GC's 2016/17 outdoor season

IHG Platinum Buffalo(f) x GDP x C99(m) approx same amount of beans as Cactido, this will possibly be a wonderful cross cos its Plat Buff mother was a colorful purping & extreme resin type & the GDP x C99 dad was an especially vigorous & robust male, cant wait to grow these out

GC, it looks like a pretty successful chucking season Did your other crosses turn out so well?

hayrolld said:

GC, it looks like a pretty successful chucking season Did your other crosses turn out so well?

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thanks man, im still drying out the pollen chuck buds & shucking them, most of the seeds seen so far look viable & some test germination has seen good rates, though until they are grown out fully im prepared for around 50% good/bad results with those chucks..certainly a glass half full IMO

greencropper said:

nice, have you started using the silver/feminising treatments yet?

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Yeah I've done , ghost dog( ghost train haze 1 x black d.o.g), gorilla ghost ( ghost train haze 1 x gorilla bomb), (ghost train haze 1 x ghost train haze1 ), ghost glue , (ghost train haze 1x gorilla glue) in a couple of weeks will be playing with critical super silver haze, trippy gorilla, blue dream, blue cheese . have a few strain dormant out bush same thing happened last year with 2 strains. They slowly grew throughout winter and started flowering early September. But that should be OK because it will give me fresh seeds in October. .

this test germination rate of new pollen chucks is revealing...IHG Platinum Buffalo(f) x GDP x C99(m) planted 21/5/17 yet only today has the smaller seedling burst through into sight, thats 23 days!

being a small plant Trichome Jungle's Ginger Bread(f) x G.A.S. Cherry Sherbet(m) offered up approx 500 largish beans

Raspberry Kush x C99(f) x Cherry Sherbet(m)

few old slaps laying around, been a few banks come & go last few yrs...

greencropper said:

Raspberry Kush x C99(f) x Cherry Sherbet(m)
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few old slaps laying around, been a few banks come & go last few yrs...
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Nice seed collection . did it take you about a month to fully mature the seed. I find the more crosses a strain has the quicker the seeds mature

bobqp said:

Nice seed collection . did it take you about a month to fully mature the seed. I find the more crosses a strain has the quicker the seeds mature

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cheers bobqp, i find it takes about 1/3 longer for a seeded plant to mature the seeds than a seedless bud to mature, eg if im growing a plant whose seedless buds mature in 50 days... but if i pollinate that same strain to be a fully seeded plant it will usually run well past 70days for the seeds to mature properly, ive never really kept inbreeding types out except to f2 level, in into outcrossing on and on...can end up with some super fire but also some bizarre ass shit nobody would want lol, its all fun & i dont take it seriously & i know theres learned growers/breeders here on RIU who baulk at my mayhem...but it suits me

Haha I like pissing off auto breeders by telling then how I cross a photo over an auto haha fuck they hate that

IHG Timeless Montage(f) x Cannarado Barney Rubble(m)...these possibly may be the go-to pollen chuck for adverse weather conditions, TM exhibited exceptional high temp resistance in last seasons heatwave out surviving everything else being grown out at the same time

GDP x C99, MK Ultra x C99 & Raspberry Kush x C99 approx 14" high planted 13/2/17...coming along well in greenhouse frame, first ever midwinter outdoors attempt, see how it ends up?

IHG Do-Lato(f) x Cannarado Barney Rubble(m) larger plant offered approx 3k+ beans, buds on the Do-Lato apart from being colorful & exuding great terpines were smallish & not well formed so hoping Mr Rubble will add some form as well as of course his ultra dank terps and potency

Animal Pebbles(Animal Cookies x FPOG)...got a pack of Jaws FPOG & Cannaventure Animal Cookies laying around here, may have a crack at making these

these GDP x C99 approx 26" high going well in open greenhouse(covered at nite) nearly ready for flip to 12/12, a 5w LED run till 2.30am is all that is keeping them from budding atm, no stretch with this chuck so must be vegged to a good height

lower 2 pics; pair of alien looking IHG Platinum Buffalo(f) x Cannarado Barney Rubble(m) 1st pic, second pic another pair looking relatively 'normal'

Platinum Buffalo(f) x GDP x C99(m) with some alien forms emerging too

greencropper said:

lower 2 pics; pair of alien looking IHG Platinum Buffalo(f) x Cannarado Barney Rubble(m) 1st pic, second pic another pair looking relatively 'normal'
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Platinum Buffalo(f) x GDP x C99(m) with some alien forms emerging too
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Pollen chucking is sure addictive. You've got some nice crosses there my friend.

needsomebeans said:

Pollen chucking is sure addictive. You've got some nice crosses there my friend.

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thanks man, yes i love chucking but approx 50% are not up to grade so gotta be prepared the ones hoped for most to be keepers may end up B grades?

I thought doing a little chucking would help me with my bean hoarding problem but I think it made it worse. Lol. I'm pulling up my easy chair to watch and learn.

needsomebeans said:

I thought doing a little chucking would help me with my bean hoarding problem but I think it made it worse. Lol. I'm pulling up my easy chair to watch and learn.

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hehehe im thinking same too, every time i log into RIU i see a strain new to me being grown out successfully then the old cogs start turning & wondering would that strain cross well with this other type such & such? also with the help of sites like seedfinder a person may view ingredients for mystical delicasies such as eg Gelato 33 etc, so soon it becomes years in advance planning for future chucks