Some updates for everyone, some cool things to cover etc
Starting off with a few more shots from the Flower tent, Gorilla Bomb tree
Killer Queen, AG13 dominant pheno, my unicorn
Moving over to veg i have a few pictures of some plants i think will have a big future in my tents. When it comes down to it this is my first step in selection, so far i have been able to pick my keeper from each strain in veg without even needing to flower them (although i do to make sure). Few major things i look for in veg is the fan leaf shape and texture, the stacking of nodes, uniformity of each branch and the overall look and smell, you should be able to just look at it and know its a good looking plant
This is my Brothers Grimm Purple Urkle male, thing looks better than half of my female plants, nodes are stacked and i know from when he was flowered his pollen sacs were purpleish black, genetics in this one match up to a lot of the strains i am running which may mean some purple phenotype KQ bx's may be on the cards
Way i see it, if it looks better than most female plants then its probably a wise choice to use as parentage, might produce shit and be tossed but its the best candidate to start with
The Strawberry Diesel x Space Dude #1 from TGA, stacked with nodes, this should create some amazing colas under decent lighting, smells like full on strawberry candy in flower
I know i only dropped a couple of the Jandre Kush but this one is shaping up to be another one of them plants that just shines out above the rest, amazing structure on this one
Took a quick snap of the White Jack x Sour D seedlings, these things are powering on, better than any seedling has in my tent before, I now have the original WJ seedling running alongside them so i can look for a WJ leaning male to cross back
So moving over to the Pollen tent, with selection when we go to flower its basically following the same lines however you want to start paying attention to the floral clusters a bit more, colorings, changes in smells, stretch is not so important in general but the main thing is the stretch between the nodes themselves
Here are my Jillybeans, we have 3ish different phenotypes, Plants #1, #3, and #4 are all looking identical and same height apart from node spacings. #1 and #4 have 6 sets of nodes before the main cola, #3 has 8 sets of nodes, thus meaning more flower sites and bigger yield, #3 also has the best looking flower clusters imo too
#2 is a completely different phenotype, around 4" shorter than the bigger phenos and has a completely different flower cluster with shorter, fuzzier pistils and much tighter arrangement. #5 seems to be a mix of the two, is as short as #2 but has the same floral clusters as the bigger plants
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#2
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#5
so this is how the pollen tent looks right now, can see some young ones in the middle there, they are my Sour D crosses i had in the veg tent, don't have time to hunt them right now as I'm focussing on mango and there is no point running one of each in veg taking up space, i decided id throw them into the small tent and see what we get, if its worth looking further into each one or not
The Bruce Banner, still has some leftover pollen all over its face, dirty girl
Red Diesel is looking awesome, little tiny girl she is, pollinated by Strawberry Cough
Strawberry Diesel x Space Dude #1, This thing looks awesome man, coloring is spot on, smells fantastic
91'Krypt, coming along, only a few weeks in flower so yet to shine
Face Melt OG looking good, same age as 91 and already turning purple, has some full on purp heritage though
Btw I'm not telling anyone how to pheno hunt or anything, just giving a few ideas where to look when starting to work with breeding, i go through a whole heap more but they are the main visual elements i go from
remember the more seeds you drop the more chance you have of finding that something special, less seeds means you are only finding the best of what you have dropped, may not be the best on offer
lets just hope that the pollen i used was still active