hi kanga
have you tried to use another mango smel strain to cross it ?
have you tried to make hash with some ? how was the smell ?
peace
mani
Hi Manivelle....No not yet as I am still trying to find it in my Sat strains.
I am sure some went in as finger hash, but it would have been mixed, might try next season and Ill let you know.
Lets see: Mango Madness- Mullum male x MHz; Mexican Mango- Oaxacan male x MHz; Mamma Mango- cutting of MHz. Not sure what the Mini Mango is. Early Mullum?
My run in with MHz was fraught with disappointment. It was all my fault though as i did not have a place for the stretchy phenos which were long-flowering. It would have taken heroic efforts to bring them to maturity without knowing whether they would be detected by prying eyes. These longer flowering ones, as others have said produce the old-school Sativa qualities some of us desire.
The short and stocky MHz were not what I was looking for compared with La Nina and SSH which I ran at the same time as I culled the stretchy MHz. Desirable La Nina and SSH are probably, on balance, easier to bring to fruition.
Since you mentioned the importance of males, how good were the ones you used in these crosses? I suppose after running the crosses confirmation or not will be apparent.
On another note you mentioned at a different place the trippyness of Gypsy's Thai Stick. Did you have any success making crosses with the selected one you mentioned? In that thread both Donald and Bushy ran a 2012 crop after your 2011 report. They never reported how theirs turned out as the thread got a bit sidetracked. The buds should be nicely cured by now i would think unless you folk's weather got the best of them.
Anyway, I am always amazed by your grows and look forward to see how MHz crosses to unrelated lines.
Happy Harvest 2013
Hi Skunkha.....Yeah mate it is Emm x.
Yes I had the Early MHz as well...small solid buds, I actually crossed the MM to this and have a couple going at the moment.....but it was the late flowering, long solid bud one that I kept as it had all the right things that I wanted.
I selected some good males, on flower structure and strength and did a mixed pollination.....this year I will select just one good male from each of my strains and do the cross again if I am hapy with the results this year....which I am sure I will be as the SSH crosses where excellent.....it's just that Like Shanti I prefer the MHz.
I did a Oaxacan trance male over the gypsy thai and this will be it's first test, I also have some other Thai stock going to see what is in those....looking good so far.
I know Bushy liked the Thai, haven tchatted to Wal yet but I will ask him.
Thanks mate...I cant wait to see how they go as well.....vigour is amazing !!.
Hey kanga... Nice to see you around... Hope all is well...
Sick picture as always.... Pity to think how many elite males have been thrown away by people who just don't know better... Should start a non-profit and make male awareness mandatory! Hate reading about people chopping the smelliest or "best looking favorite" plant as soon as they find out it's a male... Just plain wrong...
How many MHz seeds did you pop to find the keeper... Any shots of her?? Any mango males or will you solely use females?? All selection done outdoors?? Were only the sativa dominant plants finished or did you manage to something interesting in a faster finisher??
Your a great source of knowledge and experience it's really cool to see you around.... Motivation indeed... Thanks man...
Hope all is well
OG
Hi OG....Thanks mate.....Yeah I bet some of the best male stock has been thrown out unnoticed. I try to evaluate every male, although I must admit if it doesnt have the flower structure I like it tends to go before the others without testing, I usually stil do a open pollination with them before they go.
I only did 20 seeds....so I guess I was lucky.
No no pics as I didnt take pics end of last season because I was to sad after the weather we had
But I will be on to it.
No Mango males as i like using males from my strains as I know them well and what to look for.
Yes mate always outdoors, that way I can pick for size and growth as well. I did a cross with a MM male to a earlier finishing MHz that had small nuggets all over it, but it wasnt as strong as my keeper, but some liked it because it wasnt.
Thanks OG it is good to be back here without all the crap that happened last time.....my fault really as I shouldnt have got involved in it.
Anyway back to the plant and sharing MNS grows again
Good and safe growing all,
Kanga