Sorry all that it has taken so long to update. When running sativa dom strains the flower process moves slower than indica strains. As you will see from the flower shot you havent missed much to date. I wanted to wait until I was certain how many made it to the show and if the lines were stable.
So lets get up to speed on this test run. To recap 2 packs of 13 each were popped out of 13 Wifi 7 made it to the show.
Out of 13 Snowberry we got 8 of 13.
I have since those #'s had to cull 4 of the Wifi for mixed sex. And 2 of the Snowberries for the same reason leaving me a total of 3 Wifi's and ^ Snowberry Blues. I have kept a keen eye since finding the hermies as with a sativa dom strain it can go sideways due to the fact sativa's have been notorious for going hermaphrodite as this is a built in mechanism to assure survival of the species. To add it can happen in indica lines as well but sativa's are more prone than indie's in this respect.
Upon coming home today, I did my usual inspection and found that 5 more out of 9 left have male parts along with the female flower. I am at this time culling the balance of the grow to preserve some other proven genetics I cannot afford to lose.
Here are my stats. Grown in 5 gall smart bags with living soil that has been in works for 4 years. Nutes have been
NFTG advanced. Temps avg 76 deg F 66 deg at lights off. Rh has been 65% for a VPD value of 10.4 which is spot on for this environment.
Overall, the plants once flipped stretched 200+ %. Avg length between nodes was 5". To be expected with a sativa as opposed to a indie dom strain. They were very slow to show sex as well, another satie dom trait sometimes.
I do need to share that I am not really gutted by this as the grow was setup to test a line/s and sometimes things don't always go well. But I knew this possibility going in. That why it's called testing.
In my opinion, both lines need more work to weed out the hermie characteristics and lock down and stabilise the lines. With poor germination rates, and overall weak branching along with the hermaphroditic tendencies, I would recommend that more work be done with both these lines to better stabilize them.
Now for those that would call me a hater, keep in mind this was a test of new crosses and I am doing the breeder a dis-service by not reporting accurately my findings. So I want to reiterate this isn't a bad mark on DG lines overall. It is part of working a genetic line to help the breeder put out a stable great product.
In closing when testing new work remember it is a no harm no foul thing and honest reporting helps the breeder to see where they need to focus more attention on a particular line.
This thread is officially done.
View attachment 674121 View attachment 674122 View attachment 674123 View attachment 674124 View attachment 674125
