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LOL, I fantasize about moving to a more commercial State, and applying for a job and being able to say in the interview - "I'm Graytail - wanna see my portfolio?"
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LOL, I fantasize about moving to a more commercial State, and applying for a job and being able to say in the interview - "I'm Graytail - wanna see my portfolio?"
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Awright, fellow cannabis agronomists and aficionados - and all you loades, too! - time for another update from Graytail's garden! 
The first news is this:
My Desfran is no more! - kaput, finis, done, chopped! Sayonara! *Sigh* Yeah, that feels good.
I didn't do my research, I thought it was a Destroyer, and I pulled the wildest fluffiest Thai sativa pheno of anyone growing it this round. Bah, and also, grumph. The final straw was ... get this ... how friggin' trite passe cliche can't it be ... she decided to hermie! *Rolleyes* Really? REALLY? The giant pain in the ass decided she'd start growing some male bits. Nu uh. Graytail's patience done run out, honey snoogums. So now she's a pile of stems.
Pffft! Look at the mess she was making, stretching out at the tips again. I woulda had to mess with the photoperiod or wait out another several weeks. I put two well-behaved plants in her place. But! ... I found a mature seed in the test buds I took - interesting.
Desfran - 167 days old - 77 days 12/12 - 62 since pistils
Tikal though, is behaving herself nicely. The old faded fans aren't magically becoming healthy, but they're dying very slowly, and the rest of the growth looks pretty solid. The buds are starting to get seriously sticky and the aroma continues to ramp up. I reread the genetics of Tikal - Guatemalan x Kush Haze - and I'm pretty sure I have the Guatemalan pheno with the prominent strawberry smell. I feel lucky! I like this pheno! And the cuts take well ... gonna run this one for awhile if the smoke is good.
Tikal - 168 days old - 63 days 12/12 - 53 since pistils
BHxDestroyer continues to impress me. Now she's growing big fat buds.
Buddha Haze x Destroyer - 146 days old - 49 days 12/12 - 38 since pistils
BHxNexus has been the first to dry out every time, so she's suffering a bit from that, but the color is still great and I like the trich production I'm seeing. I liked Nexus even though there wasn't much of it, so I'm interested in how this turns out. I didn't take cuts of this one, but I have a lot more seeds. Nexus is Brazilian sativa x Blue sativa. Buddha Haze is Amnesia Haze (Afghan/Hawaiian x Laos x Jamaica) x Manga Rosa (Brazilian landrace sativa). The Nexus pheno had the compact Blue sativa color and habit with a nice spiritual Brazilian buzz. The Buddha Haze had the Brazilian buzz with a better punch. So this one has all sorts of potential.
Buddha Haze x Nexus - 141 days old - 49 days 12/12 - 38 since pistils
I'm really lovin' this Utopia Haze x Carnival. It's a cross of my two favorite strains, and I've just been keeping my hopes way down, but this leaf posture and bud development is looking a lot like good ol' Carnival, and if I can get the combined buzz in a plant with Carnival's habit and vigor, I'll be really happy! I have cuts in soil already and it looks like they're taking. This one could be a breeding success.
Utopia Haze x Carnival - 81 days old - 21 days 12/12 - 10 since pistils
OHS1 is another beauty - too bad the smoke is meh.
Orange Hill Special Cut1 - 84 days old - 21 days 12/12 - 10 since pistils
Tikal1 is 15 inches tall with 8 good tops, so into the bloom room she goes! This is a vigorous strain.
Tikal Cut1 - 78 days old
BHxUH joined her. I might have vegged this one another week, but it's good and mature, and I'm not entirely sure how much a Haze x Haze cross is gonna stretch.
Buddha Haze x Utopia Haze - 70 days old
I kept Carnival in veg for another week partly to fatten her up a bit more and also because the bloom room is getting a bit crowded with 7 plants in there. Another week will be better for everyone.
Carnival - 65 days old
I upcanned Y Griega at 53 days, Channel+ at 55 days and DrGrinspoon at 59 days
Tikal2 got topped. This was a lanky clone growing alternate nodes, and I almost LSTed it - just made a snap decision, so to speak.
Tikal2 - 78 days old
Purple Haze - 3 days and another Carnival - 16 days
I took a pile of cuts from BHxUH
And a few from Tikal1 ...
The OHS cuts all have root nodes after 20 days ...
I have two healthy looking Utopia Haze x Carnivals in cups ...
And this is the top from Carnival. These never root for me, but this has been in a cup for 11 days now and still hasn't wilted. Oddly enough, the stem is rotting in the cup. Go figure - interesting science experiment.
The first news is this:
My Desfran is no more! - kaput, finis, done, chopped! Sayonara! *Sigh* Yeah, that feels good.
I didn't do my research, I thought it was a Destroyer, and I pulled the wildest fluffiest Thai sativa pheno of anyone growing it this round. Bah, and also, grumph. The final straw was ... get this ... how friggin' trite passe cliche can't it be ... she decided to hermie! *Rolleyes* Really? REALLY? The giant pain in the ass decided she'd start growing some male bits. Nu uh. Graytail's patience done run out, honey snoogums. So now she's a pile of stems. Pffft! Look at the mess she was making, stretching out at the tips again. I woulda had to mess with the photoperiod or wait out another several weeks. I put two well-behaved plants in her place. But! ... I found a mature seed in the test buds I took - interesting.
Desfran - 167 days old - 77 days 12/12 - 62 since pistils
Tikal though, is behaving herself nicely. The old faded fans aren't magically becoming healthy, but they're dying very slowly, and the rest of the growth looks pretty solid. The buds are starting to get seriously sticky and the aroma continues to ramp up. I reread the genetics of Tikal - Guatemalan x Kush Haze - and I'm pretty sure I have the Guatemalan pheno with the prominent strawberry smell. I feel lucky! I like this pheno! And the cuts take well ... gonna run this one for awhile if the smoke is good.
Tikal - 168 days old - 63 days 12/12 - 53 since pistils
BHxDestroyer continues to impress me. Now she's growing big fat buds.
Buddha Haze x Destroyer - 146 days old - 49 days 12/12 - 38 since pistils
BHxNexus has been the first to dry out every time, so she's suffering a bit from that, but the color is still great and I like the trich production I'm seeing. I liked Nexus even though there wasn't much of it, so I'm interested in how this turns out. I didn't take cuts of this one, but I have a lot more seeds. Nexus is Brazilian sativa x Blue sativa. Buddha Haze is Amnesia Haze (Afghan/Hawaiian x Laos x Jamaica) x Manga Rosa (Brazilian landrace sativa). The Nexus pheno had the compact Blue sativa color and habit with a nice spiritual Brazilian buzz. The Buddha Haze had the Brazilian buzz with a better punch. So this one has all sorts of potential.
Buddha Haze x Nexus - 141 days old - 49 days 12/12 - 38 since pistils
I'm really lovin' this Utopia Haze x Carnival. It's a cross of my two favorite strains, and I've just been keeping my hopes way down, but this leaf posture and bud development is looking a lot like good ol' Carnival, and if I can get the combined buzz in a plant with Carnival's habit and vigor, I'll be really happy! I have cuts in soil already and it looks like they're taking. This one could be a breeding success.
Utopia Haze x Carnival - 81 days old - 21 days 12/12 - 10 since pistils
OHS1 is another beauty - too bad the smoke is meh.
Orange Hill Special Cut1 - 84 days old - 21 days 12/12 - 10 since pistils
Tikal1 is 15 inches tall with 8 good tops, so into the bloom room she goes! This is a vigorous strain.
Tikal Cut1 - 78 days old
BHxUH joined her. I might have vegged this one another week, but it's good and mature, and I'm not entirely sure how much a Haze x Haze cross is gonna stretch.
Buddha Haze x Utopia Haze - 70 days old
I kept Carnival in veg for another week partly to fatten her up a bit more and also because the bloom room is getting a bit crowded with 7 plants in there. Another week will be better for everyone.
Carnival - 65 days old
I upcanned Y Griega at 53 days, Channel+ at 55 days and DrGrinspoon at 59 days
Tikal2 got topped. This was a lanky clone growing alternate nodes, and I almost LSTed it - just made a snap decision, so to speak.
Tikal2 - 78 days old
Purple Haze - 3 days and another Carnival - 16 days
I took a pile of cuts from BHxUH
And a few from Tikal1 ...
The OHS cuts all have root nodes after 20 days ...
I have two healthy looking Utopia Haze x Carnivals in cups ...
And this is the top from Carnival. These never root for me, but this has been in a cup for 11 days now and still hasn't wilted. Oddly enough, the stem is rotting in the cup. Go figure - interesting science experiment.
Try some aloe vera to get that top to root. What have you got to lose? Slice open a filet, slather the stem in the gel, leave it for a day and stick it back in some water with gel mixed in.
Thank you Graytail. The day's complete now. It's amazing to me how uniform you get your canopies. The consistency of your magical touch. We can only hope.
That was a lot of cuttings you had there. If there's any left over, I know this garden....
Impressive as always Graytail.
"..a snap decision, so to speak." Ha! Good one.
Thank you Graytail. The day's complete now. It's amazing to me how uniform you get your canopies. The consistency of your magical touch. We can only hope.
That was a lot of cuttings you had there. If there's any left over, I know this garden....
Impressive as always Graytail.
"..a snap decision, so to speak." Ha! Good one.
Gray, mornin my brotha. You know why i'm here....your updates are awesome and had to see the Desfran again. You should send D.P. a few pics of her. What a bit of bad luck you had with her eh....and balls to boot...i'de chuck that friggen seed ...far away! I just can't believe how she behaved in bloom...so scraggely and wispy...go figure eh! Ide a copped her too Gray....what a piss off eh. Have you sampled her yet? Just a horrible example of a very promising strain...if they could just weed out these friggen Thai phenos somewhat.
I'm gonna chop my last two this weekend i think. My medium pheno is ready and we've had some more hot and humid weather up here and i'm worried about mold sneeking up on them. Their colas are perfect conditions for it to grab hold and ruin my crop....not gonna happen, i'm choppin this weekend. That will be going on 13-14 weeks in bloom, not 12/12 or 11/13 or 10 /14....right form the start of bloom, period.That would make it almost 16 weeks from flip. The back plant still has most of her pistils standing tall and white and i don't see alot of resin on her.....she's comin down....i just can't let her go any longer.
Gray let me know how the smoke is with her will ya. Cheers pal , your garden looks splendid and is a great example for newbies to check out a variety of proven and very effective methods! Cheers pal!
I'm gonna chop my last two this weekend i think. My medium pheno is ready and we've had some more hot and humid weather up here and i'm worried about mold sneeking up on them. Their colas are perfect conditions for it to grab hold and ruin my crop....not gonna happen, i'm choppin this weekend. That will be going on 13-14 weeks in bloom, not 12/12 or 11/13 or 10 /14....right form the start of bloom, period.That would make it almost 16 weeks from flip. The back plant still has most of her pistils standing tall and white and i don't see alot of resin on her.....she's comin down....i just can't let her go any longer.
Gray let me know how the smoke is with her will ya. Cheers pal , your garden looks splendid and is a great example for newbies to check out a variety of proven and very effective methods! Cheers pal!
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I learn something with every update. Too bad on the hermie. Thanks GT. Jim
I could comment on every picture you put up, but there aren't enough hours in the day.
Another awesome update and it all looks amazing. It sounds like you should rename your Desfran, "Major PITA".
Another awesome update and it all looks amazing. It sounds like you should rename your Desfran, "Major PITA".
Wow...more beautiful Graytail "rocket" colas! The 2 BH strains' flowers are really something. Desfran looks like a trimming nightmare but sure the herb will be worth it. Some pretty "juniors" moving up through the ranks. Great update.
Tranquilgreen
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All your plants are so even GT. I wanna do my next grow to mirror yours... all except the Desfran. 
Just swinging by to remind you about those extra cuts..... OK. Never hurts to ask. One of these days you might surprise me and invite me in to pick one out.
Gotta run. Too many threads to get through. I need a buzz. Geez girl, how do you forget that?
Gotta run. Too many threads to get through. I need a buzz. Geez girl, how do you forget that?
Great Update! I am 99.9% sure you are going to LOVE the Tikal. This is now my go to, I should have taken cuts. Oh well, I got 12 more freebies, I want that strawberry pheno.
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Try some aloe vera to get that top to root. What have you got to lose? Slice open a filet, slather the stem in the gel, leave it for a day and stick it back in some water with gel mixed in.
Thank you Graytail. The day's complete now. It's amazing to me how uniform you get your canopies. The consistency of your magical touch. We can only hope.
That was a lot of cuttings you had there. If there's any left over, I know this garden....
Impressive as always Graytail.
"..a snap decision, so to speak." Ha! Good one.
LOL, I know what you mean! Last year I had this absolutely beautiful Super Lemon Haze all ready for bloom, but I had revegged her mother and I only had room for one, so ... I really wanted someone to give that to!
I've been smoking some small stuff and I gotta say, this is mighty fine herb! If mine is this good, then yours has gotta kick ass and take names! I love the smell - reminds me of the old landrace Colombians. Yummy strain - pain in the ass pheno. Heheh, I think I'll jus' save that seed and try it bloom-from-seed ... sometime next year ... or sometime ... definitely not soon.
Thanks for following along, Jim!
I could comment on every picture you put up, but there aren't enough hours in the day.
Another awesome update and it all looks amazing. It sounds like you should rename your Desfran, "Major PITA".
Yeah ... she was kinda like that wild exotic girl that you're thrilled to have move in with you, and then it all goes to hell. Wow...more beautiful Graytail "rocket" colas! The 2 BH strains' flowers are really something. Desfran looks like a trimming nightmare but sure the herb will be worth it. Some pretty "juniors" moving up through the ranks. Great update.
"Rocket colas" - I like that.
I didn't even trim the Desfran, just washed it and hung it. I think the trim will be fairly easy to pick off when it's dry. This would be good for a bubble hash run, too. All your plants are so even GT. I wanna do my next grow to mirror yours... all except the Desfran.
Let me know if you need any guidance when it comes time.
Great Update! I am 99.9% sure you are going to LOVE the Tikal. This is now my go to, I should have taken cuts. Oh well, I got 12 more freebies, I want that strawberry pheno.
Yeah, I was really pleased to see the strawberry reference - kinda puts a name to the scent. Got less than 2 weeks before her finish date!
Thank ya, Spitz!
Hey Graytail - next time lets time that better.
Bangabong
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Great update GT, as always! I am really anxious to hear how the Desfran turns out.
Gray....i was stoked to read Mrs. Yoogly is fire smoke pal!!!Did you try some after a quick dry? Top bud, popcorn? Did you get about 3-4 Z's. off her? What has Conradino said of that pheno? Thanks Gray!
HealthyToker
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Wow, another long HB thread for me to read thru and catch up on. Just the quick glance showed some killer results!
Posting so that I'm subbed and I don't lose this thread.
Posting so that I'm subbed and I don't lose this thread.
Duggan has started a new journal. Everybody run over there and sub.
Duggan Does Ace's Zamal Hash With Doc's Gear - Huge Pots & Lots Of LEDs
Duggan Does Ace's Zamal Hash With Doc's Gear - Huge Pots & Lots Of LEDs