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In preparation for the launch of our new strains we'll be doing a few posts so you can have an idea of what you're working with. Final in-house and selected caregiver testing is complete and we have several selections for 2012 we've deemed worthy of representing the 303 label.
This thread will focus on Bio-Diesel.
Genetics:
(Sensi-Star x Sour Diesel) x (Original Diesel x East Coast Sour Diesel)
Info:
Bio-Diesel garnered attention initially by winning the 2009 Harvest Cup in Colorado. The strain was developed and is still held by Denver Relief. They are notoriously protective of their coveted strain, and have a dedicated patient base that comes to them specifically for this strain. One of those patients was a friend of mine, Koots, who went through Bio-Diesel by the ounce in 2009 and 2010. In one of his batches of Bio-Diesel, Koots pulled out about 20 mature seeds. He is a grower, and had been trying to procure a cut from the shop once he realized the medical potency of the Bio. Denver Relief was not selling, donating, or gifting cuttings to anyone. Koots said even their employee's told him they weren't allowed cuttings. Koots began going through these seeds immediately and began selecting for a cut that most resembled his beloved Bio from the shop. His selection is impressive, and really outshines the majority of diesel samples I've had over the past several years. I find it to be even better than the original sold at the store, but their production methods probably are not organic. We confirmed with Denver Relief that they were testing different flowering times with the Bio-Diesel and apparently had one batch that had been let go several weeks too long (Soma feminized method) and pollinated portions of their grow. We are satisfied from going through the seeds that this was the case, as the variations were obvious Sensi Star and Diesel, both of which we are very familiar with. We also had no herm issues when stress testing, and we ran the mom through the gamut of light, nutrient and temperature variations. Testing finally confirmed our suspicions...the Bio-Diesel mom is a worthy parent.
The male for this project was found in Summit County in the hands of a private grower/care-giver that had come to Colorado from the East Coast for schooling and had brought the "Daywrecker" or Original Diesel cutting with him. It was paired with a grapefruit male from Soma's East Coast Sour Diesel after almost losing the cutting to powder mildew. The new diesel hybrid proved to be even better than either parents alone and was worked into the High Country Diesel. The grapefruit and fuel was even stronger than ECSD and the high was stronger and more akin to the Daywrecker...the best of both worlds. We worked with F3 selections of the High Country with blessings from J. We were excited to work with these genetics as they had been bred and acclimatized to high altitude over several generations.
Phenotypes
Two dominant phenotypes are present, and are most easily recognized by color. Purple and Green. Both are similar in scent and taste profile, and both have amazing potency and nice indica/sativa blended effects. The green pheno shows more of the Sensi Star traits and tends to be stockier, has less stretch, and doesn't usually need support. The purple pheno has more of a diesel stretch, takes about 10 days longer to finish and tends to need support late in flower.
We'll take a look at both pheno's, do some germination testing and also some smoke testing.
Thanks for stopping by!
BP
Green Pheno - 4 weeks into flower
This thread will focus on Bio-Diesel.
Genetics:
(Sensi-Star x Sour Diesel) x (Original Diesel x East Coast Sour Diesel)
Info:
Bio-Diesel garnered attention initially by winning the 2009 Harvest Cup in Colorado. The strain was developed and is still held by Denver Relief. They are notoriously protective of their coveted strain, and have a dedicated patient base that comes to them specifically for this strain. One of those patients was a friend of mine, Koots, who went through Bio-Diesel by the ounce in 2009 and 2010. In one of his batches of Bio-Diesel, Koots pulled out about 20 mature seeds. He is a grower, and had been trying to procure a cut from the shop once he realized the medical potency of the Bio. Denver Relief was not selling, donating, or gifting cuttings to anyone. Koots said even their employee's told him they weren't allowed cuttings. Koots began going through these seeds immediately and began selecting for a cut that most resembled his beloved Bio from the shop. His selection is impressive, and really outshines the majority of diesel samples I've had over the past several years. I find it to be even better than the original sold at the store, but their production methods probably are not organic. We confirmed with Denver Relief that they were testing different flowering times with the Bio-Diesel and apparently had one batch that had been let go several weeks too long (Soma feminized method) and pollinated portions of their grow. We are satisfied from going through the seeds that this was the case, as the variations were obvious Sensi Star and Diesel, both of which we are very familiar with. We also had no herm issues when stress testing, and we ran the mom through the gamut of light, nutrient and temperature variations. Testing finally confirmed our suspicions...the Bio-Diesel mom is a worthy parent.
The male for this project was found in Summit County in the hands of a private grower/care-giver that had come to Colorado from the East Coast for schooling and had brought the "Daywrecker" or Original Diesel cutting with him. It was paired with a grapefruit male from Soma's East Coast Sour Diesel after almost losing the cutting to powder mildew. The new diesel hybrid proved to be even better than either parents alone and was worked into the High Country Diesel. The grapefruit and fuel was even stronger than ECSD and the high was stronger and more akin to the Daywrecker...the best of both worlds. We worked with F3 selections of the High Country with blessings from J. We were excited to work with these genetics as they had been bred and acclimatized to high altitude over several generations.
Phenotypes
Two dominant phenotypes are present, and are most easily recognized by color. Purple and Green. Both are similar in scent and taste profile, and both have amazing potency and nice indica/sativa blended effects. The green pheno shows more of the Sensi Star traits and tends to be stockier, has less stretch, and doesn't usually need support. The purple pheno has more of a diesel stretch, takes about 10 days longer to finish and tends to need support late in flower.
We'll take a look at both pheno's, do some germination testing and also some smoke testing.
Thanks for stopping by!
BP
Green Pheno - 4 weeks into flower
