Test grow Sowahh vs New Caledonia male cross and other goodies

[kro-magnon]

Finally a pictures update, the plants are on 11/13 since March 1st si this the beginning of day 17 here.
-(TCxPnP)xNC, 3 different females, I broke a big branch on one of them and another has been over watered when transplanted, it's visible she's not very happy right now. I hope she will get better once her soil will be dry or it comes from something else not identified yet.

-Old Gas Station, this one is gorgeous and ultra vigorous, I regret to have her in only 7L of soil because in 12L like the NC cross she could produced a lot more weight, I hope some of the clones will make some roots so next time she'll get a bigger pot.

-Cherry D, those have been kept in very small pot for too long and were repotted in 7L as they were not so big but as they are 50% Sowahh their stretch is pretty intense so they will end up pretty big. I have 1 clone of one of them, I hope it will be able to make some roots to make a bigger version.

Oups sorry for the blurry pic, I'll take a better one soon.

 

[kro-magnon]

Still day 17 of 11/13 but I didn't want to overload the post so it keeps going on here.

-Black Cherry Punch, there is the biggest and smallest plant of the run, they are sisters born with just a 3/4 days gap max but the difference in size is impressive; The biggest one has been since her day 1 of veg the fastest growing plant, only in 7L pot both, the #1 could have made a bigger yield with more room for her root system but it's too late now to change anything.

-Bota Farm tester, this is the last seedling still alive out of 5 seeds and 4 seedlings, too many mutations and genetic aberrations to keep the other, this seed bank is a joke, even if the result of this plant is decent it can't justify buying 5 seeds for 150$, my friend who gave me the seeds have harvested some of his own plants and he said the flowers have a great smell but the yield is very low, so if after all this I don't even harvest more than 30g the test will be a total failure. The plant looks good, I hope it will produce enough and the quality will have to be really impressive to get a pass, so far all I can say is don't waste your money with those jokes, this is not serious breeding at all. I can do better plants in my small set-up.

 

[cartergens]

I am very interested in old gas station, looks happy and healthy

 

[kro-magnon]

I am very interested in old gas station, looks happy and healthy

Me too, I have high hope about this plant, it should make some great flowers with a powerful smell with her genetic make-up.

 

[kro-magnon]

A few pics from day 19 of 11/13, some are a lot faster to develop their flowers than other, I'm surprised to see how the (TCxPnP)xNC are reacting, 2 look really great but 1 is not very happy, she was overwatered after the last repotting and really didn't like that. She could have bigger without this stress in the first days of flowering.
-(TCxPnP)xNC

-Old Gas Station,

-Cherry D, the 2 plants in the middle, 1 is slow to explode in bloom but it won't be too long before she makes big bracts full of resin.

-Bota Farm, this one looks good and has already some colors showing, some pink and purple on the underside of her leaves and at the nodes her branches also are colored.

 

[kro-magnon]

The 3 (TCxPnP)xNC are looking like the Dalton brothers, the #2 is the smallest and fastest to bloom being more influenced by the indica side of her genes, the middle one is taller and has bigger internodes gaps and the last one is really tall and lanky with huge internode gap and her flowers are less developed at day 21 than her sisters, I hope she won't get too much more height and won't be too long flowering neither. But it's impressive to see how tall she is compared to smallest sister, I didn't measure exactly but I'd say she's about twice the size of her smallest sister. I'll take some pics to show the plants, it will be easier to see their difference this way. Seeing how this cross behave I think the New Caledonia from ACE is not pure sativa land race, this line was crossed to something else to shorten her flowering period and keep her legs in check. I'm very happy by how those 3 plants behave so far and I hope they'll make some great smoke.

The Old Gas Station has a solid stretch as well, it's a shame I didn't use a bigger container for her, it would have allow her roots to have more place and helped her to produce more weight. She should be able to produce a reasonable amount of flowers for a 7L pot, I hope to have some of her clones top root.

The 2 Cherry D have some legs too but nothing as intense as Sour D bx4 alone, those 2 plants are looking great and are a bit behind the other cosses in bloom, they took longer to respond to the forced flowering.

The 2 BCP are completely different, to the point they could be from different parents, it's hard to see they are related. The #1 should have been transplanted in a bigger pot as well, with a vigor she could have a lot more in 12L compared to what she'll do in a 7L, she has to be watered daily like a few other plants on this run. It's very rare that my plants can't stay more than 24h without any watering. The small one, the #6 is a fast blooming pheno, she was behind a sister at the beginning of 11/13, now her flowers are not as developed but I'm sure she'll be ready to harvest before her sister.

The last Bota Farm is really pretty, she's very bushy and might need a few flowers removed on the bottom part to help her to make some big buds, she has many bud sites but being in a 7L only she won't be able to fill all of them correctly. It's strange how she's getting pink and purple getting more present around each nodes. Her stem rub gives a very sweet smell, I hope sh will have great smelling flowers in a few weeks.

The pics will follow later tonight or tomorrow.

 

[kro-magnon]

Some pics from day 22 of flowering schedule, the plants started to really flower between day 7/14 depending on their size on day 1 of 11/13 and their health also play a role in their reaction, it's visible some of the plants are way ahead of other in their flowers formation. I'm surprised by the speed of the (TCxPnP)xNC #3 who should be one of the first to have smokable buds when her sister #1 will certainly be the longest flowering plant of this run, we'll see how they evolve un the next weeks.
-(TCxPnP)xNC, #1, #2, #3

-Cherry D, those 2 were smaller then the other seedlings on day 1 of bloom period but they had a strong stretch so now their size is very close to the other plants and their flowers are progressing very quickly bur being 50% Sowahh they'll need at least 10 weeks to be ready. I hope their parents will mix correctly and make something great to smoke, I was not sure about that because their terpenes profile are very different, they have not enough developed flowers for now to know how they'll smell.
Cherry D#1 and #2

-Black Cherry Punch #1, this one was the fastest growing plant I've ever seen, from her day 1 she was fast to develop and it never slowed down, she was not cloned because she already had too much pistils when I was able to take some snips. It's ok to have some one run and done plants, they are not all worthy of being in more runs. I wonder what she will look like at harvest time, she looks like she can make some nice colas but being only in a 7L pot she won't have record breaking yield.

continues...

 

[kro-magnon]

-Old Gas Station, she has a very strong stretch coming from her Sour Diesel Bx#2 genetics, it is similar to how my Sowahh stretched last year. It makes a beautiful plant with a lot of bud sites but I had to shave her legs to avoid having too much small flowers not well exposed to light, as too often I might have left too much suckers who will only make tiny buds, we'll see what she's able to produce, more space for roots would have been a better move.

-Bota Farm last tester plant, she's looking better every day, she stays pretty squat with small spaces between each nodes and she has quite a lot of bud sites. I hope she doesn't have too much of them given her small pot size, she won't be able to make thick flowers everywhere in only 7L of soil. Her colors will be impressive in the coming weeks, right now it's not really visible on the pics because it's the underside of the leaves who are becoming pink/purple, it should propagate to the rest of the plant soon. She should have a great smell once mature, her stem rub give promising smells right now.

The BCP#6 was not pictured, she is the smallest plant of the run and stay very short and compact for now, she won't make a lot of weight but should be fast to be smokable, that's important when the jars are empty and need a refill ASAP.