A KISS Vertical Thread

[VerticalVerde]

Pulled down a G-1000 recently and my Big Bang Diesel. Most shots are of it. Really densed up and ran away with the yield this time. Probably could have beat out the Super Skunks. Tons of foxtailing this time, but not a concern; it's summer here. The non-purple shot (091945) is of Albany Sour x Sensi Star (Blackbird Preservations). It matched the cola size of the Big Bang Diesel, but isn't nearly as dense. Still going though. In (092244) you can see the room currently sans the G1000 that finished early. Big Bang Diesel is on the left, G1000 on the right, Albany Sour x Sensi at the bottom (right) and GG4 (CSI Humboldt) at the top.

 

[VerticalVerde]

Small update. Was absent most of the last grow on here, bc I was working on an ecosystem pond and stream. Have round 3 starting soon with some random stuff (Big Bang Diesel, Super Skunk (2nd), G-1000, Sensi Star, Mango OG x Sour, and Big Bang Diesel x NL#5. Been focusing more on my next seed run though bc I'm trying to breed the Big Bang Diesel into a regular line. Popped several Big Bang Diesel x Northern Lights #5 seeds I'd made and saved the girls (to breed that cross forward as well) then I selected two males, one that looks and smells the most like the Big Bang Diesel, and one that has the most skunky smell (like when BBD finishes) and have them all transplanted along with Big Bang Diesel in the tent beginning to size up.

 

[VerticalVerde]

Small update, lol. From growing out the BB Diesel a few times I learned something about thiols, I think. Heat can prevent them from accumulating (barely got any last grow), but my friend who I helped set up their first grow grew it and got tons of thiols in a cooler room/house. In addition to that the two plants sharing a container (27 gal tote) with the BB Diesel also PICKED UP THIOLS from it. I had heard about how plants can signal terpene production through the air and ground, and how they can even share genetic material via fungal connections in the soil, but never heard, or read anything about thiols within regards to this. He had 2 Bubblegum and a Super Skunk in a tote touching the BB Diesel tote, which was in with an Oreoz and Bubblegum. The Oreoz and that one Bubblegum seemed to pick up thiols through the shared soil/shared close proximity of their roots. The other container picked up none, indicating this is probably passed via the soil. His shared Bubblegum has more thiols than my BB Diesel this run. If this is just the sharing of thiol production via signalling this could confound certain attempts to breed for skunkiness/thiol-heavy plants generally. However if this is via sharing genetic material this could be a useful way to (reliably) cause epigenetic changes to the plant which could help breeding for them in plants. My main breeding goal with the BB Diesel is to put these compounds into other plants, and adding better flavor translation/mouth coat to the BBD itself. The volatile sulfur compounds really seemed to come on to the plant late btw, and he ran his almost 11 weeks, where I pulled at like 9.5? Hope this helps anyone reading who is growing/breeding for the elusive skunk pee smells.

 

[VerticalVerde]

Day 18 of flower in the 4x4 I usually use for seed-making*. Ended up getting STS spray and am going to try my hand at fem breeding next round so I turned this tent into my flower room. There are 3 Big Bang Diesel in here and the rest are Big Bang Diesel x NL#5. ...742 ...753 ...728 and ...719 are all pics of the crosses, while ...713 is one of the original clones. I ended up having to take 2 rounds of clones off of this whole tent bc my cat managed to murder all of the first ones... (along with my* taking out the 2 males I had selected) it makes the canopy less full than it could be, but I'm still really happy how it is shaping out. Training with overhead and vertical light is really easy bc I kind of just defoliate and then there is plenty of light right there, wherever. ...753 is probably the best-looking cross overall imo. 6 weeks ago it was in a solo cup with another plant.