Have you ever took cuttings and noticed the change in a more mature plant? I would think about keeping three expressions and whitle down from there. What doesn’t seem viable first run can change with sativa.what I said about curing with time applied here. Sativa is best if you have patience improves like fine wine improving in time.
A personal observation of mine is the more adaptable to the tropics they are the longer the seed plant needs to become established, basically some sativa can grow 30 feet some ten foot, a metre plant sometimes has not got out of adolescence depending on the subject.
This offering from ace has been worked for quite a few years believe, I’ve noticed over the years that new offerings have been more palatable for an indoor grower.
All the while not compromising there morals, a more spread the love kinda vibe! Blood sweat and tears, see I kind of trust them.
My initial instinct was they bred indica into and out of it just for practical traits.
But I believe now that selective breeding was achieved. And I believe that there are still some people that want to share what at onetime was not complicated by what was viable indoor.
I would would like to grow the kali China, hybrid I know but has the old kali mist that disappeared, somewhere in the noughties.
Definitely a line that should not die one of the lines that gives haze a run for its money and far enough genetically removed to make things interesting. F1 hybrid potential for two alleles as the new offering did not impress the kali mist faithful.
It lacked the same essence with longer flowering time. Would have to think Simon lost his seed mother and decided to recreate with a crossing that allowed for reminiscents of doner. I believe it lacked the medical properties of the legend.
Which is why it’s no mean feat keeping the genetic library intact.
I’m happy that we are getting more American genetics just in hope that what they called the building blocks skunk, northern lights , haze can hopefully get blood from unrelated genetics.
The only way to keep corporate interest away is to embrace diversity and different expressions.
Create new lines that are bred for a certain expression then defined as different from an offering several generations removed.
Anyway apparently women loved tha old kali great for menstrual cramps they say. Ps . I am aware the skunk haze and nl are from America they just seem to be over used where we are.
Doing a great job though with those girls keep up good work
I ended up with 6 mothers thankfully so I'll be patient lol. We just ran out and needed a mood booster for the weekend. Observing this plant I've noticed some things
Not all phenos express red stemmed fan leaves
Not all fan leaves reach 11 fingers but between 5-11
Some express red striping when they are cropped
They shed leaves after the stretch for some reason
They shed weak and unviable branches that don't receive enough light
They have 3-5 days to recover from cropping
They do not like EC above .85 they start to burn a bit
They don't like 12/12 and I think it's because of the DLI from the LEDS. 11/13 or 10.5/13.5
They like 80-84f leaf surface temps
The leaves don't pray towards my lights
They don't mind cloning
Handle stress well - the stress I give them at least
I think Ace is doing it right with the IBLs and the access to Dubi and the staff is great. I think this is going to be some high quality boutique smoke. I don't regret this being my first sativa and I've enjoyed the process so far a lot more than any other grow I've done.
Looking at the industry now, it's too many hands in the punch that have never grown or smoked and only want money with others that have done these things and just want money. They'll chop early, give it a 'cure and sell it. I've never bred but the industry needs to get back to the basics that growers like Sannie/Ace/and some others honed and understand. Reading about the history of cannabis in America has been a cluster too much profit orientation and not enough care for quality and genetics.
Even growers now have ADHD for strains and don't take the time to understand these strains chasing thc levels and yield. I never really understood how underused and understood microbes are. I've have to go back to 2008 to get more solid advice than what is present in 2019. As a young grower I feel spoiled, indebted, and obligated to not just get high but really understand what my plants are doing and how to best do it and help others do it.
I wish I was a better grower to write guides for growing especially with sativas. Limiting myself current genetics and avoiding landrace is something I'm glad I didn't do and has connected me to a lot of veteran growers that tamed these plants and figured out things that aren't present with the influence of indicas right now. But I think it was DJ Short that talked about breeding for really specific expressions and never went for THC. I don't think blueberry is a very high THC strain but it is still loved today. It wasn't until the Jungle Boys and going back two decades that I was able to verify the idea of letting them dry on the vine and meeting one of Sannie' s friends and reading his plant descriptions I found suggestions for this method.
I think going back to the landrace and really implementing modern breeding practices for specific expressions and preserving those genetics would be something special. The kush, diesel, northern lights, etc are great American strains but incorporating these older sativas back in would be nice. But I think money, discretion, and time were factors in the rise of indica strains that could be sogged with shorter flowering times opposed to sativas that could take 12-16 weeks or never stop flowering.
