OldCoolSativa
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I had posted a couple pics in a thread about The Landrace Team, from whom I sourced a couple packs of punto rojo last fall. That thread is gone so I figured I'd journal the grow here.
Eight seeds were popped on December 8, and I got a 75% germination rate. All showed very thin first leaves.
Here are the 7-week-old seedlings, arranged them from tallest to smallest, labeled PR1 to PR6, right before I topped them and took cuts.
As the seedlings developed, three distinct phenotypes presented. PR1, the biggest and most vigorous plant, is suspected of having some skunk/cripi genes in it due to leaf morphology and display of hybrid vigor. PR2 is the most interesting to me with strong growth and easy rooting, with thin-leaves that suggest it's a highland sativa. The other four plants are fairly similar in structure.
Some people may disagree with me, but I use leaf morphology as the distinguishing characteristic when looking for 100% landrace sativas. Five of these six plants have leaves that are broader than some punto rojo x mangobiche of CBG origin that I grew recently, which leads me to suspect there may be some cripi genes in there. However, I vegged those PRxMB plants in warm summer temps outside, while these PR from TLT were veged in cool temperatures; this can affect leaf morphology. I'm hoping they all show themselves as 100% cripi-free sativas as they flower.
I transferred six (mostly) rooted clones into 2-gallon hempy buckets on Feb 10 and put them under 12/12 using 640 W of COBs in my flower tent. Media is coco coir with 30% perlite, nutes are Jacks 321 diluted about 20%. I'm pinching but not cutting tops as they grow to control height. Here's what they looked like when they went into flower.
Some of these clones weren't properly rooted when they went into flower, and the tent gets cold at night, so it's going to be a slow start. I also put a couple clones of my 18-week Angel's Breathe f2 haze plant that will serve as a test bed for pollen from a few different males, including her dad. More pics when they start to look more interesting. Hopefully the smoke from one or more of the punto rojo plants rivals that hazey Angel's Breathe f2.
Eight seeds were popped on December 8, and I got a 75% germination rate. All showed very thin first leaves.
Here are the 7-week-old seedlings, arranged them from tallest to smallest, labeled PR1 to PR6, right before I topped them and took cuts.
As the seedlings developed, three distinct phenotypes presented. PR1, the biggest and most vigorous plant, is suspected of having some skunk/cripi genes in it due to leaf morphology and display of hybrid vigor. PR2 is the most interesting to me with strong growth and easy rooting, with thin-leaves that suggest it's a highland sativa. The other four plants are fairly similar in structure.
Some people may disagree with me, but I use leaf morphology as the distinguishing characteristic when looking for 100% landrace sativas. Five of these six plants have leaves that are broader than some punto rojo x mangobiche of CBG origin that I grew recently, which leads me to suspect there may be some cripi genes in there. However, I vegged those PRxMB plants in warm summer temps outside, while these PR from TLT were veged in cool temperatures; this can affect leaf morphology. I'm hoping they all show themselves as 100% cripi-free sativas as they flower.
I transferred six (mostly) rooted clones into 2-gallon hempy buckets on Feb 10 and put them under 12/12 using 640 W of COBs in my flower tent. Media is coco coir with 30% perlite, nutes are Jacks 321 diluted about 20%. I'm pinching but not cutting tops as they grow to control height. Here's what they looked like when they went into flower.
Some of these clones weren't properly rooted when they went into flower, and the tent gets cold at night, so it's going to be a slow start. I also put a couple clones of my 18-week Angel's Breathe f2 haze plant that will serve as a test bed for pollen from a few different males, including her dad. More pics when they start to look more interesting. Hopefully the smoke from one or more of the punto rojo plants rivals that hazey Angel's Breathe f2.
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