2024-09-09 / 12:00
Finally Bitter Sweet Pie Lite's update...
First we have S:00 - Honeymane, out in the cage in the spot that previously hosted my Pair:01 Birthday Spanking that ended up being a boy. In the week to week and a half between the time the BDSP was removed and Honeymane planted in his place, I had hand pollinated her with Ivy, my Bubblegum Lite/2023 - S:01 boy, and she is definitely with seed. Her seeds, which will be declared Wildling with a sequence number anywhere from :02 to :07 will be half siblings of those from the Bubblegum Lite Breedback I just had (Ivy-S:01 and Reneen-S:00). Don't know which number yet, as those are assigned on a first harvested, first named basis.
She may not look like much right now, but she does still have another two months to grow up, what with me shooting for a Halloween harvest.
Meanwhile, in another part of the property...
This is what I have for BSP Lites other than the S:00 Primary. There are no boys among this batch, as my only boy (S:01) did not survive the brutal heat wave out on the back deck or front porch. The Bitter Sweet Pie Lite "roll call" currently is 3 confirmed girls (S:02, S:04, and S:06), one Token in a Solo Cup (TK:04), and the future, and still unsprouted in its napkin, TK:14 vanished out of its napkin, obviously dropped somewhere in the house. No biggie, it was looking like it was going to need replaced anyway. I am starting a new one as of 16:00, and will give it until the end of September to sprout, then its successor will be part of the 200 Series TK subjects. Won't necessarily be TK:204 though, since they are done alphabetically, and there will be new subject seeds in that upcoming group)
This gal, designated S:02 was going to be kept throughout the rest of the year and made into the Primary BSP Lite for next year, but that plan has changed significantly.
I noticed this morning that she has at least one seed pod showing. And not seeing any others, I am going to presume she self pollinated, so she gets to grow up normal, and will even get a 5 gallon bucket possibly tomorrow to finish the next 2 months in out back.
Now, the gal designated S:04 was that previously shown and potted sickly little waif. Well, she has been on 24/7 lighting in my upstairs office since 07-11... close to 2 months now (and will continue as such after this update is done). And she is no longer a sickly little waif. She has made a full recovery, and is also revegged. I am now 99% certain this one is a girl (had a high percentage of BSP Lite girls, it seems), and if she is, she will be the S:00 primary for next year's Bitter Sweet Pie Lites.
I am also intending a few little post season experiments and exercises with her as well. I want to try to get a couple cuttings taken and rooted at some point soon. Plus, I am thinking of flipping her back to flower starting next month and try to confirm 100% this one is a girl. This time, after flipping, I will try to get her knocked up with some saved pollen, by sprinkling the crown and a couple nodes daily for the first week or two. Then if no pollen sacs manifest (boys always seem to show much sooner than girls), and no seeds show during the reveg (confirmed with Feyleaf Lite that seed pods vanish after reveg), then I will know this is a girl, and probably right in the nick of time for next year's planting. She will have to be a bucket girl next year though, since the 4 spots in the cage are reserved for Feyleaf-Generation:01, Woofle Dust-Generation:01, Muskflower-Generation:01, and the
@SeedsMan Purple Ghost Candy that I am going to attempt to overwinter.
If the PGC fails to come back, the Birthday Spankings have dibs on the available space, either a Pair:02/G:01(f) girl... Still presuming my "with a seed or two" Birthday Cake Lite self pollinated) or a Pair:00/G:01 from the gang bang pollination of my one girl with her 4 brothers.
S:06 from the Midseason Replacements is presumed girl for now, thus the S:06 designator instead of S:05 if a boy
Token:04, still alive and healthy.
Egghead Cell:04, also still alive, but meh on the health like the other eggheads. If it makes it to Halloween, it will get potted and put into Intensive Lighting Care, and hopefully can be nursed to health.
And their "vitals" as of a few hours ago...
S:00 Honeymane - Not getting in there at this time to take her measurements : In cage bearing seeds from Bubblegum Lite S:01 (Ivy)
S:02 - 11" (27.9cm) - Bearing a single seed thus far, likely a self pollination and feminized Breedback
S:04 - 13" (33cm)
S:06 - 3 1/4" (9.53cm)
TK:04 - 1 5/8" (41.3mm)
EH-C:04 - 2 1/4" (5.71cm)
