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"Skunk type" vs. "Haze type" random seeds from various breeding projects
Oh shit! It's that time of the week already? Why yes! Welcome, welcome! I have not forgotten about you, my fellow Cannagraphers. And I'm happy to oblige with a nice little comparison today
Here's the DestroyerxDurban F1.
And here is a Gorilla Glue descendant (first case of a plant being classified as a primate)
Mostly i wanted to focus on these mid internode buds. As you can see there are marked differences between the more tropical leaning DD and the dry plains adaptations of a Kush descendant. First the obvious leaflet morphology and the thickness of the stem at "comparable levels of maturity" (we are now at 11/13 hours and lower soil and air humidity and temperatures at day 49). Then we notice the trichomes development being more pronounced on the latter of the two, also consistent with drier, mountainous, climates (and subsequently selected for by the industry, works for me, I don't have high humidity in my environment).
Now for what I really would like to focus on today: if we take a closer look, we will also notice that the DD (if you zoom in, and I do apologize for the lack of quality of the images) has "fuzzier" pistils than the Gorilla.
Here's the DestroyerxDurban F1.
And here is a Gorilla Glue descendant (first case of a plant being classified as a primate)
Mostly i wanted to focus on these mid internode buds. As you can see there are marked differences between the more tropical leaning DD and the dry plains adaptations of a Kush descendant. First the obvious leaflet morphology and the thickness of the stem at "comparable levels of maturity" (we are now at 11/13 hours and lower soil and air humidity and temperatures at day 49). Then we notice the trichomes development being more pronounced on the latter of the two, also consistent with drier, mountainous, climates (and subsequently selected for by the industry, works for me, I don't have high humidity in my environment).
Now for what I really would like to focus on today: if we take a closer look, we will also notice that the DD (if you zoom in, and I do apologize for the lack of quality of the images) has "fuzzier" pistils than the Gorilla.
This is a public service announcement: I think this is kinda important. Using the app called Photone (uncalibrated) it seems my V-tac might be producing way more blue light than I thought. So the sellers specs were 3000k, however the app reads 5000k. However the app aces the lumen at 20000 lm at one meter (I was impressedbecause another app reads 18000lm). And apparently I have a DLI that goes from 40 to 15 in less than 1m^2. But right under the lamp I get 1100 umol/m2*s with 40dli over 11h still according to the app. For a thumbology gimmick these stats ain't bad. Just disappointed that my V-Tac might be scammy, and low key hoping the app needs proper calibration. But at the end of the day I don't really care, cause the plants keep growing and I'm too lazy to care to do anything about it until I get my new lighting appliances next week.
With this I bid you: Good night, and good luck.
With this I bid you: Good night, and good luck.
Another comparison of DD and GG. DD (on the left) has a bigger fan leaf, shorter petiole and darker complexion (including the red petiole, compared to GG, which is green). These are both 6th internode fan leaves grown under the same conditions (same nutes, same temps, same humidity, same watering) the only difference being that the GG is right under the light while the DD is to the left of the GG. I don't know if it's visible, but the DD has a really nice double serration going on, which is not found anywhere on the GG. Thing about the double serration is that both the Destroyer mother and the Durban farther showed serration that wasn't consistent throughout the plant, but this F1 offspring has had all fan leaves with it. This cross really brought out all the traits I've been looking for in a tropical type, I'm highly recommending crossing Durban into Destroyer.
Recovering from the forced dry spell to induce some trichome production. I'm happy with how prompt Afghan descendants tend to just cover up as soon as it gets dry. All others reacted rather negligibly to dry stress. Other than by yellowing their leaves in disdain.
Greaselightning
Well-known member
looking good normannen
Thanks man, considering the amount of light stress I've put them through by constantly changing lamps and temps and even a pH raise and dip, as my projects expand and my attention wavers, I'm actually happy with how they're developing. I know I can do even better once I stop tinkering and offer them more stability.looking good normannen
LungCooking
Active member
One question!
Do you add dolomite lime to your soil?
Do you add dolomite lime to your soil?
eggshells
Greaselightning
Well-known member
yeh man sure theyll bounce back bud.
can'tfindmyway
Too old Senior Member
very interesting diary, especially in relation to carnivorous plants..... I have many of them (they are a memory of my mother ) but I didn't know they were carnivorous.... I will immediately make room for them in my tent
many thanks My friend!!
) but I didn't know they were carnivorous.... I will immediately make room for them in my tentmany thanks My friend!!
Persianfarmer
Well-known member
Hiya dear friend!
Love what you are doing!!! Very inspiring!!! Keep on doing it and keep exciting our grey matter
By the way are you going organic or chem?
A mix of both. I start off organic and I add the chem if I see deficies of any kind.
Persianfarmer
Well-known member
Cool yes yes yes!! Orgachem i like that a lot… so are you giving lentil tea, LAB, aloe, milk and mycrohizae in the seedling stage?
I start off with rich soil for grass and mix with vermiculite and perlite. That's my starting mix. The seedling stage gets little to none as I want it to develop roots well. Nothing has them developing roots like starvation and blue light. Kidding, they get nutes from the second week. I make tea with the plants from my previous grows. So it's always balanced. I also use compost, also made from stems from the plants and food refuse that gives a balanced nutrient profile because I'm basically feeding weed to weed with extras on top. I also practice no till if I have an established pot, so the mycorrizhae are in the undisturbed soil, which I mostly recycle with roots and all so the nematodes get food. Other nutes I've already named, GHE, I use nicotine and Pyrethrum EDIT: and diatomecious earth as pest control.
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Persianfarmer
Well-known member
Right on!!! Thank you for taking the time to explain
I know for root promotion lentil tea, aloe tea, and milk tea give great results for me
Pest control I use nicotine as well, wish I could get my hands on neem oil
Looking forward to seeing your new projects
Lentil tea does promote mycorrizhae, but I've never tried aloe, which I'd imagine helps against dry soil. Milk I've only used once in my first grow because my soil got too acidic due to too much N, great for buffering pH and since it had added calcium in sure the plants didn't mind.
I was wondering if you could tell me anything about Iranian hash cultivars BTW.
