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Will have some updated pics later in week, I initiated flower 4 days ago. Will get closeups of them in last stages of veg before sex is determined. Will also show some of the studs that will be kept once they show and I decide what the keepers will be.!!! Busy busy.......hope all is well they must be getting a little bigger now lol
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.
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That is a decision only you can make. This is chance when running pure or satie dom strains. Especially if the line hasnt been worked hard and have any hermie traits bred out of the genepool. And it isnt always the genetics at times it can be grower error, but I can say I'm not sure how much better my parameters could have been. Testing is a roll of the dice. Not the first time and prolly wont be the last. I liken it to beta testing new software. Drew with DG is a good guy and we will continue to work together. Good luck with your run either way I hope it goes well for you!!!Thabks for the update. Considering whether to pull mine now and go with something else before I get too deep.
Couldn't have said it better too many times people get hermis and blame the "breeder" its all in the name of discovery I popped 100 seeds culled males and ran into a hermi at week 6 it pollinated my test room. Was I passed? YesThat is a decision only you can make. This is chance when running pure or satie dom strains. Especially if the line hasnt been worked hard and have any hermie traits bred out of the genepool. And it isnt always the genetics at times it can be grower error, but I can say I'm not sure how much better my parameters could have been. Testing is a roll of the dice. Not the first time and prolly wont be the last. I liken it to beta testing new software. Drew with DG is a good guy and we will continue to work together. Good luck with your run either way I hope it goes well for you!!!
Much love brother. You keep doing what your doing. :fire::fire::fire::cool:Thanks again really appreciate all the testing you did and we have more strains to come :)
Thanks
Drew
Indeed. ;) It is the nature of the beast. I agree most newbies are too quick to blame the breeder and not take responsibility. We all know new lines/crosses come with some inherent risk and danger. Thats how the cookie crumbles. It is like you said, a journey of discovery and helping the breeder fine tune their lines. And in doing so we all win!!!Couldn't have said it better too many times people get hermis and blame the "breeder" its all in the name of discovery I popped 100 seeds culled males and ran into a hermi at week 6 it pollinated my test room. Was I passed? Yes
Was it my fault most definitely
Will I ever buy seeds from sincity again. Hell yea .
they will stretch 200+ once flipped they would be veritable monsters grown outdoors. Be sure to keep notes and share them with the group and with Drew/Digital Genetics so he can use that data to continue to fine tune the line..........:)Appreciate that, I'm hoping to go ahead and run them, I've popped a couple of each so it I'm keen to continue, they won't be grown big so if I have to pull one or 2 it's no biggie. Certainly they are showing vigor, all the ones popped last week are twice the size of the biker kushes
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