The Crippler

[Norcal Crypt]

NorCal_Crypt

NorCal_Crypt

I can almost say without a doubt that the Crippler or whatever its being called is the NorCal Crypt clone.... best way to tell if it is or not is by the serrations on the fanleaves... there is a disruption of the se4rrations on the leaves on a certainblade of the fanleaf. People suggesting it has trainwreck in it are mistaken. When I cracked that bean it had already been marinating in a stash spot since the mid nineties. I think if anything to be similar I'd say it probably has some white widow in her but this is all speculation on my part. The autoflower is another indicator of the cut. it needs constant light and attention to keep her from flowering. It's nice to see those outdoor shots some of you have put up since I never ran that lady outside. Hope this helps ya out a lil bit.

 

[Justis]

I had some wax that I was told was a og crippler it was top notch very good taste an stink to it

 

[InsanityRules]

American Crippler = SFV OG Kush x Jolly Rancher

 

[InsanityRules]

Jolley Rancher = huckelberry x big bud


Photos = AC

 

[SoulSynergySoil]

Got a few 13 year old crippler seeds to pop along with a few 13 y.o big sur holy bus, cash ion island big bud, and big sur holy bud

 

[30years]

@norcal crypt-i agree. go to the garberville grass facebook page and there is a picture of one i did outdoor a few years back. unique saw blade serrations on the leaf and the auto flower if you stress her. i think it came from sacramento. it was renamed and won the mecca cup last year.

 

[stoney917]

No relation to the Florida strain crippies or crippler.... Been lookin on info on the 90s Florida crippies clone.... Neway nice cut ...

 

[HarleyJammer]

Around '93 or so i was given this nug that freakin' paralyzed me. I laid on the couch and couldnt move! My eyes were glued shut but i was lucid and could still hold intelligent conversation . I called it The Crippler. Probaly not the same strain but the thread title brought back the memory.

 

[relic1981]

stoked cause i just picked up this strain from hprc. im pretty sure its the same cut as the op's cut. from what the guy at hprc said lines up exactly with what he said. i was told its hard to clone and people had reported it autoflowered when tried to mother it out. it also has those stand out serrated leaves.also hprc gets alot of their genetics from 30years place so id bet money that its the same one he has. so have we got the lineage down yet? og x jolly rancher? or is american crippler still thought to be different? help a brother out!

 

[relic1981]

here are some pics of the pheno i picked up at hprc. not the best pics but you can see the super edgy leaves. i fimmed them to get the m branching out. you think this is the same cut you have (OP)?

 

[HellaFella420]

@norcal crypt-i agree. go to the garberville grass facebook page and there is a picture of one i did outdoor a few years back. unique saw blade serrations on the leaf and the auto flower if you stress her. i think it came from sacramento. it was renamed and won the mecca cup last year.

Not from Sacramento.

It came from me, via Mr. Crypt Keeper.

Through Butler Valley/Maple Creek and on to HPRC in Arcata, CA.


Any yes, I was gleefully told that it won Mecca Cup under a different name. Jokingly refered to as "Fruit Salad"

 

[American Crippler]

Hi ya'll, I was knocking around and found this thread and thought that I'd add some things and clarify a lot too. After all, I was half of the team that created American Crippler!
We were fortunate to have the facilities to do a lengthy study and effort to create and instill hybrid vigor into the original SFV OG Kush. I will be happy to share the history, process and results at length with anyone that shows a sincere interest. And if anyone needs just a question answered, that too.
The experiment has been a remarkable success and was two years of lab work, process of elimination, analysis and blind sampling.
I had bred the "Jolly Rancher" a few years prior to keep the "Huckleberry" strain. The "Huck" was from some old timers in the Seattle area and was/is a remarkable plant. Flavorful, fast... one that we still think about. We obtained original "Big Bud" seeds from Sensi Seed Bank in Amsterdam and used this as a blank flavor/hybrid vigor component. The general results are a sweet, fast, high yielding strain. I've run many samples from the seeds and have found a good spectrum from Big Bud to Huckleberry.

When the SFV OGK showed up we were all stoked and my hat is off to its creators. After a few rounds we saw the same weaknesses demonstrate and wanted to do something that would Improve cloning/rooting success, tighten internodal lengths and of course, increase yields. So we started a large number of Jolly Rancher (JR) seed plants and further selected best performing males of this strain. This is a tough one but we went through all of the trials that we could imagine like general vigor, speed to flower, internodal length and smell/scent for what we could account for. Seeds produce stronger plants as a rule and we also cloned the chosen subjects to see how that went along with keeping it going for the experiment. Once satisfied and having them pass a small board of supervisors we had the subject of a JR male to pollinate the OGK female clone plants. We also included in the field a number of other classic strains of the era i.e. Chem Dawg, Train Wreck, etc. The OGK plants took the pollen well and produce a substantial seed yield. So many people will assume that the work was done. Not. Now we had to plant an enormous amount of these seeds and number each one, keep a note book on each one and see how they grew, cloned, bloomed and yielded, considering length of time everywhere as well. Some numbers proved themselves as weaker competitors and trays of clones from that # were given away. We ran trial after trial from the Mother Plants until we could see their results. Some of the numbered plants were very consistent bulk producers but had no, poor, or little taste- Bye! From our 10 final subjects and trays of trial clones that we ran full cycle we concluded with #3. Which was the third seed to germinate in the beginning. This proves again that fast germinators are stronger plants as a rule.
So after bunches of subject plants, many trays of clones to finished plants, blind sampling for flavor and whatever criteria that we could imagine we stayed with this plant; #3. She had proven to have incredibly good taste, high yield, a high flower to leaf ratio, compact growth, fast clone rooting and minimal nutrient needs. Bloom time is 45-55 days and these plants just want to start flowering as soon as they can. I've seen some of the comments here about AC wanting to bloom in 18-6 daylight but we never had that problem. She will start if dropped to 14 hours though. We've not had any hermaphrodite tendencies or problems either. The buds are compact and easy as heck to trim and the bags are gassy as can be. Flavor: Par Excellence!
I'm not here to compare AC with the rest of the world's strains. I'm satisfied. It is one of the best all around. We spent a lot of time and resources on this because we could so we did and did a pretty good job of it.
I've also cross it back to OGK and itself a number of times to stabilize it. From the AC seeds I've used more select males to pollinate the same SFV OGK through the years. The results of those efforts are noteworthy in that the last two outdoor seasons with plants from those seeds were amazing again and again and each of those were further pollinated with the magic pollen. One standout is the "Spanish Fly". Here's a compact, conically shaped "blue spruce" shaped plant that just lays on the weight with dank, easy to trim buds- another fine example of top shelf cannabis. The Chem Dawg X AC is yet another ridiculously huge plant with unreal flavor, yield, gas and bag appeal. These plants don't go purple, they go black and the trichomes glisten like frost with that background.

I will also add that we gave the original AC to whoever wanted it. That is how it got to be known. Popular circulation. A few clones or moms here and there, some seeds to a brother to move it forward. I was once hundreds of miles from home and some friend's friends invited me over to see their American Crippler in their garage and sure as heck it put a smile on my face. Last year again someone told me they were out of state and somebody mentioned American Crippler... It was a fun run and we did produce some great weed plants. One day, probably sooner we'll see a renewed interest in home gardening much like the resurgence of vinyl in music today. A meaningful effort at hybrid vigor.

Thanks Ya'll PC

 

[American Crippler]

Bet this strain will make some murder wax

I've done rosin and it's mad strong.

 

[HarleyJammer]

Most likely not related but... In 1984 the guitar player from the band The Godz got me smoked up. 4 pulls and I was on the couch holding on for dear life while I spun clockwise and the Earth spun counter-clockwise. Whatever that stuff was I called it The Crippler..