Querkle Breeding Thread

subcool · #1 03-17-2008, 05:28 PM

By now everyone should know of my work with Black Russian and Sputnik and how many people grow then out and swear by them as far as potency and yields and no one complains ever about flavor but I see people describing it as Berry Pepper or Spicy and that not really the flavor I was looking for when I started out. Everyone is crazy about Blueberry but to be honest its rare I find a female that actually taste anything like an actual blueberry anything. Sure there are the occasional rare yummy ones but its not like a super tasty keeper is in every pack. Now I must clarify this has nothing to do with Somas’s lavender I have smoked it several times and it doesn’t have the same taste, smell or look at this northern California original.

I have spoken with several people who grow this cutting also know to some as Urkle. Its easily recognized by her super short and slow growth pattern and later in bud her amazing transformation into a Lavender beauty just reeking of grapes and purple goodness.

It my recent article The Color Purple I lay out why cannabis turns purple and other colors and explained why so many find it desirable. I have spend many wasted dollars trying purple samples both in the US and in the UK as well as Canada but until Sticky Lungs passed this cut to me I was not overly impressed with the taste of any of them and you know me I am into taste as much as potency. If Lavender has a down side its how slow she grows after rooting. In soil I take cuts a full month before the rest of my strains just so she can have a chance of keeping up. One thing Space Dude ( our Space Queen breeding male) is good for is adding some speed and stretch to most of his sibling crosses and we hope the combination of potency and heavy resins will make a killer cross.

I first enjoyed this Lavender strain grown out by Sticky himself and I must say it was one of the better samples of cannabis I had all year. For a young dude he shows an amazing understanding of the plant and his relationship with its dankness. I also smoked his Trainwreck and did not really like it just to establish I am a pot snob.

Lets look at the dank ass buds Sticky Lungs traded me for some of my green meds you have to love legal!

Purple Urkle

subcool · #2 03-17-2008, 05:30 PM

I grew out the cutting Sticky gave me along with the Trainwreck and in the end I liked the TW grown in my garden about as much as his. The lavender fooled me though, it took so long to get going I had her in the rear of the garden and in the last 2 weeks she just filled out some massive rock hard colas that slowly started to fade to purple. Now I must stress I intentionally kept her in a warm area with no cold nights and I maxed out my super soil so that zero fading could occur. Basically I had the Nitrogen levels super high to make sure she was green to the end. If this girl turned colors I wanted it to be naturally occurring.

Lets Look at her growing up from Cutting.

The plants simply loved super soil it was just slow......

subcool · #3 03-17-2008, 05:32 PM

As the plant matured it was extremely dark green and total Indica at week 5 she was barely turning purple but it was all in the genetics because day and night temps were running in the high 70’s I didn’t add any fertilizers other than sucanat and sweatleaf.

subcool · #4 03-17-2008, 05:34 PM

In the end the buds were a beautiful Purple, almost Black Plum colored and the flavor is out of this world. I like to contrast the taste with another strain like Jack the Ripper that’s completely different and lemony harsh. When you have a binger of lavender it taste so good I almost always take to much in and get a giant head rush. This isn’t whimpy bud either with a heavy Indica influence its buzz is great for night time. I like to pour a nice strong sweet coffee to go with a joint of this super sweet strain. I notice living full time with a bud garden some times my senses are numbed down and I have to leave the house to really smell what our weed is like.

subcool · #5 03-17-2008, 05:36 PM

One day I rode out to one of my favorite cruising and picture taking roads and took a small glass jar with a bud of lavender with me. When broke it up and smoked some in a small glass pipe I was amazed at how much like lavender it really tasted. I guess the I decided to cross her and then I had to decide between SQ or JTR. I think the long arms of Space Queen and her soft Cherry flavor just might create some amazing dankness. Typically with Indicas’s our boy has a soft influence but only time and Bizbay members will tell

subcool · #6 03-17-2008, 05:37 PM

Breeding in the winter is a bit different than the summer in that the breeding closet we use now is not heated and being remote from the home its cold as hell out there. He developed nicely but has been kinda hanging on here the last few days so I have decided to move the 400 watt light over him to warm things up and get the party started. I have lavender clones in two stages one budding now almost 27 days and one budding like 22 I will decide which one is best but the older one may be to far along to finish the seeds before finishing.

One Cold male

subcool · #7 03-17-2008, 05:39 PM

As I was photographing the older one I am thinking if the Dude goes off soon we may be in business but any longer and we will have to go with the one that has been in 12/12 less time. This strain does go a full 8 weeks so a seeded plant can usually go about 10 extra days so I will have to see what the boy does in this match up.

sleepytown · #8 03-19-2008, 10:07 AM

Another gorgeous breed journal, Sub. Bravo. I'm hitting Hemp Depot up ASAP.

S-Town

subcool · #9 03-22-2008, 08:27 AM

The lowers pods on pod person #9 have opened and pollen is flying around and like I say when I wonder if she got caught? Well ya damn sure wouldn't want a female this close to a blooming male if you DIDN"T want seeds

Some one is gonna get seeded here for sure. We found one seed so far in the Lav from the old stash pollen we found and I feel like Forrest Gump if I get three more I can have a cocktail

subcool · #10 03-22-2008, 08:31 AM

In the continuing saga of Sticky’s lavender/Urkle plant it’s time for an update.
Last time we checked in I was smoking the shit out of this weed and tried to pollinate a few top branches with some stored pollen but it didn’t seem to take except Jill’s lone seed she found while we were smoking. I like the taste of this strain so much I have decided to run with it as a cross with Space Dude. I am going to give Sticky half the seeds from this entire huge plant as a thanks for introducing me to this yummy girl. I passed on some serious genetics to Sticky as well but I always try and hook people up so get ready for a nice stash of beans bro, but did we get it done?

At the Plant wash

The Rains Came
Ok after three days of hanging out with the dude I took advantage of a nice sideways rain storm to let her naturally wash off. Its important I do this well as she will re enter my main bud room. All plants are sprayed heavily with water and so is she several times before returning home.

Drum Roll Please.