Random Thoughts: Plants & Genetics

Back to talking about Snowdawg 3 today. The one freak plant trimmed out fairly well. Had to take every leaf it had but there was some buds left in there.

The real interesting plant is the fluffy one. Trichomes on it are different than anything I have ever had before. If you have looked at trichomes through a scope than you know there are tons of different shaped ones. Short ones, tall ones, some are even as twisted and bent as my mind.

This Snowdawg has trichomes with fat stalks. I mean over fat trichomes. To the point where the ball of the trichome meats the stalk there is a skinny part. It is like the ball couldn't take any more resin so the stalk is filling up with what wouldn't fit. I have never seen anything like it before. Some of you may realize how rare that is. I have looked at a lot of trichomes.

Problem is. I don't know if I can get that close of a picture to show them well. It's a little closer than I can get with zoom. I will try but I need to scrub walls before I can set up the photo station again. Still it is going to be tough picture to get.

This is a huge game changer. At least for this one plant. Even with less trichomes it could be stronger. With stalks twice the size of normal there doesn't need to be as many. Best way to explain these trichomes is the stalks are larger than the ball on top. There is still the ball just like before. They just have a waistline now LOL. Imagine a big chested woman in a corset.

Can't get Alphakronik to answer my emails to be sure. Something like this could have been the trait they were looking for when they did this backcross. It was never released as a strain so I am pretty sure they were just looking for something. Trichomes like this are worth trying to recreate.
 
I don't do that one. No big deal. All it would do would cure my curiosity. No chance to do anything about it now.

What is funny I almost got lucky again. I had planned to try and throw some reversed pollen on one of the bushy Snowdawg plants. 50/50 chance I would have chose the right plant. I thoroughly checked both other plants. Fat stalked trichomes are only on this one plant. I plan on trying to get a few pictures of that plant today. (I got all my chores done yesterday). I hope to keep trying till I get a picture to post blurry or not. These trichomes are that cool looking.
 
Well I did my best on the close ups. Couldn't get a great pic of the ones I was talking about. These pictures do capture just how full the stalks are on these trichomes. As you can tell most stalks are as wid as the ball on top. Couldn't find the really cool ones. Easy to find with a scope not so easy to get a clear picture of them though. I think these will give you guys a good idea of how they are. As you can tell from the trichome coverage it's not looking like this will be crap LMAO.


When I look at them alone it is hard to see the difference. Looking at other trichomes first then looking at these you really get the picture of how huge they really are.
 
Yeah it is kind of amazing how many there really are down deep. With little or nothing on the leaves it looked like this strains wasn't going to pan out.

2 oz off the largest of the C-99. I really thought it would weigh out better. Some of the big plants that are still to come look good. I don't know for sure as of now how good. I have a pretty good idea that I may have beat my normal 1.5 ounce per plant average. Not by much though.

While I am only getting a little more bud per plant. I am getting lots more trim though. In the end I will have produced a lot more THC it just won't be in flower form. Pretty sure the sativas will be made into wax and indicas into water hash. I am not big on concentrates but they do the job. I might be switching to hash at night instead of edibles. I still only sleep for 6 hours all I might lose by not eating edibles is only a hour of sleep. As long as I have something to knock me out it should work.

The only thing wrong right now is I don't have time to go back out fishing yet LMAO.
 
Almost as fun as a Harvest festival LOL.

Gained a room yesterday now I have to clean it. Damn the luck.

I really screwed up. With more time I would be able to get some great pictures of finishing plants. There are some beautiful ones. Gorilla Zkittlez and Killer Queen take the cake for the most beautiful ones. Lots of color to them. Nice to see something other than the typical purple.

Great green plants too but something about KQ puts it over the top.

Still have to wait to smoke and see. Gorilla Zkittlez seems to be the best NEW THING seeds I have got in a while. Mostly they just sound good but end up average like everything else. It seems GZ is backing it up its claims.
 
After the trimming was done. The ugly Snowdawg that I thought had more Chemdawg genetics. Actually did. Both plants trimmed up the same. Snowdawg just didn't do it as nearly as well. The other 2 pheno's are totally different. One of which will be on the chopping block today. Pretty much have to trim 2 to 3 plants a day to get everything taken care of in time. That's along with everything else I need to do. Damn the luck.

I usually like to take my time at this point. A option I don't have this year. Going to miss out on a lot of great pictures. At least I still get surprised with every new plant. Going to be some real interesting smoke from this harvest. The smells while trimming are already making my mouth water.
 
Looking up to be a great summer LMAO. Tried a little test bud of the only Killer Queen yesterday. Holy Crap! It starts out a lot like Cinderella with a little extra kick from the G-13. I think they mentioned some body coming in later. They were wrong! It is stupid that shows up not body LMAO. Not stupid in a bad way, Stupid in a good way LOL. It doesn't really make you tired but a person could probably sleep. Hard to explain but I like it. I tried it around 5 pm and if I hadn't got up to move around my day would have been done lol.

I have to give Mr Soul credit for how he explains his weed. They seem to come out just like he says. Breeding a strain is one thing telling people what it will do is another. Knowing how to put what you are feeling into words is the key. Best I can do is "like" and "don't like" LMAO.

TRIM. What to do with it all? My timing was a little off with my last lollipopping. That and the fact I did a lot less opening up of the canopy because I had so many tops up in the light. This left me with a little more buds and a lot more trim. No big deal all the trim is covered in trichomes. Basically the indica are going into hash and the sativas are going into shatter/wax. I am doing strain specific concentrates this time instead of mixing them. I just don't know what I am going to do with some of the hybrid stuff in the middle. I am thinking punch you in the face Shatter may be in order.

A friends wife loves her Da Vinci vaporizer. Mostly she likes lighter sativa wax. Figured it would be handy for her husband to be able to put her out when needed LMAO. Also the Cannalope Haze was such great flavor I may do it as hash instead of shatter. It is a sativa but is very relaxing. Going to have to smoke some of it to be sure then I can decide.

Same with the strains I have no idea about like the Snowdawg and the Gorilla Zkittlez. With only one of the Chemdawg and Alpha Dawg they will be mixed. These will probably be the punch you in the face shatter I was talking about.
 
That's what I was hoping. The Alpha Dawg Is even frostier than the Chem so it should blend in perfectly with it.

Trimmed one of the big Snowdawg yesterday. Lots of consentrates going to be coming from these. I have tried the first ugly Snowdawg. It really isn't to bad. Can't wait to see the really frost phenos. Twice the trichomes at twice the size. What this strain lacks in smokable buds it makes up for in usable trim. Lots of trichomes in it. Now I just need to see what the effects are.
 
I thought it was Alphakronik that came up with it. Maybe they just released it. Who knows these days. I did find it really interesting to grow 3 strains from the same family.

It probably would have been even more interesting if I had did the Snowdawg 2 instead of the 3. 3 was just a backcross for some reason. It was never released as a strain. That is understandable because they really are not well rounded genetics. The freaky plant is not that bad of smoke so the other 2 should be pretty darn good. I hope, I think, OK I don't know for shit going to have to wait and see LMAO.
 
Look at the frost. Betty did that. Neighbors love it.



Even leafy, this stuff tastes great. Something like springtime dirt and purple, lol. Very even high. Doesn't lean one way or the other. Great for sore muscles without blowing my mind.
 
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