many times ... I thought the point of backcrossing was to stabilize the strain ... guess I have a lot to learn.
Two are tearing along, one died at birth, and the last one is super runty. When I was just transplanting the runt's roots had barely broken through the rapid rooter, while the other two had roots filling their whole pots.
With only two good Roms I'm really hoping for a perfect 50% split at this point haha ... also probably means my plan to fem the Roms will get kicked down the road a bit
The tent will flip to 12 hours darkness tonight so we're on our way to seeing what we got.
Youre 100% correct on backcrossing and why to do it. When you BX (to the original parent), you are basically trying to lock in and narrow down traits exhibited from the child plant that was essentially passed on from the parent. When you BX, you are narrowing that gene pool resulting in fewer phenos expressed from the parent plant. Not to say that there wont be any variances, but there should be fewer on every BX offspring if you are BX'ing correctly to the original parent strain and not the last parent that the seed came from. If you do it to the last parent that the seed came from, you arent really locking anything in because there is new traits being introduced and phenos will be a plenty with every offspring made (similar to an F2 and how that opens the "treasure chest" of phenos to be found).
Thanks for the tips Red! I'm trying to absorb as much as I can before I start throwing pollen at plants all willy-nilly haha.
New phone, better pictures!
Did a little rearranging in the flower tent. My CMH has a terrible hood design and I felt like the two small plants weren't getting enough light where they were at
Monkey Juice
Orange Cookies x Chocolate Diesel
Did a little rearranging in the flower tent. My CMH has a terrible hood design and I felt like the two small plants weren't getting enough light where they were at
Monkey Juice
Orange Cookies x Chocolate Diesel
Dino Party
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Looking good! If you haven’t smoked that OCxCD before you are in for a TREAT! kushy orange cocoa nibs.
Dino Party
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Only thing I’d do is take some bamboo stakes and open up that canopy a bit. Maybe defoliate a few Inner facing fan leaves
The little ones ... and the 4 Assed Monkey creeping in the background. Hoping she finishes sooner rather than later.
This Coastal Swazi x Burmese really strikes my fancy already. Great form, definitely the most sativa leaning so far.
This is Lil' Romy. I've almost pulled it so many times but curiosity keeps it in the hunt.
AKs Dope Beard Durban (the 3 plants around lil romy) are the most uniform by far, followed by Bohdi's Aluna (upper left hand corner).
3thirteen Sin City Juice and the Bad Dawg Motor City Fighters are both kicking ass in the back 3 rows of the middle tray.
I'll definitely take that advice under consideration ... the inner fan leaves were actually removed right after that photo so we were already on the same page there!
I've got a bigger tent coming next week so they'll have some more room for me to spread them out soon, I just can't make up my mind on lights for it haha
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oh yeah you're right it is pretty tight in there. What size tent you got coming?
4x4 ... the current one is only 32"x32" which definitely isn't cutting it. I'd like to go bigger but I don't have much space to work with
Day 18 without planting a seed ... I feel like I'm slowly slipping into madness. The seeds ... they speak to me ... they say plant me. Your getting a bigger tent ... you'll find space. Cobb's Candy? Citrus MILF? Welchie ... is that you?
Seriously though.
Also, there's a damn potting soil shortage near me. I can't get my Coast of Maine anywhere. Having trouble finding anything that isn't Miracle-Gro. I may have to go to the hydro store and pay way too much for whatever they have thats even remotely decent. The fems that aren't part of the phenohunt ... Dyno Berry Bites, Big N Tasty and Blackened Oranges ... need to be up-potted something fierce. Got a OC x CD and Rum runner started for a friend too that need new homes.
Seriously though.
Also, there's a damn potting soil shortage near me. I can't get my Coast of Maine anywhere. Having trouble finding anything that isn't Miracle-Gro. I may have to go to the hydro store and pay way too much for whatever they have thats even remotely decent. The fems that aren't part of the phenohunt ... Dyno Berry Bites, Big N Tasty and Blackened Oranges ... need to be up-potted something fierce. Got a OC x CD and Rum runner started for a friend too that need new homes.
Jewels
Tilts at Tables
Said the guy, with no bunnies.
Get jiggy with it.
Come horseshits ‘ n crushed brick - don’t stop that train of inferno.
Also really happy to see the survivor Romulan. There was a time when “a good Rom’n” meant more than a bowl of noodles.
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The palest,most insignificant seed, slow popped and stalled for a full week, in my garden.
Grew into the sexiest beast. I will keep that ‘ Jack Futero’ as long as I can.
Said the guy, with no bunnies.
Get jiggy with it.
Come horseshits ‘ n crushed brick - don’t stop that train of inferno.
Also really happy to see the survivor Romulan. There was a time when “a good Rom’n” meant more than a bowl of noodles.
???
The palest,most insignificant seed, slow popped and stalled for a full week, in my garden.
Grew into the sexiest beast. I will keep that ‘ Jack Futero’ as long as I can.
No bunnies but plenty of chickens, that shit just won't compost as fast as I need it too!
Its alright though ... got the last two bags from one of the agways... last bag of grower pellets too ... chickens gonna be eating my trim soon, plants will be eating chicken shit ... the cycle of life as it were
And thats why I can't move on from yon lil romy ... there might be ? in there! Gotta give em a chance
Welp, turns out the 4AM didn't like the change to 12/12 ... threw a little nanner. She was just about done anyways. Had started throwing some new growth on the new light cycle but the trichs were all cloudy and amber so she got the chop. Can't risk her throwing any pollen in the tent. Can't wait to get my new tent all set up and get some of this stuff separated...
Jewels
Tilts at Tables
,,,and reported directly to the Mephisto compliant tray,,,
Congrats. She is a haggard beaut.
