My Li'l Lebanese Seedmaker

[Douglas.Curtis]

So... I ended up with some Lebanese landrace seeds. All I know is they are from wild plants in Lebanon. I sprouted a few and one of them was female. Typical of me, I did not have flowering space and so she vegged.

Much to my surprise, having done almost no research, she began flowering when she ran out of rootspace. Another happy accident, again due to no research, lol the 'Chimera's version of Frankie's Church males became rootbound and also flowered under 18hrs of light. What a boon, yeah?
I call the cross Lerch, Lebanese Church.
I just harvested the first flowered plant and she's strong, berry/fruity and very nice.

Since being root and branch trimmed, she has now finished revegging and filling the fresh soil with roots. She has begun flowering again!

All cuttings have failed so far, they flower and rot instead of rooting. I am working on air layering a branch instead.

I am also testing Formula #27 of my proprietary femming system. Only on one branch, since it should drop pollen before rotting once I cut it off. *crossfingers*

This flowering run, I will pollinate her with some femmed pollen from a high cbd cut of Canna-Tsu I had several years ago.

Having limited plant numbers to work with sucks, but this girl is making the veg area a lot more entertaining the last few months.

p.s. yes, I have gnats, thrips and root aphids of some sort. I am currently ignoring them and working with the plants which do the same.

 

[Douglas.Curtis]

Extreme closeup of Lerch...

 

[goingrey]

Sounds like a great cross happy accident or not!

 

[Douglas.Curtis]

Thanks Nice to be 'medicated' with only 2- 3 hits. The winners for me have me put my bat down for hours, and Lerch is doing awesome for quick dry and some trim. heh

Looking forward to S1's of the Lebanese since the original beans have a rather low female rate so far. The cross with Tsue should be interesting as well, since the Lebanese has been shown to be high in cbd and a completely different heritage from the Cannatonic majority in cbd strains these days.

 

[Douglas.Curtis]

Oh yeah, my Feminization Formula #27 test is a success so far. Yaaaaay!
As you can see in the first photo, the treated branch is obvious and you can also see leakage to a side branch.

Closeup of the feminized male flowers forming...


The rest of the plant has been pollinated with feminized Honduran Blue Trash, and this reversal is simply a test and will be chopped off soon. (Though definitely not without collecting and preserving a bit of it first. lol) My taste buds are salivating... the Lerch plants have been all different flavors so I'm keen to find out what the Honduran cross brings.

So much fun with a root bound flowering, re-veg at the drop of a hat, landrace plant. Very excited to make S1's.

 

[Douglas.Curtis]

FYI, under 18hr+ lighting the flowers are not what I would consider 'smokeable' and would pass them up for extraction as well. Root bound, they flower well enough to make great seeds and that's about it. Outdoor or 12/12 indoor is a completely different story.

 

[Douglas.Curtis]

Wow... the variation in flavors on Lerch is impressive. I've experienced cream, berries, straight up amazing tobacco (without any *yuck* associated with it), and a bunch of other flavors I'm unable to describe. I mean, Wow delicious! Some hits put an instant calm and smile on my face, others have left me super high and goofy... there's an amazing amount of variation, even on the same plant just different spots. I am so looking forward to growing some big plants of these in the future.

Edit: Shared a small nug and was told it tasted like steak, then caramel dipped steak. lol Truly amazing range of flavors. lol