TheSadVeryBadMadGrower
Wait...what?
What are the ping pong balls used for? Plant identity?
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H.A.F.
a.k.a. Rusty Nails
Nah - to keep me from poking my eye out.
TheSadVeryBadMadGrower
Wait...what?
That's actually a great idea. I have done it a few times and never thought of a work around.
H.A.F.
a.k.a. Rusty Nails
if you get the colored ones like for filling a bouncy house they're cheaper than ping-pong balls
A dozen top-flight cost what 50 Chinese color-balls did.
H.A.F.
a.k.a. Rusty Nails
I may do another chuck. Why? Because I said I never would 
The only issue I am seeing is waiting with tents not doing much but ripening beans. I see no evidence of pollination on any of the plants being flowered in a the tent that was just splooged in. So limiting the number of pollinated plants is key.
Flashback68. Knowing that I won't anyway I could easily smoke this every day. I don't ever see myself doing a reversal since I have beans, can take clones, etc. That said I don't have enough to share either. But once I make a plant of beans I'll never be able to grow out that's solved.
If the Dirty Flashback turns out well I want to get a few males and cross them back to a new set of Flashback68 from seed. I'll need to grow out a mess of them and look for a trait associated with the FB68 that might transfer to a male plant. Then do a male hunt for a few of those males and pop a few new FB68 beans.
I'll have enough Dirty Taxi F2's to run forever. I'll also have enough of the FB68 x DT cross that making more would only be if they start losing germination, AND they were the bomb.
Increasing the FB68 x DT doesn't sound as appealing to me as hitting new pure moms and refining the line.
It will take me a year or three of growing to get to that point And hunting through the FB68 fems and keeping a set of moms I like will be part of that. Since I'll be dropping more than a few every year I bought the last packs off Dagga. You snooze you lose.
The only issue I am seeing is waiting with tents not doing much but ripening beans. I see no evidence of pollination on any of the plants being flowered in a the tent that was just splooged in. So limiting the number of pollinated plants is key.
Flashback68. Knowing that I won't anyway I could easily smoke this every day. I don't ever see myself doing a reversal since I have beans, can take clones, etc. That said I don't have enough to share either. But once I make a plant of beans I'll never be able to grow out that's solved.
If the Dirty Flashback turns out well I want to get a few males and cross them back to a new set of Flashback68 from seed. I'll need to grow out a mess of them and look for a trait associated with the FB68 that might transfer to a male plant. Then do a male hunt for a few of those males and pop a few new FB68 beans.
I'll have enough Dirty Taxi F2's to run forever. I'll also have enough of the FB68 x DT cross that making more would only be if they start losing germination, AND they were the bomb.
Increasing the FB68 x DT doesn't sound as appealing to me as hitting new pure moms and refining the line.
It will take me a year or three of growing to get to that point And hunting through the FB68 fems and keeping a set of moms I like will be part of that. Since I'll be dropping more than a few every year I bought the last packs off Dagga. You snooze you lose.
H.A.F.
a.k.a. Rusty Nails
What it looks like is that I'll have a dedicated FB68 tent to flower whatever. The Chem91 worked just taking that top clone and immediately flipping.
I can pop a 6-pack and clone the top at 4 weeks then flip. If any don't root then they don't get kept. Andy from Greenway is digging the idea and has more FB68 crosses he wants to sent. too-many-beans...
But this is a long term thing. I have two different FB68 moms so the process has already started. I'll cull any that don't have that 'thang'.
I think the key will be the boys though. Probably best to have a handful of FB68 moms and "X" number of clones of each based on the number of different looking Dirty Flashback males I find to hit them with.
My goal would be to get more girls all hit with the same male or type of male that produces an abundance of FB68 like offspring.
But then I'd be done. That's all I want is to not have to keep moms at all. Growing out my Dirty Flashback, several versions of it's backcross, plus all the randoms I am making this round will be amazing.
It also gives me a purpose other than just trying to grow everything before it's duds.
I can pop a 6-pack and clone the top at 4 weeks then flip. If any don't root then they don't get kept. Andy from Greenway is digging the idea and has more FB68 crosses he wants to sent. too-many-beans...
But this is a long term thing. I have two different FB68 moms so the process has already started. I'll cull any that don't have that 'thang'.
I think the key will be the boys though. Probably best to have a handful of FB68 moms and "X" number of clones of each based on the number of different looking Dirty Flashback males I find to hit them with.
My goal would be to get more girls all hit with the same male or type of male that produces an abundance of FB68 like offspring.
But then I'd be done. That's all I want is to not have to keep moms at all. Growing out my Dirty Flashback, several versions of it's backcross, plus all the randoms I am making this round will be amazing.
It also gives me a purpose other than just trying to grow everything before it's duds.
H.A.F.
a.k.a. Rusty Nails
Phenotypes is bugging me though. I know they matter in breeding or there wouldn't be elite clones. The only Chem91 seeded is the oddball.
There are two FB68 and 4 Taxi so I should get plenty of variety. If that sport Chem91 only passes it's traits I don't have a plain Chem91 cross.
Hunting the Chem91 one at a time and the FB68 by 5's fills a 6-cell. The FB68 is a 9-weeker, +4 weeks veg, theen a week before tasting. Dropping every 3-4 months won't overload me on the whole thing.
There are two FB68 and 4 Taxi so I should get plenty of variety. If that sport Chem91 only passes it's traits I don't have a plain Chem91 cross.
Hunting the Chem91 one at a time and the FB68 by 5's fills a 6-cell.
The FB68 is a 9-weeker, +4 weeks veg, theen a week before tasting. Dropping every 3-4 months won't overload me on the whole thing.
H.A.F.
a.k.a. Rusty Nails
I have a few getting new shoes soon. The 7 fems up front and a few of the regs. The dome has 6 of the "1968" beans that I got sent 800+ of to try and sprout. I dumped them all in the cup I use for sprouted seed teas and used the same process. Soaked for about 12hrs, then drained and rinsed. I did that every 6-8 hours getting them moist again then draining them. 6 popped an obvious tail-nub and got cells, the rest are s[pread like grass seed in the 4 cups. if any pop I'll snag them and get another cell going.
I thought they might not have the vigor to grow. so far 2 did. If I get a fat crop of these it's gonna be funny. This is the mom he lost that he tried to reverse and thought he failed - until now.
I thought they might not have the vigor to grow. so far 2 did. If I get a fat crop of these it's gonna be funny. This is the mom he lost that he tried to reverse and thought he failed - until now.
H.A.F.
a.k.a. Rusty Nails
checked before lights out in veg and I have 4 of the 1968 now. No sign of life in the cups but if I end up with 4-6 plants to play with that would be legit.
seeds and clones...
Since it looks like I'll be taking a mess of clones from the 1968 I am constantly trying to justify whittling down the clones I have kept.
The Chem 91 S1 in flower has some chubby leaves and is getting deficient looking in the older fan leaves. It's legit and I can find another in the next bean. I don't need to keep a clone of that unless it's to make more smoke. I found my unicorn if the real Chemdog doesn't blow it away in a side by side. Then I don't really need either. I think making sure I have the right one to hit with the Dirty Flashback pollen is all that matters, and hunting through those beans would probably supercede growing then Chem91 s1's. For now I'll plan on flowering the top-clone I kept when it's bigger. I still have the peanut butter one.
The Flashback '68 I am bumping up to about 40 beans with the last purchase. The #1 pheno I have is good - that's enough. When I get around to chucking pollen for the backcross I can use that mom and a few new seeds. Not even clones of seeds.
Dirty Taxi all I need is germination from the F2's. Good or bad I'll be hunting through those as well as the Flashback crosses first thing.
really only 2 to keep. and if the Chemdog is a better high than the p-nut chem then one. With the 4 longer vegged/big pot FB68 in flower i'm about to be rolling in that flower and I still have a flat of clones to flip.
seeds and clones...
Since it looks like I'll be taking a mess of clones from the 1968 I am constantly trying to justify whittling down the clones I have kept.
The Chem 91 S1 in flower has some chubby leaves and is getting deficient looking in the older fan leaves. It's legit and I can find another in the next bean. I don't need to keep a clone of that unless it's to make more smoke. I found my unicorn if the real Chemdog doesn't blow it away in a side by side. Then I don't really need either. I think making sure I have the right one to hit with the Dirty Flashback pollen is all that matters, and hunting through those beans would probably supercede growing then Chem91 s1's. For now I'll plan on flowering the top-clone I kept when it's bigger. I still have the peanut butter one.
The Flashback '68 I am bumping up to about 40 beans with the last purchase. The #1 pheno I have is good - that's enough. When I get around to chucking pollen for the backcross I can use that mom and a few new seeds. Not even clones of seeds.
Dirty Taxi all I need is germination from the F2's. Good or bad I'll be hunting through those as well as the Flashback crosses first thing.
really only 2 to keep. and if the Chemdog is a better high than the p-nut chem then one. With the 4 longer vegged/big pot FB68 in flower i'm about to be rolling in that flower and I still have a flat of clones to flip.
I may do another chuck. Why? Because I said I never would
The only issue I am seeing is waiting with tents not doing much but ripening beans. I see no evidence of pollination on any of the plants being flowered in a the tent that was just splooged in. So limiting the number of pollinated plants is key.
Flashback68. Knowing that I won't anyway I could easily smoke this every day. I don't ever see myself doing a reversal since I have beans, can take clones, etc. That said I don't have enough to share either. But once I make a plant of beans I'll never be able to grow out that's solved.
If the Dirty Flashback turns out well I want to get a few males and cross them back to a new set of Flashback68 from seed. I'll need to grow out a mess of them and look for a trait associated with the FB68 that might transfer to a male plant. Then do a male hunt for a few of those males and pop a few new FB68 beans.
I'll have enough Dirty Taxi F2's to run forever. I'll also have enough of the FB68 x DT cross that making more would only be if they start losing germination, AND they were bomb. So now i know where they went!
Increasing the FB68 x DT doesn't sound as appealing to me as hitting new pure moms and refining the line.
It will take me a year or three of growing to get to that point And hunting through the FB68 fems and keeping a set of moms I like will be part of that. Since I'll be dropping more than a few every year I bought the last packs off Dagga. You snooze you lose.