VerdantGreen's 104 watt micro grow with custom HG LED (ScrOG)

[g0vnaa]

The DC/BK project will be very interesting for sure.
I hope you get the nice male you are looking for. A female wont be too bad I think too
Maybe backcrosing it to the DC as you said.
I just enjoed a nice DC bud.

I`m interesed to see how those Cherryjuanas grow too.
I always wanted to try the Herijuana for its supposed devastating potency

 

[VerdantGreen]

hey g0v yeah a girl would be ok too - im just itching to do the back-cross and it will save a grow if i get the boy this time - the DC pollen i used has been progeny tested in a way because other crosses ive done with it have turned out very nicely. the plan is to bx to the bubba though rather than the DC.
your DC bud looks tasty. the DC sugarleaf is like the nicest 'tobacco' ever.

i repotted the cherryjuana seedlings today and ive decided to give them just another couple of days before i flip - so the whole grow will go to 12/12 on tuesday now...

VG

 

[oldbootz]

cant wait to see if those pink hairs come through into the cross

 

[VerdantGreen]

hey bootz, blimey got some pink pistils in his cherryjuana test grow, and it seems that the trait is fairly common in the Cherrybomb seed batch that Mr G did last year - one of the girls used had pink pistils he told me....

here is the bubba scrog - got flipped 3 days ago. not the easiest strain to scrog but this one has come out ok

and the bubba x dc plant - looking nice

and the Cherryjuana seedlings - bit early to flip these but this cab is like 2ft high so i might be glad i did

cheers

VG

 

[Blimey]

None of my Cherryjuana pistils went a bright pastel pink, like you got on your last CB run.

The colouring was more subtle......

....be interesting to see what you get.....sure there's a pheno or two still waiting to be unearthed. Got one about a month into flower at the moment....

 

[g0vnaa]

The bubba x dc plant is looking great VG. I hope its the male you are searching for {:

 

[VerdantGreen]

blimey - yes im quite excited about growing the Cherryjuana cross - if i get a girl that is

g0v - having checked this morning its looking like the bubba x DC is a girl - so i'll have to regard this one as a tester for smoking whilst i make the Bubba x DC cross again (and hope for more seeds if i use a fresh vial of pollen)
i'll also dust a bud with some Chery Bomb pollen this time round - got to back up those genetics.
im also thinking of reversing a bubba plant to get some pollen and make some S1's and cross with a few other things...

onwards and upwards...

VG

 

[Desert Dan]

VG,

Reverse the bubba to the cherryjuana... drooling. Finally got my hands on the pre98 cut after looking for over a year. I just hope its the real deal. I have been growing a masterkush bubba cross, but it lacks that bubba smell I love. Best of luck with your projects.

DD

 

[VerdantGreen]

hey dan im planning some fem crosses with the bubba if the reversal comes off. hope your bubba cut is legit - i just can get bored with smoking my bubba - smell taste and high are all there, not such a bad yield for a proper kush type plant. not the easiest to scrog but yeah im hooked
here she is at 12 days - not bad

and on to the cherryjuana - two of the three have already shown as boys and im hoping the third (on the right below) is going to be a girl.
the bubba x dc (that i wanted to be a boy but turned out to be a girl) is on the left. both have had a little up-pot.

cheers,

VG

 

[Desert Dan]

VG,

From your description of your blueberry cut I think it deserves some pollen... Cherryjuana x blueberry = yummy??? Cherryjuana x bubbachunk??? Just do it... You know you want to

DD

 

[VerdantGreen]

hey dan, in my other cab (250hps - link in sig) ive crossed the Bb with both haze and cherrybomb. i prefer to use ibl's rather than f1 crosses to make crosses with (if that makes sense) because the results are more uniform and more suitable to stabilize into their own line if i ever get the chance. crossing strains that are already crosses tends to make a bit of a genetic mess with loads of variability that will cause problems in line breeding. thats not to say they wouldnt throw up some great phenos though. because i have so little space for large selection processes i prefer to chooses the lines i cross carefully and use things that are already stable in themselves wherever possible.

the lone remaining cherryjuana has fortunately turned out to be female so i did some lst on it today to try and get more buds close to the light. also repotted it again as there will be space in the cab for a bigger plant no there are only two in that half of the space.

next week i'll cross the bubba to a few things - just waiting for some more pistils...

VG

 

[g0vnaa]

Sounds great man (;
BubbaHaze mmmm
BubbaDC mmmm
Bubba Heri mmmm

 

[VerdantGreen]

yeah g0v im buzzing about the bubba atm

wish i had some heri pollen left but i dont think i have.... so bubba x heri will have to wait!

VG

 

[Desert Dan]

I feel ya VG... Once we start chucking pollen we have visions of stabilizing our own lines one day. I do the same thing and is why I seek out ibls, bx4s, and so on.... But at the same time I have trouble denying pollen to any of my ladies I myself have a heri x bubba cross on the horizon, but as you said bubba is not a ibl and I am thinking of popping a pack of my sour bubble bx4 in search of a parent to replace it. How did the heri branch out for ya? Best of luck.

DD

 

[Blimey]

Good news on the Cherryjuana girl....are you going to scrog her? I see she's got the trademark chunky stems.

Mine finished up at about 75cm (from 20cm into 12/12, a week before sexing)....fyi.

Going to make some Cherryjuana x Cherry Dog or Cherryjuana x Cherry Bomb....or Cherryjuana x first-decent-male-of-any-description if I have a run of girlies lol. The (currently revegging) mother sticks of mothballs.....not had that from cj before....

Bubba/DC's looking very nice....

 

[VerdantGreen]

hey DD im not sure if the bubba is an ibl or not, but apparently it breeds fairly true. tbh i would put mony on it being an old 'gani line or something. i see a lot of similarities between heri, DC and bubba.

the heri branches out pretty well, it lacks a little vigor (again like the bubba and DC) but yeah its a hell of a smoke high wise (not so good on smell or flavor). not the best yield - similar to bubba
ive been wondering if DC is the right out-cross for the bubba - as it may not add the vigor which would improve it (there may be some hybrid vigor i guess). perhaps something like the cherry bomb and then bx to the bubba might work well. i think i'll do both.... and i also plan to make some bubba s1's if i can reverse it ok.

blimey, not going to scrog the cherryjuana this time as i can only fit 2 modules into that cab - so ive scrogged the bubba and will sog the bubbxdc. the cherryjuana ive just bent over at right angles and hope that's enough.... you flowered out any of the sdog f2's yet??
a cherryjuana bx to the CB would be interesting.

i dusted the bubba with CB pollen today - just a bud.

VG

 

[Blimey]

sdog f2s have all been boys....so far....I'll let you know when a lady pops up....same with the cherry dog.

Interesting on the vigour question....."how far away from the tree do you need to go to get acceptable vigour?"

The NL x DCs have shown great vigour....plants can get to a decent size without extended veg.....currently flowering out a "Night Nurse", DC x (NL x DC).....and the stretch and vigour are gone.....like growing little mushrooms...or possibly a beach umbrella....

 

[unthing]

mmm..bubba, bubba/chunk and cherryjuana sounds really nice choice strains for the newest run. cherry bubbajuana maybe in the making

bubba has been reversed many times and i think you should have no prob with it.

 

[Agent-Smith]

Looking great VG, I'm loving the LED

 

[VerdantGreen]

Unthing - thats good to know about the bubba - thanks

agent smith - thanks for stopping by - yeah i like messing about with these LED's - which really are coming on in leaps and bounds these days. i may have a new LED grow cooking for my bigger cab too for the new year (the one with a 250 HPS in there atm)

finally got a daylight cfl in my loft and it's rendering the plant colour in the photos a lot better. warm white tends to make the plants look yellow

hey blimey thanks for the pics - yeah im thinking that the CB would be a better outcross for the bubba. the Bubba x dc looks pretty DC dominant and there is virtually no sidebranching. although it's a handsome plant - shown here at 3.5 weeks. (although from seed the bubba itself might look pretty similar for all we know)
in a perverse and possibly pointless move i back-crossed it to the DC! - clearly those leaves just arent big enough!

the cherryjuana is looking nice at 3.5 weeks. i bent it over at 90ish degrees to use up a bit of height etc. really i should have 4 plants in this half of the cab. it wont be a very efficient grow - not as efficient as 2 scrogs like the bubba which can fit in here... but at least i get to experiment. i took a cutting of the ChJ toady which hopefully will root and reveg - then i might do a proper scrog with it.

cheers all, and to the USA a belated 'happy thanksgiving' (whatever that is )

VG