Origin of beady/pearly bud pheno (Dr. Grinspoon, quaze)

[FellaAndrene]

A recent finding from Irrazin / Pak Landrace Exhange - located in Mastuj, upper Chitral Valley, Pakistan:

 

[cbotany]

A recent finding from Irrazin / Pak Landrace Exhange - located in Mastuj, upper Chitral Valley, Pakistan:

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This is off topic, but i've had problems germinating their seeds... full power selections (indian landrace exchange) is kinda iffy with gear, I can show emails where i've bought niti valley twice, one I tried everything to germinate. I gave the rest of those seeds to the usda, the other again i had zero percent germination with stratification, hormones, yata yata. But on a good note Zomia seeds doesn't seem to have a similar problem (even with seeds from an extremely close local) I'm not saying anything negative, but they've gotten over 200usd from me, use that information how you will.,..

 

[VerdantGreen]

Pearl phenos are def from NLD genetics IMO. Here's some from @VerdantGreen bluedigiberry F3. The pearl trait came from Dutch Passion Blueberry..

Bluedigiberry f3

Thanks @Sub24ox7 - they look lovely! .. glad you've found all to have Blueberry terps. Quite a range of it like you say but i found the same thing.... and as mine dry it seems the BB terps are getting stronger against the others . VG :tiphat:

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Yes these came as a surprise in the F3s, and could be from the Digiberry side or the BB side (although the Digiberry is basically a Blueberry type clone with a bit of burnt rubber smell. There were none of these phenos found in a bx to the DP BB mother so i suspect the Digi.
I think i saw the first signs of this starting in the F2 generation with some elongation of the buds on a few plants... which then became foll blown pearl phenos.. maybe 2-3 in 10 in the F3s. Resin glands on the strms/branches seems like a linked trait as well.
They smoke well and are cool and interesting (some people like them) but i don't see it as a desirable trait and i'd like to reduce the occurance of them in the line if i can. down to less than 1 in 10 or not at all. Am i missing something ? should i embrace them ?
Going back to the F2s next spring. Hopefully i know what to look out for and select against this time.
VG

 

[VerdantGreen]

Pics. They are very pretty!
A regular one:

and some whispy pics:

 

[VerdantGreen]

Also i crossed the BDBF2 to my Old White Rhino clone and saw a similar bud elongation in a few plants that didn't quite go all the way to pearl phenos. You can also see the resin stems quite well in these pics.

VG

 

[VerdantGreen]

Last ones, these are 2 pearl phenos in some BlueDigiBerry F3 grown by @JustGrowing420 - he uses proper big-boy lights and everything lol.

VG

 

[BC LONE WOLF]

2015-2016
These are all F1s test runs on a personal project, result of using a Yucatan Mexican non true male pollen on a line. I dropped that project because I couldn't stop self pollinating calyxes, which some interpret as a wild/feral behaviour (survival) on certain sativa expressions. I believe Mexican influence has a big part in it but I also think its a Thai endemic trait (SEAsian for a broader spectrum).

I just ran a Chang Mai from Ace and I seen a pheno behave in the same manner, very wild looking pearl flower, I was able to cross it with another SEAsian to at least capture that pheno in the progeny.

I haven't used Grinspoon or quaze, and have seen the pearl pheno several times on broad leaf and narrow leaf cultivars. and the Wheat pheno is another kind if I may add.