ShirkGoldbrick
Active Member
So I have a few strains I'd like to grow out and try breeding together combinations of in order to create a more Apollo 11 genius type strain.
I want to get a strain that's fast finishing (at least 6-8 weeks), large yielding, very heady sativa high that is super social yet introspective and thought provoking which makes you at least feel as if you are smarter and uplifted without any paranoia. The body effects should be really energetic, no couch lock at all. I think a fruity or floral smell/taste would be appropriate.
I popped some Apollo 11 F4's and I think that the inbreeding may be taking a toll on the strain. Or, it could be the fact that the buddy who grew them out the first time for me didn't feed them. We'll see after I'm done flowering them out, #4 is definitely a no go as it started autoflowering on it's own under 24/0 (Don't know where that came into its genetics)
The strains I'd like to work with are:
Apollo 11 Genius F4
Paradise seeds Nebula
Mandala #1
Mandala Satori
Possibly: DJ Short F13 (for same effects and, if lucky, color)
If needed: Critical mass or big bud (for yields)
Right now the Apollo are in 2 gallon pots but I'm not going to have the space to keep clones and flower tons of plants in a 6x6 tent so my idea is to divide the tent into two sections. I'll either put a 2x4 rack in a 2x4 tent as a veg area or divide the tent in half.
I plan on doing all the growing in 1L airpots so I can keep more smaller plants for veg and flowering without hopefully becoming rootbound and sick. Veg will be under t8's and I'm not sure in flower yet, maybe t5 or LED. The plants will sit in trays that are periodically bottom fed so I don't have to continually worry about watering so many tiny plants with osmocote for food.
Some people may hate me for this but I also plan on forcing hermies for pollen with either colloidal silver or preferably silver thiosulfate (as I believe it only takes one application?) So I don't have to keep a bunch of males and figuring out their contributions. When the pods get ready to pop I will cut off a small branch and put it in a water/molasses solution until I can collect. I don't believe that forcing hermies will cause selection for an automatically hermie trait.
One of the things I'm not sure of (aside from the apollo 11) is if there is any inbreeding/stabilization of the other strains. I'd like to know because If there isn't I'll have to grow them each out individually selecting for traits and inbreeding in order to stabilize them before making any strain crosses.
I understand what I propose may take years, but maybe I'll find a few spectacular strains that can be clone only and passed around along the way. This is more or a hobby project just to see how close to my ideals I can get them.
Thoughts?
I want to get a strain that's fast finishing (at least 6-8 weeks), large yielding, very heady sativa high that is super social yet introspective and thought provoking which makes you at least feel as if you are smarter and uplifted without any paranoia. The body effects should be really energetic, no couch lock at all. I think a fruity or floral smell/taste would be appropriate.
I popped some Apollo 11 F4's and I think that the inbreeding may be taking a toll on the strain. Or, it could be the fact that the buddy who grew them out the first time for me didn't feed them. We'll see after I'm done flowering them out, #4 is definitely a no go as it started autoflowering on it's own under 24/0 (Don't know where that came into its genetics)
The strains I'd like to work with are:
Apollo 11 Genius F4
Paradise seeds Nebula
Mandala #1
Mandala Satori
Possibly: DJ Short F13 (for same effects and, if lucky, color)
If needed: Critical mass or big bud (for yields)
Right now the Apollo are in 2 gallon pots but I'm not going to have the space to keep clones and flower tons of plants in a 6x6 tent so my idea is to divide the tent into two sections. I'll either put a 2x4 rack in a 2x4 tent as a veg area or divide the tent in half.
I plan on doing all the growing in 1L airpots so I can keep more smaller plants for veg and flowering without hopefully becoming rootbound and sick. Veg will be under t8's and I'm not sure in flower yet, maybe t5 or LED. The plants will sit in trays that are periodically bottom fed so I don't have to continually worry about watering so many tiny plants with osmocote for food.
Some people may hate me for this but I also plan on forcing hermies for pollen with either colloidal silver or preferably silver thiosulfate (as I believe it only takes one application?) So I don't have to keep a bunch of males and figuring out their contributions. When the pods get ready to pop I will cut off a small branch and put it in a water/molasses solution until I can collect. I don't believe that forcing hermies will cause selection for an automatically hermie trait.
One of the things I'm not sure of (aside from the apollo 11) is if there is any inbreeding/stabilization of the other strains. I'd like to know because If there isn't I'll have to grow them each out individually selecting for traits and inbreeding in order to stabilize them before making any strain crosses.
I understand what I propose may take years, but maybe I'll find a few spectacular strains that can be clone only and passed around along the way. This is more or a hobby project just to see how close to my ideals I can get them.
Thoughts?