Emmie's Breeder's Run: Chemdog IBL BP#6 x Blowfish F2 By Santero

Spent some time today talking with my local ag prof about our experiment with a DIY cationic enhancing supplement here at bud set. It was our intent to produce an effect such as what we have been seeing from others who do a cationic drench at or around this time of the grow using home made components and common sense, and I think we may have accomplished it.

All during the stretch we started to build up a large storehouse of phosphorus and silicates in our soil by using double doses of our homemade cal-mag-phos, made from fermented burned eggshells and organic vinegar at each watering, along with aloe vera water. We have also been regularly foliar feeding with a mixture of dandelion growth extract, lactobacillus serum and Liquid Karma, to increase the brix level of our plants. Now that we are in full bud, we have backed down from the high dosage of cal-mag-phos and the foliar feeding, and now will just be giving normal weekly doses of the supplements for a while. It was our theory that the phosphorus with its extra electron, would capture nutrients, allowing for a greater nutrient holding ability in the soil, but we have to be careful, because it can also be overdone. This phosphorus is also exactly what is needed for early resin production, and as a result, on day 19 I am already seeing significant frosting on our CD's young buds. No such thing is happening on the CC's, but I suspect they will get with the act soon too.

I like what I am seeing here...
 
(flower, day 20)


Just a couple of bud shots today... just can't get over the big long trichomes already developing on this plant!

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(flower, day 28)

Another pretty bud shot for today... Trichomes at just short of half way to harvest, are off the scale...

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Sorry for the lack of a 5th week update... life got in the way.

Today finds us at the 6 week mark, and oh my is she starting to look beautiful! I plan on another good strong compost tea this week, and then it is going to be nothing but water from then on out. I expect her to go to about 63 days, and all signs point to that being a pretty accurate guess. Last night they got a good watering with everything thrown at them, cal-mag-phos, liquid fish, liquid karma and dandelion extract. The last several waterings I have backed off a bit, even once just giving plain water.

I am a little worried about my pollinated seed site however... it doesn't look overly seedy to me... I may have missed. If this proves to the be the case, no worries... there are 6 more CD plants in veg waiting to try, and pollen still in the fridge. I suspect that the seeds just may be small though, and hard to see at this point. I have not yet reached the point that I am so curious I am going to squeeze calyxes... we will know soon enough.

This looks like it is going to be very high quality smoke. The buds are full of trichomes and rock hard already... and they haven't even started their end of life expansion yet. Wish I had more than one of these so I could see some of the genetic diversity... but again, that will be something to watch in the next run.

I am always pleased to get to this point and see nice green plants without any nutritional problems. It appears that all the plants are getting what they want and need and are thriving. Each plant in the room is using about 1/2 gallon of water a day, and I am needing to water about every 60 hours, 48 if I want to rush things.

Here is a shot of the entire garden, where with the exception of a couple of sunburn issues, we have a bunch of happy plants.

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And here, is our ChemDog... chemdoggin her way to glory, one day at a time.

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And a few closeups of her buds:

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Santi... I sure could use your input about now...
Today is day 49 since the flip and according to everything I am seeing, our chemdog is almost done. I am suddenly seeing 5-10% amber and the buds have been starting to foxtail a bit for the last 5 days or so.
My questions are:
Would you have expected her to ripen so early? Seeing the small size of the seeds that produced her, I suspect this may be the case.
Would you pull now, or wait for 20% amber? I may pull a couple of branches in the next few days, just to test things out.
Close up pictures of trichomes in the morning... too tired tonight.. going to have the guys do it for me.
 
(flower, day 49)

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I was even more convinced this morning, but it is not happening everywhere. I am going to pull a few of the top buds that appear to be ready, later, after I wake up from my turkey coma.

Happy Thanksgiving America!
 
(day 55, HARVEST)

I was expecting 63 days on this girl... so this result has surprised me. I resisted as long as I could, but all the signs were there. This girl was ready to be harvested! I saw plenty of amber at the top, but still I watered one last time and let her go another 3 days... but when I peeked in this last morning and saw a distinctive red tint to the whole dank droopy heavy thing... that tint being from the amount of amber now showing on all of the buds, I had to chop her.

After trimming, she yielded 499.2 grams or an estimated 4.4 ounces dry of trichome covered and very sticky buds. This is impressively good for such a fast yielding plant!

Test buds are showing this to be very potent pot, and it is already, not even cured, the favorite smoke around this house. Cured out, this is going to be outstanding pot, with big huge tight nugs that snap crackle and pop when ignited in a bowl. There are so many trichomes igniting upon first hitting a bud, that strong blue/white sparks are seen. This is going to be some serious smoke when properly dried and cured. I will finish out this journal with a smoke report after curing.

Thank you for the opportunity to grow this out Santero... your work is very impressive and so very important to our community. Thank you for everything you do. I do hope that I have given justice to ChemDog IBL #6 x Blowfish F2...
We have greatly enjoyed growing and documenting this grow and are honored at the chance to experience this special variety... the rarest of the rare.

Here are the pictures. Enjoy. We are. :)

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Hope all is well in your world.

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Sending you lots of love and positive energy.

:Namaste:
 
JamesOaceO said:
Very nice! Enjoyed reading your journal :goodjob:
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Thank you very much James! Thank you for reading this journal! I really enjoyed working with the famous breeder, @santero, on this project and the smoke that we ended up with was pretty top shelf too! There will be more of this activity in the future. I have contacted Santi and he is now working on a totally new project, and I expect to see some beans arriving from Germany in time for my next run. To give this future run the full coverage that it deserves, there will of course be another breeder's seeds journal with full credit given to Santero for the amazing work he does for this community.
 
i feel very honored to have you growing my humble gear, em :Namaste:
i don't really feel like a "breeder", more like a pssionate seedmaker,
that has the chance to work with a few very nice genetics.

your very detailed descriptions help me immensly in my work and sharing
some lines your way is a great pleasure, always ... may the 'berry d-licious'
turn out great for you. i had very nice results so far :)

i have some more project cooking up right now and will let you know when these are ready.
anybody else is also free to contact me to chat and swap info ect. i'm open to everyone here.
this community is very refreshing to the other places that seem so shallow. here everybody
is very friendly and sincere. i really love it !
 
santero said:
i feel very honored to have you growing my humble gear, em :Namaste:
i don't really feel like a "breeder", more like a pssionate seedmaker,
that has the chance to work with a few very nice genetics.

your very detailed descriptions help me immensly in my work and sharing
some lines your way is a great pleasure, always ... may the 'berry d-licious'
turn out great for you. i had very nice results so far :)

i have some more project cooking up right now and will let you know when these are ready.
anybody else is also free to contact me to chat and swap info ect. i'm open to everyone here.
this community is very refreshing to the other places that seem so shallow. here everybody
is very friendly and sincere. i really love it !
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That is awesome San! I feel honored that you are a member of this community too, and your message of sharing is what this place is all about! Welcome back!
 
@santero San, I had a thought on the plane tonight after reading your response and I would like to do my part to help out a very special friend of mine, and of this forum and also get you on board with this project. @AngryBird and her little chickies have had a time of it this year, and had to flee to a new country to escape an abusive situation back in Greece. This entire community rallied behind them, and help was given and accepted. It is awesome what this community did to right the wrong that was being done to my friend, who just happens to be a talented organic grower.
Angrybird now is in a new house and has started just this last week to grow again, with 2 gifted seeds. If there was ever someone who could benefit from and would appreciate your work, it would be her. She and her newly gifted LED light and soon a tent, would do us all proud. I hope that you will reach out to her and say hi.
Thank you my friend.:love::love::love:
:peace:
 
Emilya said:
@santero San, I had a thought on the plane tonight after reading your response and I would like to do my part to help out a very special friend of mine, and of this forum and also get you on board with this project. @AngryBird and her little chickies have had a time of it this year, and had to flee to a new country to escape an abusive situation back in Greece. This entire community rallied behind them, and help was given and accepted. It is awesome what this community did to right the wrong that was being done to my friend, who just happens to be a talented organic grower.
Angrybird now is in a new house and has started just this last week to grow again, with 2 gifted seeds. If there was ever someone who could benefit from and would appreciate your work, it would be her. She and her newly gifted LED light and soon a tent, would do us all proud. I hope that you will reach out to her and say hi.
Thank you my friend.:love::love::love:
:peace:
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:hugs: Emilya :hugs: that was the sweetest thing I ever read :circle-of-love:
And it would be a great honor to meet you santero.
 
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