Diary Indian Landrace Exchange: 2022 outdoor, 42 north

[Naindejardin]

Starting some seeds for the new season! Malana Valley: Waichen (2020 and 2021 bubblegum pheno) and Wailing (2020 and 2021 strawberry pheno), from Brown Bag Farm Goods and Full Power Selections, respectively.

 

[Naindejardin]

Initially, the goal is to provide P1 stock for further breeding and selection (plus true breeding preservation i.e. heirloom seed keeping). However, I hope to regio-adapt them to the Great Lakes region and produce awesome sativa smoke with mold/humidity/bud rot resistance.

 

[Naindejardin]

Does anyone have experience with LeafWorks? I’d like to speed up the process and have sexing done as soon as I can?

 

[mack 10]

Great idea. Wish more producing country's would do selections from their native strains
instead of using modern poly hybrid hype strains.
If they did good enough selections they could have the new new right there.
If everyone keeps crossing the same genetics we gonna be f'ed in a few years.

 

[Naindejardin]

mack 10 yeah man, enough of the GMO-cookies-OGee-peyote-grandad-alien-gorilla. Going to be the equivalent of the genetic bottleneck of cheetahs, a bunch of uncle cousins. Just wait till big tobacco and pharma get their paws in it too. Y’all going to be smoking Super Syngenta Bayer Corteva haze

 

[troutman]

You should do an open pollination after taking clones. The clones can be used for
selective breeding while the open pollination keeps as many variations as possble.
Assuming, it's possible for you to do both. Good Luck.

 

[Naindejardin]

troutman thanks Trout, I plan on keeping the males also, but I’d like to keep them segregated at a different property. 1.) yes I want to make selections. 2.) I know I need to keep a stock of seeds from the OP just for variation.

I will also have some Swabi Pakistani going too but that’s only female. I may have to STS reverse a female but that line shouldn’t be that homogeneous. So not too big of an issue, as I can pheno hunt later.

 

[Naindejardin]

Good news so far, three days after soak 4/5 are up for the Waichin “Bubblegum”, not much action on the others. the seeds are still viable from 2020.

 

[Naindejardin]

Moved some of the seedlings to solo cups... terrible germination even with scarification and soaking plus heat mat. 0/14 on 2 yo wailing and waichin, sadly.

 

[Naindejardin]

Week 2 update... also started some Tosh x Ethiopian. 100% germ rate. One mutant seedling and the others are starting to look better. Light warrior was too hot I believe.

 

[Naindejardin]

 

[Naindejardin]

Up-pot. Awesome sativa leaves with deep serrations.

 

[goingrey]

Looking good. The bottom left corner has very different leaves to the others, is it Wailing Valley? The others in big pots Waichin?

 

[Naindejardin]

Looking good. The bottom left corner has very different leaves to the others, is it Wailing Valley? The others in big pots Waichin?

Actually the 4 in the front are the Waichin Bubblegums, and the three in the back (including the real Afghanica looking one) are the Wailing. Lots of phenotypical variation so far, the smell is nice so far also, like a tomato vine smell and some wood. Going to clone and harden off this week or next and outside they go.

 

[Naindejardin]

Started some MMSxILE Swabi Paks too #4 and #5.

 

[Naindejardin]

First day outside! FIMmed them and going to make some horsetail/nettle tea and put them in the ground in two days.

 

[Naindejardin]

And they’re in the ground!

 

[Naindejardin]

 

[Naindejardin]

Good and bad news. Lost one Wailing so only one remains hope it’s a female, two Waichin and a few stragglers including a red pheno of Swazi. I got torched by the farmer’s Dicamba and now struggling with hemp borers. Always something, and that’s what I get for putting them close to a field and trying to be organic.

 

[Naindejardin]