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Icemud's Breeding Projects And Motherchucking Pollination Extravaganza
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Yea so far so good
only can hope for a good finish ... I know one of these days I will have to actually pop some of these seeds of mine to see how the crosses are. I do have a buddy in Oregon running some of my Black Cherry Soda (reversed Fem) seeds, some Trainwreck x Xmas Bud, and some Xmas Bud (IBL) in his outdoor garden, so it will be nice to see how well they perform. I also have to find a wine fridge 2nd hand or some type of mini fridge to keep all my seeds in for better success. Right now they are in ziplock bags, in envelopes in a rubbermaid container and I know they should be kept cold and dry for best long term storage and germ rates. Maybe I can find a soda/drink cooler from a business or something cheap
Shouldn't be hard to find, I'm sure we have peeps here that woul love to run some of your seeds and you can track progress pretty easily.
Lowrider72
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Plants are looking great Icemud.
Like your full spectrum of lights, good idea.
Like your full spectrum of lights, good idea.
Looks great, Brother! I bet you can find one of those mini "dorm" fridges on KregzList for cheap, especially right now with kids graduating. They're pretty small, but can hold a sh1t-ton of seeds! 
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Yea I bet there are many
I don't think the forum allows it though so it would have to be like fightclub, rule number 1 is don't talk about fightclub. LOL. There has been at least 2 members here who have run some of my creations in the past (one current and one ex member) and both seemed pretty pleased with them. I think there are a few other members who may have some of my beans but not sure if they have run them yet.
Right, that would be the simplest way. Lol
You mean, I gotta beat the crap out of someone just to get some of your seeds?
OK...as long as it's at least a 10-pack and not one of those 3 or 5-pack's!
I’d hold out for some freebies to boot.
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Well I think that all that talk about the 1 plant that didn't wan't to show its sex must have encouraged it to show face... and yesterday I looked into the tent when the lights came on and like magic, it went from no bloom to full bloom... So odd. I wonder if it was the defoliation that helped, or just time, or maybe it overheard me and didn't want to get yanked from the tent... lol...
Anyhow, I now have 4 females, 3 males. Only 1 male so far is dropping pollen and wow... is it dropping a lot. I was reading somewhere on a breeders IG.. (cant remember who) but they had said something about early pollen males, that they actually don't prefer them, because their belief is that the early pollen dropping male is pushing for survival, so it actually isn't the strongest male. The later pollen dropping males they said were the stronger genetics... I wonder what kind of truth there is to that.
Anyhow, I now have 4 females, 3 males. Only 1 male so far is dropping pollen and wow... is it dropping a lot. I was reading somewhere on a breeders IG.. (cant remember who) but they had said something about early pollen males, that they actually don't prefer them, because their belief is that the early pollen dropping male is pushing for survival, so it actually isn't the strongest male. The later pollen dropping males they said were the stronger genetics... I wonder what kind of truth there is to that.
I don't know but that's interesting, makes sense actually.
I have seen a few breeders on IG mention not using the early flowerign ones but they did not really go into why. I have also seen them mention not using ones that drop pollen during veg due to being rootbound.
Pulling up a chair in the back. I'll start training for the seed fight Club!
Hey Ice.....Made it here brother. Looking forward to seeing what you do with this go around! Cheers brother!
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Hey everyone, Happy Memorial day!
My apologies for not having an update in a while, but here we go!!! woo hoooo!
Today makes day 32 of flowering in my Sour Grapes seed project and things are looking spectacular so far. As of Friday (day 29)
The Males:
I removed all 3 male plants out of the garden, chopped all of the pollen sacks off, and placed them all in a open plastic bag to dry. Once dry I will collect the pollen and pollen sacks and put them in a ziplock for storage. Not sure how long it will last, but hey... lets find out LOL The 3 males dumped so much pollen there were piles of pollen sacks and pollen all over the grow tent floor where the males were. It literally went everywhere in this tent, so I will have to make sure to clean every surface very well before the next run to prevent any cross contamination.
The Canopy:
I also did a medium heavy defoliation of all the girls, as well as added some bamboo poles and some tie wires to help support some of the buds and branches that were falling over due to the weight. I also tried to open up the canopy now that there was more room to allow light down to my GDP who is much smaller and shorter than the rest.
The female Sour Grapes:
Well there are 4 nice female sour grapes going full flowering and they are looking absolutely amazing and covered with frost.
Phenotype #7
The tallest female, the one that flowered late really has tiny bud formation, I mean very very small buds and wont be much of a producer most likely. I love the structure of the plant, and the trichomes are definitely medium heavy on this one. The terps are of a sweet artificial grape smell, and probably a 5 out of 10 on the strength scale. Overall I will have to wait and see how this one finishes. It definitely has quite a few seeds developing and very tall strong structure, just very tiny buds.
Phenotype #4:
This phenotype is the 2nd tallest female, and both this pheno, and #7 are about 1' taller than the other 2 females. Phenotype #4 so far is an amazing pheno, in both bud size/growth, trichome formation, plant/bud structure and overall is definitely a keeper phenotype thus far. The terpenes on this one are about a 7 or 8 out of 10 in strength and have a very grape juice/grape cotton candy smell, very sweet, appealing and makes your sweet tooth start salivating. I am definitely happy about this phenotype and so far this is a rival for best phenotype.
Phenotype #1:
Phenotype 1 is one of the 2 shorter females and both shorter females have just about the same growth traits, same structure and same bud size. Trichomes are covering the buds and sugar leaves and definitely this plant has all the desirable traits, except for the terpene strength right now is not very strong. The terpenes I would say are about a 5 of 10 in terms of strength, but they do have a sweet artificial candy grape smell to them, similar to the others, just not as strong, and its harder to get a smell when you do a bud rub or leaf brush with your fingers when compared to the others. Nothing wrong with this phenotype and but I would probably select either #4 or
Phenotype #6:
This phenotype is short, just like phenotype #1 and has exact same growth traits. Both are tigher, bushier and shorter but loved to be topped and created very nice uniform buds and a solid trunk/structure which doesn't need much support. Great structure on these 2 and although much shorter than Pheno 4, the bud size seems to be about the same. Terp strength on this one rivals pheno 4 and I would give them a 7 or 8 out of 10 in strength. The terps on this one also are very grape smelling but almost smell a little cherry as well, and with a cheese type smell, like a grape/cherry cheesecake smell. Very delicious smelling but not as sweet and artificial grape as Pheno 4. Both pheno 4 and pheno 6 have the same amount of frost and both right now are rivals for best phenotype.
Well other than that, I have been feeding them about once every 4 days and been doing a mix of organic and synthetic nutrients, and about every 3rd feeding is either just water or a water with microbes (tea).
All of the other strains/plants are looking great and all of the plants are showing signs of seeds growing YES!!!!
Well here are some much awaited photos
Full Garden Pics
Sour Grapes:
Ogiesel:
Trainwreck:
Skywalker OG
My apologies for not having an update in a while, but here we go!!! woo hoooo!
Today makes day 32 of flowering in my Sour Grapes seed project and things are looking spectacular so far. As of Friday (day 29)
The Males:
I removed all 3 male plants out of the garden, chopped all of the pollen sacks off, and placed them all in a open plastic bag to dry. Once dry I will collect the pollen and pollen sacks and put them in a ziplock for storage. Not sure how long it will last, but hey... lets find out
LOL The 3 males dumped so much pollen there were piles of pollen sacks and pollen all over the grow tent floor where the males were. It literally went everywhere in this tent, so I will have to make sure to clean every surface very well before the next run to prevent any cross contamination. The Canopy:
I also did a medium heavy defoliation of all the girls, as well as added some bamboo poles and some tie wires to help support some of the buds and branches that were falling over due to the weight. I also tried to open up the canopy now that there was more room to allow light down to my GDP who is much smaller and shorter than the rest.
The female Sour Grapes:
Well there are 4 nice female sour grapes going full flowering and they are looking absolutely amazing and covered with frost.
Phenotype #7
The tallest female, the one that flowered late really has tiny bud formation, I mean very very small buds and wont be much of a producer most likely. I love the structure of the plant, and the trichomes are definitely medium heavy on this one. The terps are of a sweet artificial grape smell, and probably a 5 out of 10 on the strength scale. Overall I will have to wait and see how this one finishes. It definitely has quite a few seeds developing and very tall strong structure, just very tiny buds.
Phenotype #4:
This phenotype is the 2nd tallest female, and both this pheno, and #7 are about 1' taller than the other 2 females. Phenotype #4 so far is an amazing pheno, in both bud size/growth, trichome formation, plant/bud structure and overall is definitely a keeper phenotype thus far. The terpenes on this one are about a 7 or 8 out of 10 in strength and have a very grape juice/grape cotton candy smell, very sweet, appealing and makes your sweet tooth start salivating. I am definitely happy about this phenotype and so far this is a rival for best phenotype.
Phenotype #1:
Phenotype 1 is one of the 2 shorter females and both shorter females have just about the same growth traits, same structure and same bud size. Trichomes are covering the buds and sugar leaves and definitely this plant has all the desirable traits, except for the terpene strength right now is not very strong. The terpenes I would say are about a 5 of 10 in terms of strength, but they do have a sweet artificial candy grape smell to them, similar to the others, just not as strong, and its harder to get a smell when you do a bud rub or leaf brush with your fingers when compared to the others. Nothing wrong with this phenotype and but I would probably select either #4 or
Phenotype #6:
This phenotype is short, just like phenotype #1 and has exact same growth traits. Both are tigher, bushier and shorter but loved to be topped and created very nice uniform buds and a solid trunk/structure which doesn't need much support. Great structure on these 2 and although much shorter than Pheno 4, the bud size seems to be about the same. Terp strength on this one rivals pheno 4 and I would give them a 7 or 8 out of 10 in strength. The terps on this one also are very grape smelling but almost smell a little cherry as well, and with a cheese type smell, like a grape/cherry cheesecake smell. Very delicious smelling but not as sweet and artificial grape as Pheno 4. Both pheno 4 and pheno 6 have the same amount of frost and both right now are rivals for best phenotype.
Well other than that, I have been feeding them about once every 4 days and been doing a mix of organic and synthetic nutrients, and about every 3rd feeding is either just water or a water with microbes (tea).
All of the other strains/plants are looking great and all of the plants are showing signs of seeds growing
YES!!!!Well here are some much awaited photos
Full Garden Pics
Sour Grapes:
Ogiesel:
Trainwreck:
Skywalker OG
The strong Grape terps is the one I’d lean towards. Too many breeders are overlooking aroma and taste these days.
Awesome update, Brother! 
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Awesome update, Brother!
Thank you!!!
Girls are looking good bud!