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H G Griffin

H G Griffin

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hillbill said:
The BB crosses at Peak are easy and vigorous
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Very true. Unless I'm going to do a dedicated run where I can dial everything in for blueberry, I'll stick to crosses. In a perpetual harvest situation having a finicky plant is more of a pain in the ass than I need.

Like Bill says the crosses tend to be far more robust than BB alone. Peak's BB F1's are easy and potent, and I'm having good early results from my own crosses and backcrosses. I'm still savouring the flowers of the lone SBxBB I harvested and first in the dirt in the Autumn will be a bunch of those and a bunch of C99xBB.

I do intend to do a BB run some day and give it the attention it needs, but that is down the list behind a bunch of other projects.
 
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Mr. green genes

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Thanks for your response. Have you grown BB without the veg cycle...that is from seed to bud, under 12 hr cycle? I want to try it with the 6 BB plants I have, but I wonder if the yield will be too small?
I have several Peek Seed varieties growing currently, outdoors and indoors. One Northern Berry plant has the sweet fruitiness you speak of...love it! Some of the other NB look entirely different. The genetic diversity of each plant intrigues me...you never know what you're going to get.
I suspect the older seed that is producing the purple hue to the plant may be early Blue Berry...don't know, just suspect...having fun here
GiovanniJones said:
Blueberry is a really tough strain to grow. In my first attempt I killed all of them, but I have four now that made it to flower.

What I've noticed is how nice the leaves smell when you rub them; they're so fragrant with a sweet fruitiness. My DJ Short BB doesn't smell much at all when I rub the leaves, I actually think that Peak's genetics might be better than the genetics from the original breeder!
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GiovanniJones

GiovanniJones

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I'm not too experienced a grower, but I can say that in organic soil BB is very difficult and slow to start. I have some BB and Skunk Berry in my grow room, but the lights are off now. I'll post a pic tonight so you can see the difference in how they grow in like conditions. Fwiw, Skunk Berry and Northern Berry are awesome strains and very stable. Kush Berry is another awesome one, but has more variation in phenos.

Some of the nicest BB plants I've seen on RIU have been grown by @H G Griffin, and I'd use his words above as advice, "Unless I'm going to do a dedicated run where I can dial everything in for blueberry, I'll stick to crosses."

If you already have the seeds, you've got nothing to lose by trying, but I'd suggest you have some some of the others in there to have a more decent yield and less stress.
 
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Mr. green genes

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My one successful BB is starting to flower. I topped it once, so it has 2 major tops forming with 14 buds forming along the purple stock...the plant is about 16" tall. No side branches to speak of, just buds, so no cloning possible. The other 6 babies are doing fine. A total of 30 seeds tried...7 successful. I find constant warmth and waiting until the seeds are well sprouted may make the difference between success and failure. I have crossed C99 with skunk berry...these seeds will be ripe soon. Does anyone know if the seeds can be germinated right away or do they need a 'rest'?
 
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Mr. green genes

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Mr. green genes said:
My one successful BB is starting to flower. I topped it once, so it has 2 major tops forming with 14 buds forming along the purple stock...the plant is about 16" tall. No side branches to speak of, just buds, so no cloning possible. The other 6 babies are doing fine. A total of 30 seeds tried...7 successful. I find constant warmth and waiting until the seeds are well sprouted may make the difference between success and failure. I have crossed C99 with skunk berry...these seeds will be ripe soon. Does anyone know if the seeds can be germinated right away or do they need a 'rest'?
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btw...I ordered some Kush Berry...thanks for the tip
 
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40AmpstoFreedom

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No, I always veg and especially blueberry. Not the best of yields on its own. The indica bb syrup phenos are short stocky indicas that have a deeper blueberry smell. That is just the side of bb genes I prefer.
 
GiovanniJones

GiovanniJones

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Skunk Berry vs Blueberry. Same organic soil. Both fed only filtered water. Germinated on the same day.
All of my BB are around that size, as well as all my SB.

I think that when I up to larger pots, the BB are going into 3-gallon while everything else in the room is going into 7-gallon. I'll be shocked if I get close to an ounce from each BB plant, I'm expecting less!

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GiovanniJones

GiovanniJones

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My gut tells me that once there are a number of larger leaves on the BB plants, they'll promote quicker overall growth, but I can't say for sure. Maybe one of the others here might know the answer to this.

My plants are all cloned now and in the hands of a good friend. Maybe a more mature BB grown from a cutting might be easier, but again, not sure.
 
H G Griffin

H G Griffin

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I just know that after having one or more phenos of PSBC BB in the perpetual garden for at least a year and a half, I'm looking forward to chopping the last one in about 4 weeks. It's been a valuable and humbling experience, but time to move on for a while.
 
GiovanniJones

GiovanniJones

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One more thing about BB....

My friend that took all my tops a couple of weeks ago to clone them told me that every plant in the room rooted nicely except for the BB plants. They all wilted away and died quickly. I think he had 37 cuttings and 34 rooted. The 3 that didn't were my BB. So they're even finnicky in that department.

Unless they spring to life like crazy during flower, they only way I'd grow them again would be if the smoke is THAT good.
 
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