Starting Over

[Chili_berkster]

Hello everyone, It's been awhile... Hope alls well with everyone and theirs. As far as everything in general for me it's good. Thanks to the powers that be.
The reason for the thread is simple and a real bummer. I was doing real good with alot of clone only, what you might call 'elite' cuts. I was even making some seeds and having all kinds of fun testing them outdoors, thinking a cutting would suffice if I found a particular plant I really thought needed exploration indoor. Well to make a long story short. I took a cutting from a plant that looked to me like it was turning purple. But in hine sight it was infected with TMV (Tobacco Mosaic Virus) Look it up if your curious cause I don't feel like typing anymore about it. The shit sucks ass and, The shit is deadly to plants and spreads easily by touch or pests that bite the plants spreading the virus. It's devistating to watch plant after plant die off. I thought initially I had oversprayed some pesticide on several. But it spread like mad even after I didn't spray anymore. Hmmmmm I was such a stoner. But once I found out what it was I cleaned house, tossed all vegitation and started clean.
The good thing about the whole ordeal is I learned a hell of a lesson. *there are alot of things outdoors that you don't want to bring indoors* So I hopefully learned from this. I luckily had made some seed stock with many of those wicked clone only moms. I have several running now as well as some helper clones from friends. Alot more to test and some to even give away for close friends. To whom I'd like to send props and shouts out correct and proper. Thanks guys your my hero's. I won't mention any specific names but they know who they are and what matters is they get payed respect.
Afgooey

 

[Chili_berkster]

Some more of the helper clones from good friends local and such. Thanks broham.
This is a local sweet as candy cut I just love. It smokes real nice and sweet like candy and has a nice high thats not so devistating. It grows real fast , clones easy and even yields decent if you LST. I like the Torture technique on her most though.

 

[Chili_berkster]

I was so happy when I saw my broham had this cut going. It's some of the most dense rock solid bud you can ever imagine. It turns purple and really has a strong high in my opinion. Purple Urkle

 

[Chili_berkster]

These are a couple younglings of a cross I made last year. I had an HP1 clone in all her glory and she went too long. Started with a few spots of banana's and I collected them and spread that pollen on some selected clones. Namely this Schrom. So these are Schrom x HP1. I really have some hopes for at least one of these. I actually have 4 of them but the 2 I'm not showing are looking rather runtish and not worth the time yet. But heres a look at the 2 vigorous ones. I see both parents in these already. This one leans over but keeps straightening itself.

This one is straight up but has alot of 3 leafers to start out with.??? I wonder if that means anything. Both are in same soil, light, feed, and everything. I wouldnt think herm pollen would make a male??? Anyone know of the chances of a male plant from herm pollen? Here it is

 

[Chili_berkster]

These 2 are from a crossing of the male bluebubble clone I had last year and made alot of seeds with. The female of this one was the katsu bubba kush. I'll call it another bubbabubble. I lost the first one recently to the virus Wish me luck with this one. Bubbabubble

This is with the mother Blueberry I had for so many years. *digi* if you will. Actually a backcross of sorts. The blueberry x bluebubble male. I like to call bluebubble but its actually probably more like digi bx1 right??? anyways here she is. The nugs are dense like sour bubble and sweet and fruity like the blueberry. Extreme high and mad bag appeal. I've toked it and really liked it. Stoked to get this one big and healthy.

 

[Chili_berkster]

Lastly for now are these 2 little OGkush (abusive) x Bluebubble. I think ther's gonna be something funky from these.

 

[Kenny79]

Good luck with the new grow.

You have some fine looking ladies there mate.

 

[Grizz]

sorry to here of the virus Chile. some times a fresh start is good, looks like your off to a hell of a good start. keep us posted..

 

[Greyskull]

Aloha Chili!
Glad you are back in the saddle homey!

 

[Chili_berkster]

Thanks for the kind words and thoughts everyone. I can use all the help I can get right about now. I didn't get alot of pics but did get a few to share.
This first one is the other schrom x hp1. It was found a few days after the others sprouted. In another humans windowsill. lol??? I know... But alas here it is enjoying some light and gh nutes.

Also another pic of one of the schrom x hp1 you havn't viewed. This one was in soil and really looking bad. Like it does here, I pulled it up from the soil with nothing to lose and thought Hmmm let experiment. So I found one of these flower vials and put some nutes in there and slid the yanked seedling down in the hole. Lets see if anything becomes of this one. I suspect a pest in the soil eating and sucking from the roots. If this one wont pull out of it in a few days its gone.

Here is the tall and proud schrom x hp1 that didn't fall over. It leans more on the schrom phenotype. By way of the looks and all in my opinion.

Lastly is this seedling of ogk x bluebubble looking nice and healthy. I have 2 of these and both look identical.

Things have been looking better and hopes are high as ever round these parts. Thanks for any and all well wishes. Help is very much appreciated. Thanks everyone to whom it concerns and peace be with y'all.

 

[animal#1]

Looks awesome. I keep a few clones that are infected with TMV in my garden however it does not seem to show its head unless the plants get unhealthy or stressed once that happens they start dropping like flies it fucking sucks!! gotta stay up on your game when you're working with it and keep all the clones of those strains out of the trays of your strains that dont have it etc., making seeds with plants with TMV also sends the virus in to the seed progeny because TMV causes a genetic mutation much like AIDS or whatever...! be careful!

 

[Chili_berkster]

I was lucky enough to get some help from a friend. A headstart of sorts. Thanks a million bro. At least Christmas we'll have some purple urkle.

 

[Chili_berkster]

How about some nice fresh white walls? I really like the look of the all white room. Kinda like a lab. I know one things for sure I wouldnt ever keep a plant that had TMV. Someone would have to be a knucklehead to not destroy it. But alas the world is chock full of knuckleheads. Take me for instance...


I really like the strucure of this afgooey clone. It really is a good staple for the greenthumb. Most fortunate to have got back with it. I can see it helping many folks in the near future. Thanks again to those in the know.

 

[Sleepy]

sorry to hear about the outdoor virus, chili...

there is always something new to learn, that's for sure.


looks like you are of to a good start!

 

[Chili_berkster]

Nicely remodeled veg room. Now a dual tier setup. Seems to be doing a very good job.

 

[Chili_berkster]

4 different seedlings of the same cross. Schrom and HP1.

 

[Chili_berkster]

I'm hoping they all are female. No reason to think they would be otherwise due to the fact HP1 Herm pollen was the father?? Anyone with any insight on the subject would be greatly appreciated.
I must say I'm favoring the last 2 because they look so darn happy. Plus they are really vegging well. Using a mild regiment of GH nutes. 2.5 ml of all 3 per gallon. Makes @ 350-400 ppm and vegging plants LOVE it. Kinda takes the hard part out of feeding proper. GH has always served its purpose since I first used it.
I'll feed GH in flower for the first 3-4 weeks to get them off to a healthy start. I use 2 ml of the grow, 8ml of macro and 15ml of bloom. Makes about 900-1000 ppm and they seem to dig it. For the remaining few weeks I go with 15 ml of pure blend pro ppm's are usually @ 600-700. For the last 10 days of their life I usually go straight water. Seems to work real well for this particular setup.

 

[animal#1]

there is no male chromosome present in those crosses however there have been males from OG S1s and a few other elite clone S1 gene pools so who really knows. Theoretically you should not get a male

however on another note there are such bad environmentally induced hermaphrodite individuals in certain gene pools like mendo purps for example that in a harsh environment wont even look like a female and then when grown unstressed will be a female plant with no hermpahroditic traits.

makes you really say what the fuck. my opinion is the cannabis gene pool at this point is so pissed in by line breeding and commercial seedism which to me an example of this is dutch passion purchasing a large lot of DJ shorts beans and creating their blueberry and flo lines, sagarmatha doing the same with blueberry bubbleberry flow blue thunder rezdog using a single pack of soma nycd swerve using a single pack of afghani#1 from sensi seeds...that there is just an exponential clusterfuck of "bad" breeding due to the lack of availability to the true numbers required to find individuals in true F1 populations that excel in both the male and female side but ESPECIALLY the male. Even growing 100-300 seeds at a time out isnt enough. Numbers should be in the thousands and females chosen based on written criterea for the seed project and males chosen by testing their progeny. Maybe one day.

 

[Chili_berkster]

Snapped a couple mugs and thought about updating the thread. First up is the clone of Salmon creek bigbud. Glad as hell to have this one back.

Also another recently rooted clone only. One I'm very proud to say was salvaged by a friend and gifted. BWG13 Hope and luv.

Sorry for the ishy pics, You may need glasses cause of the flash. But you can get an idea what a plump urkle is doing.

 

[Chili_berkster]

Here is a look at the 4some of shrom x HP1 babies. The 2 largest ones have shown signs of female. The other 2 are looking good , especially the stout rounded, stubby leafed one. Could possibly be a real smelly pheno. It's definately exciting to watch these progress.

This is the 2 og kush babies. Now there is some doubt who the father is. It could possibly be from the HP1 feminized pollen or the Bluebubble male I was slinging recently. Either way they should be fun and very interesting.

This is one I have high hopes for. Pun intended I dosed the katsu bubba kush with some bluebubble pollen and this is an offspring of that mating. Bubbabubble

Lastly for today is another one I'm very stoked to have. It's a creation of my own again. I call it Bluebubble.