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Welcome to The Backward Season
This season’s grow is called *The Backward Season* because I’m flipping the script on how I usually run things. Normally, I grow indoors in coco-heavy blends using hydro-style feeds. But this time? I’m running soil indoors and coco outdoors—just to see what happens when I challenge my own habits and try something new with familiar genetics.
I’ll be growing some strains I know well—White Widow and Sour Diesel—alongside a couple of fresh picks, all while testing out different mediums and environments. Last year I ran WW and SD indoors in coco, so this year I’m switching it up: White Widow moves into soil indoors, and Sour Diesel heads outside into a custom “Black Coco” blend with organic dry amendments.
The idea is to explore how these strains express themselves when the environment shifts and to deepen my understanding of soil cultivation. I’ve got a hydro background, so this is my first serious run using amended soils indoors, and my first attempt at using a custom coco-amend mix for full-term outdoor plants. Usually, I’d run a 70/30 coco/perlite mix with automated fertigation—this season, I’m leaning more on biology and slow-release nutrition.
The central goal of this grow is small-batch feminized pollen production. I’ll be reversing one White Widow and one Sour Diesel plant using silver thiosulfate (STS), then using that pollen to create:
- **Feminized White Widow seeds** (WW × WW) — S2
- **Feminized Sour Diesel seeds** (SD × SD) — S2
- A new batch of **WW × SD F1 hybrids** — I started this cross last season and want to expand the pheno hunt. It’s not a flagship breeding project, just a continuation of something that’s been promising so far.
Grow Setup Overview
Room 1 (R1):
- **Size:** 4'x8' space with a 4'x4' active canopy
- **Light:** Spider Farmer full-spectrum LED
- **Climate:** Controlled temperature and humidity, filtered intake
- **Plants:** 3 × **White Widow (Fem)** – one will be reversed
- **Medium:** 7-gallon fabric pots with a layered mix of **Fox Farm Happy Frog (top)** and **Ocean Forest (bottom)**
- **Watering:** Passive Autopot-style bottom-watering stands with fabric pots placed above
- **Purpose:** Indoor seed production and White Widow reversal using STS spray
Room 2 (R2):
- **Size:** 4'x4' Spider Farmer grow tent
- **Plants:** 3 × **Blue Cheese Auto (Fem)**
- **Medium:** 5-gallon fabric pots with the same HF/OF soil mix
- **Watering:** Bottom-watering via Autopot-style stands
- **Purpose:** Mid-season auto flower run; a new strain for me with a funky flavor profile
Outdoor Grow Area:
- **Structure:** Mesh enclosure on elevated wood pallets for drainage, airflow, and light pest exclusion (birds/squirrels out, bees/insects in)
- **Medium:** **Black Coco** – a custom blend of buffered coco coir and organic dry amendments designed to act like soil
- **Plants:**
- 3 × **Sour Diesel (Fem)** – one will be reversed
- 5 × **Pineapple Kush (Fem)** – first time running this cultivar
- **Watering:** Manual root-zone irrigation or foliar spray for IPM (though I still prefer to hand spray)
- **Purpose:** Outdoor full-term flowering; Sour Diesel reversal and seed production; Pineapple Kush grown out to evaluate its expression in amended coco
I’ve worked with White Widow and Sour Diesel enough to feel confident running them in new ways. They’re also the backbone of a few personal projects I’ve been slowly refining.
The Blue Cheese Auto adds something different—quicker cycle, unique flavor—and gives me a chance to get a harvest in while the photoperiods are still stacking. Pineapple Kush is a bit of a wildcard, but I liked the vibe of adding something tropical and mellow to the mix.
There’s a lot to figure out this run—from how the amended coco holds up outdoors, to how the plants respond to soil indoors, and of course, how the pollen project goes. I’m excited to document the process and talk it through with anyone following along. This isn’t about perfection—it’s about learning, experimenting, and having some fun with it along the way.
I've just popped the seeds in their rooting cubes, so the show will be starting shortly. Stick around for updates on the reversals, pollination, and pheno notes. There’s going to be a lot to learn and explore as the season unfolds, and I look forward to all the advice and insights you all will provide!
This season’s grow is called *The Backward Season* because I’m flipping the script on how I usually run things. Normally, I grow indoors in coco-heavy blends using hydro-style feeds. But this time? I’m running soil indoors and coco outdoors—just to see what happens when I challenge my own habits and try something new with familiar genetics.
I’ll be growing some strains I know well—White Widow and Sour Diesel—alongside a couple of fresh picks, all while testing out different mediums and environments. Last year I ran WW and SD indoors in coco, so this year I’m switching it up: White Widow moves into soil indoors, and Sour Diesel heads outside into a custom “Black Coco” blend with organic dry amendments.
The idea is to explore how these strains express themselves when the environment shifts and to deepen my understanding of soil cultivation. I’ve got a hydro background, so this is my first serious run using amended soils indoors, and my first attempt at using a custom coco-amend mix for full-term outdoor plants. Usually, I’d run a 70/30 coco/perlite mix with automated fertigation—this season, I’m leaning more on biology and slow-release nutrition.
The central goal of this grow is small-batch feminized pollen production. I’ll be reversing one White Widow and one Sour Diesel plant using silver thiosulfate (STS), then using that pollen to create:
- **Feminized White Widow seeds** (WW × WW) — S2
- **Feminized Sour Diesel seeds** (SD × SD) — S2
- A new batch of **WW × SD F1 hybrids** — I started this cross last season and want to expand the pheno hunt. It’s not a flagship breeding project, just a continuation of something that’s been promising so far.
Grow Setup OverviewRoom 1 (R1):
- **Size:** 4'x8' space with a 4'x4' active canopy
- **Light:** Spider Farmer full-spectrum LED
- **Climate:** Controlled temperature and humidity, filtered intake
- **Plants:** 3 × **White Widow (Fem)** – one will be reversed
- **Medium:** 7-gallon fabric pots with a layered mix of **Fox Farm Happy Frog (top)** and **Ocean Forest (bottom)**
- **Watering:** Passive Autopot-style bottom-watering stands with fabric pots placed above
- **Purpose:** Indoor seed production and White Widow reversal using STS spray
Room 2 (R2):
- **Size:** 4'x4' Spider Farmer grow tent
- **Plants:** 3 × **Blue Cheese Auto (Fem)**
- **Medium:** 5-gallon fabric pots with the same HF/OF soil mix
- **Watering:** Bottom-watering via Autopot-style stands
- **Purpose:** Mid-season auto flower run; a new strain for me with a funky flavor profile
Outdoor Grow Area:
- **Structure:** Mesh enclosure on elevated wood pallets for drainage, airflow, and light pest exclusion (birds/squirrels out, bees/insects in)
- **Medium:** **Black Coco** – a custom blend of buffered coco coir and organic dry amendments designed to act like soil
- **Plants:**
- 3 × **Sour Diesel (Fem)** – one will be reversed
- 5 × **Pineapple Kush (Fem)** – first time running this cultivar
- **Watering:** Manual root-zone irrigation or foliar spray for IPM (though I still prefer to hand spray)
- **Purpose:** Outdoor full-term flowering; Sour Diesel reversal and seed production; Pineapple Kush grown out to evaluate its expression in amended coco
I’ve worked with White Widow and Sour Diesel enough to feel confident running them in new ways. They’re also the backbone of a few personal projects I’ve been slowly refining.
The Blue Cheese Auto adds something different—quicker cycle, unique flavor—and gives me a chance to get a harvest in while the photoperiods are still stacking. Pineapple Kush is a bit of a wildcard, but I liked the vibe of adding something tropical and mellow to the mix.
There’s a lot to figure out this run—from how the amended coco holds up outdoors, to how the plants respond to soil indoors, and of course, how the pollen project goes. I’m excited to document the process and talk it through with anyone following along. This isn’t about perfection—it’s about learning, experimenting, and having some fun with it along the way.
I've just popped the seeds in their rooting cubes, so the show will be starting shortly. Stick around for updates on the reversals, pollination, and pheno notes. There’s going to be a lot to learn and explore as the season unfolds, and I look forward to all the advice and insights you all will provide!
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I got a lineup of rqs this year I’ve had great results with them good luck