It usually happens sometime in March. I step out of the cabin and it hits me. She's coming around. Spring. A friendly nod from the Mom upstairs to get cracking....lots of preps to get in order. Gotta stay ahead of the curve (yeah right) and not get too far behind this year. 20 years and still learning.
What beans do I still have? Oh yeah, those. Ahhhhh, and the new generation of stuff out of Mendo. Oh, almost forgot the Mango cross I made too. Strawberry Cough IBL from the mystery man down the road? Nope, I'll save those for indoor. Hmmmmm. Oh yeah, the local crosses my buddy made before he moved to Cali. Gotta revive a few of those this year. No more finicky clones that trigger if you look at them wrong. This year is about pre-sexed seed starts. A challenge all their own.....
To the MANY that have come before me: You are my inspiration, as I lurked and lurked.......and lurked some more, you were here. Laying it all down at CW and OG, you are the global pioneers. My hat is off to you, and this is my small offering to the collective that is now ICMAG. I will sit by the wayside no longer.
So here in no particular order is a smattering of NorCal varieties and F2 crosses of NorCal varieties that have been grown for a few generations in my neck of the woods.
Blueberry X Hashplant- Has its issues but well worth the bitchiness. Massive colas, extreme flavor that makes me wonder if the smallest bit of Haze may have been infused many gens ago. Monstrous yield. A true KEEPER. Bred in Mendo by anonymous grower so a lot is left to the imagination.....
Burmese Kush- new variety for me in 2009. An Indica Dom pheno and 50/50 pheno are lined up. Fingers crossed, hoping for greatness. Aren't we all??!!
Pink Bush- An Afghani dominant that throws intensely pink calyx formations. Not all phenos exhibit this, we'll see what we get in 2009. Smell is on the crazy bubblegum end of the spectrum. Truly fruity, medium yields.
K1- Tried and true, a truly loyal girlfriend. Stable as granite. HUGE yields, freakishly aggressive root system, respectable potency. Built on NorCal genetics and acclimated to my locale. My "go-to" daytime smoke. I can still go to the bank and post office on this.....everybody needs a daytime girl right?
LJ-- Another Cali bred acclimated variety like K1 but a lot dirtier. Straight up grease and turpentine. Fan leaf frost. A bit finicky indoors but she was bred to be OUT!!! Excited to see what she does in 2009.
If you noticed I left out my own Mango cross, she and her 10 sisters are inside under 3X600W HPS.....stay tuned. I need to make more beans by crossing back to Mango male and she'll be a major player in 2010........
A note on updating this: I will try to do my best but expect one or two per month for now....I can answer questions easily but photo updates will be kept to a low frequency....
Now, after proper courting, I lift my skirt for you....
Taken 5/25/09:
What beans do I still have? Oh yeah, those. Ahhhhh, and the new generation of stuff out of Mendo. Oh, almost forgot the Mango cross I made too. Strawberry Cough IBL from the mystery man down the road? Nope, I'll save those for indoor. Hmmmmm. Oh yeah, the local crosses my buddy made before he moved to Cali. Gotta revive a few of those this year. No more finicky clones that trigger if you look at them wrong. This year is about pre-sexed seed starts. A challenge all their own.....
To the MANY that have come before me: You are my inspiration, as I lurked and lurked.......and lurked some more, you were here. Laying it all down at CW and OG, you are the global pioneers. My hat is off to you, and this is my small offering to the collective that is now ICMAG. I will sit by the wayside no longer.
So here in no particular order is a smattering of NorCal varieties and F2 crosses of NorCal varieties that have been grown for a few generations in my neck of the woods.
Blueberry X Hashplant- Has its issues but well worth the bitchiness. Massive colas, extreme flavor that makes me wonder if the smallest bit of Haze may have been infused many gens ago. Monstrous yield. A true KEEPER. Bred in Mendo by anonymous grower so a lot is left to the imagination.....
Burmese Kush- new variety for me in 2009. An Indica Dom pheno and 50/50 pheno are lined up. Fingers crossed, hoping for greatness. Aren't we all??!!
Pink Bush- An Afghani dominant that throws intensely pink calyx formations. Not all phenos exhibit this, we'll see what we get in 2009. Smell is on the crazy bubblegum end of the spectrum. Truly fruity, medium yields.
K1- Tried and true, a truly loyal girlfriend. Stable as granite. HUGE yields, freakishly aggressive root system, respectable potency. Built on NorCal genetics and acclimated to my locale. My "go-to" daytime smoke. I can still go to the bank and post office on this.....everybody needs a daytime girl right?
LJ-- Another Cali bred acclimated variety like K1 but a lot dirtier. Straight up grease and turpentine. Fan leaf frost. A bit finicky indoors but she was bred to be OUT!!! Excited to see what she does in 2009.
If you noticed I left out my own Mango cross, she and her 10 sisters are inside under 3X600W HPS.....stay tuned. I need to make more beans by crossing back to Mango male and she'll be a major player in 2010........
A note on updating this: I will try to do my best but expect one or two per month for now....I can answer questions easily but photo updates will be kept to a low frequency....
Now, after proper courting, I lift my skirt for you....
Taken 5/25/09:
