Brothers Batch

[Brother Nature]

Have decided to run a journal for one of my recent pollen chucking experiences. The grow will be mostly c99 x Afghaan 90, both purchased from Kwik Seeds a few years back. I've run a few of these seeds before and have found pretty decent plants, but nothing that ticked all the boxes. Had examples that were great in yield, but average potency, the reverse of that, and one that had a great high and an incredibly pungent pine and burnt rubber smell, but was a real pain to grow right and very low in yield. Hoping to find something with a good smell and potency that also has a decent yield and ease of growth. Have only just popped the seeds today so will start the thread with previous runs of this plant.

A99 pheno 1 indoor -

A99 indoor Pheno 2 -

3x A99 phenos (far right is the stanky pine girl..) -

Another group shot -

a99 pheno 3 -

a99 outdoor late season grow -

a99 outdoor closer shot -

 

[Creeperpark]

Pretty flowers friend damn. Give us some details on how you're growing them. If I wanted flowers like that what would I need to do to get them? Indoors and outdoor soil?

 

[greyfader]

very nice! i've grown c-99 and several c-99 crosses. a great plant if you find a terpy one. all i've grown had at least good potency but some didn't have the flavor.

i had one that reeked of lemon/pineapple so heavy a small nug in a sandwich bag stunk up my car for weeks.

it scrogs well too!

 

[Brother Nature]

Pretty flowers friend damn. Give us some details on how you're growing them. If I wanted flowers like that what would I need to do to get them? Indoors and outdoor soil?

Thanks Creeper. The above photos were a mix of grows, the grouped plants were grow in coco under led only, the plant in the first photo was in an organic soil mix under mixed cmh/led, the outdoor plants were just placed in the soil near where I was living at the time. This run will be a coco based soil mix; coco peat, a local organic potting mix, blood and bone, worm castings, perlite/vermiculite, a locally produced controlled release fertilizer (said to be organic), and some bio-phosphorus (derived from ocean 'stuff'). Haven't run this particular mix yet so should be fun seeing where it takes me, the plants in veg seem to be liking it a lot though. This will also be under a single 315 cmh in a 1m x 1m tent. It's winter here and power costs are astronomical for me at the moment so have cut back on the space and lights a bit.

Roughly 24 hours since popping the seeds into the coco, temps around 23c according to the laser thermometer. I don't generally do any pre-germing before placing them into the 'ground' unless they're expensive seeds so these just went straight in.

 

[Brother Nature]

very nice! i've grown c-99 and several c-99 crosses. a great plant if you find a terpy one. all i've grown had at least good potency but some didn't have the flavor.

i had one that reeked of lemon/pineapple so heavy a small nug in a sandwich bag stunk up my car for weeks.

it scrogs well too!

Yeah, the c99 is one of my favorites, haven't found that holy grail that I see referenced on the forums yet, though still found some very nice examples. I still have quite a few seeds I made from the original Kiwk seed pack I got and some locally produced f7's of the Peak seed repro Lost Tribe did, so I will be exploring her a bit more when I get the time and space back.

As life's beginnings with cannabis are a bit boring, here's some photos of what I've got going at the moment.

Here's my sparse veg cabinet, 1x unknown indica plant that produced some very nice bubblegum stanky bud, 2x 'green poison's (a cross made by a friend Durban x Green crack), and a revegging (hopefully) Black Domina x Zkittles tester from Karma.

An unknown seed plant made by a friend, most likely a gelato cross, has the smell and look, about a week and a bit of harvest

 

[Brother Nature]

So far 14 of 18 have popped, left the humidity dome on a bit too long and 2 damped off...

Have had a small Green Poison clone sitting in the window sill over winter and shes managed to grow into a bonsai bud plant.. Looks like she'll be ready very shortly, will probably be enough for a good sized joint once dry...

 

[Brother Nature]

After a hiccup with some damping off, I am left with 10 good looking seedlings. Repotted a couple days ago into solo cups.

 

[Brother Nature]

Not much exciting growth going on with the a99's, but the oldest plants in the flower tent are at day 26.

First is a (Phantom Cookies x Black Domina) x to and unknown strain, has a dank root beer type aroma. Was left in veg for too long as I didn't have room for her but doesn't seem to be too phased by being so close to the cmh.

The rest are all Green Poison, a cross of Durban Poison and a reversed green crack. No the most stable plant and exhibits some auto flower tendencies, but it very tasty and potent. This one is also at day 26.

 

[Brother Nature]

Decided to make some bubble hash today.

Used mostly a very leafy bubblegum plant I recently grew, plus some older outdoor c99, and some frosty trim. All were fully dry before mixing. Mixed for about 15 minutes.

 

[Creeperpark]

Thank you friend I love the photos. These be the good ole days.

 

[Brother Nature]

The a99's are starting to grow a bit now. One more died, think the soil mi was a bit too hot for it. Only 9 in total now. Have more seeds through so may pop some more if I feel like it. The reveg plants are doing ok as well, should be ready to take clones from the black domina cross soon.

The flower room plants are looking good, only one showing some deficiencies (the one using recycled soil...)

The unknown root beer smelling one, day 39

The green poisons, oldest is at day 39, the others are a week and a bit behind this....

 

[Brother Nature]

The Afghaan 99's are doing pretty well, 5 of 7 have been up potted. Seems to be a good variety of phenos with most looking like a good hybrid. 2 have a more sativa and c99 look, 3 have a more solid hybid look, 1 is a more indica looker, and the runt I'm not so sure on yet. I tend to have good luck with runts so will be keeping my eye on it.

c99 looker

Hybrid type 1

hybrid/c99 looker

indica looker

hybrid/sativa looker

The runt and the more sativa looking one, some clones.

 

[Brother Nature]

The reveg plants have done pretty well. Have taken clones off each, should be ready in a week or so.

 

[Brother Nature]

All the a99's have been chugging along nicely, starting to harvest from the flower tent and moved the large indica and revegged black domina x zizi into flower.

First thins first, one of the a99's has exhibited red phloem upon topping (think that's the right term???)

Comparison to the rest, they all have clear 'sap'.

All but the to slower veggers have been topped. Most are looking solidly hybrid, a couple lean towards the Afghaan side a little more, and one has more of the c99 characteristics. Shots are plants 1-7...

The more indica leaning runt, slow vegger and very sensitive to nutrients...

The stretchy one, I call it stretch armstrong, doesn't really have the characteristics of either parent so will be interesting to see what this ends up like...

The second runt plant, also much more indica leaning in structure and growth

 

[Brother Nature]

Flower Tent. Currently on 18/6, will flip in a few weeks..

16 x 10L Unknown Indica

 

[Brother Nature]

Bit of progress. Have moved 2 of the Afghaan 99's into the flower tent, one's at about 2 weeks the other has been there almost a week.

CMH Flower tent shot - Bck let is the stank bubblegum plant, front left is Afghaan 99 #1, back right is the reveging black domina x zizi, a revegged gelato cross in the middle, Aghaan99 #2 in the front right.

Aghann 99# 1 - Very large leaf size, decent stretch in the first two weeks, large internodal spacing, has the most vigor of the a99's so far.

Afghaan 99 #2 - this was the one with the red pholem, not much stretch in the first week, smaller c99 looking leaf structure, shorter internodal spacing.

Revegged Black Domina x Zkittles - 3 weeks I think...

Bubblegum plant - This girl is so smelly, I wish we had smell 'o' vision so I could share her stench... the bud structure of the last one I ran was a bit fluffy and leay, but the flower is very strong and made incredibly tasty hash

Have moved one girl from the SOG tent, she wasn't growing with the same vigour as the other 15 so needed to go but that also helped me move the fan down lower for better air circulation. 7x Bubblegum plants (back row) and 8x Black Domina x Zizi. Will flip this tent to 11/13 in about 4 days, the bubblegum plants shouldn't stretch too much and the Black Domina zizi plants should stretch a little but not too much, should be well filled out by the time I flip.

 

[Brother Nature]

Flipped the larger tent into flower schedule last night (11/13). Would have liked them to grow a bit taller, but I want this harvest in before the Christmas holiday. Aiming for 1/2 oz per plant from this tent. Using a living soil mix I haven't used before in this run, they seemed to be loving it in veg so hopefully that vigorous growth continues throughout the flowering period.

Tent shot - plants about .5m tall each, they should stretch a bit, but I don't expect them to hit 1 m. Rear - Black domina Skittles (8), Front - Bubblegum/Afghani solid indica (7)

Leg shot...

 

[Brother Nature]

The Afghan 99's have been coming along well. Harder to get good shots under the CMH...

Red Blood Pheno - Week 3ish

Afghan 99 - Afghan Pheno - Week 4-5 - Afghan smell, earthy and hashy, good bud structure

Day 46 - Bubblegum plant, got a bit too close to the light... Excellent smell, nice looking buds.

 

[Brother Nature]

Time or a bit of a photo dump. Have bought a little cheap macro lens for my iPhone, still getting used to it, but have put some of my practice shots in here too.

The Afghaan 99 #1 is a good solid hybrid looking plant, has a wonderful bouquet of tropical fermenting fruits with a very earthy and slight pine undertone. Good bud structure, little stretch, she's closing in on week 6 now and looks to be finished around 8-9 weeks. Resembles the 1st pheno of the Afghaan 90 I ran most, the c99's smell has definitely come through and she seems like a good 50/50 split of the two genetics.

Afghaan 99 #1 - Day 40ish, night shot as it's hard to get good color balance under the CMH.

1st attempt at a macro shot -

Further attempts...

Think these two are pretty good...

 

[Brother Nature]

Now for the 2nd pheno, she is very interesting. Has the traits of the second Afghaan 90 I ran, thin spears of bud, slower developing with a more burnt rubber smell, the c99 seems to have contributed a much more sativa structure to this plant but not a lot else, there isn't much of a fruity smell and she's slower to develop. She stretched a lot, but looks to be filling in the gaps very well. She's almost at week 5 and looks to be a 9-10 weeks or more plant. Really looking forward to what this plant brings, so far she is what I was looking for in this cross...

Day 33ish - Night shot due to cmh lighting -

I only have a few more shots of her as it's not easy to get a good shot of the buds during lights on -