Hey everyone! Welcome to my test journal!
I will be testing random seeds from my personal breeding/pollen chucking projects conducted over the last 7-8 years.
I've been a member here at 420 Magazine since I think 2011 and did my very 1st grow here. Some of you may know me, some of you may not. Welcome to all!
A little history on my breeding/pollen chucking journey:
I started pollenchucking/breeding about 8 years ago when I began to become a clone hoarder and started collecting clones/genetics from my favorite strains.. it got to the point that I had so many and wanted to preserve the genetics in case something happened like a bad pest attack or other sudden tragedy so I learned about making feminized seeds and gave it a go. I tried colloidal silver and STS and had some success but overall got tired of wasting entire grow cycles to get a reversed female but no pollen. I think I tried about 5 different grows with about 3 or 4 different strains with only 1 as a 100% success and 1 grow a handful of seeds, and the rest, nadda... so...
I began purchasing seeds (and getting gifts) from respected breeders and developed quite a collection. I then would keep my 9 "parent strains" which consisted of the following and for each "pollenchucking run" I would plant 8 or 9 seeds from a single batch and open pollinate the entire tent, not only making additional seeds from the batch, but also crossing the seeds pollen with all of my beloved strains.
My "mother" strains/clones consisted of (changed slighlty over the years:
My Grow Journals where the breeding takes place:
Here is the journal where I try multiple attempts at making feminzed seeds:
Black Cherry
Trainwreck
GDP (fail)
Ogiesl (fail)
Icemud's How To Make Feminized Seeds Using Colloidal Silver
Here are my 1st 2 seed projects using regular seeds
The following journal includes all of these breeding projects:
I will post the list of strains I have created on a separate post.
Here are the grow journal details and specs:
What strain is it?
All of these strains/cultivars were created by me over the last 7-8 years of breeding and pollen chucking projects. I haven't decided if I will make this a ongoing journal or just specific to this particular grow. Here is the current cultivars:
Classified and Classified OG= [Ogiesel (clone) x Apollo 13 F4 (mendelxmotarebel)]
Un-named = [(GDP (clone) x Deep Chunk (Hazemans Monkey Balls F2)] x Alien Antifreeze (Mycotek)
Unnamed= (Cannorado Birthday Cake S1 x Obsoul33t Genetics Orange Fruity Pebbles OG)
Unnamed = [(Black Diamond OG (clone) x Black Cherry (reversed clone)] x Gods Gift F2
Unnamed = Ogiesel x Sour Grapes
Is it in Veg or Flower stage?
Currently this grow is in early veg.
If in Veg... For how long?
I don't count the veg days but probably about 2 months total veg max
Indoor or outdoor?
Indoors.
Grow Area Description and equipment
The tent is a Hydrohut silver edition 2x4' tent. Actual measurements are larger and the tent measures approx 2.5'x5'x7'. The tent is equipped with a large carbon filter, 6" fan on a manual variable speed controller. Intake air is sucked into the tent by the negative pressure and let in the lower portion of the tent on each side.
The tent is equipped with a circulation fans...one on an intake hose at ground level, and the other on the roof of the tent blowing downwards.
Lighting:
I am using 3 budmaster lights that I manipulated by putting 2 different models of budmaster together. I took apart the COB and GOD(blurple) lights to put 2 modules of COB and 2 Modules of GOD(blurple) together into a single panel (4 modules total). Each has a switch.
In veg I have only been running the 2 cobs on each fixture (100w each), and in flowering I will be running all 4 modules per fixture which will be around 600w total grow
Soil or Hydro?
Soil....
Base Soil Mix
A blend of Promix HP and Happy Frog, probably a 3:1 ratio
If soil... What size pot?
For this grow I will be keeping the plants in 2 gallon round pots for the entire grow,
Temp of Room/cab?
usually my ambient temps stay between 75F-85F (during the current summer months the upper portion of the tent can reach 93F while the canopy stays roughly 85F.
RH of Room/cab?
my RH typically stays right around 50% but sometimes (rarely) the winds come off the desert and dry the RH down to 10% or less. Usually in the winter months of October, November, December and January we see a lot of offshore breezes and low humidity.
PH of media or res?
I use PH drops and try to target right around 6.5
Any Pests ?
No pests at all
IPM (insect pest management)
Early in veg gave a foliar spray of neem oil and spinosad
clean tent prior to grow with bleach and water
keep tent closed at all times when not tending to plants
IF pests detected, treat as needed. Usually only fungus gnats or thrips are the pests I deal with, both pretty easy to get rid of if spotted early.
How often are you watering?
This depends on the portion of the cycle I am in, but typically I water about 1x per week in early veg, in late veg about 1x every 3-4 days, In early flowering about 1x every 3-4 days, late flowering about 1x per 5-6 days.
Type and strength of ferts used?
I havent really decided on which route I am going to go with nutrients on this grow. Since I am in small pots I probably will stick to a hybrid salt/natural nutrient feeding to get a little of both worlds.
Right now I have and may use:
Foxfarm Grow
Superthrive (early veg only)
Jacks 3-2-1 method
Bio-zyme
Mammoth P (flowering)
Bushdoctor (mycos and bacteria)
Foxfarm Bigbloom
I think that is pretty much all the details that I need to give everyone a good picture of what I have going on.
I welcome everyone to join as I test some of my hybrid crosses that I have made and see how they turn out!
Questions are welcome!
Advice is always welcome!
Conversation is welcome!
I don't frequently update my journals so there may be long intervals between my posts and responses, however I will try to keep things updated and answer questions/respond.
Wish me luck!
I will be testing random seeds from my personal breeding/pollen chucking projects conducted over the last 7-8 years.
I've been a member here at 420 Magazine since I think 2011 and did my very 1st grow here. Some of you may know me, some of you may not. Welcome to all!
A little history on my breeding/pollen chucking journey:
I started pollenchucking/breeding about 8 years ago when I began to become a clone hoarder and started collecting clones/genetics from my favorite strains.. it got to the point that I had so many and wanted to preserve the genetics in case something happened like a bad pest attack or other sudden tragedy so I learned about making feminized seeds and gave it a go. I tried colloidal silver and STS and had some success but overall got tired of wasting entire grow cycles to get a reversed female but no pollen. I think I tried about 5 different grows with about 3 or 4 different strains with only 1 as a 100% success and 1 grow a handful of seeds, and the rest, nadda... so...
I began purchasing seeds (and getting gifts) from respected breeders and developed quite a collection. I then would keep my 9 "parent strains" which consisted of the following and for each "pollenchucking run" I would plant 8 or 9 seeds from a single batch and open pollinate the entire tent, not only making additional seeds from the batch, but also crossing the seeds pollen with all of my beloved strains.
My "mother" strains/clones consisted of (changed slighlty over the years:
- Harlequin (clone from prop 215 days at a dispensary in long beach)
- Black Cherry (clone) I believe this may be SunyCheeba's cut.
- Ogiesel (clone from local clone supplier)
- GG#4 (clone) (clone from private grower/breeder collection)
- Private Reserve OG (clone from prop 215 days dispensary in long beach)
- Skywalker OG (socal sativa, not the EU version)(private grower and breeders cut he had for a long time)
- GDP (clone from dispensary in long beach)
- Birthday Cake (s1 from cannarado seed I planted)
- Chocolate Thai #5 pheno (part of a later project that I kept as a mother) (From Hazeman Seeds and originally DrawhOH)
- DJ Short Blueberry F4 pheno A-3 (part of a seed project I kept as a mother)
- Trainwreck (clone from private breeder growers collection, original TW)
- Mendo Grape (clone from long beach dispensary)
My Grow Journals where the breeding takes place:
Here is the journal where I try multiple attempts at making feminzed seeds:
Black Cherry
Trainwreck
GDP (fail)
Ogiesl (fail)
Icemud's How To Make Feminized Seeds Using Colloidal Silver
Here are my 1st 2 seed projects using regular seeds
- 79 Xmas Bud Breeding project (thought it was pine tar kush but found out the strain I had was not, and instead 79 Xmas Bud),
- Also my Deep Chunk (hazemans monkey balls) project is in this journal.
The following journal includes all of these breeding projects:
- Sour Grapes,
- Bangi Haze,
- Apollo 13F4,
- Gods Gift F2,
- Chocolate Thai,
- Blueberry,
- Alien Antifreeze
- 88G13HP
I will post the list of strains I have created on a separate post.
Here are the grow journal details and specs:
What strain is it?
All of these strains/cultivars were created by me over the last 7-8 years of breeding and pollen chucking projects. I haven't decided if I will make this a ongoing journal or just specific to this particular grow. Here is the current cultivars:
Classified and Classified OG= [Ogiesel (clone) x Apollo 13 F4 (mendelxmotarebel)]
Un-named = [(GDP (clone) x Deep Chunk (Hazemans Monkey Balls F2)] x Alien Antifreeze (Mycotek)
Unnamed= (Cannorado Birthday Cake S1 x Obsoul33t Genetics Orange Fruity Pebbles OG)
Unnamed = [(Black Diamond OG (clone) x Black Cherry (reversed clone)] x Gods Gift F2
Unnamed = Ogiesel x Sour Grapes
Is it in Veg or Flower stage?
Currently this grow is in early veg.
If in Veg... For how long?
I don't count the veg days but probably about 2 months total veg max
Indoor or outdoor?
Indoors.
Grow Area Description and equipment
The tent is a Hydrohut silver edition 2x4' tent. Actual measurements are larger and the tent measures approx 2.5'x5'x7'. The tent is equipped with a large carbon filter, 6" fan on a manual variable speed controller. Intake air is sucked into the tent by the negative pressure and let in the lower portion of the tent on each side.
The tent is equipped with a circulation fans...one on an intake hose at ground level, and the other on the roof of the tent blowing downwards.
Lighting:
I am using 3 budmaster lights that I manipulated by putting 2 different models of budmaster together. I took apart the COB and GOD(blurple) lights to put 2 modules of COB and 2 Modules of GOD(blurple) together into a single panel (4 modules total). Each has a switch.
In veg I have only been running the 2 cobs on each fixture (100w each), and in flowering I will be running all 4 modules per fixture which will be around 600w total grow
Soil or Hydro?
Soil....
Base Soil Mix
A blend of Promix HP and Happy Frog, probably a 3:1 ratio
If soil... What size pot?
For this grow I will be keeping the plants in 2 gallon round pots for the entire grow,
Temp of Room/cab?
usually my ambient temps stay between 75F-85F (during the current summer months the upper portion of the tent can reach 93F while the canopy stays roughly 85F.
RH of Room/cab?
my RH typically stays right around 50% but sometimes (rarely) the winds come off the desert and dry the RH down to 10% or less. Usually in the winter months of October, November, December and January we see a lot of offshore breezes and low humidity.
PH of media or res?
I use PH drops and try to target right around 6.5
Any Pests ?
No pests at all
IPM (insect pest management)
Early in veg gave a foliar spray of neem oil and spinosad
clean tent prior to grow with bleach and water
keep tent closed at all times when not tending to plants
IF pests detected, treat as needed. Usually only fungus gnats or thrips are the pests I deal with, both pretty easy to get rid of if spotted early.
How often are you watering?
This depends on the portion of the cycle I am in, but typically I water about 1x per week in early veg, in late veg about 1x every 3-4 days, In early flowering about 1x every 3-4 days, late flowering about 1x per 5-6 days.
Type and strength of ferts used?
I havent really decided on which route I am going to go with nutrients on this grow. Since I am in small pots I probably will stick to a hybrid salt/natural nutrient feeding to get a little of both worlds.
Right now I have and may use:
Foxfarm Grow
Superthrive (early veg only)
Jacks 3-2-1 method
Bio-zyme
Mammoth P (flowering)
Bushdoctor (mycos and bacteria)
Foxfarm Bigbloom
I think that is pretty much all the details that I need to give everyone a good picture of what I have going on.
I welcome everyone to join as I test some of my hybrid crosses that I have made and see how they turn out!
Questions are welcome!
Advice is always welcome!
Conversation is welcome!
I don't frequently update my journals so there may be long intervals between my posts and responses, however I will try to keep things updated and answer questions/respond.
Wish me luck!
...cheerz...
...h00k...
